Trump travels to Scotland for golf amid Epstein furor

President Trump off to the links in Scotland while the Epstein files continue to dominate the headlines back in Washington.

President Trump heading to Scotland, mixing business and pleasure and turning his attention to trade as the controversy over the Epstein files consumes Washington. I don’t know what they’re talking about. And for the second day in a row, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch, the president’s former attorney, Convicted sex trafficker Glaine Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, seeking more information in the case. Glen answered every single question asked of her over the last day and a half. Maxwell was convicted on various sex crimes, including trafficking underage girls for Epstein. She is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison. The president Asked if he would pardon Maxwell. I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not. The meetings come as Trump tries to appease demands from supporters, Democrats and Republicans, to release all the Epstein documents. Release the damn files. Look, it makes no sense to me. Let’s let the public decide. No, the Republicans want to. — Release the Epstein
— Maga world isn’t buying Attorney General Pam Bondi’s assurances that there’s no new evidence and her insistence not to release more files, but additional evidence of the president’s relationship with the now deceased convict is surfacing. In a 2010 deposition, a lawyer for one of Epstein’s victims questioned him on his relationship with Trump. — Have you
— ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of Females under the age of 18. Though I’d like to answer that question, at least today, I’m going to have to assert my 5th. 6th and 14th Amendment. It’s important to point out that President Trump has never been accused of any wrongdoing as it relates to Jeffrey Epstein. It also remains to be seen what new information, if any, Glaine Maxwell will present and if any of these moves will be enough to quell the anger within Trump’s MAGA base who just want to see those Epstein files released. Lawmakers over recess will be sure to find out in Washington, Julie Sirkin, NBC News.