https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-inviting-sex-offender-white-house-2107403
President Donald Trump inviting former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender, to the White House on Thursday has garnered controversy.

Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via an email sent outside regular business hours.

Taylor has appeared on stage with Trump at campaign rallies in the past. But his attendance at the White House on Thursday comes as Trump faces increasing pressure over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who authorities say died by suicide in a federal jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

The president is facing an outcry over his administration's refusal to release additional records related to Epstein, despite earlier promises of transparency. He has tried to deflect questions about the case, expressing annoyance that people are still talking about it even as some of his allies continue to promote conspiracy theories about it.

Trump told reporters this week that Epstein "stole" Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's most well-known accusers, from his Mar-a-Lago club, where she worked in the summer of 2000 when she was 16. That raised questions, including from Giuffre's family, about how much Trump knew about Epstein's crimes given he continued to associate with Epstein after 2000. Trump said on Thursday that he didn't know why Epstein was taking young employees from Mar-a-Lago, and that it caused him to cut ties and ban Epstein from the club.

What To Know

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American children and reinvigorate a national sports council.

Taylor and other figures from the sports world, including pro golfer Bryson DeChambeau and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker joined Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House to become formal members of the council, known as the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

Taylor was arrested in 2010 on rape and prostitution charges in connection with the assault of a 16-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty in 2011 to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, was sentenced to six years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.

He was arrested in 2021 in Broward County, Florida, and charged with failing to report a change of residence as a sex offender. He later pleaded no contest to an amended charge and the case was closed. He was again arrested and charged with failing to report a residence change as a sex offender in July 2024, but prosecutors closed the case a few weeks later.

Taylor's presence at the White House sparked a backlash on social media.

"Trump literally had Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender who raped a 16-year-old, featured at the White House as he announced his 'President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition' initiative for kids," social media personality Brian Krassenstein wrote on X, formerly Twitter. He described this as "Sickening!"

What People Are Saying

Taylor said during Thursday's executive order signing: "I'm just proud to be on this team. I don't know why, I don't know what we're supposed to be doing, but I'm here to serve and I'm here to serve you. So I'm going to do the best I can for as long as I can."

Trump said on Thursday about Taylor: "Acknowledged to be the greatest defensive player in the history of the NFL, a friend of mine for a long time. Too long, right Lawrence? Lawrence Taylor, he's an incredible guy and just been my friend a long time. Knew him forever."

Asked if he knew why Epstein was taking young women from Mar-a-Lago at the White House on Thursday, Trump said: "No, I don't know really why, but I said, if he's taken anybody from Mar-a-Lago, he's hiring or whatever he's doing, I didn't like it. And we threw him out."

Julie Roginsky, a former Fox News and CNBC contributor and co-founder of the nonprofit Lift Our Voices, wrote on X: "Lawrence Taylor is a registered sex offender who was arrested for sexually assaulting a young girl. Someone needs to ask MAGA why Trump hangs out with so many child predators."

MSNBC host Chris Hayes wrote on X: "On the day Virginia Giuffre's family is speaking out about how survivors are treated like trash, here's who's in the White House."

Tara Setmayer, a former GOP communications director, wrote on X: "Trump sure does like to hang out with sex offenders caught with underage girls. Add Lawrence Taylor to the list."

What's Next

Trump is likely to continue facing questions about the Epstein case.

>>1423710 (OP)
Final proof that the GOP = Gang Of Pedophiles. Diddlepublicans indeed.
Now watch the resident rightard chuds & Trumpedo supporters in /news/ try to slide this.

>>1423711
>Taylor was arrested in 2010 on rape and prostitution charges in connection with the assault of a 16-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty in 2011 to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, was sentenced to six years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.
>He was arrested in 2021 in Broward County, Florida, and charged with failing to report a change of residence as a sex offender. He later pleaded no contest to an amended charge and the case was closed. He was again arrested and charged with failing to report a residence change as a sex offender in July 2024, but prosecutors closed the case a few weeks later.
Holy shit.

>>1423712
>Trump is likely to continue facing questions about the Epstein case
This will only make things worse. Good

>>1423720
So you're saying you're outraged and they should apologize/

wait wait wait I thought it was the demonrats who were the pedophiles or those covering for pedophiles?

>black man is convicted of a crime, serves his time, now a productive member of society
>democrats who previously said that the criminal justice system is racist are now condemning the Trump admin for not crucifying another black man
Dems are the party of white liberal women

>>1423710 (OP)
>Trump appoints one of the greatest NFL players of all time to children's sports council
awesome!
>b-b-but 15 years ago he had consensual sex with a 16-year-old girl which is completely legal in most of the world!
lol
>>1423768
>>1423720
>16
>pedophile
no

>>1423770
Why not just advertise it then?
"I'm President Trump, and I sure did rape a bunch of 16 year old girls with Epstein. This is fine because they're 16, thats not pedophilia."

>>1423771
>Attracted to 16 year old girls
Was this even considered abnormal before like 1990? Many cultures in the world don't even think there is anything wrong with this, it's like a post 1990s Westerner thing

>>1423773
Thanks for admitting that you're not American
Everyone in the country understands that its not acceptable

>>1423776
>back to calling people not American when he knows they are right
Ok then.

>>1423777
Sure.
You're an American, right?
go around to your neighbors and do a local poll to see who is down with fucking 16 year olds
I'd probably suggest leaving your airsoft gun at home, although you'd probably enjoy it being shoved up your ass, so take it if you want.

>>1423778
Wow, more strawmen and unwarranted anger. Nothing you said disagreed with my statement. In fact you completely supported it, didn't you?

>>1423779
Nah, its mostly you pretending to be an American and putting up a shitty attempt to gaslight that Americans are fine with pedophilia.
Pretty much what we'd expect from a MAGA shill trying to slide Trumps connection to Epstein

>>1423776
If that's true then why do so many states have 16 as the age of consent?
Thanks for admitting you're a Zoomer though who doesn't remember the 90s when it was normal for the media to sexualize 16-17 year olds

>>1423782
So go poll your neighbors and see how many of them are fine with adults fucking 16 year olds
I'll wait. The thread will still be open when you get out of the hospital.

>>1423781
Don't you ever get tired of repeating the same tired lie repeatedly

>>1423782
>you're a Zoomer
He's seems more like a boomer who's brain went retarded while binge watching thousands of episodes of law and order

>>1423785
He's right you know.

>>1423788
Oh, I know the shill knows I'm right.
They're just part of the pedophile defense crew.
If the GOP really thought fucking 16 year olds was defensible, they'd be saying it in public.

Apparently the only people claiming that fucking 16 year old are anonymous retards on the internet, so they don't even believe in the position enough to tie their names to it.
Because they'd be rightfully beaten and fired from their jobs for being pedophiles if they announced it in public.

>>1423789
You people are obsessed. It's so weird how you get your brain melted into this weird sort of tribal fury

>>1423773
Remember the first Indiana Jones when the ex-girlfriend is giving him shit implying they were in a teacher/student relationship when she was 'just a child'?

>>1423770
> which is completely legal in most of the world
Cool story for most of the world, but this is America with American laws. Other people have been arrested for far less, like protesting Israel.
In any case, I mentioned politicians covering for pedos, so why hasn't this administration released the list? They promised that it contained pedophiles and they have it ready to release, so where is it?

>>1423795
That takes place in 1936. You're proving his point for him.

>>1423789
A simple google search shows the direction of their party

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/23/florida-statutory-rape-matt-gaetz-congressional-investigation/77170619007/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/republican-lawmakers-child-marriage-abortion-1235018777/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqw1zPn8cnY

>>1423798
In the film came out in 1981. Either way pre-1990s so...... anon might have a point.

>>1423773
>Was this even considered abnormal before like 1990?
Romeo and Juliet, the most famous love story in history, had characters that were 16 yo and 13 yo respectively. So probably not.

>>1423773
I remember what those years were like for me and I cant think of ANY 16 year old from my highschool that should have gotten married at that age.

>>1423803
romeo and juliet was a fucking disaster for everyone involved precisely because they were dumb kids.

>>1423803
Do you have any examples after the invention of electricity?

>>1423804
>I can't think of a single instance of a time 30 years ago where I thought this thing should have happened at that time according to my current judgement now
hindsight bias

>>1423795
>Remember the first Indiana Jones when the ex-girlfriend is giving him shit implying they were in a teacher/student relationship when she was 'just a child'?
No, but I'll take your word for it that relationships like this happened even when Indiana Jones was written in the 80s.

>>1423807
Child marriage was very common in antebellum America. Young girls were basically property passed from the hands of her father and into the hands of an adult husband as soon as they entered puberty. It was basically the same shit we see now in the middle east.
>https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/child-marriage-common-in-the-past-persists-today/
This changed after WWII. Boomers were expected to get married and have kids by 18.

>>1423770
there it is ... the MAGA defense.

child rape didn't exist before 1990. some rapper told us.

>>1423815
Oh, it did, but nobody started referring to consensual sex as an act of rape if someone was 16 and female until after the 90s or so. Even now if the 16 year old is a male is the large minority who uses the term "rape" to describe their consensual sex with another.

>>1423797
>this is America with American laws
Let me introduce you to this anon >>1423776 because you are definitely NOT American.
Age of consent is state-by-state and many states have the age of consent at 16. You foreigners just assume that all of America is NY and Cali.

>>1423828
>Age of consent is state-by-state
Cool beans, he's a registered sex offender which meant he didn't follow the law of wherever he was. He broke the law and got punished for it.
Now where is the Epstein list?

>>1423829
>Now where is the Epstein list
Probably stored right next to the latest Illuminati Council meeting minutes, next to the Agenda 21 Implemention Strategy memo

>>1423829
>the Epstein list
I'm going to ask a question and an honest answer would be appreciated, this isn't a shit post or a troll post.

I hear the term Epsteins List or Epstein's Client List thrown around a lot in demands, by left and right. I'm curious what you actually envision this list being. Do you think he kept a written journal of who diddled who and at what date/time? Do you envision he had a list of contacts titled "diddle clients"? I'm really interested what you envision this list being and why its purpose served to Epstein.

Personally, i believe Epstein was working for Israeli intelligence and his death was faked. I think any such detailing of diddlers was recorded onto dvds (like what was found at his zorro ranch) and sent back to Israel, I don't see any purpose for Epstein collecting such a catalog on his own

>>1423829
>I am an NPC incapable of forming my own moral values and instead base it solely off of what the government tells me
damn I sure hope you're not some pro-choice lefty living in a pro-life state!
also nice reading comprehension, we were talking about "Amerca" with "American laws" because the anon I replied to (was it you?) is a foreigner who doesn't understand how America works.

>>1423831
they think he kept a secret written list to blackmail people with. Which *maybe* he did but there's no evidence of that so saying anything more than "maybe" is nothing more than conspiracy theories.

>>1423831
I don't envision the list to be in any specific format. It may be a small collection of actual lists like flight logs or a informal collection of scattered documents that link Epstein to a variety of people.

Objectively the current administration is trying to cover up what they have. Whatever documents constitute the "list", they're not releasing it without extreme redactions. They released the video with obvious redactions too and tried to pass it off as unedited.

>>1423832
> who doesn't understand how America works
He's a registered sex offender, cope.
GOP and Trump are objectively trying to cover all info on Epstein, double cope.

>>1423836
>GOP and Trump are objectively trying to cover all info on Epstein, double cope
>Trump was president for the last 4 years
yeah, definitely not American.

>>1423837
Is he the president now? Can he release them now? Why isn't he? Why are the GOP voting against releasing info?
>b-b-but sleepy joe
Don't give a fuck, he can go to jail too if he's on the list.
They should release the list if they aren't pedos or have nothing to hide.

>>1423836
>It may be a small collection of actual lists like flight logs or a informal collection of scattered documents that link Epstein to a variety of people
Isn't that already public though? Isn't the whole issue here is that stuff doesn't actually incriminate anyone, it just does as you've said and "connect" a bunch of wealthy people to a wealthy investment banker?

>>1423838
But he was president and didn't release them and now you are acting like Trump and GOP are uniquely bad for doing exactly what Biden and the Democrats did. Is this that meme where leftists don't understand how time works?
>They should release the list
you only said that once Trump was in power. I see a lot of rightwingers telling Trump to release the list but I never saw you leftists telling Biden to release it. Curious!

>>1423834
>they think he kept a secret written list to blackmail people with. Which *maybe* he did but there's no evidence of that so saying anything more than "maybe" is nothing more than conspiracy theories.
I think there was a blackmail list, but I don't think he had it personally, I think his handlers in Israel have it. It would be weird for him to write that stuff down and keep it around him

>>1423839
>doesn't actually incriminate anyone
Sounds like the prosecutor's problem. Promises were made to release the list, and it's not being released. Whether they tried fooling people that they can (or should) release the list, or they're covering themselves by not releasing the list, they have lied to and deceived the public either way.

>>1423840
>Trump and GOP are uniquely bad
Yep, they are uniquely bad for PROMISING to release them, and then suddenly decided not to. I never expected democrats to release anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbf6C5XWK7w

>>1423792
Dont know how to explain this to you anon but having your leadership be full of pedos is a legitimate reason to be concerned. No matter how much you try to shill otherwise.

>>1423843
>Promises were made to release the list, and it's not being released.
Back to my original point: >>1423841 I don't think there is "a list" as people claim there is, i think it's more of what this person envisions >>1423836 which is already in the public domain

The most obvious answer here, without implying innocence or guilt on anyone, is that trump lied about a list during his campaign to get votes, and the lie was continued until it fell apart.
Any actual "list" would be kept by the people performing the blackmail, which would be Israel intelligence

>>1423846
>is that trump lied
Even if true, he deserves to be reminded of his lie for the rest of his life. I would consider relenting if he confesses the campaign lies, but
>Trump
>apologizing
>ever
>lmao

>>1423846
Except he's been saying there's a list recently, but like, the dems made it and falsely put his name on it, so who cares.

>>1423839
>Isn't the whole issue here is that stuff doesn't actually incriminate anyone
The issue is that Trump is concealing the names of various billionaires and politicians to protect them from persecution.
Set aside the matter of flight logs and actual documents for the moment; there are "tens of thousands of videos" (quote: Pam Bondi) of children being raped. Epstein literally had cameras in the bathrooms of his estates. They know who is guilty because they have them on tape.

>>1423850
>there are "tens of thousands of videos" (quote: Pam Bondi) of children being raped
She also said this was all csam downloaded online in the same quote
>Epstein literally had cameras in the bathrooms of his estates. They know who is guilty because they have them on tape.
Yes, the worst part is they've known this for decades now since they raided his Zorro ranch and saw the hidden underground camera control room and a safe full of blackmail recordings. Yet they didn't do anything the. because he was Israeli intelligence, and they won't do anything now for the same reason

>>1423770
>16
>pedophile
yes
Thanks for proving you condone pedophilia, supporter of a political party that refuses to make child marriages illegal in certain states, which you won't condemn, thus the GOP: Gang Of Pedophiles. You're a pedo enabler and you've just admitted it, >>1423770

>>1423770
>>b-b-but 15 years ago he had consensual sex with a 16-year-old girl
She was a sex trafficking victim you retard. I don't want someone who hires underaged prostitutes anywhere near my kids.

>chud cultists being SJWs for their orange Pedo-in-Chief and the Gang Of Pedophiles
You've lost the Culture War, rightards.