Tiny detail in report about Trump pal's Epstein ties could mean trove of new texts

A Valentine's Day report revealed a Donald Trump "confidant" and appointee to have had deep ties with Jeffrey Epstein, and one line from the report appears to suggest there could be more texts between the president's ally and Jeffrey Epstein, formerly a close friend to Trump, to be unveiled.

CBS reported on the newly unearthed emails between Epstein and Thomas Barrack, who is now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria. It didn't take long for those online to suggest that Barrack "resign or be fired."

The report specifically notes that Epstein thought he could use Barrack to pass messages back and forth to Trump himself, but states that the public emails don't show Barrack did pass any messages on. That said, there's a line that left readers wondering what else might pop up in the future.

Specifically, CBS noted that the emails show Epstein pushing Barrack to move to a secure form of messaging, and highlights the fact that, if that did happen, we wouldn't have access to those communications.

According to the outlet, the emails "show Epstein repeatedly encouraged Barrack to move communications to encrypted messaging apps, records of which are not part of the government release."

Read the full piece here.