Bringing up archived video footage and photos from the 1990s, American news outlet CNN sought to expose US President Donald Trump and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein‘s alleged connection. Despite the MAGA leader repeatedly calling the late financier a “creep,” the outlet has now pushed out pictures from 1993, which appear to confirm that Epstein was actually at the Republican politician’s wedding to his second wife, Marla Maples, that year. The ceremony was held at the Plaza Hotel.

In addition to Epstein being in attendance at Trump’s 1993 wedding slipping into the background as a lesser-known fact, the ever-so-controversial figure was also seen chatting it up with Trump at a 1999 Victoria’s Secret event in New York. The exclusive CNN handouts were recovered while the outlet was reviewing archival clips of Trump at events in the 1990s and 2000s.

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As a result, the news agency has now offered visual proof of Trump and Epstein appearing to enjoy each other’s company, with the duo being seen laughing together at the fashion show.

The newly recovered footage and photos have surfaced at a time when the POTUS is already being accused of deflecting from the Epstein scandal by pushing Obama “treason” claims and releasing the Martin Luther King Jr files.

Trump reacts to Epstein link allegations

CNN took the issue up with the US president himself. In hopes of scooping answers, the news outlet questioned the MAGA leader about the 1993 wedding photos featuring Epstein. To which, he curtly shot back, saying, “You’ve got to be kidding me.” He also went on to repeatedly call the outlet “fake news” until he finally hung up.

Meanwhile, Steve Cheung, the White House Communications Director, also jumped on the opportunity to shoot down the claims. He labelled the exposé as “nothing more than out-of-context frame grabs of  innocuous videos and pictures of widely attended events to disgustingly infer something nefarious.”

He further insisted that Trump actually “kicked” Epstein out of his club “for being a creep,” adding that CNN’s coverage only goes on to inflate “fake news stories concocted by Democrats and the liberal media.”

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Trump-Epstein meetings of the past

Although Trump hasn’t actually been formally accused of being connected to any wrongdoing related to Epstein, the pair’s were often seen at social events in Palm Beach and New York. These appearances dated back to the 1980s, until they “had a falling out” in the mid-2000s, as per the Washington Post.

“Well, I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him,” the MAGA boss told reporters during his first presidential term. “I mean, people in Palm Beach knew him. He was a fixture in Palm Beach. I had a falling out with him a long time ago. I don’t think I’ve spoken to him for 15 years. I wasn’t a fan.”

However, prior to that Trump told New York magazine that the financier was “a terrific guy” and “a lot of fun to be with.” He added, “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

An Epstein accuse even went as far as claiming that she came across Trump in the convicted sex offender’s New York office. She described the incident as a “troubling encounter,” which would be enough for him to earn a mention in the Epstein Files, as per The New York Times.

However, Steve Cheung maintained it back at the claims, pushing his same statement as always, “The president was never in [Epstein’s] office. The fact is that the president kicked him out of his club for being a creep..”