skip to contentAdvertisementTrump has long tried to deflect attention from his relationship with Epstein by pointing fingers at Democratic Party leaders who were also once close to the convicted sex offender.By: Express Web Desk December 16, 2025 10:25 PM IST First published on: Dec 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM IST ShareWhatsapptwitterFacebookAccording to Trump's Chief of Staff, the US President “was on Epstein’s plane…he’s on the manifest.Susie Wiles, the White House Chief of Staff, has claimed that she has read the ‘Epstein files’. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Wiles also said that Trump’s name did appear in the ‘Epstein files’.“[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful,” she said, according to Vanity Fair.White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles waves after disembarking Air Force One, June 25, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)‘Young, single playboys’According to Trump’s Chief of Staff, the US President “was on [Epstein’s] plane…he’s on the manifest. They were, you know, sort of young, single, whatever—I know it’s a passé word but sort of young, single playboys together.”Trump wrong about Bill ClintonTrump has long tried to deflect attention from his relationship with Epstein by pointing fingers at Democratic Party leaders who were also once close to the convicted sex offender.The most high-profile among these has been former president Bill Clinton, who, according to Trump, has visited Epstein’s private island “supposedly 28 times.”Story continues below this adAccording to Donald Trump Bill Clinton visited Epstein’s private island “supposedly 28 times.” (File Photo)However, according to Wiles, “There is no evidence” those visits happened.” When asked if there was anything incriminating about Clinton in the files, she said, “The president was wrong about that.”also read Epstein Files Transparency Act: What are the Epstein Files, and how is Trump linked?Trump unaware of Ghislaine Maxwell’s transferWiles also claimed that Trump was not aware of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a minimum-security prison earlier this year after a meeting with Department of Justice officials.Maxwell, who is convicted of child sex trafficking, is serving a 20-year prison sentence. She is currently incarcerated at the Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum-security women’s prison in Bryan, Texas.In a July interview with the US Justice Department, Maxwell said she never saw Trump behave inappropriately. (Photo: @LePapillonBlu2/ X)According to Wiles, Trump was not aware of the transfer before it was announced, and it made him upset.Story continues below this ad“The president was ticked,” she said. “The president was mighty unhappy. I don’t know why they moved her. Neither does the president.”‘Not Trump’s greeting card on Epstein’s birthday book’She also insisted that the infamous sketch allegedly signed by Trump on Epstein for his 50th birthday book was not his.“That letter is not his,” Wiles said. “And nothing about it rings true to me, nor does it to people that have known the president a lot longer than I have. I can’t explain The Wall Street Journal, but we’re going to get some discovery because we sued them. So we’re going to find out.”AdvertisementAdvertisementLoading Taboola...