The Senate evokes rare “rules” of five laws to obtain the Epstein File
Senate Democratic leaders held a press conference announcing plans to force the release of the Epstein Files.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says he had no idea why at the time, financial operator and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, poached workers from his spa at Mar Lago Resort.
“No, I didn’t know,” Trump told reporters on July 31 when asked if he knew why Epstein had taken workers over 20 years ago. “If he’s taking someone from Mar-a-Lago, if he’s hiring, what he’s doing – I didn’t like it, and we abandoned him.”
Earlier this week, Trump said he had “stole people who worked for me” about his relationship with Trump’s longtime friend Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s.
He later confirmed on July 29th that poached workers included Virginia Giuffle, an outspoken Epstein victim who said that Epstein’s procurement and ex-girlfriend Githrane Maxwell had hired her for the circle of 16-year-old Mar Lago locker room assistant. Giuffre died of suicide in April this year.
In a July 30 statement, Giuffre’s family demanded answers as to why Trump said Epstein “stole” Juful from his Marlago spa. The family also sought Maxwell to stay in prison as her lawyers are seeking pardon for Trump.
“He asks if he is aware of Jeffrey’s criminal behavior, especially given the statement that two years later, his best friend, Jeffrey, was given to USA Today that he “likes the young woman.” “We and the public are looking for answers. Survivors deserve this.”
The family’s statement comes as Trump faced a week-long backlash over his administration’s refusal to release all documents in a government investigation of Epstein, who died of suicide in a federal prison in 2019.
Trump did not say when the split with Epstein began. His explanation contradicts a recent statement from the White House claiming that Trump was “clipped out of his club because he was creeped.”
Epstein was first charged in 2006 with soliciting a Florida prostitution charge. Two years later, Florida prosecutors agreed to a controversial plea deal with Epstein in 2008. Epstein was arrested again in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges a month before his death.
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