A significant majority of American voters believe Donald Trump is being dishonest about the nature of his past relationship with the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new poll.
Poll Reveals Widespread Doubt
The survey, conducted by JL Partners for the Daily Mail between November 19 and 20, questioned 1,246 voters online. It found that a combined 56 percent of respondents think the former president has not been truthful about his Epstein relationship 'at all' or 'not very much'.
In contrast, only 21 percent of those polled stated they believe Trump has been 'very much' truthful. A further 24 percent felt his account had been only 'somewhat' truthful.
Surprising Lack of Political Impact
Despite this overwhelming scepticism, the revelations concerning Epstein appear to have little sway on the political landscape. A substantial 52 percent of respondents claimed that the new details emerging from the Epstein files would not have altered their vote in the 2024 election.
Only 17 percent said the email correspondence released by the House Oversight Committee would have impacted their decision. Interestingly, an identical 17 percent stated the revelations would have actually made them more likely to support the current president.
The White House did not provide a comment to the Daily Mail regarding the poll's findings.
A Complicated History
Trump has consistently stated that his association with Epstein ended in 2007, when he allegedly had the financier ejected from his Mar-a-Lago club for being a 'creep'. He insists they had no further relationship and that he never visited Epstein's private island, the primary location of the illegal activities.
'Jeffrey Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years,' Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One earlier this month.
However, documents released on November 12 by the House Oversight Committee appear to contradict this timeline. The thousands of pages included a 2011 email from Epstein to his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, which discussed Trump years after their alleged falling out.
Furthermore, in a separate 2019 email to author Michael Wolff, Epstein claimed he was never a member of Mar-a-Lago and alleged that Trump 'knew about the girls'.
Ultimately, the court of public opinion seems settled. A clear 64 percent of poll respondents said the recent developments have not changed their view of the Trump-Epstein relationship, with only 18 percent reporting a shift in their opinion.
