Trump letter to Epstein ties him to a 'significant criminal conspiracy': MSNBC

The public perception of Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who died while in custody, took another big hit on Thursday night after the Wall Street Journal reported on a "bawdy" letter" the president wrote to the accused pedophile years ago as part of a birthday celebration.

According to MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire, the repercussions over the bombshell report go beyond Trump being viewed with more suspicion by voters because it ties him to actual criminality.

After "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough laughed at MAGA influencers who have been calling on Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the Epstein files, only to freak out on the Wall Street Journal for their report, Willie Geist added, "He's so defensive about this and saying it should go away, it's a scam, it's a hoax. The very people who support him, but are so invested in the Epstein story are saying, why are you so anxious for this story to go away?"

"Yeah, I think this is one of those moments where two things are true at once," Lemire contributed. "Certainly, as just discussed, Trump has been very good at moving past a lot of scandals that would have doomed any other political candidate; Access Hollywood chief among them."

"It is not a surprise that he uses the quote in his words, 'locker room talk' sometimes, but this time the locker room talk would be attached to a significant criminal conspiracy," he elaborated. "And there's certainly no evidence of any crime committed by President Trump, no wrongdoing at all yet that is going to fuel questions of this unseemly relationship and that's part of it."

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