Whenever the media describes the relationship between Trump and Epstein, they all play the same video of Trump and Epstein at a party at Mar-a-Lago with Trump dancing with NFL cheerleaders. What is not as well known is the video of Epstein’s 2010 deposition in which he asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege, refusing to answer the question of whether he had socialized with Trump in the presence of girls under the age of 18.
Epstein’s invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege, which would not be admissible in a criminal case, is admissible in a civil case. Jurors in a civil case are free to draw an adverse inference from a witness taking the 5th.
Here, the adverse inference is that Epstein and Trump did socialize with underage girls. Why would Epstein refuse to answer the question if the truthful answer was “no”?
Epstein’s taking the Fifth may very well put the lie to his partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. Maxwell has apparently told Trump’s defense lawyer and Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche, that Trump had nothing to do with Epstein and underage girls.
Clearly, she did tell Blanche that Trump was innocent. After speaking to Blanche, she received a prison upgrade to a minimum security camp and reason to hope for a future presidential pardon.
What do you think of Epstein’s deposition testimony?
