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Watch Trump’s Face As Reporters Who Broke The Story On His Ties To Epstein Were Honored On Stage At WHCD

The president reacted to the White House Correspondents Association honoring reporters who broke a story about his Jeffrey Epstein ties.

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The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner took place, for real this time, on Friday night, after the previous edition of the event was scuttled due to the arrest of an attempted shooter. At the event, President Donald Trump once again appeared, and it led to a humorous moment in which Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein were mentioned.

At the event, the WHCA honored a group of Wall Street Journal reporters who broke the story of the “Jeffrey Epstein birthday book,” in which Trump and several other friends of the late disgraced sex criminal produced a birthday scrapbook. When the story broke last summer, Trump denied that his page in the book was real and sued the reporters and the newspaper for $10 billion, although Epstein’s estate later produced the book, and it appeared authentic. The Journal stands by its reporting and states that the birthday book is authentic.

Trump had to sit and watch those reporters being honored:

According to the New York Post, a corporate sibling of the Journal, “Trump smiled and laughed as the group of reporters from the Wall Street Journal were given the Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability for their investigative report on a birthday card and drawing purportedly made by the president and given to the notorious sex criminal.”

“At one point, the president appeared to mouth, ‘I don’t know,’ as he jokingly threw his hands in the air, approaching the moment with good humor,” the Post added. “Trump shook hands with each and every reporter that worked on the story.”

“This has not been an easy evening, all those awards,” Trump said in his speech. “Do I have a say?”

Social media users were amused.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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