{"id":70299,"date":"2025-08-01T19:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70299"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:40:23","slug":"trump-fires-back-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70299","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fires Back With"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-40.png 1024w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-40-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-40-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Following the release of recently discovered images and video footage that provided additional details about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump dismissed a request for comment with a direct six-word statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump stated during his most recent presidential campaign that if elected, he would have \u201cno problem\u201d with disclosing documents pertaining to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Pamela Bondi\u2019s release of the so-called \u2018first phase\u2019 of declassified Epstein files in February 2025 was a partial fulfilment of the president\u2019s pledge; however, by July, Trump\u2019s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had discovered \u2018no basis\u2019 to release additional files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1407001\/dl?inline\">DOJ stated<\/a>&nbsp;in its announcement earlier this month that it had discovered \u201cno incriminating<strong>&nbsp;\u201cclient list.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypositiveinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-429-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42097\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gageskidmore\/49567609682\">Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision not to release further files prompted speculation from some members of the public that Trump was \u2018hiding\u2019 details about Epstein, with the president only adding fuel to the fire when he was questioned by one reporter and responded,<strong>&nbsp;\u201cAre people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being questioned about photos taken in 1993, Trump attempted to silence the discussion between him and the disgraced financier once more, but he has since announced plans to release grand jury files pertaining to Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Trump&#039;s name appears multiple times in Epstein files: WSJ report | ABC NEWS\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NgFfQA0bKC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, CNN\u2019s KFile has confirmed Jeffrey Epstein attended Donald Trump\u2019s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples. Photographer Dafydd Jones recalled spotting Epstein there, having previously photographed him with Trump. Trump dismissed the report as \u201cfake news,\u201d while a spokesperson said the photos were innocuous. Trump and Epstein had social ties until a fallout over a Palm Beach property deal in the 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70159\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the release of recently discovered images and video footage that provided additional details about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump dismissed a request for comment&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70302,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70299\/revisions\/70302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}