Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump He said Monday that he ended his friendship. Jeffrey Epstein And after Epstein hired people who worked for him to betray him multiple times, he threw away investors now graced from his private club in Florida.
Trump didn’t say what people’s jobs were or where they worked, and there was no immediate comment in the White House. But in fresh comments, Trump shed some light on why he said he ended his relationship with Epstein, but White House communications director Stephen Chong recently said, “It’s the president kicked him out of the club.”
Epstein Authorities say he committed suicide in a 2019 New York prison cell as he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges. Trump and his top allies bent over conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death before Trump returned to power and is now I’m struggling to manage my fallout After the Justice Department said Epstein actually died of suicide, he would not release any additional documents regarding the case.
The president and his allies, currently in power, had promised to release the files.
The incident continued after defeating Trump at home and abroad. Vice President JD Vance When he appeared in his hometown in Ohio on Monday. A small group of protesters gathered outside the factory in Canton where Vance toured, retaining signs that “JD protects pedophiles,” indicating that “GOP” represents “the guardian of pedophiles.”
The Republican president spoke at Scotland’s Turnberry golf properties as he sat with British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer after his leaders met and answered questions from US and British journalists. Asked to explain why the relationship was shaking, Trump said, “It’s a very old history and it’s very easy to explain, but I don’t want to waste your time explaining it.”
He then explained, saying he stopped talking to Epstein after “he did something inappropriate.”
“He hired help and I said, ‘Don’t do that again,'” Trump said. “He stole people who worked for me. I said, ‘Never do it again.’ He did it again, and I drove him out of the place, Persona Non Grata. ”
“I drove him out, that was it. If you want to know the truth, I’m happy you did it,” Trump added.
Trump recently oversaw the Attorney General Pam Bondy They are asked to make the transcript of the large ju judge sealed in the case public. A federal judge denied the request. The second judge has not yet ruled.
Vance visited the factory on Monday to promote Trump’s tax cuts and border bills, but also addressed the issue of Epstein, saying the president wanted “full transparency” in the incident.
“The president was very clear. We have no protection,” Vance said in response to a reporter’s question. “The President has instructed the Attorney General to release all the credible information and, frankly, to find additional credible information related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.”
“Some of those things take time,” Vance said, adding that Trump was “very clear. He wants full transparency.”
Trump said in 2019 that Epstein is a Palm Beach fixture, but the two had long ago dropped out and had not spoken to Epstein for 15 years.
Trump on Monday denied his contribution to compiling letters and drawings to mark Epstein’s 50th birthday, first reported in the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper said the letter from Trump contained pictures of a woman’s body.
“I don’t do a woman’s drawing that I can tell you,” Trump said.
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Associated Press Writer Julie Carr Smyth from Canton, Ohio contributed to this report.
