President Donald Trump admitted his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein happened after Epstein “stole workers” from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in the early 2000s.
“He did something that was inappropriate,” Trump said during a press Q&A on Monday in Scotland.
“He stole people that work for me. I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He did it again, and I threw him out of the place persona non grata, I threw him out, and that was it. I’m glad I did, if you want to know the truth,” he added.
One of those workers was Virginia Giuffre, who was recruited around the same time Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were photographed at Mar-a-Lago.
Giuffre was just 16, working as a spa attendant, when Maxwell noticed her reading a book about massage therapy and offered her a position as Epstein’s masseuse.
The White House declined to clarify if Trump was specifically referring to Giuffre when he mentioned the stolen workers, according to the Daily Mail.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and said he “never had the privilege of going to [Epstein’s] island” despite claims of abuse there.
“I never went to the island, and I did turn it down. But a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down,” he said.
Trump alleged that former President Bill Clinton “went there, supposedly, 28 times … And many other people that are very big people. Nobody ever talks about them.”
Trump suggested Democrats might have “planted” his name in Epstein-related files.
“They ran the files. I was running against somebody that ran the files,” Trump said. “If they had something, they would have released it. Now they can easily put something in the files that’s a phony.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly told Trump in May 2025 that his name appeared “multiple times” in Epstein documents, which Trump denied.
Even if Trump is named, it doesn’t mean he is implicated in Epstein’s crimes.
Trump claimed his poll numbers rose 4.5 points since the Epstein stories surfaced, but major surveys show his approval rating has remained stable or slightly declined.
When asked about pardoning Maxwell, Trump said, “I’m allowed to give her a pardon. Nobody’s approached me with it. Nobody’s asked me about it. It’s in the news about that, that aspect of it. But right now, it would be inappropriate to talk about it.”
Maxwell is serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking related to Epstein’s crimes. She was convicted in 2021 on five counts.
Trump denied ever making a controversial doodle for Epstein’s 50th birthday. “I don’t do drawings,” he said. “Sometimes people say, would you draw a building? And I’ll draw four lines and a little roof, you know, for a charity stuff, but, but I’m not a drawing person.”
Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion over that article.
A laughable avoidance at best..along with hundreds of others (from otheres) attempting to cover themselves,..all guilty and all need to be dismissed.