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Donald Trump Jr.'s Jeffrey Epstein comment raises eyebrows

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -28% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

89% : Since the release of court documents, criticism has continued as Trump and Epstein had a reported friendship, with Trump telling New York Magazine in 2002 that he'd known Epstein for 15 years and that he was a "terrific guy."
47% : "In addition to Monday's documents, as part of 40 previously redacted documents in the settled case that were released, a deposition from Johanna Sjoberg claims she traveled from Florida to Atlantic City with Epstein and went to one of Trump's casinos."Jeffrey said, 'Great, we'll call up Trump and we'll go to' -- I don't recall the name of the casino, but -- 'we'll go to the casino,'" Sjoberg said, according to her testimony.
42% : "[A]nother friend...was one of the many girls that had sexual relations with Donald Trump...
31% : Later, when asked if she ever massaged Trump, Sjoberg twice responded that she never had.
22% : Trump has not been charged with any crimes relating to Epstein, who was convicted of sexual abuse and later found dead in his Manhattan jail cell.
21% : Trump has not been linked to any offenses committed by Epstein or Maxwell.
19% : The names, which included Trump, were unsealed from a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, an alleged trafficking victim, against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend.
19% : The document contains emails that were sent by Sarah Ransome, who has accused Epstein of sexual assault, to columnist Maureen Callahan, regarding incidents that involved Epstein and others, including Trump.
19% : "In response to Monday's release of the documents, Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, told Newsweek: "These baseless accusations have been fully retracted because they are simply false and have no merit.
12% : Breaking News: Court documents allege Jeffrey Epstein recorded sex tapes of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, and Sir Richard Branson," Trump Jr. wrote on X.Newsweek has reached out to Trump via email for comment.
9% : Sarah Ransome said Trump had sex with 'many girls' in email where she also claimed pedophile had tapes of the ex-president, Richard Branson, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton.'

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