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Well, as the world, thank you. Well, as the world now knows, the breaking news of, now knows, the breaking news of the night is that Donald Trump, the night is that Donald Trump, is sinking deeper and deeper, is sinking deeper and deeper into the Jeffrey Epstein, into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. With reporting from the scandal, with reporting from the Wall Street Journal tonight, Wall Street Journal tonight, describing a birthday letter to, describing a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein on the occasion, Jeffrey Epstein on the occasion of Jeffrey Epstein's 50th, of Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday.
The Wall Street Journal says the letter bears, Journal says the letter bears Trump's name, and that letters, Trump's name, and that letters' final line says, "Happy Birthday and may every day be another, and may every day be another wonderful secret."
And Donald Trump's latest panic response to, Trump's latest panic response to what is now a fully out of, what is now a fully out of control situation for the Trump, control situation for the Trump administration is a post on, administration is a post on social media within the last, social media within the last hour saying, "I have asked, hour saying, 'I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to, Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent, produce any and all pertinent grand jury testimony, subject to, grand jury testimony, subject to court approval.'"
It is entirely possible that the court will not, possible that the court will not approve the release of any of, approve the release of any of the grand jury testimony in the, the grand jury testimony in the case, because Jeffrey Epstein's, case, because Jeffrey Epstein's codefendant and convicted, codefendant and convicted coconspirator, Just Lane Maxwell, coconspirator, Just Lane Maxwell, is still an active litigant in, is still an active litigant in the case, appealing her, the case, appealing her conviction. And the grand jury, conviction and the grand jury testimony was used in the, testimony was used in the prosecution of Ghislaine, prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. If she's successful in, Maxwell, if she's successful in that appeal, she could have a, that appeal, she could have a retrial. That could include some, that could include some of that grand jury material. A, of that grand jury material. A judge might want to protect all, judge might want to protect all of that.
And the Epstein files, of that and the Epstein files that people want to see, that, that people want to see that Trump supporters have demanding, Trump supporters have demanding, demanded to see for years, demanded to see for years, include much, much more than, include much, much more than grand jury testimony. It, grand jury testimony. It includes FBI reports, FBI notes, includes FBI reports, FBI notes, prosecutors' notes, endless, prosecutors' notes, endless streams of paper far beyond just, streams of paper far beyond just grand jury transcripts.
And the Attorney General knows that. And, Attorney General knows that. And that's why Pam Bondi responded, that's why Pam Bondi responded to Donald Trump on social media, to Donald Trump on social media saying, quote, "President Trump, saying, 'President Trump, we are ready to move the court, we are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand, tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts.'"
And that won't, jury transcripts. And that won't do it. That will not quiet the, do it. That will not quiet the revolt in Trump world about, revolt in Trump world about this, because with the, this, because with the publication of that story by the, publication of that story by the Wall Street Journal, Donald, Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump has now sunk to the lowest, Trump has now sunk to the lowest point in his presidency. Because, point in his presidency. Because this story, and only this story, this story and only this story, has separated Donald Trump from, has separated Donald Trump from some of his most fervent and, some of his most fervent and frenzied supporters in the past, frenzied supporters in the past, who are now in a frenzy of, who are now in a frenzy of outrage about Donald Trump, outrage about Donald Trump blocking the release of the, blocking the release of the Epstein files, which, which, accordig, Epstein files, which, according to the Wall Street Journalal, to the Wall Street Journal, contained that birthday message, contained that birthday message bearing Trump's name to Jeffrey, bearing Trump's name to Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2003, when Jeffrey Epstein was, according to, Epstein was, according to criminal evidence developed, criminal evidence developed years later, routinely raping, years later, routinely raping children, especially 14-year-old, children, especially 14-year-old girls, which was apparently the, girls, which was apparently the target age for Jeffrey Epstein, target age for Jeffrey Epstein in the selection of his victims. That's when this letter was, that's when this letter was addressed to a child rapist, addressed to a child rapist bearing Donald Trump's name that, bearing Donald Trump's name that said, "Happy Birthday and may, said, 'Happy Birthday and may every day be another wonderful, every day be another wonderful secret,'" in the middle of what we, secret. And Donald, in the middle of what we now know was Jeffrey Epstein's, now know was Jeffrey Epstein's dedicated pursuit of child rape, dedicated pursuit of child rape victims. That was Jeffrey, victims. That was Jeffrey Epstein's biggest secret at the, Epstein's biggest secret at the time.
We don't know what the, time. We don't know what the secret to the letter is, secret to the letter is referring to. We don't know if, referring to. We don't know if Donald Trump knew that Jeffrey, Donald Trump knew that Jeffrey Epstein was an unrelenting, Epstein was an unrelenting, predatory child rapist at the, predatory child rapist at the time, that Donald Trump was, time, that Donald Trump was friendly with Jeffrey Epstein, friendly with Jeffrey Epstein, to the point that Jeffrey, to the point that Jeffrey Epstein described Donald Trump, Epstein described Donald Trump then as his closest friend.
You know how much trouble a, you know how much trouble a politician is in when stories, politician is in when stories like this break. Not that, like this break. Not that there's ever been a story like, there's ever been a story like this, but when scandals break, this, but when scandals break, you know how much trouble the, you know how much trouble the politician's in by the reactions, politician's in by the reactions to the story.
There are several, to the story. There are several people mentioned in the Wall, people mentioned in the Wall Street Journal report. Donald, Street Journal report. Donald Trump is just one of them. Other, Trump is just one of them. Other people mentioned in that reporot, people mentioned in that report include Jeffrey Epstein's former, include Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer Alan Dershowitz, and, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, and Jeffrey Epstein's largest, Jeffrey Epstein's largest financial benefactor, financial benefactor, billionaire Leslie Wexner. No, billionaire Leslie Wexner. No one mentioned in the Wall Street, one mentioned in the Wall Street Journanal report tonight disputes, Journal report tonight disputes anything in the report except, anything in the report except Donald Trump.
There is a letter, Donald Trump. There is a letter in that same collection of, in that same collection of birthday letters from Alan, birthday letters from Alan Dershowitz, and another one from, Dershowitz, and another one from Leslie Wexner. When reached by, Leslie Wexner, when reached by the Wall Street Journal, Alan, the Wall Street Journal, Alan Dershowitz said, quote, "It's, Dershowitz said, quote, 'It's been a long time, and I don't, been a long time, and I don't recall the content of what I may, recall the content of what I may have written." Billionaire Leslie, have written.' Billionaire Leslie Wexner, quote, "declined to, Wexner, quote, 'declined to comment through a spokesman." So, comment through a spokesman.' So no dispute from them about the, no dispute from them about the reporting on them and their, reporting on them and their birthday. Letters to Jeffrey, birthday. Letters to Jeffrey Epstein, reporting by ththe Wall, Epstein, reporting by the Wall Street Journal tonight, the Wall, Street Journal tonight, the Wall Street Journal reports about the, Street Journal reports about the documents, which NBC News has, documents, which NBC News has not independently verified.
Ghislaine Maxwell's collected, Ghislaine Maxwell's collected letters from Trump and dozens of, letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein's other associates for a, Epstein's other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according, 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by the, to documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Pagages frm, Wall Street Journal. Pages from the leather-bound album, the leather-bound album assembled before Epstein was, assembled before Epstein was first arrested in 2006, are, first arrested in 2006, are among the documents examined by, among the documents examined by Justice Department officials who, Justice Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell, investigated Epstein and Maxwell years ago, according to people, years ago, according to people who have reviewed the pages. It's, who have reviewed the pages. It's unclear if any of the pages, unclear if any of the pages are part of the Trump, are part of the Trump administration's recent review.
The Justice Department, run by, the Justice Department, run by Donald Trump's Attorney General, Donald Trump's Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has control of the, Pam Bondi, has control of the entirety of the Epstein files, entirety of the Epstein files, including the Epstein birthday, including the Epstein birthday material quoted by the Wall, material quoted by the Wall Street Journal. The Justice, Street Journal. The Justice Department officials didn't, Department officials didn't respond to requests for comment, respond to requests for comment, or addressed questions about, or addressed questions about whether the Trump page and other, whether the Trump page and other pages of the birthday album were, pages of the birthday album were part of the agency's recent, part of the agency's recent documents review. The FBI, documents review. The FBI declined to comment.
So the, declined to comment. So the Justice Department does not, Justice Department does not dispute one word of the Wall, dispute one word of the Wall Street Journal reporting, Street Journal reporting tonight. The FBI does not, tonight. The FBI does not dispute one word of the Wall, dispute one word of the Wall Street Journal reporting, Street Journal reporting tonight. N not one word.
In Alan Dershowitz's birthday letter to, In Alan Dershowitz's birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, he madede a Joe, Jeffrey Epstein, he made a joke about Bill Clinton. The Wall, about Bill Clinton. The Wall Street Journal report tonight, Street Journal report tonight says, quote, "Trump, along with, says, quote, 'Trump, along with others, including Clinton, also, others, including Clinton, also appeared several times on flight, appeared several times on flight logs for Epstein's private jet." A, logs for Epstein's private jet.' A spokesman for Clinton referred, spokesman for Clinton referred to a 2019 statement that former, to a 2019 statement that former President Clinton had cut off, President Clinton had cut off ties more than a decade before, ties more than a decade before Epstein's second arrest, and, Epstein's second arrest, and didn't know about Epstein's, didn't know about Epstein's alleged crimes.
So Bill Clinton, alleged crimes. So Bill Clinton, another person mentioned in the, another person mentioned in the Wall Street Journal reportining, Wall Street Journal reporting tonight, does nonot dispute a wd, tonight, does not dispute a word of the Wall Street Journal, of the Wall Street Journal reporting. The only person, reporting. The only person mentioned on the Wall Street, mentioned on the Wall Street Journal reportining tonight whos, Journal reporting tonight who is disputing that reporting is, disputing that reporting is Donald Trump.
Here is the Wall, Donald Trump. Here is the Wall Street Journal subscription of, Street Journal's description of that birthday letter to Jeffrey, that birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. The letter bearing, Epstein. The letter bearing Trump's name, which was reviewed, Trump's name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is body. Like, by the Journal, is body. Like others in the album, it contains, others in the album, it contains several lines of typewritten, several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a, text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be, naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A, hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the, pair of small arcs denotes the woman's breasts, and the future, woman's breasts, and the future President's signature is a, President's signature is a squiggly Donald below her waist, squiggly Donald below her waist, mimicking pubic hair. The letter, mimicking pubic hair. The letter concludes, "Happy Birthday, and, concludes, 'Happy Birthday, and may every day be another, may every day be another wonderful secret.'"
In an interview with the Journal on, In an interview with the Journal on Tuesday evening, T Trump denied, Tuesday evening, Trump denied writing the letter or drawing, writing the letter or drawing the picture. "This is not me. The, the picture. 'This is not me. This is a fake thing. It's a, This is a fake thing. It's a fake Wall Street Journal story, fake Wall Street Journal story,' he said. 'I never wrote a picture, he said. I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw a, in my life. I don't draw pictures of women,' he said. 'It's, pictures of women,' he said. 'It's not my language. It's not my, not my language. It's not my words.' He told the Journal he, words.' He told the Journal he was preparing to file a lawsuit, was preparing to file a lawsuit. If it published an article. 'I'm, if it published an article. 'I'm going to sue the Wall Street, going to sue the Wall Street Journal, just like I sued, Journal, just like I sued everyone else,' he said.
The, everyone else,' he said. The Journal offered a full, Journal offered a full description of the birthday, description of the birthday letter without reproducing a, letter without reproducing a copy of the birthday letter in, copy of the birthday letter in their reporting insiside, the, their reporting. Inside, the reporting says inside the, reporting says, inside the outline of the naked woman was a, outline of the naked woman was a typewritten note, styled as an, typewritten note, styled as an imaginary conversation between, imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein, written in, Trump and Epstein, written in the third person voiceover.
"There must be more to life than, "There must be more to life than having everything," the note, having everything," the note began. "Donald. Yes, there is, began. 'Donald. Yes, there is, but I won't tell you what it is, but I won't tell you what it is, Jeffrey, nor will I, since I, Jeffrey, nor will I, since I also know what it is. Donald. We, also know what it is. Donald. We have certain things in common. Have, have certain things in common. Jeffrey. Jeffrey. Yes we do. Jeffrey. Jeffrey. Yes we do. Come to think of it, Donald. Come to think of it, Donald. Enigmas never age. Have you, Enigmas never age. Have you noticed that, Jeffrey? As a, noticed that, Jeffrey? As a matter of fact, it was clear to, matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you. Me, me the last time I saw you. Donald PayPal is a wonderful, Donald PayPal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday. And may, thing. Happy Birthday. And may every day be another wonderful, every day be another wonderful secret."
The year before that, secret.' The year before that 2003 letter was written, Donald, 2003 letter was written, Donald Trump supplied this quote to New, Trump supplied this quote to New York Magazine for a profile of, York Magazine for a profile of Jeffrey Epstein. "I've known Jeff, Jeffrey Epstein: 'I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He's, for 15 years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is, a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes, even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the, and many of them are on the younger side, no doubt about it. Younger side, no doubt about it. Jeffrey enjoys his social life."
His, Jeffrey enjoys his social life.' His social life led to criminal, social life led to criminal charges in Florida, for which he, charges in Florida, for which he made a sweetheart deal with, made a sweetheart deal with Florida prosecutors and then, Florida prosecutors and then, years later, federalal charges f, years later, federal charges of sex trafficking in New York, sex trafficking in New York, which led to Jeffrey Epstein's, which led to Jeffrey Epstein's death in federal prison during, death in federal prison during Donald Trump's first presidency.
With Donald Trump's, With Donald Trump's administration in complete, administration in complete control of federal prisons in, control of federal prisons in the first year of the Trump, the first year of the Trump presidency, the first Trump, presidency, the first Trump presidency, Jeffrey Epstein told, presidency, Jeffrey Epstein told Trump biographer Michael Wolff, Trump biographer Michael Wolff in a recorded interview, quote, "I, in a recorded interview, quote, 'I was Donald's closest friend, was Donald's closest friend for ten years."
The Trump White, for ten years.' The Trump White House reaction to this story, House reaction to this story tonight has been chaotic and, tonight has been chaotic and continues to be chaotic. At 8:33, continues to be chaotic. At 8:33 P.M., Donald Trump posted on, P.M., Donald Trump posted on social media his threat and only, social media his threat and only his threat. It's just a threat, his threat. It's just a threat to sue the Wall Street Journal, to sue the Wall Street Journal saying, "The Wall Street Journal, saying, 'The Wall Street Journal and Rupertrt Murdoch personally, and Rupert Murdoch personally were warned directly by, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that, President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed, the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein, by President Trump to Epstein, was fake, and if they print it, was fake, and if they print it, they will be sued. Mr. Murdoch, they will be sued. Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care, stated that he would take care of it, but obviously did not, of it, but obviously did not have the power to do so. The, have the power to do so. The editor of the Wall Street, editor of the Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was s told, Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Caroline Leavitt and, directly by Caroline Leavitt and by President Trump that the, by President Trump that the letter was a fake, but Emma, letter was a fake, but Emma Tucker didn't want to hear that. Tucker didn't want to hear that. Instead, they are going with a, Instead, they are going with a false, malicious and defamatory, false, malicious and defamatory story anyway. President Trump, story anyway. President Trump will be suing the Wall Street, will be suing the Wall Street Journal, News Corp and Mr., Journal, News Corp and Mr. Murdoch shortly."
Donald Trump, Murdoch shortly.' Donald Trump has issued an uncountable number, has issued an uncountable number of threats to sue people who he, of threats to sue people who he has then chosen not to sue. Has, has then chosen not to sue. Rupert Murdoch has the power to, Rupert Murdoch has the power to stop the Wall Street Journal, stop the Wall Street Journal from publishing anything. Rupert, from publishing anything. Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street, Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal facing a lawsuit threat, Journal facing a lawsuit threat from Donald Trump and going, from Donald Trump and going forward with their reporting is, forward with their reporting is a very strong statement by them, a very strong statement by them in their own confidence.
In the, in their own confidence. In the Wall Street Journal's reporting, Wall Street Journal's reporting, before Donald Trump posted that, before Donald Trump posted that on social media tonight, his, on social media tonight, his Vice President got out ahead of, Vice President got out ahead of Donald Trump on social media and, Donald Trump on social media and said something that Donald Trump, said something that Donald Trump refused to say in his own social, refused to say in his own social media post. What JD Vance wrote, media post. What J.D. Vance wrote tonight could be his first big, tonight could be his first big move to become the next, move to become the next President of the United States, President of the United States, without waiting for the next, without waiting for the next election. Because what JD Vance, election. Because what J.D. Vance wrote tonight adds fuel to the, wrote tonight adds fuel to the fire burning in Trump world, fire burning in Trump world about the Epstein files, which, about the Epstein files, which now will burn all the hotter, now will burn all the hotter because of the Wall Street, because of the Wall Street Journal's repoporting tonight, D, Journal's reporting tonight. J.D. Vance said, "What could be the, Vance said, 'What could be the most harmful thing anyone on the, most harmful thing anyone on the Trump team could say tonight?'"
In, Trump team could say tonight?" In his social media post, JD Vance, his social media post, J.D. Vance used Donald Trump's new favorite, used Donald Trump's new favorite form of public presidential, form of public presidential profanity in J.D. Vance's best, profanity in J.D. Vance's best imitation of Donald Trump. JD, imitation of Donald Trump. J.D. Vance wrote, "Forgive my, Vance wrote, 'Forgive my language, but this story is, language, but this story is complete and utter bull crap. Complete and utter bull crap. The Wall Street Journal should, The Wall Street Journal should be ashamed for publishing it. Be, be ashamed for publishing it. Where is the letter? Would you, Where is the letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never, be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before, showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone, publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds, honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?'"
And in, like Donald Trump?" And in another post, JD Vance wrote, another post, J.D. Vance wrote, "Doesn't it violate some rule of, "Doesn't it violate some rule of journalistic ethics to publish a, journalistic ethics to publish a letter like this without showing, letter like this without showing it to the victim of this hit, it to the victim of this hit piece?" The answer is no. It does, piece?" The answer is no. It does not violate journalistic ethics. Not, not violate journalistic ethics.
And the worst thing that can, And the worst thing that can happen to Donald Trump is for, happen to Donald Trump is for the Wall Street Journal or, the Wall Street Journal or anyone else to release publicly, anyone else to release publicly a copy of that letter. The worst, a copy of that letter. The worst thing that could happen to, thing that could happen to Donald Trump is exactly what his, Donald Trump is exactly what his Vice President, JD Vance, is, Vice President, J.D. Vance, is demanding tonight, JD Vance, the, demanding tonight. J.D. Vance, the person who would move up to the, person who would move up to the presidency if this issue becomes, presidency if this issue becomes so difficult that it drives, so difficult that it drives Donald Trump out of the, Donald Trump out of the presidency through impeachment, presidency through impeachment or resignation.
We h have seen, or resignation. We have seen this happen to a President, this happen to a President before, and Donald Trump has, before, and Donald Trump has never been weaker. And J.D., never been weaker. And J.D. Vance, JD Vance, of all people, Vance, J.D. Vance, of all people, is saying, "Show us the letter," is saying, "Show us the letter," demanding to see the letter. Demanding to see the letteter. Donald Trump did not dare to say, Donald Trump did not dare to say, "Where is the letter?" in his, "Where is the letter?" in his social media post tonight, which, social media post tonight, which occurred 40 minutes after JD, occurred 40 minutes after J.D. Vance social media post tonight. Vance's social media post tonight. Donald Trump is not asking to, Donald Trump is not asking to see that letter. Donald Trump, see that letter. Donald Trump doesn't want you to see that, doesn't want you to see that letter, but JD Vance wants you, letter, but J.D. Vance wants you to see that letter. Letter. If, to see that letter. If J.D. Vance creates a groundswell, J.D. Vance creates a groundswell demand by more and more Trump, demand by more and more Trump supporters for the release of, supporters for the release of that letter, that could do more, that letter, that could do more damage to Donald Trump than, damage to Donald Trump than anything that has ever happened that, anything that has ever happened that until Jeffrey Epstein, in, until Jeffrey Epstein, in effect, rose from the grave to, effect, rose from the grave to separate Donald Trump frfrom the, separate Donald Trump from those fanatical supporters once again, those fanatical supporters once again tonight.
In Donald Trump's, tonight. In Donald Trump's public comments S about Jeffrey, public comments about Jeffrey Epstein, who he used to call a, Epstein, who he used to call a terrific guy, Donald Trump, terrific guy, Donald Trump portrayed himselelf as a victim, portrayed himself as a victim, and only himself and Donald, and only himself. And Donald Trump's mind. He's the only, Trump's mind, he's the only victim in this story. And as, victim in this story. And as usual, he does not have one word, usual, he does not have one word of sympathy tonight to offer, of sympathy tonight to offer Jeffrey Epstein's real victims.
And, Jeffrey Epstein's real victims. And I'm going to read to you the, I'm going to read to you the words of just one of Jeffrey, words of just one of Jeffrey Epstein's 14 year old victims, Epstein's 14-year-old victims, from an interview she gave in, from an interview she gave in 2019 after Jeffrey Epstein was, 2019 after Jeffrey Epstein was arrested by then the Trump, arrested by then the Trump Justice Department during the, Justice Department during the Trump presidency, which is when, Trump presidency, which is when the Epstein files were created. The, the Epstein files were created. I will not mention her name, I will not mention her name tonight or show the video of the, tonight or show the video of the interview that she did so as not, interview that she did so as not to subject her to that pain.
She, to subject her to that pain. She was asked, "Did Jeffrey Epstein, was asked, "Did Jeffrey Epstein rape you?" She said, "He raped me, rape you?" She said, "He raped me, forcefully raped me, and knew, forcefully raped me, and knew exactly what he was doing. And I, exactly what he was doing. And I don't think he cared. What hurts, don't think he cared. What hurts even more is that if I wasn't, even more is that if I wasn't afraid to come forward sooner, afraid to come forward sooner, then maybe he wouldn't have done, then maybe he wouldn't have done it to other girls. I feel really, it to other girls. I feel really guilty to this day. I feel, guilty to this day. I feel really guilty."
That's a feeling, really guilty. That's a feeling Donald Trump has never had. He, Donald Trump has never had. He has never felt guilty about, has never felt guilty about anything. He's never felt really, anything. He's never felt really guilty. He doesn't know what, guilty. He doesn't know what that feeling is.
14 year old, that feeling is. 14-year-old girls raped by Jeffrey Epstein, girls raped by Jeffrey Epstein suffered and suffered again and, suffered and suffered again and suffered again. And Donald Trump, suffered again. And Donald Trump cannot bring himself tonight to, cannot bring himself tonight to offer them a word of sympathy as, offer them a word of sympathy as their experiences are flashing, their experiences are flashing back to them in a world that, back to them in a world that will now be saturated with, will now be saturated with coverage of Jeffrey Epstein, coverage of Jeffrey Epstein, those 14 year old girls suffered, those 14-year-old girls suffered the unspeakable experience of, the unspeakable experience of rape, and then they suffered, rape, and then they suffered from their own feelings about it, from their own feelings about it afterward. And many of them have, afterward. And many of them have suffered, as they've said, from, suffered, as they've said, from feeling guilty. One of them, feeling guilty. One of them, whose suffering never stopped, whose suffering never stopped, took her own life just three, took her own life just three months ago, even after receiving, months ago, even after receiving funds from a victim compensation, funds from a victim compensation fund set up using Jeffrey, fund set up using Jeffrey Epstein's vast wealth. The money, Epstein's vast wealth. The money was no compensation for the, was no compensation for the suffering.
Imagine what. Those, suffering. Imagine what those girls felt when they read Donald, girls felt when they read Donald Trump in New York Magazine, Trump in New York Magazine, saying, "Jeffrey Epstein is a, saying, 'Jeffrey Epstein is a terrific guy." The 1414 year old, terrific guy.' The 1414-year-old girl whose account of being, girl whose account of being raped by Jeffrey Epstein I just, raped by Jeffrey Epstein I just read to you was raped by Jeffrey, read to you was raped by Jeffrey Epstein in the same year that, Epstein in the same year that Donald Trump told New York, Donald Trump told New York Magazine that Jeffrey Epstein is, Magazine that Jeffrey Epstein is a terrific guy.
And yeyes, a terrific guy. And yes, this story is about a stunning turn, this story is about a stunning turn in American politics. And yes, in American politics. And yes, this story is about a President, this story is about a President of the United States. Yes, this, of the United States. Yes, this story is about a child rapist, story is about a child rapist who died in federal prison while, who died in federal prison while Donald Trump's administration, Donald Trump's administration was in control of all federal, was in control of all federal prisons.
But the power of this, prisons. But the power of this story to bring down Donald Trump, story to bring down Donald Trump does not come from the Wall, does not come from the Wall Street Journal. It does not come, Street Journal. It does not come from Rupert Murdoch. The power, from Rupert Murdoch. The power of this story to bring down, of this story to bring down Donald Trump does not come from, Donald Trump does not come from the Trump fanatics who are now, the Trump fanatics who are now turning against Donald Trump. Turning, turning against Donald Trump. Tonight, the power of thisis sty, Tonight, the power of this story comes from those children, those, comes from those children, those 14 year old girls who, suffering, 14-year-old girls who, suffering at the hands of that predator, at the hands of that predator who Donald Trump called a.