Trump and Epstein: CNN publishes previously unknown photos

Trump and Epstein

CNN publishes previously unknown photos

CNN has released previously unknown images by Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. The US President reacts rugged.

For the first time, photos show that the now deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 1993 was present at Donald Trump’s wedding with Marla Maples in the New York Plaza Hotel. Common scenes of the two of other events have also appeared. The recordings come from a newly evaluated archive and raise questions about the earlier relationship between the two men.

The photos of Trump’s wedding were taken by Society photographer Dafydd Jones, who accompanied the event in 1993 on behalf of a media organization. Under the recordings: Epstein when entering the ballroom. “I must have recognized him when I go in,” Jones told CNN in retrospect. He only photographed selected guests, “who looked interesting”.

Another picture shows Epstein in the background of a group photo with Howard Stern, Robin Leach and other celebrities with a recognizable smile. The pictures are part of an archive that CNN has checked.

In addition to the wedding pictures, the CNN research team met with the viewing of video material on archive recordings of a Victoria’s Secret fashion show from 1999. They show Trump and Epstein laughing and in conversation right before the show. The two can also be seen together on two photos of a Victoria’s Secret party in 1997.

Another photo of October 1993 shows Trump and Epstein together at the opening of the Harley Davidson Café in New York. Trump’s children, Eric and Ivanka Trump can also be seen in the picture. The pictures illustrate how often both met on social occasions in New York or Palm Beach.

The archive finds appear in the middle of a new debate about Trump’s earlier relationship with Epstein. The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been in the circles of the US elite for decades. Trump also spoke publicly about him in the 2000s, later he distanced himself.

The background to the debate in the United States is a decision by the US Ministry of Justice to keep files back to Epstein, which has been kept back to Epstein, which in parts of Trump’s political camp is sharp. There they hoped for revelations about possible co -swords of Epstein. Trump had promised in the election campaign to put light into the dark.

When asked by CNN on the wedding photos, Trump replied on Tuesday on the phone: “This is not serious.” According to the report of the US news broadcaster, US President CNN called “fake news” several times and put on.

In a written statement, his spokesman Steven Cheung said: “These are nothing more than individual images torn from the context of harmless videos and pictures of well -attended events in order to close something in a reputable way.”