Okay, a lot happened this week, but a lot of some things didn't happen.

I mean, Donald Trump is usually not shy about taking questions from the press.

We all know that.

He almost never gives them a straight answer, even a coherent answer these days.

But he can usually be relied on to say something, even if it's just some lie or deflection,

meant to distract from whatever is being asked.

But over the last few days, Trump was surprisingly reluctant to weigh in on the biggest story of the week.

Mr. President, on Jeffrey Epstein.

Thank you very much.

Mr. President, can you respond to these Epstein emails that were raised today?

Mr. President, any you respond to these Epstein emails that we're used today? Mr. President, any comment on these Epstein emails, sir?

Now, over the past few days, and you've probably seen this, Donald Trump has done everything short

of breaking into a full-out sprint

to avoid answering questions about the newly released

trove of emails from notorious child sex trafficker

Jeffrey Epstein.

Emails that repeatedly refer to Trump himself,

some of which clearly imply that Trump may have

known more about Epstein's crimes

than he has previously led on.

Now, I will tell you that tonight, aboard Air Force won on his way to Palm Beach, Trump did

answer questions about these emails, and we're going to get to that in just a second.

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