A newly discovered document in the Jeffrey Epstein files undermines one of President Donald Trump’s central claims about the matter — specifically, his supposed lack of knowledge of Epstein’s misconduct. Trump’s claim to having had ‘no idea’ about Epstein and girlsWhen Trump acknowledged last year that Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell had recruited prominent Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago, he claimed he hadn’t known what for. Patel’s claim about how many times Trump’s name appearedIn the September House hearing, Patel testified that Trump’s name appeared in the Epstein files fewer than 100 times. Asked whether Trump’s name was in there 1,000 times, 500 times and 100 times, Patel denied each of them. But in fact, Trump appears in the Epstein files more than 1,000 times, CNN has reported.

Source: Egypt Independent February 11, 2026 13:17 UTC