https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.htmlIf you are interested in this quagmire, an article behind a soft pay wall linking the facts of Trump and Epstein. Some of the "interesting" parts below. The BLUF, Trump and Epstein were definitely friends during a period of time where Epstein was doing pedo activities.
" In the swirl of money and sun-tanned women that was their Palm Beach-and-Manhattan set, Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein spent nearly 15 years mingling side-by-side as public friends.
There were lavish dinners with boldface names at Mr. Epstein's mansion on the Upper East Side and raucous parties with cheerleaders and models at Mr. Trump's private club and residence at Mar-a-Lago. In between, there were trips back and forth from Florida to New York on one of Mr. Epstein's private jets."
" One of the young women who later said Mr. Epstein groomed and abused her was recruited into his world while working as a spa attendant at Mar-a-Lago. Another accuser recalled being eyed by Mr. Trump during a brief encounter in Mr. Epstein's office, and claimed that Mr. Epstein had told Mr. Trump at the time that "she's not for you.""
"In 1992, an NBC News camera captured the pair at a Mar-a-Lago party that featured cheerleaders from the Buffalo Bills, who were in town that weekend for a game against the Miami Dolphins. At one point in the footage, Mr. Trump can be seen dancing amid a crowd of young women. Later, he appears to be pointing at other women while whispering something in Mr. Epstein's ear, causing him to double over with laughter.
Months later, when Mr. Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago for young women in a so-called calendar girl competition, Mr. Epstein was the only other guest, according to George Houraney, a Florida-based businessman who arranged the event. Mr. Houraney recalled being surprised that Mr. Epstein was the only other person on the guest list.
"In said, 'Donald, this is supposed to be a party with V.I.P.s," Mr. Houraney told The New York Times in 2019. "You're telling me it's you and Epstein?'""
"Court records show that Mr. Trump was among those who got rides on Mr. Epstein's private jet. Over four years in the 1990s, he flew on Mr. Epstein's Boeing 727 at least seven times, largely making jaunts between Palm Beach and a private airport in Teterboro, N.J., just outside New York."
" In 2000, court records show, Ms. Maxwell, a British socialite who had long been tied to Mr. Epstein, struck up a conversation with a 17-year-old girl outside a locker room at Mar-a-Lago.
Her name was Virginia Giuffre, and she was a spa attendant at the club, having gotten the job through her father, who worked there as a maintenance man."