Bill Clinton smiled and greeted fans in Mexico on Wednesday, unsettled even as a trove of documents linked to disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is scheduled to be released. It didn't seem like it was.
The 77-year-old former president was seen visiting San Miguel de Allende, a small city in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, according to a photo posted by Mayor Mauricio Trejo Preco.
“Even Bill Clinton calmly and safely walks the streets of San Miguel de Allende,” the mayor wrote on social media, alongside a photo of the former president drinking coffee and shaking hands with passersby.
Despite her calm demeanor, Clinton was drawn into Epstein's orbit again just hours later, when a trove of unreleased documents was made public on Wednesday night.
The first documents released shed new light on the scope of the late financier's elusive sex trafficking ring. Clinton was nominated at least 73 times, although she was not involved in any illegal activity.
One of the references includes Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg's 2016 testimony in which she said Epstein told her about his preference in women, saying the former president “liked young people.” .
The files also show that accuser Virginia Giuffre, who is currently serving a 20-year prison term against Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence, has accused Clinton of It also includes an attempt to force the removal of the president from office.
Giuffre has claimed to have met with Clinton on Epstein's private Caribbean island, where the sex offender allegedly hosted orgies with underage women and powerful men. However, Mr. Clinton vehemently denies this.
What we know about Jeffrey Epstein's list of 170 associates
- On Wednesday, documents were released naming 170 associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The list included Michael Jackson, magician David Copperfield, Dr. Stephen Hawking, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and former President Bill Clinton, but Epstein's victims “referred to the girls. I like young people,” he said.
- Disgraced Prince Andrew, known as a friend of Epstein, is named in the document, and Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre previously sued Andrew, accusing him of sexual misconduct. was waking up. A royal expert says the company will “stand by” the Duke of York “no matter what”.
- Epstein's former lawyer and friend Alan Dershowitz defended the late billionaire's associates, saying “no one knew about his secret private life.” Dershowitz, who is on the list, added that simply showing up in court documents should not automatically result in a conviction in the court of public opinion.
- Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, told the Post that former business tycoon Epstein was involved in overturning the 2016 election over what he knew about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. He said it was a possibility. Candidates would have to cancel the election. ' That's what Jeffrey told me in 2016. ”
- Only some of the 170 names and their connections to Epstein have been made public. The rest of the document is likely to become public record within the next week.
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Clinton is known to have flown on Epstein's private jet, known as the “Lolita Express” due to his involvement in Epstein's sex trafficking operations, but available records indicate that the former president never visited the island. This supports the claim that there was no such thing.
Epstein's New York City townhouse also became famous for a bizarre painting of Clinton lounging in a blue dress. The blue dress was a loose representation of the president's relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
The new file also included the name of former President Donald Trump.
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Trump, who appears at least four times in the first new dossier, is known to have flown on Epstein's planes in the 1990s and was photographed with Epstein numerous times in the early 2000s. ing.
In a deposition released Wednesday, Giuffre said she first encountered Epstein's web site when she was a 17-year-old spa worker at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. He claimed that he was lured to.
Jeffrey's brother, Mark Epstein, told the Post on Wednesday that his brother mentioned in 2016 that he had incendiary information about Trump and Clinton that could change the presidential election.
“Here's a direct quote: 'If I tell you what I know about both candidates, they're going to have to call off the election.'” That's what Jeffrey told me in 2016. '' Epstein said his brother told him during a conversation about Trump's heated confrontation with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Clinton's wife.
Epstein said his brother did not elaborate on the nature of what he knew.
The file is expected to name about 170 people with ties to Epstein, ranging from potential co-conspirators to employees and victims. The second batch was released on Thursday night.
