The more President Donald Trump tries to shake his deep ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it seems the more the president is slowly being dragged down by his ghost. Now, a new report revealed young girls were sent from Mar-a-Lago to Epstein’s infamous island, prompting more questions about just how close the two billionaire businessmen were.
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We previously told you the Department of Justice was given a hard deadline to release the Epstein files in full. They missed that December memo, but still thousands of documents — including photos, emails and files — are slowly being released to the public. The president has downplayed his connection to several photos and documents.
Still, a report from the Wall Street Journal suggests Trump knew a lot more than he’s willing to tell right now.
The report alleged Trump’s spa at Mar-a-Largo would send masseuses, manicurists and more spa workers to Epstein’s residence, which was nearby. What’s even more is that Trump and Epstein had a familiar relationship — that is until Trump claimed he fell out with Epstein in the mid-2000s.
“Epstein wasn’t a dues-paying member of the club, but Trump told staff to treat him like one, the employees said,” according to the Wall Street Journal. While Epstein reportedly took his life before he could ever be convicted of sex crimes against minors, WSJ reported that he had already built a reputation at Trump’s residence.
“… spa employees warned each other about Epstein, who was known among staff for being sexually suggestive and exposing himself during the appointments, according to the former Mar-a-Lago employees,” the report claims. Things took a turn in 2003, however, when Trump allegedly kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago.
At the time, the Republican had received a fax from an employee alleging Epstein pressured an 18-year-old spa beautician for sex during a house call. Trump has never confirmed this is exactly what led to him distancing himself from the child abuser. White House communications director Steven Cheung told CNN back in July the president ended their relationship because Epstein was a “creep.”
Days after the CNN appearance, the president told reporters Epstein “stole” young, female Mar-a-Lago workers from him, including even Virginia Giuffre who was allegedly abused on Epstein’s island. “He stole people that worked for me,” Trump said. “I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He did it again, and I threw him out of the place, persona non grata.”
White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to the WSJ report bashing the publication for printing such a story. “It’s shameful the Wall Street Journal is wasting their once great paper writing up fallacies and innuendo in order to smear President Trump and distract from his historic first year back in office.” She continued to TMZ, “No matter how many times this story is told and retold, the truth remains: President Trump did nothing wrong and he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago for being a creep.”
Epstein and Trump’s decades-long friendship dates all the way back to the ’80s. The pair have repeatedly been spotted at the same events and parties over the years. In 2017, Epstein even told author Michael Wolff he was the president’s “closest friend.” That was after Trump took office and before the world knew the truth about the horrors of Epstein’s island.
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