United States President Donald Trump has distanced himself from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying the former friends had severed ties more than a decade before his 2019 arrest on federal sex trafficking charges.But one Democrat is using newly released documents from Epstein’s estate to assert that the two remained friends after Trump first became president in 2016.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listRepresentative Sean Casten, a Democrat from Illinois, highlighted one email exchange and said in a November 12 post on X: “Trump spent his first Thanksgiving after getting elected President with Jeffrey Epstein. 2017.”
Trump spent his first Thanksgiving after getting elected President with Jeffrey Epstein. 2017. pic.twitter.com/1CU51k8yl4
— Sean Casten (@SeanCasten) November 13, 2025He attached an image of emails dated November 23, 2017 – Thanksgiving Day – between Epstein and NEXT Management Cofounder Faith Kates, which read:Epstein: hope today is fun for you.Kates: Fun!!! When are you back in NYC?Epstein: all next weekKates: Ok dylan will want to see you I always want to see you. Where are you having thanksgiving?Epstein: evaFaith Kates: That means glenn check out his red hair!!!Epstein: berries color for holidayKates: He’s such a snooze who else is down there?Epstein: david fizel. hanson. trumpKates: Have fun!!!Casten has not responded to a request for comment. “Those emails prove literally nothing,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in an email.News reports, photos, videos and White House releases show Trump spent that 2017 Thanksgiving in Mar-a-Lago. PolitiFact, however, did not find any proof that he met Epstein that day. Advertisement There are different accounts of when Trump and Epstein had their falling out, with periods ranging from 2004 to 2007. The Miami Herald reported that Trump barred Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in October 2007, a decade before the Thanksgiving Day in question.In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting prostitution and s …
