Trump drops Epstein-linked names that media ‘ought to be speaking about’ amid files firestorm

Trump suggested focusing on former President Bill Clinton and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers regarding the Epstein case, amid controversy over sealed investigation materials.

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing the White House en route to Turnberry, Scotland, July 25, 2025, in Washington, DC, United States. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"You ought to be speaking about Larry Summers. You ought to be speaking about some of his friends that are hedge fund guys," Trump told reporters Friday while departing for Scotland. "They're all over the place. You ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton." 

Trump then accused Clinton of visiting Epstein's private island the financier used as a home base for his sex-trafficking operations. Trump said he'd never visited the island before. 

Meanwhile, Clinton has also said he'd never visited the island either. In his new memoir "Citizen," released in 2024, Clinton said he'd never gone to the island and that he wished he'd never even met Epstein in the first place. 

Spokespeople for Summers and Clinton did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

Summers previously served as treasury secretary for Clinton, as well as the director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama

GHISLAINE MAXWELL SUBPOENAED BY HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AMID EPSTEIN FILES PUSH

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House. 

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