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Trump-Epstein controversy

The wider controversy surrounding Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein's connections to alleged sexual abuse.

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Jan 27, 2026
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how many years were jeffery epstain and donald trump friends and hung around each other

The publicly documented social relationship between and stretches from the late 1980s into the early-to-mid 2000s, a span most sources place at roughly 15 years; Trump himself was quoted in 2002 sayin...

Jan 18, 2026
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Did Donald Trump ban Jeffrey Epstein from Mar-a-Lago and when did that occur?

Donald Trump did publicly say he barred Jeffrey Epstein from Mar‑a‑Lago; reporters and later documents tie that ban to complaints about Epstein’s conduct toward a member’s daughter and to poaching spa...

Jan 18, 2026
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What evidence did prosecutors consider in the Epstein investigations and how did that intersect with allegations involving Donald Trump?

Federal prosecutors’ work on the Jeffrey Epstein probes drew on a mix of interview notes, victim complaints, flight logs, emails and other documents that were gathered across multiple inquiries, and r...

Jan 16, 2026

Is Trump in the Epstein files and he is reducting his name?

The released Justice Department tranches of the Jeffrey Epstein files contain numerous mentions of Donald Trump — ranging from media clippings and photographs to investigators’ notes and at least one ...

Jan 19, 2026

is trump on epstien list

Yes — Donald Trump’s name appears among Jeffrey Epstein’s contacts in multiple sets of documents and address books that have been published or reported on, but those listings are not the same as a for...

Feb 6, 2026

What credible evidence links Trump to cooperating with federal investigators about Jeffrey Epstein?

The released Epstein files contain numerous references to — unverified tips, third‑party recollections and media clippings — but no publicly released, credible documentary evidence that ; federal offi...

Feb 4, 2026

Do Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs list Donald Trump as a passenger and what do they show?

’s flight records released in batches by the and cited by prosecutors do list “” as a passenger multiple times in the 1990s; a January 7, 2020 prosecutorial email says he is listed on at least eight f...

Feb 4, 2026

did trump and jeffry epstein have lunch in 2015 before his campaign

Allegations that lunched with in spring 2015 appear in at least one confidential informant memo the collected, but the newly released files and mainstream reporting do not contain an unambiguous conte...

Feb 2, 2026

What did Donald Trump say publicly about Epstein and Mar‑a‑Lago, and how have journalists vetted those statements?

has publicly described a falling out with by saying he banned Epstein from for "being a creep" and, more recently, that Epstein "stole" young women who worked at the Mar‑a‑Lago spa — including naming ...

Jan 20, 2026

What does Donald Trump say about Epstein?

Donald Trump has consistently sought to minimize and discredit ties between himself and Jeffrey Epstein, asserting he “barely knew the guy” while his allies call allegations “false smears” and the bro...

Jan 9, 2026

What did Jeffrey Epstein say about Donald Trump’s silence, and in what context were those remarks made?

Jeffrey Epstein’s remarks about Donald Trump—chiefly that Trump was “charming, in a devious way,” “believes his own bulls---,” and suffered “delusions of grandiosity”—were captured on tapes Epstein ga...

Jan 7, 2026

What specific Epstein emails mention a California plaintiff linked to Trump, and where can they be read?

The publicly released Epstein files include several emails and internal notes that reference Donald Trump — notably an email from a Manhattan prosecutor about Trump’s appearances on Epstein’s flight l...