X owner Elon Musk has deleted an explosive allegation linking United States President Donald Trump with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on social media.
Musk – who just exited his role as a top White House advisor – alleged on Thursday that Trump is featured in unreleased government files on former associates of Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while he faced sex trafficking charges.
The Trump administration has acknowledged it is reviewing tens of thousands of documents, videos and investigative material that his “MAGA” movement says will unmask public figures complicit in Epstein’s crimes.
Trump was named in a trove of deposition and statements linked to Epstein that were unsealed by a New York judge in early 2024.
The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing in the case.
“Time to drop the really big bomb: (Trump) is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public,” Musk posted on X as his growing feud with the president boiled over into a spectacularly public row.
Musk did not reveal which files he was talking about and offered no evidence for his claim.
He initially doubled down on the claim, writing in a follow-up message: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
However, he appeared to have deleted both tweets by Saturday morning.
Supporters on the conspiratorial end of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” base allege that Epstein’s associates had their roles in his crimes covered up by government officials and others.
They point the finger at Democrats and Hollywood celebrities, although not at Trump himself.
No official source has ever confirmed that the president appears in any of the as yet unreleased material, AFP reported.
Trump knew and socialized with Epstein but has denied spending time on Little Saint James, the private redoubt in the United States Virgin Islands where prosecutors alleged Epstein trafficked underage girls for sex.
Just last week, Trump gave Musk a glowing send-off as he left his cost-cutting role at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
But their relationship imploded within days as Musk described as an “abomination” a spending bill that, if passed by Congress, could define Trump’s second term in office.
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