‘Clinton Likes Them Young’: Newly Released Epstein Documents Name Late Sex Offender’s High-Profile Associates

Hundreds of pages of previously sealed documents from a lawsuit involving Jeffrey Epstein were made public Wednesday night, revealing the names of several high-profile associates of the late sex offender, including former presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.

The documents, which don’t include evidence of criminal wrongdoing on the part of Clinton or Trump, were produced as part of a civil lawsuit brought against Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell by Virginia Giuffre, who claims Epstein sexually abused her after Maxwell hired her as his personal masseuse when she was just 17. The roughly 40 documents, the first set of an expected 250 in total, were made public by U.S. district judge Loretta Preska.

Clinton is referenced in the documents 73 times while Trump’s name appears four times. Other prominent names on the list include Prince Andrew, former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, former Epstein attorney Alan Dershowitz, former vice president Al Gore, and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

Among the documents are transcripts of depositions taken of Maxwell and Giuffre, as well as fellow Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg.

In her 2016 deposition, Sjoberg recalled that Epstein once shared with her Clinton’s penchant for young girls.

“He said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” she said. Asked whether Clinton and Epstein were friends, Sjoberg responded that Epstein had “dealings” with the former president.

A Clinton spokesperson confirmed in 2019 that the former president had flown on Epstein’s private plane on several occasions but denied that he had any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. While Giuffre originally claimed to have dined with Clinton on Epstein’s private island in the company of two young girls, she later recanted that claim.

Once, when forced to land in Atlantic City while traveling on Epstein’s private plane, Epstein suggested contacting Trump, Sjoberg testified.

“Jeffrey said, Great, we’ll call up Trump and we’ll go to – I don’t recall the name of the casino, but – we’ll go to the casino,” Sjoberg said. She later testified that she had never given a massage to Trump nor had any sexual contact with him.

Trump has previously acknowledged having a friendship with Epstein and once acknowledged his reputation for enjoying the company of young women.

“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years,” Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Three years after Trump made those comments, in 2005, Epstein was arrested for having sex with a 14-year-old girl at his Palm Beach mansion. He pleaded guilty in 2008 and spent just 13 months in jail under a deal brokered by then-Miami U.S. attorney Alexander Acosta, who later went on to serve as Trump’s labor secretary.

In June 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for facilitating sex trafficking.