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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Epstein tried to offer dirt on ‘con artist’ Trump after his arrest, notes reveal

Jeffrey Epstein sought to leverage his connection to Donald Trump in an apparent last-ditch request for leniency while in jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, a 35-day stint inside a notorious New York prison that ended with his suicide in 2019.

Previously unreleased handwritten notes obtained by The New York Times reveal Epstein’s half-baked sentences and phrases scribbled on legal pads, including what appear to be ideas for federal prosecutors to investigate then-President Trump.

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