Bill Clinton hits back over half-naked Epstein file photos with blistering accusation about Trump
After Bill Clinton was featured prominently in the 300,000-page Epstein document, a spokesman for the ex-president accused Donald Trump of using him as a 'scapegoat.' The Department of Justice released the document Friday with photos and evidence connected to the conviction of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. All of the information and images were divulged without dates, context or background details. The Epstein Files Transparency Act stipulated that only victims or minors were to be redacted. Clinton was one of few faces left uncovered and appeared in at least a dozen photographs. The emergence of the pictures is embarrassing for the former president, but their inclusion in the data drop does not necessarily imply wrongdoing by Clinton, who has denied illegal activity.
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Clinton is featured in at least a dozen Epstein photos as DOJ releases 300,000-page file
One of the most prominent photos featured Clinton half-naked in a pool with Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell and multiple, scantily clad redacted women. The former president's chief of staff, Angel Urena, released a statement on Clinton's involvement with Epstein. Urena claimed that by releasing the files, the White House is 'shielding themselves.' 'The White House hasn't been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,' he said in the statement posted to X.
A cascade of Clinton's scenes: from hot tubs to portraits and private jets
Clinton seemed to comfortably lounge in a hot tub in the slew of images released with the files. The former president was also pictured swimming in a pool with several scantily clad women. Clinton grinned with a redacted woman perched right next to him. In another image, he appeared to be in a private jet with Ghislaine Maxwell and a redacted woman. The files showed Clinton posed in Winston Churchill's War Rooms with Kevin Spacey and chatting at dinner next to Mick Jagger. He even appeared as a portrait, in which Clinton is pointing forward while lounging in a blue dress and red high heels. In another photo, he is seen smiling in silk shirts with Epstein himself. Despite controversy surrounding their friendship, Trump (pictured left) barely appeared in the recently released Epstein files. 'This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they'll try and hide forever. So they can release as many grainy 20-plus-year old photos as they want, but this isn't about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be.'
Two kinds of people here and a cast of players
The two types of people surfaced in the White House’s response. 'There are two types of people here,' the statement continued. 'The first knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him after. We're in the first. No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that.' The loaded statement seemed to accuse the current president of continuing a relationship with Epstein even after the financier's disgrace. 'Everyone, especially MAGA, expects answers, not scapegoats,' Urena concluded. Trump previously claimed that Clinton visited Epstein's private island 'supposedly 28 times.' Clinton has denied accusations of his frequent visits to Little St. James, per Axios. The president's chief of staff Susie Wiles clarified in a recent interview with Vanity Fair that 'there is no evidence' those visits ever occurred. Trump also said on social media that Bill and Hillary Clinton 'spent large portions of their life with Epstein,' per the New York Times.
Emails and observations: Trump, Clinton and Epstein in the Democratic spotlight
House Democrats released a series of emails in November which outlined the sitting president's relationship with Epstein. According to BBC, the two fell out of friendship in the early 2000s before his initial arrest in 2006. But Trump's name appeared in emails between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2011. 'I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump.. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him,' one email read. Other emails Epstein sent himself alleged that Trump had met his victims, one in particular that worked at Mar-a-Lago. 'Trump knew of it. and came to my house many times during that period,' he wrote. Trump, however, barely appeared in the lengthy document that the DOJ released December 19. He can be seen in a picture or two featured on Epstein's desk and among his personal scrapbooks. But his presence is nowhere near as prominent as Clinton's. As Trump has vehemently denied a long term friendship with Epstein, he ordered an investigation into Clinton and other Democrats who were associated with him.
