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Miles Archer

(22,194 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:00 PM 19 hrs ago

Trump on Epstein: "I was innocent. Very innocent. I have a friend who said 'you have to be the most honest person..." [View all]

https://www.salon.com/2026/02/03/get-on-to-something-else-trump-urges-us-to-move-on-from-epstein-files/

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, the president called for the country to move beyond the case files of notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Trump.

“I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else, now that nothing came out about me,” he said.

He also stuck up for Bill and Hillary Clinton, who will testify before Congress about their association with Epstein. Trump admitted that he “always liked” the former president and complimented his one-time opponent.

“I think it’s a shame, to be honest. I always liked him,” he said, “She’s a very capable woman. She was better in debating than some of the other people… She was smarter. She’s a smart woman.”


Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Trump: "They wanted me to go to jail for the rest of my life. Then it turned out I was innocent. Very innocent. I have a friend who said 'you have to be the most honest person anywhere in the world.'"


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I take it he didn't self-combust for that lie since the world celebration has not begun? SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #1
He's more honest that Pope Leo...dang, that's honest... wcmagumba 19 hrs ago #2
He really feels he is the most honest man on the planet. chicoescuela 19 hrs ago #3
He'd be attacking the Clintons if he were actually innocent. eShirl 19 hrs ago #4
Big, strong pedophiles with tears in their eyes, saying Sir You are So Innocent SamuelTheThird 19 hrs ago #5
Krasnov is right about his friend gab13by13 19 hrs ago #6
No one ever has accused TACO of being "honest", let alone the most honest person in the world. marble falls 19 hrs ago #7
The thought of poor sick Donny rotting in a filthy jail cell fills my rheumy old eyes with tears struggle4progress 19 hrs ago #8
OH FUCK OFF YA BLOATED PILE OF Cha 18 hrs ago #9
Was that friend named John Barron? David Dennison? tanyev 18 hrs ago #10
"I'm not a racist! I've got a black best friend!" sakabatou 18 hrs ago #11
*very innocent* ? 😳 Deuxcents 18 hrs ago #12
JAYSUS F C Skittles 18 hrs ago #13
lol... sure this is how totally innocent people speak fujiyamasan 17 hrs ago #14
Oooo, Hillary's moving up in the world! Grokenstein 17 hrs ago #15
He sounds worried about the Clintons testifying. flvegan 17 hrs ago #16
... orangecrush 17 hrs ago #17
I am barfing Randomthought 17 hrs ago #18
"I have a friend..." A-Schwarzenegger 16 hrs ago #19
"I have a friend...". No you don't. LoisB 16 hrs ago #20
The only friend he ever had died in a jail cell. Layzeebeaver 16 hrs ago #21
Don't worry Pedo-in-Chief, our Hassler 16 hrs ago #22
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