"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy," Trump said. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

"There's a vicious wave of slander and lies against my country and my people," former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said about Tucker Carlson's claims.

Donald Trumpis frightened by the Jeffrey Epstein situation, according to Trump biographer Michael Wolff. While appearing on “The Daily Beast” podcast on July 14, Wolff believes Trump was “happy to ignore” the controversy around the disgraced financier until his allies created hype around the Epstein files.

Attorney Spencer Kuvin, who represents one of Epstein’s victims, shared: "We certainly knew that Mr. Trump was a close friend of Mr. Epstein during those exact years that Mr. Epstein was molesting these young girls. "These are two gentlemen that definitely ran in the same circles."

The crew of Fox & Friends Weekend cautioned Trump against trying to sweep the Epstein story under the rug without answering his base's "very valid questions."

The findings outraged many conservatives and loyal Trump supporters, who began accusing Pam Bondi and the Trump administration of allegedly orchestrating a cover-up for those who might have been included on the so-called “Epstein list” of the now-dead convicted sex trafficker’s clients.

Recently surfaced recordings reveal that Jeffrey Epstein claimed to be a close friend of President Donald Trump. What Happened: These statements, made in 2017, offer insights into Epstein’s relationship with Trump and his alleged intimate knowledge of Trump’s sexual behaviors.

In a New York Magazine article on Epstein from 2002, Donald Trump was quoted as saying: "I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

Prince Andrew addressed his ties with Jeffrey Epstein during a BBC Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis in November 2019

Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession.