‘A terrific guy’: What are Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein?

Having once described Jeffrey Epstein as “a terrific guy”, it was perhaps unsurprising that Donald Trump was among the high-profile people to be named in the first batch of unsealed court documents containing information on associates of the late paedophile.

Prior to his stint as commander-in-chief, Mr Trump was known to have met the disgraced financier on multiple occasions, having been pictured with him at events – though their relationship had ups-and-downs after a reported falling out in the 1990s.

Along with his ex-wife and children Tiffany and Eric, the former president , first in 2002 that he has “known Jeff for fifteen years.”