By Epstien yes, and it was that Trump had nothing to do with helping Epstien to cover up anything or blackmail anyone.
Trump never needed Epstien, but rather Epstien needed Trump, so Trump was more of a target than a friend is my thinking. Epstien was Trumps rival or competitor in the real-estate world.. Big difference being a target than being a friend wouldn't you say ?
If anything Trump was a target of (Epstien and Maxwell), otherwise if she was somehow involved in the helping to set people up in hopes to help Epstien rob them of their power through blackmail or to gain their loyalty through sexual favor in hopes to compromise or shift favor in real-estate deals etc...
Not sure though if she was allowed to be in Epstiens personal business or involved in his diabolical thinking when it came to targeting the big fish he wanted to spear, other than maybe being just an instrument of recruitment for Epstiens island in order to help set the bait for him without knowing the full intent of what was taking place or without knowing to what extent her role in it all truly was... That's what dblack can't figure out or wants to ignore no matter what because of his or her TDS.
Was Maxwell as smart as Epstien or was she someone that was also caught up in something that was way beyond her ability to understand what all was involved, other than her just being a sex addict herself who was gladly participating in the sexual trist and goings on without realizing the dangers for her and the girl's she was so eagerly recruiting for the island ? Girls that would be recruited to come and be a part of what she saw as a sexual fantasy island for her and them on Epstien Island until it all blew apart.
Sadly the recruitment of young vulnerable female's has been a thing in this country in everywhere that strip club's exist, porn shop's exist, Hollywood movie producers exist, trafficking exist, broken families exist, and so on and so forth. It is a serious problem that has to be fought in a serious comprehensive way. The protection of young girl's by stopping the devil's in their tracks, and the stopping of the exploitation of young girls and boy's for that matter must be addressed in this nation continuously.