President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were once friendly. On this point, just about everybody agrees.

It's the exact details and the timeline of that relationship that have consumed Washington on and off since the summer, much to Trump's chagrin.

He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don't understand what the interest or what the

fascination is. I really don't. That is Trump back in July after his Justice Department announced

it would not be releasing further documents from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein had been facing federal charges for sex

trafficking and minors when he died in prison in 2019 by suicide, according to authorities.

During his 2024 campaign for the White House, Trump, as well as future members of his

administration, had called for the release of those documents. But once in office, Trump changed his tune.

It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated by the Democrats. And some stupid Republicans and

foolish Republicans fall into the net. After that, more details did trickle out. A Wall Street

Journal story detailed a birthday note to Epstein from 2003. It included a drawing of a woman's naked silhouette

and appeared to be signed by Trump. Trump denied he had written it. Democrats on the House

Oversight Committee then released a copy from Epstein's estate in September. It's not my signature,

and it's not the way I speak. And anybody that's covered me for a long time, no, that's not my language.

It's nonsense.

Trump has long claimed that his friendship with Epstein ended before Epstein's 2006 indictment in Florida

for soliciting prostitution.

He said the breakup was over Epstein hiring away young female employees from Trump's Mar-a-Lago

resort.

When I heard about it, I told them, I said, listen, we don't want you taking our people,

whether it was spa or not spa.

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