Jeffrey Epstein's Cellmate Claims The Late Financier Said He Was Offered Freedom If He Would Implicate Trump

Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate has shared details of their interaction behind bars, revealing that the late financier told him that prosecutors offered him his freedom if he implicated Donald Trump.

The president used to have close ties to Epstein before they reportedly fell out over a bidding war on a Florida property.

Six years after Jeffrey Epstein's death, the case continues to see unsettling allegations concerning individuals tied to him, including ex-Prince Andrew, who was recently stripped of all his royal titles.

Epstein's former cellmate claimed New York federal prosecutors offered the convicted sex offender complete freedom in exchange for implicating President Trump.

Nicholas Tartaglione stayed together with Epstein in his prison cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan following his arrest on child sex trafficking charges in July 2019.

At the time, Tartaglione himself was awaiting trial before he was eventually convicted on a series of murder charges.

He has now alleged that Epstein recounted a direct offer from New York prosecutors to him, where they wanted him to give them dirt on Trump in exchange for his freedom.

"Prosecutors … told Epstein that if he said President Trump was involved with Epstein's crimes, he would walk free," Tartaglione wrote in a pardon application, per the New York Post.

"Epstein told me that [lead prosecutor] Maurene Comey said that he didn't have to prove anything, as long as President Trump's people could not disprove it. According to Maurene Comey, the FBI was 'her people, not his [President Trump's],'" he further stated.

Epstein's death came just a month after he was arrested, raising eyebrows over the circumstances that led to the incident.

He first attempted suicide on July 23, 2019, when he was discovered in his cell with marked bruises on his neck. Although he was placed on suicide watch in a secure facility, the convicted pedophile was found dead alone in his cell on August 10, 2019.

Epstein was declared to have died by suicide, but shortfalls within the security and protocol system left many with questions.

Tartaglione's statement didn't give the exact crime Trump would have been implicated in, but he noted in his petition that Epstein told him Trump "was not involved in Epstein's crimes."

It appears Epstein used Trump's name to get a pass, as some of his victims opened up about their inability to speak up because he'd often brag about his close ties to very powerful people.

Back in September, they took to Capitol Hill to protest the Trump administration's handling of the case, demanding that all files related to it be released.

The protesters also called on the president to stop dismissing the Epstein files as a "hoax," insisting they'll not be "silenced."

One alleged victim, Chauntae Davies, said she felt too "powerless" to speak out because the convicted sex offender would often brag about his ties to "the most powerful leaders of our country and the world."

"He bragged about his powerful friends, including our current president, Donald Trump," Davies said, per Newsweek.

"It was his biggest brag, actually," she continued, adding that she had once followed him on a trip to Africa where they were joined by "former president Bill Clinton and other notable figures."

Trump and Epstein go way back in their relationship, as they moved in the same social circle in New York.

It was a relationship that spanned over three decades, with the pair repeatedly partying together, with pictures emerging of their fun days as pals.

At the time, they were full of praise for each other, with the billionaire politician calling him a "terrific guy," while Epstein returned the favor, praising the future president as "charming."

"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy," Trump told New York Magazine in 2002. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."

However, their friendship soon hit a rough patch over a bidding war on a Florida property.

Soon after his child sex offense came up, Trump maintained that he was "not a fan" of his and distanced himself.

"I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him," the president once said, in an attempt to play down how close they were, per The Guardian.

Trump also said they had fallen out years earlier, claiming: "I was not a fan of his."