General Discussion

Insofar as how you'd view that news will depend on whether you already like or dislike Trump. It shouldn't, but that's the reality.

Tangentially, I remain suspicious that the infamous Birthday Card was a blackmail threat. Epstein either knew for sure, or strongly suspected, Trump was illegally laundering Russian money through his FL properties (an area in which they were both competing to buy). Trump knew Epstein was, you know, Epstein-ing. I think they'd gotten into an argument about it recently, hence the "last time I saw you" reference.

The drawing, plus the text inside of it is a cryptic message Epstein would've understood as "Don't forget what I told you last time I saw you: You keep my secrets and I'll keep yours, Pal." And what they have in common are very privileged lives, and being a couple of fucking criminals.

I know it's not as exciting as believing this was them being lecherous together, but if Trump is good at anything, it's crime-ing. If he was banging Epstein's victims, I don't think he puts this text inside the drawing he did, incriminating himself. I think this is Trump being a mob boss.

Why do I mention this? Because even proving outright that Trump knew and said nothing is one thing, but it won't hurt him. If it could be proven not only did he know, but he also tried to blackmail Epstein to keep him quiet over his own illegal money laundering for (perhaps) sanctioned Russian oligarchs in EXCHANGE for keeping it quiet? That's a whole different ballgame.