Overview
- The Justice Department’s Epstein files include a Dec. 29, 2017 email in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that some people at a dinner with President Trump were concerned about dementia.
- Epstein told journalist Michael Wolff that attendees said Trump wore “tons of makeup” and “did not recognise old friends,” according to the released document.
- The email does not identify who was at the dinner or whether Epstein was present, leaving the account unverified beyond the contemporaneous message itself.
- The White House has rejected claims of cognitive decline and maintains the president remains in excellent overall health, with no new medical diagnosis presented.
- The resurfaced note joins prior reported concerns from associates and relatives, including disputed Steve Bannon attributions and comments by nephew Fred C. Trump III, alongside the pair’s known social ties in the 1990s and 2000s.