Kamala Harris posing all smiles alongside Jeffrey Epstein? The photo is a montage, yet it goes around the internet. It seems to represent the American vice-president posing with the ex-financier, who committed suicide in 2019 in his cell. The American millionaire was accused of raping young women, some of whom were minors, and had been charged with sexual exploitation of minors.
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Reverse image search refers to the original image : it was taken in Los Angeles on September 17, 2015. The man alongside Kamala Harris, who was then attorney general of California, is none other than Douglas Emhoff, her husband. Both were then attending an opening dinner at a contemporary art museum. The photo can be viewed on the website of the Getty Images agency.
The modified photo reappears on the Internet as Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of Jeffrey Epstein, has been on trial in New York since November 30. The Briton, daughter of a press magnate, is notably charged with trafficking in minors for the benefit of the financier.