"Trump is in Epstein files." Reason why they haven't been made public

[ceejayoz]

I'd note this is hardly surprising; they were friends for years, and pictured/filmed together.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-epstein-...

> Flight logs released in 2021 as part of Maxwell’s trial, however, indicated Trump flew on the plane seven times.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tape-shows-donald-trump...

> The November 1992 tape in the NBC archives shows Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, now a private club, more than a decade before Epstein pleaded guilty to felony prostitution charges in Florida. At one point in the video, Trump is seen grabbing a woman toward him and patting her behind.

I've never quite understood why Trump's orbit put so much into "we're gonna release the files!"

[Tuperoir]

This. But I guess it is still a "scoop" for most.

Wait 'til you hear about the Queen !

[Avshalom]

He rewarded the guy that let Epstein off. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Acosta

[_DeadFred_]

I mean there was this Fox interview no one found questionable:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZJorAVgHy7Y

[minimaxir]

It was confirmed that Trump was in Epstein's black book by Gawker back in 2015.

However, Musk tweeting about it now makes it an unavoidable news story.