Claims from a new regular to corporate media found a Democrat congressman warned that a “slam dunk lawsuit” could be in his future over claims about the president’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Demonizing President Donald Trump remains the priority plank of the Democratic Party, and no amount of contrary evidence appears sufficient to deflate their efforts to connect him with the late convicted sex offender. The latest came from Virginia Rep. James Walkinshaw (D), who made the rounds on cable news peddling testimony from Epstein’s attorneys to claim the chief executive was “lying.”
During an appearance on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” the victor of the September special election to fill the seat of his onetime boss, late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D), who died from cancer in May 2025, disputed the president’s claim that the Epstein files exonerated him of alleged connections with the financier.
“I read a redacted document — illegally redacted, in my view — where Epstein’s lawyers had spoken to Trump, and Trump made it clear that he never kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago,” Walkinshaw carefully asserted. “Why does he keep lying? Why has he done everything in his power to cover this up? Those are important questions, not to take away from any of the other individuals involved here.”
I reviewed a redacted Epstein file saying that Trump never kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago—despite years of saying he did.
Why did he lie?
And why was this document redacted? pic.twitter.com/SfMovZ3FZN
— Rep. James Walkinshaw (@Rep_Walkinshaw) February 17, 2026
A similar claim had been made during an appearance on CNN with anchor John Berman after a clip of the president aboard Air Force One defending his reputation earned the reaction from the congressman, “Well, it’s a lie.”
Insisting the files hadn’t exonerated the president, Walkinshaw again turned to the recollection of an alleged conversation Epstein’s lawyers had with Trump. “For him to say he had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein is flat out absurd. I mean, one of the things we have learned through these files, through the subpoena of the Oversight Committee, is that Trump’s relationship with Epstein was much longer and much deeper than he has revealed publicly, and he has been lying about it for decades.”
Walkinshaw: Trump hasn’t been exonerated. For him to say he had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein is flat out absurd. One of the things we have learned through these files is that Trump’s relationship with Epstein was much longer and much deeper than he has revealed… pic.twitter.com/gsMZIAnElt
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 17, 2026
As previously reported, following Trump’s assertion in July 2025 that he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, the Wall Street Journal detailed that the 2003 ban had been prompted by the sex offender making sexual advances toward an 18-year-old beautician.
Additionally, it was reported that Trump had contacted the Palm Beach Police Department in the early 2000s to raise awareness about Epstein sexually abusing underage girls.
These realities didn’t stop the propaganda machine from rolling on as Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) similarly touted an alleged conversation had by Epstein’s lawyers.
Given that Trump has already announced his intent to sue journalist Michael Wolff for allegedly “conspiring with Epstein to do harm” to him, reactions on social media not only pointed to the evidence contradicting Walkinshaw’s claims but suggested there may be further legal action in the works related to his comments.
LIAR! The Club published the letter & records years ago.
And here’s the police report from 2006 where Trump even called the police to report Epstein & Maxwell.
Funny how you missed this in those Epstein Files you apparently didn’t review intelligently. pic.twitter.com/ae2OJkB5sn
— Voice of Sanity (@HouseofElon) February 17, 2026
Is slander the only thing you know how to do? Another slam dunk lawsuit for Trump.
— Micki way (@mickitiki) February 17, 2026
He didn’t lie. There are likely hundreds of references in the files to Trump kicking Epstein out of Mar a Lago. You found one that said otherwise. That’s beyond irrelevant.
— Proud American (@JimSTruthBTold) February 17, 2026
Adam Schiff used the same strategy with Russia gate
Come to find out he was lying
No one believes you or anything that you say about Trump anymore
But this is the time you’re not lying I doubt it
— XRP Rider (@seankmckenna) February 17, 2026
Did 51 intelligence officials tell you this?
— Mick (@TheMick0) February 17, 2026
LOL!!! It’s well documented.
Funny how Dems’ biggest claims are always unprovable. “Trust me, bro. I saw it. But I can’t show you.”
— The Cerebral Ninja, MD (@CerebralNinjaMD) February 17, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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