Donald Trump has spoken out for the first time following accusations he sexually assaulted a teenager in the latest drop of the Epstein files.
Among the three million documents shared by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday (30 January), one document contained several unverified tips about Trump, who'd previously socialised with Epstein before they 'fell out' around 2004.
Trump has consistently denied any knowledge of Epstein's crimes, nor has he been accused of anything relating to the disgraced financier.
In the latest batch of documents, an 'unidentified female friend' of the alleged victim claimed that a 13 or 14-year-old girl was 'forced to perform oral sex' on the US president many years ago, with the complaint further alleging that said teenager was 'allegedly hit in the face after she laughed' about it.
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Any mention in the Epstein files does not indicate wrongdoing, and the FBI has provided no indication that these claims have any substance.
The White House and DOJ have since released a similar statement regarding the allegations, calling them 'unfounded and false'.
“Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election,” they said in a press release.
“To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponised against President Trump already.”
The document went missing temporarily before being restored, with the DOJ telling The Telegraph that it wasn't accessible 'due to overload and is back online'.
When speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Saturday (31 January), Trump addressed the situation, saying: "I didn't see it myself but I was told by some very important people that, not only does it absolve me, it's the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left."
He then went on to slam author and journalist Michael Wolff, whose 2018 book Fire and Fury criticised the administration in the White House, and described Trump as a 'moron' and 'idiot'.
The president claimed that Wolff was 'conspiring with Epstein to do harm to me' or to 'hurt me, politically or otherwise', further describing him as a 'third-rate writer'.
He added: “So we’ll probably sue Wolf … Maybe the Epstein estate, I guess. I don’t know. But we’ll certainly sue Wolff.”
LADbible Group has contacted Michael Wolff for comment.
Topics: Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, US News, Politics
Anish Vij