Trump rages in frantic call denying any involvement in Epstein’s death, biographer Michael Wolff reveals
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump is reportedly furious over renewed speculation that he ordered the 2019 jail-cell death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to author and biographer Michael Wolff.
The conspiracy chatter surrounding Epstein’s demise has resurfaced in recent days, sparked by newly leaked surveillance footage reportedly showing unusual movement outside the Manhattan prison cell where Epstein died.
Wolff, appearing on 'The Daily Beast Podcast', claimed Trump recently phoned a close confidant in exasperation, vehemently denying any role in Epstein’s death, which has been officially ruled a suicide by authorities.
Donald Trump rages over conspiracy chatter
“Yesterday, I had a conversation with someone who talks to Trump frequently. And this person had a conversation with Trump in the last 48—slightly, possibly more—hours, and it kind of gave me a chill,” Michael Wolff told host Joanna Coles.
“They say I killed Epstein. I didn’t have Epstein killed,” Trump allegedly told the friend during the private call, according to Wolff.
To hear Wolff recount what Trump said during a private call, jump to the 17:43 mark.
Wolff said that when the confidant pressed the president by asking, “Well, do you think he was killed?” Trump responded: "A lot of people wanted him dead."
The White House provided a fiery response to Wolff’s podcast comments. “Michael Wolff is a lying sack of s**t and has been proven to be a fraud,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement to The Daily Beast. “He routinely fabricates stories originating from his sick and warped imagination, only possible because he has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain.”
Fresh footage fuels mystery around Epstein’s death
Unsubstantiated rumors have long swirled around Epstein’s apparent suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019. The resurfacing of conspiracy theories follows newly circulated footage that appears to show a mysterious orange figure ascending the stairs toward Epstein’s cell on the night he died.
Questions have persisted regarding the so-called “missing minute” of surveillance camera footage, as well as why corrections officers failed to perform required 30-minute checks, fueling suspicions that someone may have intervened. Wolff said the debate will persist until every aspect of the case is brought to light.
“There are questions which demand answers and they aren’t given. So you can put them out of your mind for this period, but they never entirely go out of your mind,” he said.
DOJ presses Ghislaine Maxwell as intrigue grows
In a bid to address public outcry, Trump’s Justice Department has reportedly conducted extensive interviews with Epstein’s longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, formerly Trump’s attorney, allegedly questioned Maxwell over two days for a total of nine hours and discussed more than 100 names tied to Epstein’s notorious social circle.
Maxwell’s lawyers have indicated they will seek a presidential pardon for the 63-year-old British socialite. When asked about the possibility of granting one, Trump said: "I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about."
Maxwell has recently been transferred from the low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida, to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, the same facility currently housing Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jennifer Shah.
Wolff insists the Epstein saga will continue to haunt Washington and beyond, citing the unanswered questions at the heart of the case. “It keeps coming back. I’m sure it will go quieter, but the fact of the story is that there are questions which demand answers and they aren’t given,” he said.
