Trump says new Epstein photographs are ‘no big deal’ however claims he hasn’t seen them: Live updates | EUROtoday

At a invoice signing occasion on the White House Friday night, Donald Trump was requested concerning the newly launched photos of himself and Jeffrey Epstein however mentioned they had been “no big deal.”

“Well, I haven’t seen [the pictures] but I mean, everybody knew this man [Epstein] – he was all over Palm Beach.

“He has photos with everybody… there are hundreds and hundreds of people that have them. That’s no big deal, I know nothing about them.”

Trump has not been charged with criminal activity and has consistently denied involvement with Epstein.

Virginia rep. Suhas Subramanyam has said that some of the pictures in the possession of House Democrats, turned over by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate contain images “a lot of people” engaged in sexual acts.

“As part of this release, yes, there are pictures of people engaged in sexual acts,” the congressman informed CNN.

Asked if there have been photos of different males that weren’t Epstein engaged in such acts, Subramanyam added: “We’re going through that again.

“The last time there was a big production, what we tried to do was release all the files eventually. We’re trying to be selective about what we release now, and so in this case, we’re not really quite sure yet who is who certainly, there’s a lot of people involved in some of these acts.”

House Democrats have launched a second tranche of photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata.

“In the interest of transparency, we will continue to release photos from the Epstein estate,” Oversight Dems wrote on X.

“We have released an additional 70+ photos sent to our Committee. More to come.”

In its response to the brand new batch of launched photos, the White House attacked Democrats Stacey Plaskett and Hakeem Jeffries for his or her ties to Epstein.

Accusations have swirled that Plaskett, the U.S. Virgin Islands non-voting delegate, gave the impression to be texting with Epstein throughout a 2019 listening to earlier than questioning Trump. Her workplace later confirmed that the textual content change had occurred.

Meanwhile, James Comer, the highest Republican on the Oversight Committee beforehand posted a 2013 e-mail despatched by a fundraising agency that was soliciting marketing campaign cash from the Epstein for Jeffries’ marketing campaign.

Jeffries has mentioned he’s by no means met Epstein, by no means obtained a donation from him and had no recollection of the e-mail.

Last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi launched a probe into Democrats’ ties to Epstein at Trump’s course.

Social media customers have identified a disturbing picture on the desk of Jeffrey Epstein, that has emerged within the newly launched batch of photographs.

In an image during which Epstein is seen sitting with former Trump confidante Steve Bannon a framed image on the financier’s desk seems to indicate a lady mendacity in a fetal place.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers, who was featured with Jeffrey Epstein in a few of the photos launched Friday, has beforehand expressed regret for having related to the pedophile financier.

It was beforehand revealed that Summers had exchanged emails with Epstein as lately as 2019. At the time he mentioned his continued communications with the convicted intercourse offender had been “misguided” and that he was “deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused.”

Summers introduced he was stepping down from his instructing function after beforehand launched e-mail exchanges with Epstein got here to gentle.