“i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump,” Epstein wrote. On Tuesday, Leavitt’s colleague Abigail Jackson blamed Democrats and HuffPost for not doing more to help Epstein’s victims. Blanche, prior to taking that job after Trump’s return to the White House, worked as one of Trump’s defense lawyers in his various criminal cases. Support HuffPost Already a member? When HuffPost asked him why it took seven years to break with Epstein, Trump said: “I don’t understand your question.”