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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
Attilatheblond
(9,258 posts)But my guess is Trump's line in the sand may have involved Jeff wanting him to hand over Ivanka.
misanthrope
(9,629 posts)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.
usonian
(26,596 posts)
Deuxcents
(27,721 posts)Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)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)tanyev
(49,692 posts)Were these mostly young female people???
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