2010 images of Jeffrey Epstein Affirm his “fifth, sixth and 14th amendment rights” when he was asked if he had already “socialized with Donald Trump In the presence of women under the age of 18 “has become viral on X, accumulating more than 2 million views since Wednesday evening.
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Why it matters
Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that in May, the Attorney General Bondi President Donald Trump informed that his name seemed “several times” in the so-called Epstein files, documents linked to the condemned sex offender possessed by the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Communications of the White House, Steven Cheung, described the report like “Another false news. “”
Trump underwent sustained pressure from a section of his Make America Great Again base again after the Ministry of Justice has published a memo earlier this month “No” Customers “incriminating” customers And estimated that he died by suicide in his cell in August 2019.
The conspiracy theorists have long suggested that Epstein was murdered to protect the identification of powerful personalities on his alleged list of customers and, in September 2024, Trump told the podcaster Lex Fridman He would have “no problem” to publish additional information on the case if he won the November presidential election.
What to know
On Wednesday, Meidastouch, a self-proclaimed media “pro-democracy”, shared a 34-second Epstein clip called into question on his relationship with Trump in 2010. According to a 2016 article in The Daily Wire, who describes himself as “Right of Center”, Epstein’s interviewer was a lawyer representing one of his alleged victims.
In the videoThe lawyer asks Epstein: “Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?” When Epstein requests clarification, the lawyer says: “Have you socialized with him?” Epstein then replies: “Yes sir.”
🚨🚨🚨 Look at Jeffrey Epstein plead his fifth, sixth and 14th amendment when asked if he and Donald Trump socialized with women under the age of 18 during a 2010 deposition:
Q: Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?
A. What do you mean by “Personal … pic.twitter.com/jym5lyj0c4– Meidouch (@meidadouch) July 24, 2025
The interviewer continues: “Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of women under the age of 18?”
Epstein answers: “Although I would like to answer this question, at least today, I will have to assert my fifth, sixth and 14th amendment, sir.”
The fifth amendment of the Constitution protects people accused of crimes against self-in-incrimination, which means that they cannot be forced to answer questions or to testify against themselves.
The sixth amendment incorporates a range of protections for alleged criminals, including the rights of a impartial jury, a legal advisor and to confront witnesses. Under the 14th amendment, no one can be deprived of life, freedom or goods by the State without going through a regular procedure.
The billionaire and the sex offender later sentenced Jeffrey Epstein, on the left, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 8, 2004, and President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on July 23.
Rick Friedman / Rick Friedman Photography / Corbis / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty
According to flight newspapers Released in January 2024 In response to a case carried by the accuser of Epstein Virginia GIUFTrump stolen on the private Epstein jets on a number of opportunities.
Speak with new York Magazine in 2002 on Epstein, Trump said: “It is very fun to be.
In 2019, Trump said he was “not a fan” of Epstein and insisted that the pair had not spoken for 15 years because of a “fall”.
In 2008, Epstein was found guilty of solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution of a minor as part of a advocacy agreement. He was again arrested in New York in July 2019 for allegations that he treated “dozens of minor girls” and was found dead in his prison cell a month later. The authorities said he died by suicide.
British worldly Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison In June 2022 after being found guilty of soliciting the prostitution of a minor. Prosecutors said it was involved in buying minor girls for Epstein.
Tuesday, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson announced that he was adjourn the lower room Early until September in a decision, criticisms were designed to block a vote on the release of Epstein files.
What people say
Senator Adam Schiff, a California democrat, wrote on X: “Trump told the press that he had not been informed that his name was in Epstein’s files. Now we learn that it was a lie. He was said by Bondi, his former criminal defense lawyer and now AG.
In response to Wall Street Journal According to Trump was in Epstein files, said Prosecutor General Pam Bondi and his Deputy Todd Blanche in a joint press release: “Nothing in the files justified a more in-depth investigation or prosecution, and we filed a request in court to descend the underlying transcriptions of the Grand Jury. As part of our routine briefing, we informed the president of the conclusions.”
What happens next
The Trump administration is likely to deal with continuous pressure to release the documentation that he can in the case of Epstein both Democrats In Congress and a section of the Maga’s own president of the president.