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Since the 1970s, at least 25 women have publicly accused Donald Trump of rape, kissing and groping without consent; looking under women's skirts; and walking in on naked teenage pageant contestants.

This post compiles everything known, leaked, and unsealed about Jeffrey Epstein’s network, with a special focus on Donald Trump’s connections, involvement, and reactions.

It's always the ones you suspect most.

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TRUMP & EPSTEIN: TIMELINE & DEEP BACKGROUND

1989:

• Trump and Robert Maxwell, the Czechoslovak-born owner of London’s Daily Mirror tabloid, rubbed shoulders on the high-flying Manhattan party circuit.
• An item from a May 1989 gossip column placed Trump and both Maxwells at a party aboard the elder Maxwell’s yacht, named the Lady Ghislaine, that featured caviar flown in from Paris and former Republican Sen. John Tower of Texas

1991:

• Donald Trump judges the 1991 Look of the Year modeling competition organized by Elite Model Management, featuring participants as young at 14-years-old.
  • A 2020 Guardian investigation into Elite's Look of the Year competition uncovered allegations from former contestants and industry insiders that the competition was used by founder John Casablancas and others to engage in sexual relationships with vulnerable young models, some of whom were teenagers.

1992:

• Trump directed Florida businessman George Houraney to organize a “calendar girl” competition at Mar-a-Lago, and after 28 female contestants were procured, revealed that the other guests were just “him and Epstein.” NBC footage from that same year shows the two men partying together at the Palm Beach resort with cheerleaders for the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins, laughing, chatting, and, in the case of Trump, pawing at women.
• Mr. Houraney’s then-girlfriend and business partner, Jill Harth, later accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct on the night of the party. In a lawsuit, Ms. Harth said that Mr. Trump took her into a bedroom and forcibly kissed and fondled her, and restrained her from leaving. She also said that a 22-year-old contestant told her that Mr. Trump later that night crawled into her bed uninvited. Ms. Harth dropped her suit in 1997 after a related case filed by Mr. Houraney was settled by Mr. Trump, who has denied her allegations.
• He (Trump) also dismissed Mr. Houraney’s warning about his friend’s conduct.

  “I said, ‘Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,’” Mr. Houraney remembers. “He said, ‘Look I’m putting my name on this. I wouldn’t put my name on it and have a scandal.’” Mr. Houraney said he “pretty much had to ban Jeff from my events — Trump didn’t care about that.”

• The friendly relationship (between Trump and Epstein) continued for more than 10 years after that, with the two men reportedly dining at Epstein’s mansion and attending many of the same dinner parties

1993–1997:

• Stacey Williams, alleged in interviews in 2024 that Trump groped her while Jeffrey Epstein watched in 1993, she is the 27th woman to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct.
• Trump flew on Epstein’s private jets seven times between Palm Beach, New York, and DC. His name and contact details appear in Epstein’s black book. Flight logs, Heystacks index, Black Book PDF.
• Trump’s name is circled in the book, and the original leaker stated that circled names represented known members of Epstein’s trafficking ring.

1994:

• Katie Johnson filed a lawsuit alleging Trump raped her at age 13 at Epstein’s NYC property.
• The plaintiff provided 2 witness affidavits and in her complaint mentions a threat that if she ever talked she would 'wind up like Maria'. Mr. Madsen believes he has identified Maria as an 11 year old girl that was abducted from in front of a Waterbury pizzeria.
• A witness, Tiffany Doe, supported her.
• Johnson later withdrew the case after death threats and hacking of her lawyer’s site. Sworn video

1995:

• E. Jean Carroll describes running into Trump in a department store, where she says he recognized her for her widely-read advice column. Carroll says they went into a dressing room after Trump asked for her advice on a present – lingerie – for another woman. Inside, she alleges that he shoved her against a wall, “forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me.”
• In 2024, the Judge says E Jean Carroll allegation Trump raped her is ‘substantially true’ in court dismissal

1996:

• On August 29, 1996, Maria Farmer reported the Epstein sex trafficking conspiracy to the FBI (“Maria’s 1996 FBI Report”).
• Recounting one of her first memories of life in Epstein's orbit, Maria said she remembered one particular interaction between Epstein and President Donald Trump, during which Epstein appeared to shoot down Trump after he allegedly ogled the 25-year-old Farmer. "she's not for you."

1999:

• Donald Trump Said He Promised Ivanka He Wouldn't Date Girls Younger Than Her

“I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

2000:

• Virginia Giuffre testified she was recruited at age 16 while working at Mar-a-Lago as a locker room attendant. Maxwell approached her while she was reading a massage book and offered her a job as Epstein’s traveling masseuse. This led to trafficking.
• Trump later banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after another girl was allegedly assaulted.
• Trump also wrote a letter of recommendation for Giuffre’s father.

2001:

• One of the four women who say they were “groomed” for sex by Ghislaine Maxwell testified at her trial that Epstein took her to meet Trump when she was just 14.
• She also took part in a Miss Teen USA beauty pageant in 1998 that was associated with Trump.

2002:

• In a interview with New York Magazine, Donald Trump said the following about Epstein:

“I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."

2003: Trump allegedly authored a birthday letter to Epstein in the shape of a naked woman, with this dialogue:

Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything.

Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.

Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.

Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.

Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.

Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?

Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.

Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret

WSJ verified the letter. Trump’s signature appeared over the pubic area. Trump now denies he’s ever drawn, despite selling signed doodles around the same time. He is currently suing WSJ and WSJ says they will defend it.

2004:

• They fell out over buying a Palm Beach mansion. Trump wins Gosman mansion for $41 million
• Trump buys Elite Model Management for £4.4 million.
• Police began investigating Epstein.

2005:

• A secret recording was made of Trump speaking with Billy Bush:

  “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” Trump said. “And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”

2006:

• Epstein is arrested after being indicted on a charge of soliciting prostitution.
• Epstein’s Palm Beach message pads, seized by police in 2019, included multiple messages from Donald Trump, placing him among Epstein’s “who’s who” of influential contacts.

2008:

• Epstein plea deal approved by Alex Acosta, Trump’s future Labor Secretary.
• The deal was widely condemned as over-generous: Epstein received federal immunity, only served 13 months in county jail with work-release, and victims weren’t notified, violating the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. Miami Herald investigation confirmed misconduct.

2014-2016:

• Jeffrey Epstein arranged several meetings with people close to Donald Trump during the former president’s 2016 campaign, including invited Trump’s campaign backers Thomas Barrack and Peter Thiel to lunch with Russian diplomat Vitaly Churkin.

2015:

• Gawker publishes the contents of Epstein's address book, redacting personal contact information. Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump's brother are included — as are 14 numbers associated with Trump himself, including numbers for Melania and Mar-a-Lago.

2016:

• Trump Model Management was exposed for hiring teen models on tourist visas, forcing them into unpaid labor, and housing them in overcrowded conditions. Some were allegedly offered to Trump.

2018:

• Mark Epstein said that his brother told him, ““‘If I [Jeffrey] said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the [2016] election.’”

2019:

• U.S. attorney general Bill Barr, appointed by Trump, doesn't recuse himself in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking and conspiracy case. He does this despite Barr’s previous assurance he would, given Barr worked at a law firm that represented Epstein, as well as a family connection between the two men stretching back decades.
• Epstein was arrested for sex trafficking and died in jail.
• Two of the guards assigned to Epstein were indicted on charges of falsifying records.
• Trump claimed “I was not a fan.”
• He later said, “I just wish her well” about Ghislaine Maxwell.

2020:

• Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell is charged with conspiring to help Epstein abuse minors. The timeframe of the Maxwell allegations span 1994 to 1997.
• Trump admitted to peeping on 14–15 year old girls in backstage beauty pageants on Howard Stern’s show.
• Fox News airs a photo of Epstein and Maxwell in which Trump has been edited out.

2021:

• Ghislaine Maxwell was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from  Nov  2021 to Dec  2021, when a jury found her guilty on five of six counts—including sex‑trafficking minors—and she was later sentenced on 28 June 2022 to 20 years in federal prison, a $750 000 fine, and five years of supervised release.
• The documents remained under court seal from 2021 until January 3, 2024, when a federal judge ordered their public release following the expiration of the appeal window.

2024:

• Epstein told Michael Wolff on tape that Trump was his “closest friend” and claimed intimate knowledge of his proclivity for sex, including cuckolding his best friends.
• While campaigning, Trump initially said 'Yes' to releasing the files, but then went on to say he might release them, as he worried about “phony stuff” in it that could hurt reputations. Fox News edited this out to look like he said 'Yes'.

2025:

• Apr 25:
  • Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, who was recruited in Mar-a-lago dies by suicide
• Feb 7:
  • Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the 'First Phase' of Declassified Epstein Files (which contained almost no new information regarding convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein)
• Feb. 21:
  • Bondi tells Fox News's John Roberts that a list of Epstein's clients is "sitting on my desk right now to review." Several other administration officials, including FBI Director Kash Patel, offer assurances in right-wing media at different times that the evidence will be presented.
• Feb 28:
  • In a public letter, Attorney General Pam Bondi accused federal investigators of withholding thousands of documents related to Epstein, and asked the FBI to release all the information by Friday morning without any omissions.
• June 5:
  • Musk tweeted: “Time to drop the really big bomb: Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.” “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
• July 7:
  • MAGA world erupts over DOJ memo that no client list or blackmail evidence existed.
  • An Epstein death-cell video was released with three minutes missing and metadata showing the tape was edited and saved multiple times
• July 8:
  • In a Cabinet meeting, with reporters present, Trump interrupted a question on the topic, saying: “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy's been talked about for years. You're asking — we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things. And are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable.”
• July 12:
  • The president took to Truth Social and, in an extraordinarily lengthy post, defended Bondi amid continued calls for her resignation from his base. “What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals?’” “We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and 'selfish people' are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump protested.
• July 15:
  • Trump says Bondi should release ‘whatever she thinks is credible’. He added, “And in terms of the credibility of the different things that they've seen, and I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up by the Biden administration -- and you know, we and we went through years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, with all of the different things that we had to go through,” Trump said.
  • GOP blocks House vote aimed at releasing Epstein case documents.
  • Congress voted to deny the amendment to release of the Epstein files.
• July 16:
  • Trump Says Epstein Story Is Kept Alive By ‘Pretty Bad People, Including Fake News’
• July 17:
  • Maurene Comey: prosecutor in Jeffrey Epstein case fired by DoJ.
  • Trump refuses to name special counsel for Epstein case per WH
• July 18:
  • Ordered AG Pam Bondi to seek court release of “any and all pertinent grand jury testimony”
    • (Grand jury testimony is not evidence. It is testimonial remarks from witnesses called by attorneys.)
    • DOJ filed motions to unseal testimony, courts warned redactions would apply.
  • Trump directed FBI to flag every Epstein document mentioning him
    • Trump said: “They’ve been running these files, and so much of the things that we found were fake with me.”
• Jul 19:
  • In an obvious distraction, Gabbard claims Obama tried to 'subvert' Americans' will with Russia hoax and called for him to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims on Russian interference. (There is no evidence of this)