The known facts about Jeffrey Epstein's relationships with both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, and other prominent figures:

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PERSONAL LIFE


Previous long-term girlfriends associated with Epstein include Eva Andersson-Dubin[146][147] and publishing heiress Ghislaine Maxwell.[20] Epstein was romantically linked with Andersson-Dubin in the 1980s and the two later remained friendly well after her marriage to Glenn Dubin.[146][147] Epstein had met Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of disgraced media baron Robert Maxwell, by 1991.[37][125][148][149][150] Maxwell was implicated by several of Epstein's accusers as procuring or recruiting underage girls in addition to once being Epstein's girlfriend.[123][125][150] In a 2009 deposition, several of Epstein's household employees testified that Maxwell had a central role in both his public and private life, referring to her as his "main girlfriend" who also handled the hiring, supervising, and firing of staff starting around 1992. In 1995, Epstein renamed one of his companies the Ghislaine Corporation in Palm Beach, Florida; the company was later dissolved in 1998.[128] In the year 2000, Maxwell moved into a 7,000-square-foot townhouse, less than 10 blocks from Epstein's New York mansion. This townhome was purchased for $4.95 million by an anonymous limited liability company, with an address that matches the office of J. Epstein & Co. Representing the buyer was Darren Indyke, Epstein's longtime lawyer.[124] In a 2003 Vanity Fair exposé, Epstein refers to Maxwell as "my best friend".[20]

Epstein was a longtime acquaintance of Prince Andrew and Tom Barrack,[151] and attended parties with many prominent people, including Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos, Donald Trump,[152] Katie Couric, and Woody Allen.[153] His contacts also included Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and British prime minister Tony Blair.[154][155] Both Clinton[156] and Donald Trump[157][better source needed] claimed that they never visited Epstein's island. Epstein owned a private Boeing 727 jet, nicknamed the "Lolita Express" by the tabloid press, and traveled in it frequently, logging "600 flying hours a year ... usually with guests on board".[158][159][160] Epstein's brother told The Washington Post that Trump flew "numerous times" on Epstein's airplane, although he was only present on one of the flights.[161][162] Trump also flew Epstein on his own airplane at least once, according to Michael Corcoran.[163] In September 2002, Epstein flew Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private jet.[22][159][164][165] Flight records obtained in 2016 show Clinton flew on Epstein's plane 26 times to at least a dozen international locations.[166][167] Flight logs did not list any Secret Service detail for at least five flights, all in Asia,[166] and Secret Service stated that there is no evidence of the former President making a trip to his private island.[166] In 2019, a Clinton spokesperson stated that, in 2002 and 2003, Clinton took four trips on Epstein's airplane, making stops on three continents, all with his staff and Secret Service detail.[168] At the time of Epstein's 2019 arrest, Clinton's spokeswoman Angel Ureña stated that Clinton had "not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade, and has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein's ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida.[169] In documents unsealed the day before Epstein's death, the deposition of alleged sex slave Virginia Giuffre includes her allegations that when she was 17, Clinton visited Little Saint James island, that underage girls were present, and that Epstein threw a dinner party for the former President. She stated Secret Service was present, but not at all times;[170][171] the Secret Service told Fox News it had no record of agents being on the island.[172] The unsealed court documents also showed Giuffre acknowledged that her claim Clinton visited the island was false.[173] Giuffre claims Maxwell told her she flew Clinton to the island on her helicopter, although she conceded, "I heard a lot of things from Ghislaine that sounded too true – too outrageous to be true, but you never knew what to believe."[170][171]

In a profile of Epstein in New York magazine in 2002, former Democratic Senate leader George J. Mitchell said of Epstein, "I would certainly call him a friend and a supporter." In the same article, Donald Trump remarked, "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it – Jeffrey enjoys his social life."[174] In July 2019, Trump said "I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him," stating four times he had not been "a fan" of Epstein and that he had not spoken to him in about fifteen years. Video surfaced that month showing the two men partying together at Mar-a-Lago in 1992.[175][176][177][178] By 2007,[179] Epstein was reported to have been banned from Trump's club.[180][181][182] The ban allegation was included in court documents filed by attorney Bradley Edwards,[183] although Edwards later said it was a rumor he tried but failed to confirm.[184][185] Clinton lauded Epstein as "a committed philanthropist" with "insights and generosity". At the time Epstein was on the board of Rockefeller University, a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations, and was a major donor to Harvard University.[186]

Epstein visited the White House on four known occasions in the 1990s.[187] In 1993, during Bill Clinton's presidency he went to a donor event at the White House with his companion Ghislaine Maxwell. Around the same time, he also met with President Clinton's aide Mark Middleton on at least three occasions at the White House. In 1995, financier Lynn Forester discussed "Jeffrey Epstein and currency stabilization" with Clinton.[187] Epstein, according to his own accounts, was heavily involved in the foreign exchange market and traded large amounts of currency in the unregulated forex market.[20][22] In 1995, Epstein also attended a small political fundraiser dinner for Bill Clinton which included 14 other people such as Ron Perelman, Don Johnson, Jimmy Buffett, and dinner organizer Paul Prosperi.[188]

From the 1990s to mid-2000s, Epstein often socialized with the future President Donald Trump.[149][161][177][189] Journalist Michael Wolff wrote that Trump, Epstein, and Tom Barrack were at the time like a "set of nightlife musketeers" on the social scene.[3][190] Epstein and Trump socialized both in New York City and Palm Beach, where they both had houses.[177][189] A porter who worked next door to Epstein's house on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 2000 stated to The Mail on Sunday in reference to people coming and going from Epstein's house that "I often see Donald Trump and there are loads of models coming and going, mostly at night. It's amazing he's got so many ladies, as Mr Epstein, and always has a new one on his arm, it seems."[149] In April 2003, New York magazine reported Epstein hosted a dinner party in his Manhattan residence to honor Bill Clinton, who did not attend, although Trump did attend.[191] According to The Washington Post, one person who knew Epstein and Trump during this time noted that "they were tight" and "they were each other's wingmen". In November 2004, Epstein and Trump's friendship ran into trouble when they became embroiled in a bidding war for a $40 million mansion, Maison de L'Amitie, which was being auctioned in Palm Beach. Trump won the auction for $41 million, and successfully sold the property four years later for $95 million to the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. That month was the last time Epstein and Trump were recorded to have interacted.[161]




A lot of that is perception and not fact. Epstein's brother said Trump flew with Jeffrey Epstein "many times" but only witnessed one flight.
Bill Clinton flew on 26 flights with Epstein, 5 of which he left behind Secret Service, but allegedly none to Pedophile Island. But they could have said they were flying elsewhere, and in truth gone to Pedophile Island.
Whether fact or just subjective preception, these are the statements of those observing Esptein and his inner circle.