Trump empathizes with Bill Clinton and others ‘innocently’ featured in Epstein document dumps

Photographs of several prominent Americans, including former President Bill Clinton and Trump himself, socializing with Epstein were included in a tranche of documents released on Friday. The president fielded questions on the topic Monday afternoon at Mar-a-Lago, suggesting it was a “terrible look” for Clinton, despite no evidence of wrongdoing.

“I’ve always gotten along with Bill Clinton. I’ve been nice to him. He’s been nice to me. We’ve always gotten along. I respect him. I hate to see photos come out of him, but this is what the Democrats, mostly Democrats, and a couple of bad Republicans, are asking for,” the president stated. “I don’t like the pictures of Bill Clinton being shown. I don’t like the pictures of other people being shown. I think it’s a terrible thing. I think Bill Clinton’s a big boy. He can handle it.”

“But you probably have pictures being exposed of other people that innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago, many years ago, and they’re highly respected bankers and lawyers and others,” he continued, suggesting that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), whom he called a “real lowlife,” would ruin those people’s lives through their continued pursuit of the entire Epstein file.

“Massie is a loser, and he works with the Democrats. He’s just being used by the Democrats,” the president added. “This whole thing with Epstein is a way of trying to deflect from the tremendous success that the Republican Party has.”

Trump closed his response by claiming that “people are very angry that pictures are being released of other people that really had nothing to do with Epstein, but they’re in a picture.”

“In a picture with him because he was at a party and you ruined the reputation of somebody,” he stated. “So a lot of people are very angry that this continues.”

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