Independent UK - White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles confirmed that President Donald Trump’s name is in the Epstein files, claiming the late sex offender and Trump were “young, single playboys together.”
In wide-ranging interviews with Vanity Fair, Wiles also torched Attorney General Pam Bondi for her handling of the Department of Justice’s investigation into Epstein.
During the sit-downs, the Florida-born chief of staff, whom Trump calls the “ice maiden,” said she misjudged the importance of the scandal surrounding Epstein.
“Whether he was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island and did unforgivable things to young girls,” she said, “I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.”
Wiles, who also managed Trump’s 2024 campaign, told Vanity Fair she has read what she described as “the Epstein file.”
The president “is in the file,” she said. “And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful.”
Axios - President Trump is defending chief of staff Susie Wiles after her blunt, private views on the past year were revealed in a series of stunning on-the-record Vanity Fair interviews.
"I didn't read it, but I don't read Vanity Fair — but she's done a fantastic job," Trump told the New York Post.
"I think from what I hear, the facts were wrong, and it was a very misguided interviewer, purposely misguided."
Trump minimized Wiles' saying that he has an "alcoholic's personality."
"I've said that many times about myself," Trump said. "I'm fortunate I'm not a drinker. If I did, I could very well, because I've said that — what's the word? Not possessive — possessive and addictive type personality. Oh, I've said it many times, many times before."
Wiles is the most powerful White House aide, credited with running a more disciplined, loyal and effective operation than Trump's first term, Axios' Zachary Basu writes.
That makes her candid interview — in which she questioned the execution and outcome of some of Trump's most aggressive policies — all the more striking.
Mediaite - Wiles herself denied that her comments had been characterized correctly, issuing a statement that read:
The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history.
Significant context was disregarded and much of what I, and others, said about the team and the President was left out of the story. I assume, after reading it, that this was done to paint an overwhelmingly chaotic and negative narrative about the President and our team.
The truth is the Trump White House has already accomplished more in eleven months than any other President has accomplished in eight years and that is due to the unmatched leadership and vision of President Trump, for whom I have been honored to work for the better part of a decade.
None of this will stop our relentless pursuit of Making America Great Again!
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