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effrey epstein has once again risen from the dead, this time trying to claim a new victim — President Donald Trump.
Six years after the disgraced
financier’s body was removed from a Manhattan jail cell, his ghostly presence continues to haunt American politics, its ten- drils intertwined with power, privilege, and unanswered ques- tions that have divided MAGA and threaten to cause lasting damage to the coalition that ush- ered Trump into office. Previously, the convicted
sex offender — with his elite network of connections to bil- lionaires, politicians, and left- leaning global influencers — was believed to pose the biggest threat to Democrats, such as former President Bill Clinton, a frequent guest of Epstein’s. Now, his specter has pivoted
to the right, with critics and the media sensing an opportunity to use a two-decade-old scandal to damage the president. “I don’t understand it,” Trump,
seemingly exasperated, told the media on July 16. “Why they would be so interested . . . he’s been dead for a long time. “I don’t understand why the
Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It’s pretty boring stuff. It’s sordid, but it’s boring. And I don’t understand why it keeps going. “I think really only pretty bad
people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going.”
Trump later referred to Ep-
stein as the “guy who never dies.” However, for many of
Trump’s most fervent support- ers, the issue isn’t that Epstein has risen from the grave, but that he was never truly laid to rest in the first place, says MAGA politi- cal commentator and attorney Robert Barnes. “We find out the world’s nas-
tiest criminals have been doing unspeakable things to children for 30 years — and now we are told to move on and that there is nothing to see here?” Barnes told Newsmax. “His base is going to feel justi-
How Epstein Saga Unfolded
March 2005: Police probe Jeffrey Epstein after the family of a 14-year- old girl reports she was molested at his mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. Other girls, many of them high school students, claim he hired them for sexual massages.
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May 2006: Palm Beach police prepare to charge Epstein with unlawful sex with a minor, but in an unusual move the county’s top prosecutor, State Attorney Barry Krischer, sends the evidence to a grand jury.
July 2006: Epstein is arrested on one count of soliciting prostitution. The minor charge outrages critics, including Palm Beach police, who accuse Krischer of giving Epstein lenient treatment. The FBI gets involved.
2007: As federal prosecutors prepare an indictment against Epstein, his lawyers talk to Alex Acosta, then-U.S. attorney for Florida’s Southern District, about a plea bargain that would allow their client to avoid federal prosecution.
POWER CIRCLE Disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, top left at his private Caribbean island, maintained friendships with former President Bill Clinton and with Prince Andrew, the younger brother of Britain’s King Charles, with whom he was seen walking in New York’s Central Park.
fiably betrayed. “The question moving for-
ward is not whether damage has been done, but what Trump can now do to fix it,” Barnes added.
‘LOLITA EXPRESS’ Allegations that Epstein sexu- ally abused girls first became public in 2006, leading to his
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