The Daily Populous Sunday July 20th, 2025 evening edition
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A former Sports Illustrated model who was romantically involved with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claimed Friday that her ex and President Donald Trump were quite close, adding more to the ongoing controversy surrounding the Epstein files.

“They were best friends,” Stacey Williams told CNN host Brianna Keilar on Friday night. “I dated Jeffrey for a period of more or less, I think about four or five months, and the only friend that he would mention every time we saw each other or had a phone conversation was Donald.”

Trump and his administration recently faced scrutiny over their handling of Epstein’s sex abuse case after building up hype for the files’ release — only for the Department of Justice and FBI to say there was no evidence Epstein was murdered in jail, nor did he have a so-called “client list.”

Williams told Keilar on Friday that Trump was Epstein’s “bro” and “his wingman,” claiming the two were “very close and they were up to no good.”

Williams previously came out with a bombshell accusation against the president during his campaign in October, claiming Trump had groped her in 1993 during an encounter facilitated by Epstein himself.

Former model Stacey Williams said the friendship between her ex Jeffrey Epstein (left) and President Donald Trump was "very close." Davidoff Studios Photography via Getty Images

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied William’s accusations last year, saying “it’s obvious this fake story was contrived by the Harris campaign.”

However, Williams revisited that encounter on Friday.

“You know when that happens in broad daylight in someone’s office and an assistant is walking back and forth, you’re in shock,” Williams told Keilar.

The president has sued reporters of The Wall Street Journal for publishing the contents of a lewd birthday card he allegedly sent Epstein in 2003, featuring a drawing of a naked woman and a message that read “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

Trump called the message fake, claiming he never “wrote a picture” in his life and that he doesn’t “draw pictures of women.”

“It’s not my language. It’s not my words,” the president said.

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According to Williams, that birthday card was not out of character for the Epstein-Trump duo.

Rude-Strawberry-6360 on July 20th, 2025 at 10:44 UTC »

I don't know how much luck Trump is going to have on controlling the narrative for this one.

People are coming forward and it's salacious enough to be powered on its own steam.

Optimism_Deficit on July 20th, 2025 at 10:38 UTC »

And then a couple of guys, who were up to no good, started being pedos in my neighbourhood.....

Boonzies on July 20th, 2025 at 10:33 UTC »

Pigs, the two of them.