Trump says Epstein’s emails are a ‘trap’ for the opposition: ‘Only a very dumb Republican would fall for it’

Epstein said in an email that Trump knew about the sexual abuse scheme and spent ‘hours’ with one of the victims The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this Wednesday (12) that the controversy involving emails from convicted sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein, in which he is mentioned, is a “trap” created by Democrats. ✅ Follow g1’s international news channel on WhatsApp ▶️ Context: Earlier, the US Congress published emails that show Epstein claiming that Trump “knew” about his sexual abuse scheme and that the current president once “spent hours” at his home with one of the victims. Jeffrey Epstein was an American businessman known for his wide network of contacts with politicians, celebrities and businesspeople. He was accused of having abused more than 250 underage girls and operating a sexual exploitation ring. Epstein was arrested in July 2019 and, according to US authorities, he took his own life a month later, inside his cell. Trump used a social network to comment on the release of the emails. According to him, the opposition’s objective is to divert attention from the federal government shutdown, which has already lasted 42 days. “Democrats are trying to resurrect the Jeffrey Epstein hoax because they would do anything to distract from how badly they did in the shutdown and on so many other issues,” he wrote. “Only a really bad or stupid Republican would fall into that trap,” he said. “There should be no distractions with Epstein or anything else.” Commenting on the government shutdown, Trump accused Democrats of “shut down the country” and causing $1.5 trillion in economic damage. Trump comments on the release of emails from the Epstein case on social media Reproduction ‘Nothing wrong’ Still this Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that the president “did nothing wrong” and accused Democrats of leaking the emails “to defame Trump”. “These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that Trump did nothing wrong,” Leavitt said. She also questioned the release of the documents and accused Democrats of using the case to attack the government and create a false narrative. During an interview with journalists, the spokeswoman also said that Trump expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, a luxury club in Palm Beach, after discovering his behavior. “Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mar-a-Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Epstein was a pedophile and a disgusting guy,” he stated. Donald Trump sues newspaper for publishing alleged letter to Jeffrey Epstein Reproduction/TV Globo New e-mail According to e-mails published this Wednesday by the United States Congress, Epstein stated that Trump “knew” about his sexual abuse scheme and that he once “spent hours” at his home with one of the victims. According to Democrats in the House of Representatives, the emails raise new questions about the relationship between Trump and Epstein. In one of the messages seen by congressmen, the billionaire writes that Trump “knew about the girls” — many of whom were identified by investigators as minors. In an April 2011 email, Epstein wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell — his assistant and confidant, later convicted of facilitating the crimes. “I want you to realize that the dog that didn’t bark is Trump.” He added that one of the victims “spent hours at my house with him… and was never mentioned once.” Email in which Jeffrey Epstein talks about Trump’s alleged knowledge of the businessman’s sexual abuse scheme. Disclosure/ Democratic Party In another email released this Wednesday, Epstein reflected on how he should respond to questions from the press about his relationship with Trump, who at the time was beginning to gain prominence as a national political figure. The case has reignited pressure on the Trump administration to release all documents related to Epstein. During the campaign, the president even promised to disclose an alleged “list” of clients of the child sexual exploitation scheme. Pressure increased after the Justice Department published part of the case documents in February, without new revelations. From then on, the president began to deny the existence of this list, minimize the case and even call anyone who still cared about it an “idiot” — and the Republican himself helped to spread conspiracy theories for years. According to the American press, the president was warned in May by his Department of Justice that he appeared in Epstein’s documents. Trump emphatically denies any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. He stated that he and the billionaire were friends in the past, but broke off their relationship many years ago. VIDEOS: trending on g1 See videos that are trending on g1

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