'Miss u': Trump's 'longtime confidant' exposed over intimate emails with Epstein

A Donald Trump insider has been revealed to have been in "regular contact" with the late child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, including in one email that says "miss u," according to the latest DOJ release.

CBS News reported on the Epstein files release on Saturday in an article called, "Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show." Barrack is also an administration ambassador to Turkey.

"President Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges from the newly released Justice Department documents shows," according to CBS.

The outlet further reported, "The correspondence places Barrack, a globe-trotting billionaire, among a circle of wealthy and influential figures who maintained social contact with Epstein even as his criminal history became widely known. Their relationship continued even after Barrack became a prolific fundraiser for Mr. Trump's 2016 campaign, and later, led his inaugural committee and became a frequent presence in the White House."

The article states Epstein may have thought he could use Barrack to get to Trump.

"At times, Epstein appeared to regard Barrack as a potential conduit for passing information to Mr. Trump, though available records show the communication going only in one direction. There's no indication Epstein's communications were passed on to Mr. Trump or that Mr. Trump communicated to Epstein through Barrack," it reports. "There's also no evidence to suggest Barrack participated in or had knowledge of any ongoing criminal conduct by Epstein. Instead, the messages document continuing personal and professional contact during a period when Epstein was attempting to reestablish himself within elite social and financial circles."

While "the exchanges include invitations to private residences, introductions to diplomats and investors, and discussions of business opportunities," one particular email stood out to conservative political analyst Bill Kristol:

"In August 2011, Barrack emailed Epstein and said 'just saw Sultan who likes you a lot! I told him you are the best that you are a first class brain inside of a first class human being! Miss u.'"

Read the full article here.