A recent leak of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has been exploited by Democrats to falsely claim Donald Trump surrounded himself with minors at a 1998 party. However, the truth reveals that the women in the photographs were professional models for Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen, aged between their late teens and early twenties.

The images depict Trump hosting a Hawaiian-themed event at his Mar-a-Lago residence. One model, who was 22 years old at the time, stated: “I remember him being very nice. He was very gentlemanly.”

This tactic of redacting faces and names has been consistently used to imply minors, including Virginia Giuffre, whose name was redacted in documents but who has publicly defended Trump’s innocence.

In an April 2011 email between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Trump was referred to as “the dog that didn’t bark,” a phrase indicating his absence from discussions about a victim. This has been interpreted by Democrats as evidence of cover-ups.

The hoax has gained traction through the involvement of individuals including Sherrone Moore and Onlyfans model Mia Sorety.