Scripps News
The White House is denying a report by The Wall Street Journal that claims President Donald Trump was informed in May that his name appears multiple times in the so-called Epstein files.
Citing senior administration officials, the WSJ reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy informed President Trump during a White House meeting in May that his name was mentioned alongside other high-profile figures who had known Jeffrey Epstein. The report noted that being named in the files does not necessarily imply wrongdoing. The WSJ said President Trump’s name appeared in what officials described as “unverified hearsay.”
President Trump was previously known to have had a friendly relationship with Epstein before Epstein became the subject of widespread allegations of sex trafficking and child abuse. The two men reportedly had a falling out in the early 2000s.
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