Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship: A definitive timeline

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship: A definitive timeline | CNN Politics
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Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, Bob Ortega, Allison Gordon, Jhasua Razo, Maya Blackstone

They flew together on a private jet, partied side by side at Mar-a-Lago, appeared at Victoria’s Secret runway shows, and reportedly dined with royalty at a luxury Upper East Side townhouse.

Their names appear together in flight logs, legal filings, phone messages—and in photo after photo in the moneyed world of Palm Beach and Manhattan.

President Donald Trump has long tried to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire sex offender who died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Trump has called him a “creep,” insisted he was “not a fan,” and said that before Epstein’s death, they hadn’t spoken in years.

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Maxwell transfer to plush Texas prison makes locals discomfortable

Ghislaine Maxwell puts an uncomfortable spotlight on this prison camp town in Texas

By Suzanne Gamboa
NBCNews
Sat, August 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM EDT

BRYAN, Texas — Daisy Perez has lived across the street from the all-women’s prison in her residential community for nine years, forming a careful, if not curious, co-existence with her fenced-in neighbors clad in matching khakis and boots.

The prisoners at Federal Prison Camp Bryan wave to Perez, 42, and her 78-year-old mother while they’re looping around the recreation yard. They wave as they pick up litter along the roadside. On Sundays, Perez sees them with visitors outside, the scene reminiscent to her of families enjoying a carefree day at the park.

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Daily Beast pulls Melania-Epstein connection story

Daily Beast pulls story alleging Melania-Epstein connection after lawyers dispute framing

David Spector
Thu, July 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM EDT

The Daily Beast has pulled an article detailing allegations by journalist Michael Wolff that Melania Trump was introduced to her husband Donald Trump via a modeling agent connected to Jeffrey Epstein, after a challenge from the first lady’s lawyers.

“Editor’s Note. After this story was published, The Beast received a letter from First Lady Melania Trump’s attorney challenging the headline and framing of the article. After reviewing the matter, the Beast has taken down the article and apologizes for any confusion or misunderstanding,” The Daily Beast posted in place of the article. The hyperlink to the article appears to have been amended to : https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed/.

Wolff initially made the scandalous allegations in an interview with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles for The Daily Beast Podcast, Saturday. The two were discussing Trump’s alleged connections with the disgraced New York financier. The two were friends for many years, but ultimately had a falling out. The president claimed Tuesday that Epstein had been stealing staff from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan prison while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking of minors charges. Wolff claimed Melania was “very involved in this Epstein relationship.”

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Epsteingate: What To Know About Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s Longtime Collaborator

What To Know About Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s Longtime Collaborator

The disgraced British socialite is at the center of renewed public interest in Epstein.

By
Sara Boboltz
Jul 26, 2025, 09:00 AM EDT

As President Donald Trump struggles to contain the fallout over his ties to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and officials within his own administration are turning to Ghislaine Maxwell, the financier’s longtime co-conspirator and sometime girlfriend.

Just this week, Justice Department officials traveled to the facility in Florida where she is serving out a 20-year sentence, and House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer issued her a subpoena compelling her testimony.


“Who participated in the abuse,
or knew about it
and did nothing”

Epstein exploded back into the national conversation this month after the Justice Department issued a memo suggesting there was no reason to release any more federal records about him because there was no evidence he kept a so-called “client list” or blackmailed any prominent figures.

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