Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein in 1992
EA-War and Politics 24 VideoCast: “Ukraine Still Stands”
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I joined Times Radio’s Maddie Hale on Friday for a 30-minute special updating Donald Trump’s problems over the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and evaluating a vital European Union loan to support Ukraine’s resistance of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The first 20 minutes cover the possible release of Epstein’s criminal case files to meet the Friday night deadline set by Congress. I examine the latest Epstein photographs, provided by his estate and released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
Then I consider the political and legal risk to Trump of the files. Photos, witness statements, and other evidence confirm that he was not only close to the paedophile — he and Epstein boasted to each other of their conquests of young women.
Given Trump’s record of sexual abuse and even assault, did he stay on the right side of the age of consent to avoid criminal activity? And — given new information about young women trafficked by contacts of Epstein — was he involved at any point?
Donald Trump has been able to slide away over his multiple cases of sexual abuse, partly because of the devotion of his supporters and party because of a troubling fallback in American society which rationalizes and justifies violence against women.
But Trump was in the company of Epstein, and there were girls present and there were young women trafficked.
In the last 10 minutes, I evaluate “one of the most dramatic moments” in Ukraine’s resistance. The EU overcame objections by key member Belgium and pressure and intimidation from both Russia and the Trump Administration to agree the €90 billion loan covering 2/3rds of Kyiv’s financial needs through 2027.
