Newly released Epstein files have revived long-simmering rumors about Donald Trump’s personal life, after a 2019 text exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and former Trump strategist Steve Bannon appeared to suggest the president skipped his family during the 2018 holidays to spend time with his personal secretary, Madeline Westerhout. In the texts, Epstein bluntly tied Trump’s absence from his family to Westerhout, prompting a stunned reaction from Bannon. The messages surfaced alongside earlier claims from Trump biographer Michael Wolff, who alleged Trump stayed at the White House during the government shutdown for the same reason. While Westerhout has forcefully denied any affair and Trump has never addressed the allegations, the texts indicate the rumor was circulating privately among Trump’s inner circle years before it became public.
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