Overview
- During a Nov. 14 press gaggle aboard Air Force One, President Trump told Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey, “Quiet, quiet piggy,” after she pressed him on newly released Epstein records.
- Catherine Lucey asked what Jeffrey Epstein meant in emails that said Trump “knew about the girls,” prompting the exchange captured during the flight from Washington, D.C., to Mar-a-Lago.
- Trump denied knowledge of Epstein’s alleged conduct, said he had a very bad relationship with Epstein for many years, and deflected to figures like Bill Clinton and Larry Summers.
- The White House issued a statement saying the reporter behaved in an inappropriate and unprofessional way and added, “If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take.”
- The full, cleaner clip circulated Monday, drawing sharp criticism from journalists and commentators online as questions continue following Congress’s release of roughly 24,000 Epstein-related documents.