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struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:16 PM Jul 2025

rump says Epstein 'stole people who worked for me'

Published Mon, Jul 28 202510:45 AM EDT
Updated 3 Hours Ago
Dan Mangan

President Donald Trump said that he threw his longtime friend Jeffrey Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club and cut ties with him years ago because “he stole people who worked for me.”

Virginia Giuffre, who was sexually abused by Epstein, said British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her as a teenager to be exploited by Epstein when she worked at Mar-a-Lago.

A top Department of Justice official met last week with Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison term for crimes related to her work procuring girls for Epstein to abuse ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/28/trump-jeffrey-epstein-maxwell-workers.html

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Attilatheblond

(9,258 posts)
1. Well, maybe if he PAID workers that wouldn't have happened
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:23 PM
Jul 2025

But my guess is Trump's line in the sand may have involved Jeff wanting him to hand over Ivanka.

misanthrope

(9,629 posts)
2. My memory is their falling out was about a real estate deal
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:26 PM
Jul 2025

And I find it completely within character that a financial matter would take precedence in Trump's mind rather than all the other character shortcomings Epstein exhibited.

Ping Tung

(4,370 posts)
4. Seeing as how he and Epstein were such pals and partied together didn't he even suspect Epstein of rape?
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:38 PM
Jul 2025

Or, if he did know, why didn't he inform the authorities?

Is he just playing by the rules of Omerta?

Doodley

(12,082 posts)
5. The reply to Trump should be, please provide a list and confirm you already reported that and it's in the Epstein Files.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 02:38 PM
Jul 2025

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