Did trump testify in an august 2009 deposition in a case involving epstein and.maxwell?

1. What the record actually shows about depositions and dates

Court filings and unsealed materials around the Giuffre/Maxwell/Epstein matters include many depositions and documents spanning 2009 through the 2010s, but the widely cited depositions that mention Trump in the public releases are from later civil cases (for example, Virginia Giuffre’s 2016 deposition and other witness testimony released in document dumps), and contemporaneous 2009 deposition video excerpts in the files involve Epstein staff like Juan Alessi, not Trump ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

2. Mentions of Trump inside depositions vs. Trump as deponent

Multiple outlets note Trump’s name appears in the unsealed files — referenced by witnesses and in Epstein’s own emails — but those are citations of Trump by other witnesses or in Epstein’s messages, not evidence that he sat for a deposition in August 2009. For example, Johanna Sjöberg’s and other witnesses’ testimony mention interactions or locations connected to Trump, but that is distinct from Trump being deposed ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

3. The 2009 materials that reporters cite

Reporting and document releases include a 2009 video deposition of Epstein employee Juan Alessi that mentions chauffeuring Maxwell to Mar-a-Lago where she got a “facial or massage,” and press accounts reference various 2009 court filings tied to the broader litigation ecosystem; none of the cited 2009 clips or filings in the available reporting document a sworn deposition by Trump in August 2009 ^[1].

4. Epstein’s own emails and later depositions that reference Trump

Epstein’s internal emails (for example, a 2011 email calling Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked”) and Giuffre’s 2016 deposition are repeatedly cited as the basis for questions about whether Trump was present or known to victims; those materials raise questions and prompted congressional and media scrutiny, but they are separate from any claim that Trump testified in a 2009 deposition ^{[4] [5] [6]}.

5. Conflicting statements and how sources frame credibility

News organizations such as The New York Times, BBC, CNN and others report different emphases: some highlight Epstein’s emails implying knowledge of interactions, others stress that accusers in depositions did not allege Trump’s participation in abuse—Giuffre’s public statements and her deposition are cited as saying she “never saw Trump participate in any abuse,” according to reporting ^{[5] [4] [3]}. These are alternative readings of the same materials: one thread points to suggestive mentions in Epstein’s correspondence, another points to depositions where accusers did not accuse Trump directly ^{[4] [3]}.

6. What prominent outlets explicitly say about a Trump deposition

Fact-checking coverage and major reporting note Trump’s name appears in these court files and depositions by others, but they do not present evidence that Trump himself sat for a deposition in August 2009. For example, Newsweek and PolitiFact detail where Trump is mentioned in depositions and documents, without identifying a Trump deposition in August 2009 ^{[2] [1]}.

7. Limitations and open questions in current reporting

Available sources do not mention a Trump deposition in August 2009; they document mentions of Trump in depositions of others and in Epstein’s emails, plus later depositions and congressional document releases. If you have seen a specific docket number or an audio/video clip purporting to show Trump in a 2009 deposition, that citation is not present in the current reporting and would be needed to verify the claim (available sources do not mention a Trump deposition in August 2009) ^{[1] [2]}.

8. Bottom line for readers weighing the claim

Public documents and news reports show Trump is referenced multiple times across Epstein-related files and that witnesses and emails raise questions about his interactions with Epstein and Maxwell; however, the available reporting does not support the specific claim that Trump testified in an August 2009 deposition in the Epstein/Maxwell cases — the sources show depositions of others and email references, not a Trump deponent appearance in August 2009 ^{[1] [4] [2] [3]}.