Lawyer David Schoen, who represented Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial and who briefly represented Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges before Epstein’s death, stepped into the is-Trump-in-the-Epstein files controversy.
Schoen shared his input on X, responding directly to Elon Musk’s claims on X that Donald Trump was ‘in the Epstein files’ and that’s why they had never been released. However, Schoen’s statement was met with skepticism, much like the broader Epstein case, particularly after the Trump Administration Department of Justice memo stated there was no incriminating ‘Epstein client list,’ affirmed Epstein’s death by suicide, and indicated no further prosecutions would occur based on new evidence.
“He had no information to hurt President Trump”
I was hired to lead Jeffrey Epstein’s defense as his criminal lawyer 9 days before he died. He sought my advice for months before that. I can say authoritatively, unequivocally, and definitively that he had no information to hurt President Trump. I specifically asked him!
— David Schoen (@SchoenDavid) June 6, 2025
Schoen’s post said, “I was hired to lead Jeffrey Epstein’s defense as his criminal lawyer 9 days before he died. He sought my advice for months before that. I can say authoritatively, unequivocally, and definitively that he had no information to hurt President Trump. I specifically asked him!”
Trump and Epstein were connected, and other high-profile men like Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Prince Andrew were associates of the convicted sex offender who died in prison from suicide in 2019, awaiting trial. None of those men have been charges with any crime.
Still, it’s long been speculated that Trump was involved, took part in, or at least was aware of Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. At the same time, releasing the Epstein client list, proving who knew what and when, has long been a case for MAGA, as both Trump and Bondi promised more information would be forthcoming.
Attorney General Bondi explicitly stated such a list was ‘sitting on her desk’ and that more information would be released. Trump’s DOJ’s decision to put the matter to rest has been unpopular on both sides of the political spectrum.
This is “worse than posting nothing at all”
This is almost worse than posting nothing at all. Now I’m more suspicious.
— Metal Mark(@MarkMantis) June 6, 2025
If Schoen hoped to put the controversy to rest, insofar as social response is any indication, he was unsuccessful. “This is almost worse than posting nothing at all. Now I’m more suspicious,” one comment said. “Cool. Then Trump should have zero problems dropping the files then…” another added.
Perhaps hoping to cool the discourse, Trump himself wrote an update on Truth Social regarding the divisive DOJ memo, which has fueled online rumors about potential resignations, specifically from FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino.
“For years, it’s Epstein, over and over again,” Trump wrote. “Why are we not giving publicity to files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan and the losers and criminals of the Biden administration?”
While Patel has publicly denied these specific allegations of his resignation, reports indicate significant internal frustration within the administration regarding the memo’s conclusions, particularly given Patel’s and Bongino’s past public stances advocating for greater transparency on the Epstein matter.
Meanwhile, after the DOJ memo, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s associate and former girlfriend, and the only person currently serving time in Epstein’s case, said she’d talk to Congress, and that she’s the only one who knows the truth.
