{"id":2510384,"date":"2025-11-13T20:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-claims-trump-spent-thanksgiving-2017-with-epstein\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:08:36","slug":"house-democrat-claims-trump-spent-thanksgiving-2017-with-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-claims-trump-spent-thanksgiving-2017-with-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat claims Trump spent Thanksgiving 2017 with Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrat-claims-trump-spent-thanksgiving-2017-with-epstein%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2510384&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A House Democrat, Rep. Sean Casten, claimed that former President Donald Trump spent Thanksgiving 2017 with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, citing an email exchange released by the House Oversight Committee. The email involved Epstein telling Faith Kates, founder of NEXT Model Management, that Trump was &#8220;down there&#8221; on Thanksgiving. Casten shared this on social media, prompting widespread attention and prompting the Democratic Party&#8217;s official X account to repost and then delete the claim.<\/p>\n<p>The assertion has been met with skepticism. Critics point out that Trump&#8217;s Thanksgiving activities were public and involved a visit to Coast Guard troops and a family dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Additionally, other emails from Epstein show animosity toward trump, describing him as &#8220;one of the worst people he knew&#8221; and &#8220;hazardous.&#8221; The White House dismissed the allegations as baseless and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >political distraction amid recent legislative battles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>the claim that Trump spent Thanksgiving 2017 with Epstein is highly disputed and contradicted by other evidence,generating debate and political sparring.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Democrat claims Trump spent Thanksgiving 2017 with Epstein, citing emails<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2400515\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) and other Democrats claimed that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> spent his first Thanksgiving as president with the late convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the trove of emails relating to Epstein released by the House Oversight Committee was an exchange with NEXT Model Management founder Faith Kates, during which Epstein claimed Trump was also &ldquo;down there&rdquo; on Thanksgiving. Casten seized on the email and posted a screenshot of it along with a matter-of-fact comment claiming Trump spent the holiday with Epstein.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3886643\/house-pretty-rattled-funding-bill-provision-lauren-green\/\">House &#8216;pretty rattled&#8217; at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-pretty-rattled-at-funding-bill-provision-lauren-green\/\" title=\"House &#039;pretty rattled&#039; at funding bill provision: Lauren Green\">funding bill provision<\/a>: Lauren Green<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3886340\/johnson-thune-cross-roads-arctic-frost-surprise-shutdown-bill\/\">Johnson and Thune at crossroads over &#8216;Arctic Frost&#8217; surprise in shutdown bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3886674\/eric-swalwell-bill-pulte-doj-referral-alleged-mortgage-fraud\/\">Eric Swalwell blasts Bill Pulte DOJ referral over alleged mortgage fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Trump spent his first Thanksgiving after getting elected President with Jeffrey Epstein. 2017,&rdquo; Casten&rsquo;s post read.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump spent his first Thanksgiving after getting elected President with Jeffrey Epstein.   2017. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1CU51k8yl4\">pic.twitter.com\/1CU51k8yl4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Casten (@SeanCasten) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanCasten\/status\/1988807847824748557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The email was seized upon by many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gordon-ramsay-picks-a-lamb-to-have-for-dinner-in-viral-video-liberal-social-media-loses-it-crosses-the-line\/\" title=\"Gordon Ramsay Picks A Lamb To Have For Dinner In Viral Video. Liberal ... Loses It: \u2018Crosses The Line\u2019\">liberal social media users<\/a> at face value. The Democratic Party&rsquo;s X account also repeated the claim, adding the caveat, &ldquo;Documents show.&rdquo; The Democratic Party X account soon after deleted the post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; BREAKING: The official X account of the Democrat Party has DELETED their post claiming President Trump spent Thanksgiving with Jeffrey Epstein in 2017<\/p>\n<p>He was literally the President, dumbasses. You don&rsquo;t think someone would&rsquo;ve noticed?!<\/p>\n<p>Trump should BANKRUPT the DNC for this&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dXiyOg4MYy\">pic.twitter.com\/dXiyOg4MYy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1989114923926929550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The exchange has triggered several different interpretations. Some interpret Epstein&rsquo;s response to the query of &ldquo;who else is down there&rdquo; as referring to who was in the general Palm Beach, Florida, area. Others interpreted it as a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtracey\/status\/1988938190095544439?s=20\">sarcastic remark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The claim that Trump spent Thanksgiving with Epstein is unlikely for several reasons, particularly as the leader of the free world had a rather public-facing Thanksgiving, replete with a visit to Coast Guard troops and a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/news\/picture\/idUSRTX3JRNU\/\">video call<\/a> with servicemembers. For dinner, he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-mar-a-lago-thanksgiving.html\">dined at Mar-a-Lago<\/a> with his family.<\/p>\n<p>The claim also contradicts nearly all other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector ...: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">emails released<\/a> this week, which showcased the animosity between Epstein and Trump. In one February 2017 email, Epstein said that all his life, he&rsquo;d never met anyone &ldquo;as bad as Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not one decent cell in his body,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were also touted by the Democrats&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 ... Supporters in Washington DC\">social media account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein thought Trump was one of the worst people he knew, with &ldquo;not one decent cell in his body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He went on to describe Trump with one word:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dangerous.&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMyRwkgk8i\">pic.twitter.com\/kMyRwkgk8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Democrats (@TheDemocrats) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1989007921707954442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3884986\/epstein-advised-russian-un-ambassador-trump\/\">EPSTEIN SAID HE ADVISED RUSSIAN UN AMBASSADOR ON HOW TO DEAL WITH TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The White House was dismissive of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These emails prove literally nothing. Liberal outlets are desperately trying to use this Democrat distraction to talk about anything other than Democrats getting utterly defeated by President Trump in the shutdown fight. We won&rsquo;t be distracted, and the entire Administration will continue fulfilling the promises the President was elected on, including Making America Affordable Again,&rdquo; White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat alleges Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with Epstein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2510386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25058728430882.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9006,33696,5894,67066,3634],"class_list":["post-2510384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-epstein","tag-house-democrat","tag-politics","tag-thanksgiving-2017","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25058728430882.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510388,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510384\/revisions\/2510388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}