Trump says new Epstein photos are ‘no big deal’ but claims he hasn’t seen them: Live updates

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not face a criminal investigation over claims he asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate his accuser, Virginia Guiffre, the police have revealed.

Reports claimed the disgraced royal passed his Metropolitan Police protection officer, Ms Guiffre’s date of birth and social security number and asked them to dig up dirt on her in 2011.

The Met said it was looking into the claims after the revelations emerged in a series of leaked emails seen by the Mail on Sunday.

A new poll from Reuters/Ipsos indicates that a majority of Americans believe Donald Trump was aware of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes before they became public.

When asked how likely it is that Trump didn’t know about Epstein’s crimes, 60 percent said “not too” or “not at all” likely.

Only 18 percent said it was somewhat or very likely that Trump was not aware of Epstein’s crimes.

Congressman Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said that some of the photos the panel received from the Epstein estate are “quite disturbing” and have to go through further review before they can be released to the public.

He made the comments on Friday night to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on The Source. The segment aired hours after the House Oversight Democrats released a trove of photos from the Epstein estate, some of which include President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton.

Garcia said the photos contain “many, many” images of women, and that the oversight panel is ensuring that the individuals featured in the photos are protected.

He said some of the photos are “very disturbing” and feature “women, and their conditions,” though he did not elaborate on that comment.

Collins pressed him, telling Garcia he made it sound like there were images of women being “assaulted or in sexual acts.”

Garcia did not confirm or deny what was in the photos, only that they were “disturbing.”

“I think what I would say is that there are very disturbing photos, and many of those photos we have are not just of the island… but also of women,” he said. “And I think it’s something that is concerning to us because at the end of the day we’re going to protect the identities of the survivors and we’re working with the survivors very closely to ensure that we don’t reveal information that can be damaging to any of them.”

Conservative pundit and radio host Scott Jennings claimed that Democrats, in trying to link President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, only succeeded in linking fellow Democrats to the alleged sex trafficker.

“They have tried to create a narrative that Trump had something to do with Epstein, and all we now know is, is that a lot of Democrats have something to do with Epstein,” he said on CNN’s The Source on Friday night.

His comments come after the House Oversight Democrats released a trove of photos from Epstein’s estate, some of which include Trump, former President Bill Clinton, and Trump’s former advisor Steve Bannon, among others.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pushed back on Jennings’ comments, noting that Democrats were knowingly releasing photos that included members of their own party. She asked why they would do that if all they wanted to do was weave a narrative about Trump and Epstein.

“Well look, those guys [Clinton, etc] are already roadkill… we already know about that,” Jennings said.

He then insisted there was not a “single shred of evidence or any credible allegations that Trump did anything wrong at all or had anything to do with this, period.”

Jennings added that the president signed a law forcing the release of the Epstein files as a point proving he did nothing wrong, but CNN’s Van Jones questioned that argument, noting Trump only signed the law “under massive pressure.”

More than half of Americans disapprove of how President Donald Trump has been handling demands for transparency concerning the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 70 percent of respondents said they believed the government was hiding information about Epstein, his alleged “clients,” and how those people might be tied to the victimization of young women in Epstein’s employ.

On Friday, Democrats from the House Oversight Committee shared a trove of photos from the Epstein estate, re-igniting calls from Epstein survivors, lawmakers, and many in the public for the full release of the Epstein investigation files by the Trump administration. Trump approved legislation that forces the information to be released, but Attorney General Pam Bondi has yet to actually release the files.

House Democrats have vowed to continue releasing photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein “in the interest of transparency.”

We have released an additional 70+ photos sent to our Committee. More to come,” Oversight Dems wrote on X Friday.

See them using the link below.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been pictured in a set of images released from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Photos from Epstein’s estate were released by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday, including images of US president Donald Trump, Mountbatten-Windsor, and Steve Bannon. It’s not clear when the photos were taken, as they are undated. No captions or context have been provided for any of the images.

Of the 19 photos shared by the Democrats, there is only one photo of Andrew where he stands with Microsoft magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates during the Malaria Summit in London in 2018.

Woody Allen has again been linked to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The controversial director, 90, appears in multiple photos, which do not appear to show any illegal activity, released Friday by House Democrats as part of the ongoing effort to make public all files related to the Epstein case by December 19.

One image shows Allen perched on a director’s chair while speaking to Epstein. Another shows the director in conversation with Trump’s ex-strategist Steve Bannon. Another photo shows Allen and Epstein seated at a table together with long-stemmed drinking glasses.