Bill Clinton sat smoking cigars and playing cards with Epstein sex slaves on board notorious Lolita Express plane
BILL Clinton is pictured playing cards and smoking cigars as he hung out with Jeffrey Epstein's sex slaves on the paedo's infamous Lolita Express private plane.
Clinton is seen chilling out in pictures taken when Epstein flew him and a number of other celebs to Africa in 2002.
Other pictures show Clinton with his arm round Epstein's personal masseuse and sex slave Chauntae Davies.
Pictures also emerged this week of Davies giving Clinton a neck massage on the same trip as the former president comes under scrutiny for his links to the paedophile billionaire.
Another picture shows him standing with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's suspected madam, by the door of the notorious plane.
There is absolutely no evidence to suggest Clinton is in anyway linked to the underage sex investigation.
Clinton's office have denied he had knowledge of any wrongdoing while friends with Epstein and Maxwell.
He also denied he ever went to the sex offender's so-called "paedo island".
However, his office have have admitted he took four trips on Epstein’s private plane, travelling once to Europe, once to Asia, and two times to Africa.
He was joined on the trip to Africa by actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker, as well as Epstein.
The star-studded group visited Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Mozambique, Johannesburg and Cape Town on a five-day humanitarian mission in September 2002.
There is no suggestion Spacey, 60, or Tucker, 48, did anything wrong or knew of Epstein and Maxwell's alleged crimes.
Chauntae, now 40, told The Sun: “It’s clear that Epstein was using this private jet and his wealth to get close to rich and powerful people.
“Looking back at these images now it raises a lot of questions about why Bill Clinton was using the plane and what perhaps Jeffrey may have been trying to accomplish by having him around.”
Sex trafficker Epstein – who killed himself in his jail cell - was accused of using the aircraft to transport underage girls to his various luxury homes around the world.
Victims of the monster say he organised orgies on board the three-engine commercial jet.
American dignitaries and rich and powerful figures - including under-fire royal Prince Andrew - also regularly travelled on the plane.
Andrew also denies all allegations against him over his relationship with Epstein and Maxwell, including claims he slept with a 17-year-old sex slave in London.
Chauntae, who suffered a series of rapes and sexual assaults at the hands of disgraced Wall Street tycoon Epstein, opened up about the 2002 Africa trip.
It was part of a project for Clinton’s foundation, in order to raise awareness about poverty and the AIDS crisis.
Chauntae, then aged 22, categorically denied that any improper behavior occurred around Clinton and that he was a “complete gentleman” the entire time.
The former president also previously issued a statement in regards to his travels on the plane and denied knowing anything about the financier’s crimes.
It said: “President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein plead guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has previously been charged in New York.”
“In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the Clinton Foundation.
“Staff, supporters of the Foundation, and his Secret Service detail traveled on every leg or every trip.”
Describing how she found herself on the once-in-a-lifetime trip, Chauntae revealed how she received a call from Epstein’s office.
Epstein gave her just a week’s notice to prepare - but she was terrified of the paedophile billionaire and couldn't say no.
She said: “Clinton was a great guy on the trip. He’d sit around on the plane with a cigar in his mouth, playing cards between flights.
“I wrote in my journal at the time that I wished he could be president again. He was charismatic and funny and kind and personable.
“It was obvious he cared about not just our country but the world. He was a gracious host.”
Following the final leg of the trip in South Africa, Epstein’s plane departed for London and Clinton and the other celebrities left.
Chauntae and a smaller group of people flew to Paris with Epstein.
At the time of the Africa trip she had recently broken her finger and recalls that Maxwell – who had alleged first recruited her into Epstein’s inner circle - was unsure if she should travel.
Chauntae said: “Ghislaine, after first convincing me I didn’t want to miss out on this opportunity when I initially hesitated, had doubts I could help carry things and prepare food.
“I took a commercial flight from LA to New York and then walked from that plane to Jeffrey’s plane sitting in the middle of the tarmac.
“A man ushered me over and I boarded to find Sarah Kellen and two other assistants, waiting for Jeffrey and Ghislaine’s arrival, along with whoever they were hosting.
“I was curious to see who my travel companions would be. I hoped we got along. The man handed me a packet and suggested I look through it and become familiar with the itinerary.
“He gave us uniformed shirts to wear, white button downs with captain shoulder patches. I felt like a goober but I was a good sport and put it on.
“We were given a briefing on the food that was available on the plane and our flight schedule, but then we took a seat.”
Chauntae then told how she was shocked and surprised to see the A-list guests arrive, including ex-president Clinton.
She said: “I jumped out of my seat and was immediately aware that my travel mates had arrived. And in walks Bill Clinton.
“He continued to walk onto the plane, introducing himself. I thought him to be charming and sweet.
“More of the guests arrived, and somehow, as the plane closed its doors, I stood looking around the room at all the new faces I just met.
“Chris Tucker, Kevin Spacey and Bill - accompanied also of course by the Secret Service.
“I literally pinched myself to make sure I was alive and the pain meds for my finger weren’t causing me to hallucinate.
“I was going to Africa with the most eclectic group of people imaginable.”
She went on: “It was like I was at camp with the most unimaginable group of campers one could put together.
“Everybody cracked jokes at one another. Clinton was chiming in cracking jokes along with us, and we were all laughing and bonding over corny jokes.
“A movie was put on, everyone took either a seat in the giant armchairs or on the floor, and watched it all together. Eventually, everyone fell asleep to the movie.”
On the Ghana leg of the trip, Chauntae revealed she went shopping at a small wooden jewellery store and helped the former President pick out a bracelet for his daughter Chelsea.
Despite the experiences on the foreign visit, Chauntae was haunted by her previous experiences with Epstein.
She added: “I felt shamed by what had been happening with Jeffrey and I was doing my best acting performance to keep things looking as professional as I could.
“I had to cover it up for everyone. I still thought it was happening only to me and I couldn’t talk about it with any of the other assistants.”
Clinton has face renewed scrutiny over his links to Epstein as Maxwell was arrested and charged over allegations she acted as the billionaire's "pimp" to recruit young girls.
Epstein has claimed to have bragged about his friendship with Clinton, even saying the president "owed him favours", and had a painting of him a dress in his mansion in New York.
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It has been claimed Clinton visited Epstein's island Little St James, where he relentlessly flirted with two women before vanishing with them both.
Epstein is also claimed to have used Clinton's name to try and intimidate a victim before attacking her.
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Maxwell denies all charges against her and has pleaded not guilty as she awaits trial next July.
Her lawyers have argued victims have attempted to turn her into a scapegoat after the death of Epstein last August.