President Donald Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test as part of the mission to "make America Healthy again."
From its creation in 1966 until it ended in 2013, the Presidential Fitness Test measured students' strength and endurance with exercises like sit-ups, pull-ups, and one-mile runs. Students who scored in the top percentiles received national recognition.
"It’s a wonderful tradition and we’re bringing it back," Trump said.
The return of the test is a victory for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leader of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement who has long voiced concern about childhood obesity. His uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was sounding the alarm about Americans going "soft" way back in the 1960s.
“He was lamenting the fact that America had prided itself on a beef jerky toughness, and that we were losing -- that we were falling behind Europeans, we were falling behind other nations,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at the White House on Thursday.
The Presidential Fitness Test originated during the Eisenhower administration, when the President’s Council on Youth Fitness was established in response to a study on American kids' health that raised concern.
President John F. Kennedy took up the issue, famously writing an article titled "The Soft American" in Sports Illustrated.
He warned about an "increasingly large number of young Americans who are neglecting their bodies -- whose physical fitness is not what it should be -- who are getting soft."
"And such softness on the part of the individual citizen can help to strip and destroy the vitality of a nation," he wrote.
Kennedy also promoted taking the 50-mile hikes that were used by Marines, with his own brother, then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, completing the task in the snow.
President Lyndon Johnson established the Presidential Physical Fitness Award in 1966.
For all of President Kennedy's concern about fitness in the 60s, America's health problems have grown exponentially worse since then, with one in five kids now suffering from obesity.
The fitness test was phased out in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama over concerns that it hurt students' self-esteem. It was replaced with a more individualistic assessment of health as American culture drifted away from meritocracy.
The Trump administration says returning to the old, competitive approach will produce better health outcomes.
“The executive order will be focused on strengthening athletics in our country and making America healthy again,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “And we are going to reimplement the Presidential Fitness Test in America’s schools, which is, I think, something all Americans can get behind.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has introduced the Colleges for the American People Act, limiting H-1B visas for workers at colleges and universities, Breitbart reported in an exclusive. These types of visas have received more scrutiny over the perception that they displace American workers in favor of foreign workers.
Cotton introduced the legislation Thursday after Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) sponsored the bill in the House. The CAP Act would limit higher education institutions to 65,000 such visas annually, the same limit as other types of businesses.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of white collar workers are brought to the U.S. under the program. They sometimes replace Americans, who then must train their foreign counterparts, and Cotton thinks it's time to curb that practice in colleges and universities.
College and universities shouldn’t get special treatment to bring in more woke administrators and professors from around the world. https://t.co/Va7Ks7WOds
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) July 31, 2025
Cotton believes it's time to close the loophole in higher education with the CAP Act. "College and universities shouldn’t get special treatment to bring in more woke administrators and professors from around the world," Cotton pointed out in a statement.
"In addition to securing our southern border, it’s also past time to fix our broken legal immigration system. Getting rid of this loophole is a good place to start," the Arkansas lawmaker added.
Tiffany made a similar point about the House's version of the bill with its focus on prioritizing employment for Americans over foreign workers. "Instead of importing foreign labor, American universities need to invest in developing their own students for roles in leadership and teaching," Tiffany asserted.
"The CAP Act makes sure American graduates get those opportunities," he added. It's no surprise that academic institutions and companies hire foreign workers is because they are cheaper to employ than American workers.
According to a Journal of Business Ethics report published in September 2024, H-1B visa workers earned 10 percent less than American citizens in the same roles, which points to a financial incentive for companies. Democrats love the program because it's another excuse to import more foreign workers and muddy the illegal immigration debate. Regardless of the supposed benefits, the program isn't necessarily what's best for Americans.
This is not the first time the situation with H-1B visas has come under scrutiny for its negative impact on the American worker. Vice President JD Vance railed against Microsoft and other Big Tech companies that were lobbying for additional visa employees while laying off thousands of American workers.
"You see some big tech companies where they’ll lay off 9,000 workers, and then they’ll apply for a bunch of overseas visas. And I sort of wonder; that doesn’t totally make sense to me," Vance said at a business conference.
According to an earlier Breitbart report, Microsoft applied for up to 6,000 H-1B visa workers just after that layoff occurred, suggesting it might have been an effort to replace Americans. "That displacement and that math worries me a bit," Vance added.
Microsoft responded to the allegations, stating that the layoffs had nothing to do with favoring foreign workers, as some of those who lost their jobs were H-1B visa workers, Newsweek reported. Notably, the company did not say how many of those laid off were foreign workers under the H-1B visa program.
American companies should prioritize Americans for employment, even if it affects their bottom line, because it is the good corporate citizenship that they're always touting. Closing the loophole for higher education institutions goes a long way to signaling that the practice should face limits wherever it's done.
Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan attempted to block Admiral Daryl Caudle's confirmation as Chief of Naval Operations to try to strong-arm the Pentagon to reopen the state's Adak Naval Air Station, Just the News reported. Sullivan eventually caved, allowing Caudle to be confirmed on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved Caudle in a vote that should have secured an easy confirmation for him. The position was left vacant after President Donald Trump's administration removed then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti from her post in February.
However, Sullivan held out on the final confirmation, stating that he would do so until the Pentagon agreed to reopen the strategic Naval base located on the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The base has been closed since 1997, but Sullivan is sounding the alarm that it's a vital stronghold to protect Alaska from China and Russia.
This is not the first time Sullivan has used such tactics in an attempt to convince the Pentagon to go his way. In 2020, Sullivan blocked Pentagon nominees during then-President Joe Biden's administration, including Gen. C.Q. Brown’s promotion to Air Force chief of staff.
The Alaskan senator's urgings about the importance of reopening the Naval base hold more weight, considering Russian war planes have been performing exercises just off the coast of Alaska in recent weeks. While speaking on Fox News' Faulkner Focus on Thursday, Sullivan shared how Russian aircraft have recently been spotted near American airspace.
"The Russians have been very aggressive. You know, Billy Mitchell, the father of the US Air Force, called Alaska the most strategic place in the world," Sullivan continued.
"Well, our adversaries know that, which is why they're testing us up there. And we've even had joint Russian naval task forces in our waters and joint Russian strategic bomber task forces in our airspace," Sullivan went on. The lawmaker later explained that Trump is pouring money into military infrastructure in Alaska, including a possible American version of a Golden Dome anti-missile system to protect against attacks from Russia and China.
"We have the technology. We have the ability with a great military, and now with presidential leadership. That's why Russia and China are so scared of this, and I think when they speak out against it, it shows that we're on target," Sullivan said.
After initially holding out, Sullivan later changed his mind after speaking with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday. "Sen. Sullivan had a very constructive conversation with the secretary of Defense, with whom he has a strong relationship," said his spokesperson, Amanda Coyne, in a statement.
"After the conversation, Sen. Sullivan lifted his hold on Adm. Caudle," Coyne added. While Sullivan didn't receive any formal concessions, the White House said in a statement that Trump has "repeatedly stressed the importance of the Senate quickly confirming all of his nominees," suggesting the president was fuming and his intolerance for the gesture swayed Sullivan's acquiescence.
Still, it doesn't seem Sullivan will abandon his advocacy for the military base any time soon, even if Trump wasn't happy with his tactics. According to the Washington Examiner, the lawmaker was banging the drum about the Naval base as recently as May.
"This is part of a broader strategic repository that our military needs to really think hard about, and in the Indo-Pacific, to be honest, their strategic thinking has been lazy," Sullivan said. The base at one time had as many as 90,000 troops in the Aleutian Islands during World War II and was instrumental in an offensive attack against Japanese-held Kiska and Attu islands in 1943.
Holding up the appointment of personnel is not the best tactic for getting things done, and Sullivan was correct in giving up. However, it's clear that the current threats to the U.S. are best addressed from Alaska.
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday declared Brazil a national security threat and sanctioned the nation's head judge (equivalent to the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) over human rights abuses and censorship of conservative viewpoints both at home and abroad.
Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes received sanctions from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the Global Magnitsky Act because he has engaged in a pattern of arbitrary detentions, denial of fair trial guarantees, censorship, punishing free speech, and other abuses.
De Moraes's actions were all in the name of persecuting conservative political activity, which is prohibited by the act. Consequently, his U.S.-based assets are frozen, and he is banned from transactions involving U.S.
“Alexandre de Moraes has taken it upon himself to be judge and jury in an unlawful witch hunt against U.S. and Brazilian citizens and companies,” Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said. “De Moraes is responsible for an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights, and politicized prosecutions — including against former President Jair Bolsonaro. Today’s action makes clear that Treasury will continue to hold accountable those who threaten U.S. interests and the freedoms of our citizens.”
“Moraes abused his authority by engaging in a targeted and politically motivated effort designed to silence political critics through the issuance of secret orders compelling online platforms, including U.S. social media companies, to ban the accounts of individuals for posting protected speech,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a separate statement. “Moraes further abused his position to authorize unjust pre-trial detentions and undermine freedom of expression.”
Trump probably feels for Bolsonaro because he was in a similar situation to Trump, being declared the loser of an election while believing that he actually won.
Like Trump, Bolsonaro publicly refused to concede and accused his opponents of voter fraud.
It's probably more likely that Bolsonaro's election was fraudulent than Trump's, but neither one of them could prove it and both ended up having to accept the loss and transfer power eventually.
De Moraes went after Bolsonaro, his family, and his supporters with travel bans, freezing their assets, police raids, and arrests.
He also censored American social media platforms repeatedly, imposing hefty fines for noncompliance so people couldn't see the truth and find out he was wrong.
While de Moraes's actions sound frightfully familiar to how Trump and his allies have been treated, Bolsonaro had no legal remedy against his persecution.
Trump ended up beating all the charges against him, being re-elected by an indignant populace, and being able to pardon all his allies who were unjustly accused of crimes.
The differences highlight the American system's resilience; our democracy just functions better. Trump's sanctioning of de Moraes is an attempt to influence Brazil's government and tell de Moraes he can't get away with his actions consequence-free.
President Donald Trump signed the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act on Wednesday, giving the Department of Veterans Affairs the ability to prevent veterans from losing their homes to foreclosure, Breitbart reported. The bill was sponsored by military veterans Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), and Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL).
There are numerous government programs dedicated to assisting illegal immigrants and giving aid to foreign nations. This time, Orden, a retired Navy SEAL with combat experience, and Bost, an ex-Marine, have crafted legislation that will take care of America's veterans.
The lawmakers stood by Trump as he signed the bill into law. "It's a very important bill," Trump said, holding up the document he just signed in a clip shared to X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.
President Donald J. Trump officially signs the "VA Home Loan Program Reform Act" into law. pic.twitter.com/IrdRGKqPpl
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 30, 2025
The new law will give veterans some flexibility in their mortgages, helping them avoid foreclosure during times of financial difficulties. The partial claims repayment program allows the VA to buy the delinquent loans and defer the missed payments until the end of the loan, and provide a fixed 2.5% interest rate.
This legislation replaces the Biden-era Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program that was created in 2024 and eliminated by the Trump administration in May to make room for a better version. Under Biden's version of the program, the VA took on $5.48 billion in debt and saved 17,000 homes from foreclosure.
The new law was passed in the House in May, and the Senate passed its own version this month, which went to the president's desk for signature. A joint statement from the House and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs leaders touted the move.
"This bipartisan and bicameral legislation will assist veterans who are facing financial hardships and provide the VA with a tool to better help veterans stay in their homes and avoid foreclosure. The VA Home Loan Program provides one of the best benefits VA has to offer, and has helped veterans and their families build home equity since its inception in 1944," the July 16 statement said.
A news release from The American Legion also championed the helping hand this would give to veterans. "This critical legislation represents a profound commitment to safeguarding the financial security and dignity of veteran homeowners, especially during times of hardship," James LaCoursiere, the national commander of the patriotic veterans organization, said.
This program offers more than just financial assistance; it also provides homelessness prevention. The New York Post reported in January 2024 that a Department of Housing and Urban Development review found that homelessness among veterans hit a 12-year high after years of trending downward.
The report noted that in just one night in January 2023, some 35,574 homeless veterans were effectively out on the streets. "One veteran experiencing homelessness is one too many, let alone 35,574. We are at a pivotal moment in the national housing and homelessness crises,” Monica Diaz, executive director of the VA Homeless Programs Office, wrote in response to that abysmal statistic.
Jim Whaley, a U.S. Army veteran and the CEO of veteran advocacy group Mission Roll Call, also expressed dismay about this troubling trend. "We have failed as a nation when we look at numbers like that," Whaley said.
"We are not doing a good job as a country in making sure that veterans are not homeless. We’re not doing a very good job of making sure they’re transitioning to civilian life in a successful manner," Whaley added. Trump's program will at least take foreclosure off the table as one of the many reasons for veteran homelessness.
Trump's commitment to caring for veterans is admirable, and now he's putting that philosophy into practical solutions that will help real people. The nation owes an outstanding debt to the men and women who give up years of their lives defending America's freedom, and it's about time that those in Washington, D.C., do something to ensure that's repaid.
Two former White House aides testified about then-President Joe Biden's mental decline in front of the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform this week, Breitbart reported. Former Biden counselor Steve Ricchetti and former senior adviser Mike Donilon have agreed to appear before the committee voluntarily.
The committee, headed by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), is investigating whether there was a concerted effort to keep Biden's cognitive problems under wraps. Now that he's left office, Democrats are stunned that journalists are willing to admit what they saw and how Biden's staffers closed ranks to protect him.
If his problems were this obvious to the public, it's nearly impossible for his closest advisers to deny that they knew what was happening. The committee has called some of them as witnesses, but has had a hard time getting them to testify, including Dr. Kevin O'Connor, who was the White House physician under Biden.
The committee was forced to subpoena O'Connor to get him to speak about Biden's condition. Others, including Biden's former special assistant, Annie Tomasini, and first lady Jill Biden's former senior advisor, Anthony Bernal, have asserted their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. Meanwhile, Biden's former chief of staff, Ron Klain, said that the president was mentally sharp during his time in the White House.
During his testimony Wednesday, Ricchetti claimed that Biden was "fully capable of exercising his presidential duties" while in office, The Hill reported. The news outlet had obtained prepared remarks Ricchetti used for his transcribed interview with the committee. Ricchetti seemed to deny the obvious fact that Biden was deteriorating in front of everyone's eyes.
"Let me be clear: At all times during his presidency, I believed that President Biden was fully capable of exercising his Presidential duties and responsibilities, and that he did so. Neither I, nor anyone else, usurped President Biden’s constitutional duties, which he faithfully and fully carried out each and every day," Ricchetti claimed, according to the transcription.
The former counselor to Biden said there was "certainly no conspiracy to hide the President’s mental condition from the American people" and that he was "not aware of any effort by any member of the White House staff to usurp the President’s authority to make decisions or to sign important documents without his knowledge." Ricchetti did concede that Biden had some problems but minimized their impact.
"Did he stumble? Occasionally. Make mistakes? Get up on the wrong side of the bed? He did — we all did. But I always believed — every day — that he had the capability, character, and judgment to be president of the United States," Ricchetti claimed.
Predictably, Ricchetti railed against Republicans for orchestrating a witch hunt. He claimed the committee's investigation "is part of a concerted effort by the Administration and its congressional allies to diminish the record of the former president by advancing the false narrative that President Biden was mentally unable to perform his constitutional duties and that members of his staff usurped the president’s Article 2 powers."
According to Fox News, Donilon was expected to appear before the committee after arriving on Thursday morning. In the past, Donilon defended Biden, including his campaign-ending debate performance in July 2024. "Now, lots of people have terrible debates," Donilon said at the time.
"Lots of people have terrible debates. Usually, the party doesn't lose its mind, but that's what happened here. It melted down," Donilon claimed. Biden stepped down from the presidential race shortly after the botched debate, where he appeared confused, tired, and unable to string together coherent thoughts.
This defense drew criticism even from rabid leftists like David Axelrod, a CNN contributor and former Obama adviser. Axelrod shared the clip of Donilon's remarks defending Biden at a Harvard University event, which he simply captioned, "Delusional."
Delusional https://t.co/7zWQ7liINN
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) February 22, 2025
Biden's mental deterioration was increasingly difficult to hide, even before the debate performance that caused the problem to become undeniable. Still, all of the people who were around Biden shielded him and continue to do so even after the truth is stunningly apparent.
A former ABC News correspondent has finally admitted that the network is “biased” against President Donald Trump due to the newsroom being filled with liberals.
According to Terry Moran, who worked for decades at ABC News in various capacities, the newsroom “lacks viewpoint diversity” due to the almost single-minded ideological makeup of the employees, as Fox News reported.
Moran posted his views in his commentary on Substack, saying, “Let’s talk about bias.”
“I worked at ABC News for almost 28 years, and I’m proud to say that. But: Were we biased? Yes. Almost inadvertently, I’d say. ABC News has the same problem so many leading cultural institutions do in America: A lack of viewpoint diversity."
Moran was previously a foreign correspondent for ABC News and the chief White House correspondent. He also served as the anchor of Nightline during his nearly 30 years at the network.
"We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post — which was a clear violation of ABC News policies — we have made the decision to not renew," the network said in a statement released by a spokesperson.
"At ABC News, we hold all of our reporters to the highest standards of objectivity, fairness, and professionalism, and we remain committed to delivering straightforward, trusted journalism."
Moran was at one time thought of by the executives at ABC News as a potential evening news anchor, reminding many of anchors like Peter Jennings.
Six weeks before being canned by the news outlet, Moran interviewed Trump, something that won him incredible accolades from those inside and outside of the industry.
He didn’t pull any punches either, pressing him about claims regarding a man deported to El Salvador, which caused a kerfuffle amongst immigrant advocates.
Trump went so far as to say Moran was “not being very nice,” and said the interview was a “big break” for him, considering it was a one-on-one sit-down style conversation.
Just months ago, in December of 2024, Walt Disney Co., ABC's corporate parent, reached an agreement to pay a $16 million settlement to Trump following a private suit.
Trump sued over the repeated claims by anchor George Stephanopoulos that Trump was found liable for rape after a sexual abuse suit in New York City.
The company is paying $15 million to a foundation for Trump’s future presidential library and an additional $1 million for legal fees.
A landmark decision came from a Senate committee, advocating for a prohibition on stock trading by lawmakers and top executives.
This crucial milestone addresses public calls for increased ethical standards and accountability for high-ranking officials.
The bill, initially garnering attention with its provocative name referencing Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), was introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
Hawley and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) collaborated on a revision that extends the ban to future presidents and vice presidents, aiming to curb conflicts of interest across all federal branches.
The committee's decision was sharply divided, with Hawley being the sole Republican supporting the proposal amidst an 8-7 vote.
Many Republicans expressed concerns, suggesting the bill might deter wealthy professionals from public service due to its financial implications.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) emphasized the enforcement role of the Senate Ethics Committee, which he chairs, underscoring the legislation's serious implications.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) criticized the process as overly hurried and labeled the legislation as a simple publicity stunt, reflecting ongoing partisan debates over the bill's necessity and design.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) defended wealth generation, challenging the negative perception of profitable endeavors in the U.S.
In discussions about the bill's fairness, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) advocated for including the current President Donald Trump to avoid perceptions of bias, although ultimately, Trump was exempted.
Despite her initial reservations about exemptions, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) supported the bill, viewing it as a pragmatic compromise necessary for broader legislative support.
The push for restrictions on stock trading is also gaining momentum in the House, highlighted by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's (R-FL) efforts for a vote.
The House Ethics Committee's recent recommendation for Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) to divest from a steel manufacturer further underscored the need for stringent ethics regulations, despite no proven insider trading.
Hawley highlighted that the proposed ban aligns with long-standing public demands for transparency and fairness, hoping to end profitable insider information exploitations by Congress members.
"We all saw Vance and Trump come out against this publicly, but I think it’s important that we at least make a start," stated Slotkin, pushing forward the agenda for reform despite challenges.
After nearly 30 years in Congress, Democrat Rep. Danny Davis (IL) is ready to retire.
The 83-year-old, who represents a broad swathe of Chicago, announced that he will not seek a 16th term this fall. Davis broke the news at a press conference Thursday morning while joined by his family and supporters.
His decision opens up a reliably Democratic seat in the heart of one of America's biggest and most liberal cities.
With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+34, Davis's 7th district is the most Democratic congressional district in Illinois.
Kamala Harris won the district by 65 points in November; Davis won re-election with 83% of the vote.
The district stretches from Chicago's western suburbs through the city's downtown and all the way to the South Side. The heavy partisan lean of the 7th district means that the Democratic primary will determine who replaces Davis.
At least nine candidates are expected to enter the contentious primary battle, but Davis has already waded into the process by endorsing state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, a former candidate for mayor who pled guilty to misdemeanor bank fraud in 2014.
The news of Davis' retirement was met with an outpouring of tributes from the state's Democrats and their affiliated interest groups, including the powerful Chicago Teacher's Union, which called Davis an "unwavering voice for those who have been forgotten, ignored, and left behind."
Davis worked on the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners before he won election to the House in 1996. He rose to a top role on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has power over tax policy.
During his long, unbroken tenure in Chicago, Davis was known as a strong advocate of the safety net, championing welfare programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
As he grew older, Davis began to face some tough primary challenges, coming within six points of losing his seat in 2022.
“I’m not running to be the quarterback for the (Chicago) Bears. I’m not running to carry the torch in the Olympics,” he told the Associated Press last year. “I’m running to use my knowledges, my expertise, my intellect.”
Three Democrats have died this year while serving in the House, fueling a debate on the age of the nation's representatives.
Chicago's intractable crime problem hit home for Davis in 2016, when his 15-year-old grandson was murdered in a dispute over basketball shoes.
President Trump criticized the media's selective coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, accusing reporters of overlooking prominent Democrats in the financier's orbit such as Bill Clinton, who allegedly visited Epstein's notorious island.
Although Epstein had ties to many high-profile figures, including Clinton, recent reporting has focused almost exclusively on tying Trump to the disgraced financier.
It is well-known that both Trump and Clinton once had friendships with Epstein, but neither president has been accused of wrongdoing.
Trump had a falling out with Epstein in 2004, well before Epstein's first arrest for sex crimes in 2006.
While in Scotland on Monday, Trump explained that Epstein caused a rift in their relationship by stealing workers. Trump also said he never visited Epstein's notorious island, but Clinton traveled there "supposedly 28 times."
“I never had the privilege of going to his island. And I did turn it down,” Trump said. “But a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn’t want to go to his island.”
While returning to the U.S. on Tuesday, Trump clarified that the workers Epstein "stole" were employees in the Mar-A-Lago spa, and that one of them was Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide this year.
In a 2016 deposition that was unsealed last year, Giuffre testified to meeting Clinton twice on Epstein's island and said he must have known about the crimes taking place there, but she never observed Clinton behaving inappropriately.
"Yes, he would be a witness because he knew what my purpose there was for Jeffrey and he visited Jeffrey's island," Giuffre said, according to the transcript. "There's pictures of nude girls all around the house at all of his houses and it's something that Jeffrey Epstein wasn't shy about admitting to people."
Giuffre also said she never observed Trump do anything wrong.
"I don't think Donald Trump participated in anything," Giuffre said, according to the deposition. "That would have to be another assumption. I never saw or witnessed Donald Trump participate in those acts, but was he in the house of Jeffrey Epstein," Giuffre said. "I’ve heard he has been, but I haven’t seen him myself so I don’t know.”
After Epstein's second arrest for sex trafficking in 2019, a Clinton spokesperson said the former president had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes and that his travels on Epstein's private jet were tied to the Clinton Foundation's work.
Clinton addressed rumors about his ties to Epstein in a memoir released last year, Citizen, in which he denied traveling to Epstein's island.
“Traveling on Epstein’s plane was not worth the years of questioning afterward,” Clinton wrote in the book.
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Clinton wrote a warm message to Epstein on his 50th birthday, paying tribute to his "child-like curiosity."
Trump has sued the newspaper over its separate report that he wrote his own letter that contained a nude drawing of a woman.
His past ties to Epstein have come under intense scrutiny from the media and the Democratic party as the White House faces backlash over its refusal to release the Epstein files.
The Justice Department officially ruled in July that a hypothetical "client list" does not exist, that Epstein died by suicide in his prison cell, and that no evidence exists to charge additional third parties. The findings angered many Trump supporters who have long believed Epstein had hidden accomplices who abused underage girls.