The insiders claimed the timing of the pardon could be “good” for Trump, as it could create a “main diversion” from Epstein. Trump has executed every thing to take the warmth off himself in relation to the intercourse predator, even throwing the blame on former presidents.
On Monday, July 28, whereas chatting with reporters in Scotland, Trump claimed he had beforehand turned down a suggestion to go to the intercourse predator’s non-public island, and urged others to give attention to Invoice Clinton as an alternative.
“I by no means went to the island, and Invoice Clinton went there supposedly 28 instances,” Trump claimed. “I by no means went to the island, however [former Treasury Secretary] Larry Summers, I hear, went there; he was the pinnacle of Harvard.
“And lots of different individuals which might be very huge individuals, no one ever talks about them.”
Trump added: “I by no means had the privilege of going to his island, and I did flip him down. However lots of people in Palm Seashore have been invited to his island. In considered one of my excellent moments, I turned it down. I did not wish to go to his island.”