### Trump-Epstein Relationship Uncovered in New Audio Tapes Released by Michael Wolff

New audio tapes have emerged revealing a close social connection between Donald Trump and the infamous sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, despite Trump's lengthy denial of such a relationship. The recordings were disclosed as part of the Fire and Fury podcast series by author Michael Wolff, who has penned multiple books about Trump’s tenure in office, along with former journalist James Truman.

Captured during a 2017 conversation with Epstein regarding a potential biography, the tapes shed light on Epstein’s insights into the inner workings of Trump’s administration. Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, was deeply embedded in elite social circles that included numerous wealthy and influential individuals.

Wolff asserts that the segment shared in the podcast is merely a fraction of over 100 hours of Epstein discussing Trump’s White House and their extensive history. In one notable excerpt, Epstein recollects how Trump manipulated his advisors by pitting them against each other. "His people fight each other and then he poisons the well outside," Epstein remarks.

Further elaborating, Epstein describes Trump’s tactic of disparaging his staff to create discord: "He will tell 10 people 'Bannon's a scumbag' and 'Priebus is not doing a good job' and 'Kellyanne has a big mouth - what do you think?'" This pattern of behavior is highlighted through Epstein’s account of Trump’s interactions with Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway.

In response to the podcast, Trump campaign national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, vehemently dismissed Wolff's claims, describing him as a "disgraced writer" prone to fabricating falsehoods for profit. She also accused Wolff of engaging in "blatant election interference on behalf of Kamala Harris."

Wolff said on the podcast that Epstein viewed him as a conduit to express his astonishment over Trump's election, asserting that Epstein was "utterly preoccupied with Trump" and, in many ways, "afraid of him."

Detailing the commonalities between Trump and Epstein, Wolff emphasizes their shared pursuits of wealth, women, and status, noting how they frequently socialized in New York during the 1980s. This relationship took a darker turn as illustrated by an incident in 1993 where Epstein brought model Stacey Williams to Trump's Fifth Avenue penthouse, leading to alleged inappropriate behavior by Trump in what Williams described as a "twisted game."

Concluding his reflection on their starkly contrasting fates, Wolff remarks: "Here are these two guys both driven by a need to do anything they wanted with women: dominance and submission and entertainment. And one of them ends up in the darkest prison in the country and the other in the White House."