Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein (CNN/File)

EA-Times Radio VideoCast: Trump’s Epstein Problem; Ukraine’s European Lifeline

UPDATE, DEC 23:

I joined Al Arabiya English on Tuesday to analyze the latest batch of the criminal case files of Jeffrey Epstein.

Despite the Trump camp’s continued attempts at cover-up and diversion, Donald Trump is confirmed to have flown on Epstein’s airplane eight times. On one flight, the two men were accompanied only by a 20-year-old woman. Passengers on other flights included at least two potential witness in the trial of Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

In a 2019 letter to fellow convicted sex offender Larry Nasser, the former doctor for the US National Gymnastics Team, Epstein said:

We share one thing…our love & caring for young ladies at the hope they’d reach their full potential. Our President also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to “grab snatch”.

Perhaps most significantly, the Justice Department released files on Monday night but then withdraw them. Among them were references to four memoranda after Epstein’s death in 2019:

  • A 7-page memo on co-conspirators who might be chanrged;
  • An 86-page update in December 2019;
  • A 13-page memo of possible corporate prosecutions;
  • A 26-page memo about another target of prosecution.

I discuss the political consequences for Trump and, most importantly, the ongoing need for transparency, accountability, and justice for the victims of Epstein and other powerful men.

UPDATE, DEC 21:

I also spoke with Sky News on Saturday about the Trump camp’s attempt to bury the Jeffrey Epstein scandal through a limited release of files trying to divert attention to others.

ORIGINAL ENTRY, DEC 20: I joined British and German outlets on Saturday to analyze the Trump camp’s limited, heavily-redacted release of the files of the late paedophile and Donald Trump associate Jeffrey Epstein.

I explain how only a handful of the files are linked to the criminal activity, including sexual abuse and trafficking of girls, of Epstein and other powerful men. Some files are redacted entirely, such as the 112-page document on the grand jury investigation in New York in 2019. Others have been withheld, including Epstein’s 60-count indictment in Florida in 2006 and the 85-page memorandum of evidence behind the charges.

Meanwhile, the Trump camp has tried to steer the media to photographs of celebrities, including several of President Bill Clinton, with no context and no evidence of links to Epstein’s crimes.

I discuss the political and legal consequences, highlighting that — even as the Trump camp tries to bury the Epstein case — it is only likely to keep it in the headlines through 2026.