Were there any retractions or clarifications by Giuffre about her statements on Trump?

1. What Giuffre publicly said about Trump — and how reporters cite it

Reporting by ABC, Newsweek, CNN and others recounts that Giuffre said she met Donald Trump while working at Mar-a-Lago and in a 2016 deposition said she did not believe Trump “participated in anything,” did not recall seeing him with Epstein at Epstein’s homes, and said he never flirted with her — lines that outlets and the White House have pointed to when disputing implications in newly released Epstein emails ^{[1] [4] [5]}.

2. No documented retraction in current reporting

Among the sources provided, none report that Giuffre retracted those statements; rather, articles and news organizations repeatedly reference her earlier deposition and memoir passages in which she did not accuse Trump of sexual wrongdoing ^{[6] [4] [2]}. If a formal retraction exists, it is not found in these pieces: available sources do not mention a retraction.

3. How the White House and Republicans have used Giuffre’s statements

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and GOP officials have publicly cited Giuffre’s past statements — notably that Trump “couldn’t have been friendlier” and was not involved in wrongdoing — to argue that the release of redacted Epstein emails is politically motivated and does not implicate the president ^{[2] [7] [3]}. Conservative outlets and commentators have amplified that framing as well ^[8].

4. What the newly released emails actually say and why Giuffre’s comments matter

House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that “Trump knew about the girls”; Democrats redacted a victim’s name in those messages, and Republicans and the White House asserted the redacted victim was Giuffre ^{[6] [9] [7]}. Because Giuffre previously said she did not witness Trump committing abuse, reporters and spokespeople cite her remarks to counter interpretations of Epstein’s note ^{[5] [4]}.

5. Limits of the evidence and competing interpretations

The documents cited by news outlets are fragmentary; Epstein’s statement in an email and Giuffre’s separate deposition or memoir are different kinds of source material. Outlets such as The New York Times and Reuters note that the emails raise questions about Trump’s awareness while also emphasizing that Giuffre’s own accounts (and Maxwell’s testimony) do not corroborate allegations against Trump — illustrating a divide between what a perpetrator claimed in private messages and what a survivor officially testified or wrote ^{[6] [3]}.

6. How media and politics shape the narrative

Conservative media and White House communications have presented Giuffre’s prior remarks as effectively exculpatory, framing the email disclosures as a “fake narrative” or “smear” ^{[8] [7]}. Democrats and some outlets emphasize the emails’ implications and call for fuller transparency; both camps are using the same published remarks from Giuffre to advance opposing narratives, showing political incentives in how selective quotations are amplified ^{[9] [10]}.

7. Takeaway for readers seeking clarity

Current reporting in this set documents Giuffre’s statements that she did not see Trump involved in abuse and records no retraction of those statements in the cited articles ^{[1] [4]}. At the same time, newly released emails from Epstein and partisan reactions mean the issue remains contested: Epstein’s private assertions and survivors’ public testimony are separate evidentiary threads, and journalists and lawmakers interpret them differently ^{[6] [2]}.

If you want, I can compile the exact Giuffre quotations and the email language side‑by‑side from these sources, or search additional reporting beyond the provided set for any later clarification or newly reported retraction.