The White House has responded to claims made by Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke that President Donald Trump “is a child rapist.”
In a statement to Alpha News, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said: “You’d have to be truly sick in the head to make such an absurdly false claim.”
Finke wrote in an Instagram post a week ago: “I don’t know what happens in this current political climate when we definitively prove that our president is a participant in a massive sex trafficking ring organized by his friends.”
The post went on to state that “it is one thing for us to presume what we know in the face of mounting evidence. But it’s another thing to confirm the reality … that the man who is our elected president is a child rapist.”
“Release the files. Prosecute these predators, and find justice for the victims,” Finke added, referring to the government’s files on deceased financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Finke’s post included a screenshot of an email written by Epstein in which he said that a victim “spent hours at my house with” Trump. According to reports, Virginia Giuffre, who is now deceased, is the victim whose name was redacted in the email. Giuffre has “publicly said that she saw no evidence of wrongdoing from Trump,” the Daily Signal reported.
Finke responds
Finke posted on the social media site BlueSky on Friday above a link to the original Alpha News story, attempting to clarify the comments. The Alpha News article also discussed how Finke compared ICE agents to the Gestapo.
Finke wrote: “Yes I did. (To be fair I did not say Trump is a child rapist. I said we as a nation should prepare for the potentiality that our president is a child rapist).”
Alpha News asked the White House whether the president plans to pursue legal action against Finke but has not yet received a response.
Trump has a recent record of successfully pursuing defamation claims. Earlier this year, ABC News agreed to a $15 million settlement and issued a public statement of regret after anchor George Stephanopoulos repeatedly said on air that Trump had been found liable for rape in the E. Jean Carroll civil case.
Jenna Gloeb
Jenna Gloeb is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, media producer, public speaker, and screenwriter. Most recently, she worked as a reporter and on-air host for CCX Media. Jenna is a Minnesota native and resides in the Twin Cities with her husband, son, daughter, and two dogs.
