{"id":413206,"date":"2025-09-10T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413206\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:17:09","slug":"trump-is-used-to-shaking-off-criticism-the-epstein-saga-is-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413206\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump is used to shaking off criticism. The Epstein saga is different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One note, which appears to be from a Florida property investor, includes a photograph of Epstein holding a large novelty cheque seemingly from Trump. The accompanying text jokes that Epstein sold a &#8220;fully depreciated&#8221; woman to Trump for $22,500 \u2013 using a financial term for an item whose value has been reduced through use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Other notes included lewd drawings, nude photographs and, in one instance, images of animals having sex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There were messages from politicians, lawyers and business leaders. Former President Bill Clinton referenced Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;childlike curiosity&#8221; and his desire to &#8220;make a difference&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lord Peter Mandelson, the current UK ambassador to the US, included photographs of tropical locations and referred to Epstein as &#8220;my best pal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Clinton&#8217;s office has not responded to a BBC request for comment, though he has previously said he was unaware of Epstein&#8217;s crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An official spokesperson for Lord Mandelson told the BBC that he &#8220;has long been clear that he very much regrets ever having been introduced to Epstein&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One note, which appears to be from a Florida property investor, includes a photograph of Epstein holding a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-413206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115180197843632600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}