An explosive New York Times report published Thursday morning exposes how the bond between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump was based on hunting women for sport.
Which might explain the maniacal address to the nation on the evening before its publication.
The lede from the NYT: The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
Trump has insisted that the Epstein relationship was a “Democrat hoax,” but the Times spoke with more than 30 former Epstein employees, victims of his sexual abuse, and mutual acquaintances of Trump and Epstein, in essence disproving any semblance of a hoax.
Many of those interviewed anonymously because of threats, while collectively the public group of Epstein accusers want the government to disclose all of the Epstein files, with only names of victims redacted.
Stacey Williams, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model who accused Trump of groping her at a party in 1992 while she was dating Epstein, told the Times that it was akin to “trophy hunting.”
Williams has described how Trump groped her in 1993 at Trump Tower while Epstein — whom she was then dating — watched. “I think Jeffrey liked that he had this Sports Illustrated model who had this name, and that Trump was pursuing me,” she said. Trump denies this account.
During the mid to late 90s, a second Epstein assistant said that Trump and Epstein talked at least three times per week.
Calls between the two continued through later years of their relationship according to a third Epstein assistant who worked with him throughout most of the 2000s.
She said they would talk about pageants or modeling shows or which countries’ women were in vogue in the fashion world. Often Epstein would leave the room while Donald was still blathering while on speaker.
In 1993, Trump held a party at Mar-a-Lago to kick off an Atlantic City beauty pageant he was hosting with two business partners, George Houraney and Jill Harth.
Around two dozen potential contestants were flown in to the party with Jeffrey Epstein being the only other guest, according to Houraney.
Harth alleged in a 1997 lawsuit that Trump groped her under the table, cornered her in a bedroom used by Ivanka, and “forcibly kissed, fondled and restrained” her from leaving.
Later in the early morning hours, Trump sneaked into a bedroom being used by a 22-year-old contestant. Climbing into her bed uninvited, he groped her, too, according to the suit.
Harth also alleged in the lawsuit that Trump demanded that she provide him with “access” to a 17-year-old Czech contestant.
Recently released documents and interviews reveal that Epstein claimed he “gave” Trump a 20-year-old woman he had previously dated; that Trump had made advances on one of Epstein’s employees aboard the serial abuser’s private jet, telling her that he could have anyone he wanted; and in another instance, Trump allegedly mailed Epstein modeling cards to peruse “like a menu,” according to another Epstein employee who spoke with the paper.
Another woman claimed, “It was like a pissing contest—who had the most women,” she said.
Here is a link to a potential gift article from the New York Times:
Mediaite also offers varying accounts of the New York Times’ details.