Trump Joked About Sleeping With Married Women ‘Because It’s So Wrong’ With His ‘Good Friend’ Epstein — His Brother Tells CNN

President Donald Trump was such a “good friend” to Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased convicted sexual predator’s brother told CNN, they had inside jokes about sleeping with married women.

Trump has sought to downplay his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein as his administration faces growing criticism over the failure to produce the “Epstein files” his cabinet appointees repeatedly promised, claiming they were never very close.

A new report Tuesday from CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck unearthed new photos and video of Trump and Epstein together, including Epstein attending Trump’s wedding to his second wife, Marla Maples, and hanging out with Trump and his children at a restaurant opening.

Mark Epstein, Epstein’s brother, was adamant his brother had been “good friends” with Trump, saying that phrase multiple times and sharing an anecdote about a joke the two men shared with Erin Burnett in a Tuesday interview on OutFront With Erin Burnett.

“From what you know, from what you saw, how close was your brother to Donald Trump?” asked Burnett.

“They were very close,” Mark Epstein replied. “They were good friends.”

“Jeffrey used to sometimes tell me things that Donald said that were funny,” he continued. “I know Donald was in Jeff’s office a lot back in the ’90s. It’s documented that Donald flew on Jeff’s plane a number of times. I don’t know if they ever checked, but I know Jeff flew on Donald’s plane. Also, I don’t know if they’ve ever looked at his flight logs. And they were — they were good friends.”

Mark Epstein shared a story about a trip he took on his brother’s plane in 1999 from Florida. On that trip, he said, “Donald was with us and we were all joking around. They were — they were good friends.”

He then described how he had a conversation with his brother and then a few weeks later a similar conversation during that flight with Trump:

Well, it was a funny thing. We were talking and — well, stick a pin in that — a couple weeks or a week before that flight, I was talking to Jeffrey, and he told me that he was talking to Donald, and he asked Donald, “How come you sleep with so many married women?”

And Donald’s answer was, “Because it’s so wrong.” Now, amongst guys, it was a funny line, and then when we were on the plane a week or two later, Jeffrey asked Donald the same question. I know he did that for my benefit so that I could hear Donald say it.

And Jeffrey asked him, “How come you sleep with so many married women?” And Donald said, “Because it’s so wrong.”

Now, it’s a funny line, but the answer is not the poignant part of the story here. The question is the poignant part because for Jeffrey to ask him that question, number one, he would have to know that Donald slept with a lot of married women, so — and he probably got that information from Donald.

“It implies a confidence,” said Burnett.

“Yeah, and that’s not the kind of question you ask a casual acquaintance,” Mark Epstein agreed. “You know, ‘how come you slept with so many married women?’ That’s a question you ask a good friend that you can get away with asking those kind of questions. So that gives you an idea of how friendly they were.”

“Yes, yes it does,” said Burnett. “It certainly gives that perception.”

Watch the clip above via CNN.