The Reform Party leader and longtime ally of Trump went on to say that he had never discussed it with the U.S. leader, but added: “I think this is one area where Donald has sort of put himself into conflict with much of his own base.”
Farage observed that if he’d been of a different generation, he too would have probably come into contact with Epstein. “Had I been 10 years older, I would have done, because they were the circles … ” he added.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was told in May by his attorney general, Pam Bondi, that his name appeared in files related to the investigations.
He was friends with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s, but has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with the Epstein affair.
According to Trump, the pair fell out in the early 2000s, two years before Epstein was first arrested. The White House recently suggested that their fallout was connected to the late financier’s behavior, and that “the president kicked him out of his club for being a creep.”
But Trump said Tuesday that the relationship blew up when Epstein “stole” young women from his Mar-a-Lago beach club spa decades ago.
It remains a headache for the U.S. administration. Divisions over Trump’s handling of the Epstein files threw House Republicans into chaos last week, forcing Speaker Mike Johnson to send the chamber home early.
