Jimmy Kimmel Surprised That Bombshell Jeffrey Epstein Tapes About Trump Friendship Aren’t Getting More Attention

variety.com:

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large In a series of newly-released tapes posted this weekend by the Daily Beast, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is heard speaking with author Michael Wolff about his relationship with Donald Trump.

In the recordings, Epstein tells Wolff that he was Trump’s best friend for a decade, and spells out plenty of their scandalous exploits.

Audio clips from Wolff’s August 2017 interview with Epstein — two years before he was found dead in a jail cell — can be found at the Daily Beast’s website.

It’s the kind of shocking reveals that would normally torpedo a political campaign. But as “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host Jimmy Kimmel noted during his Monday night monologue, it’s had no impact. “We heard a bombshell audio tape in which Jeffrey Epstein says he was Trump’s ‘closest friend’ and shares a bunch of crazy stories – this barely moves the needle,” Kimmel noted. “Remember Mitt Romney went down because he put a dog carrier on the roof of his car?