For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

With backlash from his base not abating, the Justice Dept. asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Epstein's 2019 indictment.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the Trump administration should release the documents related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in a federal prison in 2019.

The unreleased evidence notably includes multiple documents related to two islands Epstein owned in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Little Saint James -- where his compound was located -- and Greater Saint James. According to the index, the files include a folder containing Island blueprints, photographs and other documents.

Among an album of letters collected to celebrate Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday sits one bearing President Donald Trump’s name — along with a bawdy message — according to a bombshell report.“Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,

He drew the ink sketch on a large envelope and signed it Donald J. Trump in gold marker. The drawing sold for $29,184 Thursday at Nate D. Sanders Auctions, a Los Angeles auction house specializing in autographs and memorabilia.

The two socialized together frequently in New York City and Palm Beach from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. In 2002, Trump praised Epstein to a reporter as a “terrific guy” — and curiously added that he “likes beautiful women” on “the younger side.”

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