Michael Wolff, author of “Fire and Fury,” conducted periodic interviews with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from the summer of 2016 through the first year of the Trump administration. Epstein, who died by apparent suicide in jail in 2019, expressed picklement over the quest for presidency by Donald Trump, whom he knew very well as his friend. Wolff said that Epstein was both fascinated and terrified by Trump. These conversations, which took place mainly in Epstein’s large Manhattan mansion, were first discussed in Wolff’s iHeart “Fire and Fury” podcast, in partnership with the Daily Beast. Listeners, keen to learn about the Trump-Epstein relationship, responded immediately and overwhelmingly to the podcast, leading Wolff to eventually disclose some of Epstein’s observations and experiences about his “fellow predator.”
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Author Michael Wolff has claimed that Jeffrey Epstein had photographs of Donald Trump with topless young women from the late 1990s at his Palm Beach home. Wolff speculates that these photos may have been among evidence seized by the FBI from Epstein’s home in 2019. In response, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign accused Wolff of fabricating lies to sell his books. Trump and Epstein were known to be friends in the 1990s, but sources say Trump severed ties with Epstein after learning of sex trafficking allegations against him. Wolff states that Epstein was a key source for him while writing his book Fire & Fury, and felt that Epstein was living in fear of Trump.
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Journalist Michael Wolff has released a recording of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein discussing the White House team of former President Donald Trump in 2017. The tape was shared on Wolff’s podcast, Fire and Fury, and supposedly recorded in a Manhattan restaurant. In the recording, Epstein appears to describe Trump’s leadership style as divisive and suggests a close relationship between them. Although Epstein has not been identified as a source for any of Wolff’s books in the past, the journalist claimed he has around 100 hours of Epstein discussing the “inner workings” of the Trump White House. Notably, Wolff is a controversial figure with his journalistic accuracy often being disputed by critics.
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