On August 2nd, Trump stated that he "hopes to publish all documents related to the Epstein case," but does not want anyone to be harmed or implicated. Trump also said that if there was any information related to him in the hands of those with the documents, it should have been published before the presidential election.
BlockBeats previously reported that on July 29th, US President Trump stated that he had "never had the opportunity" to visit Jeffrey Epstein's island. Trump said he rejected Epstein's invitation and called it a wise decision. Previously, Trump had repeatedly distanced himself from Epstein.
On July 24th, US Attorney General Pam Bondi had informed Trump in May that there were many involved parties in the Epstein files, including his name. The White House made a contradictory response after the report was published: initially issuing a statement calling it "fake news," but a White House official subsequently told Reuters that the government did not deny Trump's name appearing in some documents, and pointed out that Trump's name was already included in a batch of materials Bondi compiled for conservative influencers in February.
Trump was close to Epstein from the 1990s to the early 2000s, with his name appearing multiple times in Epstein's private plane flight records during the 1990s. Trump and several of his family members' names also appeared in Epstein's contact book, listed alongside hundreds of other people.
