During the 1990s, the now-president was running beauty pageants and owned the Miss Universe organization, which he bought in 1996.
Democrat lawmakers circulated a photo of President Donald Trump released from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate with several women’s faces redacted to suggest possible wrongdoing on the part of Trump—only for the unredacted version to show that Trump standing with adult women who were models at an event.
House Oversight Committee Democrats released images Friday that included two photos of Trump posing with women whose faces were blacked out. Unredacted versions later published by the New York Post showed Trump standing with adult female models. One of the women pictured said Trump was a “gentleman” and described his behavior as respectful.
“I was 22 years old and remember him being very nice. He was very gentlemanly, that’s the word to describe him,” she told The Telegraph. The outlet reported the women were models representing the suntan lotion brand Hawaiian Tropic at an event held at Mar-a-Lago. While the exact date of the photos are unclear, the photo is believed to have been taken in 1998.
During the 1990s, the now-president was running beauty pageants and owned the Miss Universe organization, which he bought in 1996 and sold his stake in 2015.
The image was posted on X by Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari, who wrote, “Vile, disturbing new photos of Donald Trump that raise even more question about knowledge of abuses at Epstein's estate.” Ansari added that Oversight Committee Democrats are “demanding the DOJ comply with our subpoena and release the full Epstein files. Stop protecting pedophiles. Survivors deserve justice now.”
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View on XAnother image released by Democrats appeared to show Trump on a private jet with a blonde woman whose face was also redacted. A legal team representing Epstein’s estate told the New York Post that faces in the released images were redacted at the request of individuals pictured.
The House Oversight Committee on Friday received 95,000 images from Epstein’s estate, but only released 19, which included several celebrities. Among those featured in photos were Steve Bannon, Alan Dershowitz, Bill Gates, Prince Andrew, and more.
When asked on Friday whether he had seen the photographs, Trump said he had not. "There are hundreds and hundreds of photos of people with him, so I know nothing about it,” Trump said.
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