Overview

• CNN’s KFile unit released archive photos showing Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples and video of the two men socializing during a 1999 Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
• In a brief call with CNN reporters, President Trump dismissed the images as fake news and abruptly ended the conversation with “You’ve got to be kidding me.”
• White House Communications Director Steven Cheung characterized the images as harmless frame grabs and noted that Trump had expelled Epstein from his golf club for being a “creep.”
• Bipartisan lawmakers have renewed calls for the full release of Justice Department files on Epstein’s network following the administration’s refusal to publish a client list.
• Last week’s Wall Street Journal account of a lewd 2003 birthday letter from Trump to Epstein has further intensified scrutiny over the pair’s longstanding association.