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Trump and Epstein: Follow the Money

Trump and Epstein: Follow the Money

Lurid birthday messages from Trump to Epstein are grabbing the headlines, but the real story can be found in Epstein's finances, reports Matt Bernardini

Matt Bernardini
Jul 20, 2025
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Near the US Embassy in London, activists put up a poster showing President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein , Thursday 17 July 2025. Photo:Thomas Krych/Associated Press/Alamy

Wouldn’t it be poetic justice that a sexual predator President gets taken down by another sexual predator? That’s what’s at stake with the entire Jeffrey Epstein saga in the US, which doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.

It’s ironic because Trump first broke the norms of politics in 2016 when the “Access Hollywood tape” was released, where the current President was caught on tape bragging about how he would sexually assault women. Everyone thought that would be the end of him. Instead he won the election and here we are 10 years later, with another major sex scandal surrounding Trump. And it looks like this one may be finally causing his boat to take on some water.

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