Former President Bill Clinton has delivered a sharp retort aimed at Donald Trump after being questioned about his frequent mentions in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein files.
Clinton’s name appears extensively throughout the voluminous documents released by the Department of Justice last Friday.
These records were made public devoid of any dates, context, or background, and there is no implication that those mentioned are involved in any criminal activities.
Democratic Representative Robert Garcia shared with CNN that the documents represent just a fraction—approximately 10 percent—of all Epstein-related materials.
Despite Clinton’s denials of any wrongdoing, pressure is building for him to clarify his repeated presence in the files, which include images of him swimming with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
In response, Clinton’s team quickly issued a statement on Friday, criticizing the manner in which the documents were released, suggesting that the White House is ‘shielding themselves.’
When contacted by the Daily Mail Saturday morning about the concerning images, Clinton’s team simply replied: ‘Have you seen the Trump photos?’.
The president does also feature in the latest Epstein cache, although most of the images have previously surfaced and his appearances are minimal, a preliminary review by the Daily Mail revealed. Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Former President Bill Clinton is seen in an image with a woman as part of the Epstein files that were released on Friday
The only photos of Trump that appeared in the file was an image take of Trump (bottom left-hand corner) in one of Epstein’s drawers during the FBI raid on his townhouse in New York City
Instead, Trump spoke about his wife Melania’s underwear at a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on Friday night
The only photos of Trump that appeared in the file was an image take of Trump in one of Epstein’s drawers during the FBI raid on his townhouse in New York City.
It comes as the president has remained silent on the files dump, and instead chose to talk about his wife Melania’s underwear during a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
‘In my first term I was the hunted. I had bigger problems. I had these animals trying to attack me at Mar-a-Lago,’ Trump said as his supporters watched on.
‘They went into my wife’s closet, and I’ll say this. Number one, it’s very bad, but it sounds a little strange. They looked at her drawers. You have drawer, and then you have drawer. They looked at both,’ he continued, making hand motions that depicted a furniture drawer and another that seemingly described underwear.
The crowd chuckled as Trump added: ‘And she’s a very meticulous person… everything is perfect. Her undergarments, sometimes referred to as panties, are folded perfect. Wrapped, they’re like so perfect, I said that’s beautiful.’
Online the president continued to turn a blind eye and in a post to Truth Social Friday night, and commended Jake Paul for doing ‘really well,’ even though he was battered by former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.
‘On the plane I just got to watch the Jake Paul Fight, and he did really well, especially as a display of GREAT Courage against a very talented and large Anthony Joshua,’ Trump wrote.
‘Fantastic Entertainment, but Kudos to Jake for his Stamina, and frankly, Ability, against a much bigger man!’
Many people thought of the Netflix-streamed fight as a ‘farcical distraction’ from the release of the Epstein files.
‘Jake Paul fight was a distraction from the epstein files,’ an X user wrote.
The president continued to turn a blind eye and in a post to Truth Social Friday night, and commended Jake Paul for doing ‘really well,’ even though he was battered by former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua
Another commented: ‘Crazy how the goys [sic] got distracted by watching that Jake Paul slop instead of the Epstein files.’
‘Very ironic that Jake Paul and Andrew Tate’s fight being held the same weekend that the Epstein files were supposed to be released. A+ distraction. They think we’re all dumb as rocks,’ a user posted.
In response to the release of the files, the White House told the Daily Mail the president’s administration ‘has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have.’
‘The Trump Administration is the most transparent in history,’ White House Spokesperson Abigail Jackson said.
‘By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have.
Trump is seen arriving on Air Force One at Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport on Saturday
‘And while President Trump is delivering on his promises, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender. The American people deserve answers.’
It was previously reported Jeffries, the Democrat minority leader, has relations with Epstein after an email allegedly revealed the billionaire pedophile was invited to dinner for a fundraiser.
But when asked about it, Jeffries said: ‘I have no recollection of the email.’
The alleged Jeffries email was sent to Epstein by a Democrat aligned consulting firm that worked for him in 2013.
‘I’ve never had a conversation with him, never met him, know nothing about him other than the extreme things that he’s been convicted of doing,’ he told CNN.
Trump, meanwhile, insisted about Epstein: ‘All of his friends were Democrats.’
The president slammed Hillary Clinton during his speech, calling her ‘nasty.’
‘Hillary Clinton was nasty… whew, I wouldn’t want to go home to her,’ he said as the crowd laughed.
‘She was nasty. Remember? She was a nasty… person. I was gonna use a B-word, my wife would not be happy. My wife always says please, please don’t use foul language.’
