Watch: CNN reveal unseen footage of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
23/07/2025
CNN have unearthed and released new footage that sheds a fresh light on Donald Trump's past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Photos from 1993 have confirmed that Epstein attended the now-US President's wedding to Marla Maples, which was not widely known to the public.
As well as this, footage from a 1999 Victoria's Secret fashion event in New York shows the pair laughing and chatting together before the runway event.
🚨TRUMP EXPLODES AT CNN AFTER THEY REVEAL EPSTEIN WAS AT HIS WEDDING:
In a brief call with CNN today, Trump was asked about a photo of Epstein at his wedding. Trump said 'you've got to be kidding me,' before repeatedly calling CNN 'fake news' and hanging up. He's terrified. pic.twitter.com/Qleoc3GlLs — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) July 23, 2025
CNN's KFile uncovered the raw footage during a review of archival videos of Trump at events in the 1990s and 2000s.
In a 30-second call with CNN on Tuesday, the US President was asked about the wedding photos, to which he responded: 'You've got to be kidding me,' before repeatedly calling them 'fake news' and hanging up.
The 79-year-old has been under increasing pressure in recent months to release the 'Epstein Files', but is determined to sweep them under the rug and seemingly hope that they are just forgotten about. Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in 1997. Pic:His relationship with Epstein has been questioned for a long time in the US, with plenty of photos of the pair – and some also including convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell – circulating in the media for decades.
Allegations that Epstein sexually abused underage girls first surfaced in 2005, leading to his arrest a year later.
He was arrested again in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges and later died in jail, fueling numerous conspiracy theories.
Trump and Epstein's relationship dates back to the 1980s, with the pair regularly spotted together at social events in Palm Beach and New York.
In 1993, photographer Dafydd Jones took photos at the opening of the Harley Davidson Café in New York, capturing the two together with Trump's arms around his two young children.
Two months after this, Jones was assigned to photograph Trump and Marla Maples' wedding, where he snapped Epstein entering the ceremony.
Jones told CNN: 'I wish now I took more of him with Trump. I had the job of photographing the Trump wedding, so I stood with the press and photographed him. The image you have is from the contact sheet – the negatives were lost.'
In 2002, Trump was quoted in New York Magazine profile of Epstein, calling him 'a terrific guy' and adding that he had known him for about 15 years.
He also stated: 'It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.' Donald Trump and his now wife Melania with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in February 2000. Pic:Recently, The Wall Street Journal reported on a 50th birthday greeting to Jeffrey Epstein that Trump allegedly sent in 2003 which included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to secrets they shared.
According to the newspaper, the letter contained the outline of a naked woman, apparently drawn with a marker pen, and had Trump's signature.
It reportedly ends with 'Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret'.
Trump has since filed a lawsuit against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law.
He vehemently denied the Journal report warning Murdoch, the founder of News Corp, the paper's parent company, that he planned to sue. Donald Trump has even faced backlash from some of his MAGA troops. Pic: Somodevilla/Getty Images
Now, the US Justice Department has asked lawyers for Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell if she would be willing to speak with prosecutors, while Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said that he expects to meet with her in the coming days.
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for crimes including child sex trafficking.
Trump is facing a rare backlash from sections of his MAGA fanbase after they were led to believe that he would release an 'Epstein list' of clients upon his return to the White House.
It then came as a surprise to them when Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an official memo in July declaring that there was no such list.
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