‘Never’: Trump denies being told his name was in Epstein recordsdata; downplays case as ‘not a big thing’

Donald Trump (AP file picture)

US president Donald Trump on Friday mentioned he was by no means knowledgeable that his name appeared in recordsdata associated to Jeffrey Epstein, the late intercourse offender. Speaking to reporters in Scotland, Trump denied a report by The Wall Street Journal which claimed that the legal professional normal had briefed him in May. “No, I was never, never briefed, no,” he mentioned.

When requested about Ghislaine Maxwell’s current interview, Trump averted particulars. “I have nothing to say about it. She is being talked to by a really smart man. I don’t know anything about the conversation,” he mentioned. On the topic of a attainable pardon for Maxwell, Trump dismissed it. “A lot of people have been asking about pardon. This is not the time to be talking about pardon,” he mentioned. Trump reiterated what he told reporters earlier than flying to Scotland. “You’re making a very big thing about something that’s not a big thing. You should be talking about former president Bill Clinton, former Harvard president, hedge fund guys, not talking about Trump,” he added. He earlier told reporters, “I’ll give you the list. These guys lived with Jeffrey.”The WSJ report claimed Bondi and her deputy Todd Blanche conveyed to Trump that he was mentioned several times on the documents. Bondi and Blanche issued a joint statement after Journal’s report and said they routinely briefed Trumpo about the findings.The Wall Street Journal report got here after Trump sued Rupert Murdoch and WSJ after it claimed that Trump wrote a birthday letter to intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein and that word was not in good style. Apart from calling the word pretend, Trump introduced that he sued WSJ and Rupert Murdoch.