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Kid Berwyn

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20. Trump and Epstein fall-out due to laundry rights over Russian real estate.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 02:15 PM
4 hrs ago
Trump biographer claims president’s ‘betrayal’ is real reason for falling out with Epstein

by Howard Koplowitz
AL.com, July 31, 2025

It was stealing involving real estate, not workers, that led to the falling out between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, according to the president’s biographer.

In an interview with MeidasTouch, journalist and Trump biographer Michael Wolff recounted how Epstein believed Trump betrayed him.

In 2004, according to Wolff, Epstein believed he was the high bidder on a Palm Beach, Florida, house Epstein offered to buy for $36 million.

Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 in a federal prison in New York after being indicted on federal sex trafficking charges, took Trump around to see the home to help him about moving the house’s swimming pool.

“Trump, thereupon, went around Epstein’s back and bid $40 million for the house, and got the property” Wolff claimed.

Epstein, who was “deeply involved with Trump’s scattered finances” knew Trump did not have that kind of money to make the purchase, Wolff alleged.

Epstein believed the $40 million actually came from Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian oligarch.

“Less than two years later, this same house that Trump had bought for $40 million was sold for $95 million and it was, in fact, sold to Mr. Rybolovlev,” Wolff said.

“This is all a red flag for money laundering,” the biographer said.

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https://www.al.com/politics/2025/07/trump-biographer-claims-presidents-betrayal-is-real-reason-for-falling-out-with-epstein.html

Such nice mobsters.

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interesting name Historic NY 7 hrs ago #1
Should be Amber brakester 3 hrs ago #21
So the Russians and Vlad imported a Western European or an American sex worker to entrap Trump? Botany 7 hrs ago #2
Or provided by Jeff n Ghislaine. Kid Berwyn 7 hrs ago #3
Who would have thunk it that Epstein and Maxwell weren't honest people? Botany 7 hrs ago #4
No one I respect. Kid Berwyn 7 hrs ago #6
Btw you might be 100% right on Epstein working with and for Putin. Botany 7 hrs ago #7
Alfred E. Neuman tavernier 7 hrs ago #8
Epstein received bank transfers of almost a billion dollars Bluetus 6 hrs ago #9
Like laundering it through real estate? Botany 6 hrs ago #11
For some UN-EXPLAINED reason popsdenver 5 hrs ago #17
Yep. That was more about corrupt foreign influence than traditional laundering. Bluetus 45 min ago #24
Trump and Epstein fall-out due to laundry rights over Russian real estate. Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #20
Right. It was obvious laundering by Trump. Not so clear about Epstein. Bluetus 41 min ago #25
Such a circuitous and tangled web. yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #15
Indeed. The was a global web, and it is still functioning Bluetus 36 min ago #26
Good point. The Bill Gates flip requires explanation. yellow dahlia 33 min ago #27
The Dishonorable John Roberts. Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #10
They do it all out in the open. yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #16
And the boomerang keeps coming back at Epstein. n/t yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #14
"Water sports" sheshe2 7 hrs ago #5
All roads lead to Vlad. yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #13
Spot On Name...... global1 6 hrs ago #12
I'm sure they'll flush her out Wicked Blue 5 hrs ago #18
Source? snot 4 hrs ago #19
Story broken by Urethra Franklin, a reporter at Consolidated Union Press Blumancru 3 hrs ago #22
Cute... snot 1 hr ago #23
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