Epstein, Bush and Obama
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Social media users misrepresented a 2016 picture of the former president with late chef Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam.
Jeffrey Epstein reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in 2007 when George W. Bush was president and Alex Acosta was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. The agreement was reached months before Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin repeatedly blamed Obama for the sweetheart plea deal Jeffrey Epstein got in 2008, when George W. Bush was president.
One of President Donald Trump’s most persistent legal foes is going after the Epstein files. Norm Eisen—the former White House ethics chief under former President Barack Obama and a longtime critic of Trump—has filed a sweeping Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation hand over any files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that may reference the former president.
O.J. Simpson's longtime lawyer says President Trump's trying to call attention away from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal ... by sharing a meme comparing Barack Obama to The Juice.
"It is now widely reported that President Trump is indeed included in the Epstein files," the ex-official said. "That makes our request for these records more urgent than ever."
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Alex Acosta, who was appointed to that role by George W. Bush.
President Trump deflected questions about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein by lashing out at his perceived enemies.