Maggie Haberman Calls BS On Trump After New Epstein Photo Drop: ‘They Were Fairly Close’
CNN commentator and New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman called BS on President Donald Trump’s attempts to downplay his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein after new photos surfaced.
The Trump administration’s attempt to bury the so-called “Epstein Files” is now in its third week, and the heat just keeps going up.
On the heels of a hotly anticipated profile of the Trump-Epstein relationship that included a highly suggestive note and a blizzard of disturbing resurfaced clips, CNN dropped a new bombshell Tuesday when they released new photos and videos of Trump and Epstein together in the 90s.
Haberman was a guest on Tuesday night’s edition of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, during which guest anchor John Berman racked up the new revelations and asked Haberman for her insights.
Haberman said her sources — which are numerous and deep in Trumpworld — tell her the two were “fairly close” and that the new photos seem to bear that out:
JOHN BERMAN: All right, a lot to go over with “The New York Times” White House correspondent, Maggie Haberman.
Maggie, nice to see you this evening. First, I just want to get your reaction to the K-File reporting we just saw. These photos of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump together. Jeffrey Epstein at the wedding to Marla Maples. You know, you’ve reported on Donald Trump for a long time. Is it clear to you how close these men were
MAGGIE HABERMAN: Look from people I’ve spoken to, they were fairly close. You know, I understand that the President has since said that they didn’t know each other well in 2002 he told the magazine that, I think it was “New York” Magazine that he was a terrific guy, and praised him. They had a falling out not long after that but, you know, you can — the photographs do show a story. They were around each other enough. They were around each other a decent amount. You know, I don’t know how one would measure the proximity.
The issue for the president is that his supporters have been raising questions about Jeffrey Epstein for many, many years, and he himself did in the context of Bill Clinton at the beginning of 2015.
Watch above via Anderson Cooper 360.
