What we know about Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997. | Davidoff Studios/Getty Just how close was President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein — and how much did he know about Epstein’s crimes? The president’s onetime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein — the well-connected financier who was indicted for sex trafficking underage girls and died in prison in 2019 — has long been a matter of public record.  But new emails, obtained from the Epstein estate by Congress and released by House Democrats Wednesday