Susie Wiles throws Trump 'under the bus' by 'contradicting' Epstein denial: analyst

Media figures were left stunned Tuesday after the publication of a “wild” interview with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, which included quotes from the top official that directly contradicted President Donald Trump’s denials around Jeffrey Epstein.

“Susie Wiles throws Trump under the bus by contradicting him on the Epstein Files,” wrote The Independent's White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg Tuesday in a social media post on X.

Wiles spoke to Vanity Fair and made several disparaging remarks about top Trump officials and allies, such as calling Vice President JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and Tesla CEO Elon Musk an “avowed ketamine [user].” She also, according to Feinberg and other public figures, appeared to undercut Trump’s claims about Epstein.

“Wiles told me she’d read what she calls ‘the Epstein file,’” wrote Chris Whipple for Vanity Fair in the outlet’s report Tuesday.

“And, she said, ‘[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful.’ Wiles said that Trump ‘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.’”

Wiles’ claim that Trump “was on [Epstein’s] plane” is in direct contrast with earlier statements from the president according to Reuters, which reported in July that “Trump has denied ever being on the plan.”

Wiles also went on to undercut Trump’s efforts to investigate Epstein’s ties to former President Bill Clinton.

Last month, Trump announced that he would be asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch an investigation into Epstein’s ties with Clinton, as well as with other prominent Democratic figures. He’s also claimed, without evidence, that Clinton had visited Epstein’s private island “28 times.”

“There is no evidence,” Wiles said, according to Vanity Fair, referencing Trump’s claim that Clinton had visited Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Little St. James. While Clinton had a well-documented friendship with Epstein, no evidence has been seen showing that he’d visited Epstein’s island.