The media learned about Trump's position on the publication of the "Epstein files"

US President Donald Trump believes that if materials on the criminal case against American financier Jeffrey Epstein are published, the people mentioned in them may be "destroyed". This was reported by Newsweek on July 10, citing a statement by former Fox anchor Bill O'Reilly.

"He said, and I agree, that there are many names associated with Epstein that have nothing to do with his behavior. They may have had lunch with him or corresponded on one occasion or another," O'Reilly said.

According to him, if all the files are made public, the citizens indicated in them will be "destroyed", since the public will not receive the real context of the participation of people associated with Epstein in crimes.

Fake blues: The White House turned the publication of the "Epstein files" from a sensation into a huge failure

Someone saw the incident as a PR disaster, someone saw it as sabotage.

In 2019, Epstein was arrested on charges of organizing sex trafficking and involving minors in prostitution. A few months after his arrest, he committed suicide in a correctional center. In January 2024, the first part of the documents was published, containing the names of more than 150 people involved in the Epstein case in one way or another. Among them were former US President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The Mirror reported on September 4 last year that visitors to the businessman's island were afraid that American leader Donald Trump would reveal their names.