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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump stopped speaking with Jeffrey Epstein aft helium poached workers from the then-real property tycoon, Trump revealed during a Monday gathering with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
"For years, I wouldn't speech to Jeffrey Epstein. I wouldn't speech due to the fact that helium did thing that was inappropriate," Trump told reporters.
"He hired help. And I said, 'Don't ever bash that again,'" helium continued. "He stole radical that worked for me. I said, 'Don't ever bash that again.' He did it again. And I threw him retired of the spot persona non grata."
Trump and Epstein ran successful the aforesaid high-profile circles for decades. From the 1980s to the 2000s, the brace were successful the aforesaid elite ellipse and were photographed unneurotic astatine events.
When addressing their fracture successful the mid-2000s, Trump told reporters connected Monday: "I'm gladsome I did, if you privation to cognize the truth."
Trump connected Epstein day card: 'I don't bash drawings of women'
Trump reportedly near Epstein a birthday connection successful 2003 mentioning that they person “certain things successful common,” the Wall Street Journal reported. The enactment — portion of a larger publication of notes from friends and acquaintances — was typewritten wrong a drafting of a bare woman’s outline.
“A pal is simply a fantastic thing. Happy Birthday — and whitethorn each time beryllium different fantastic secret,” the enactment ends.
Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and existent property developer Donald Trump arsenic they airs unneurotic astatine the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997.(Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
From left, American existent property developer Donald Trump and his woman (and aboriginal wife), erstwhile exemplary Melania Knauss, financier (and aboriginal convicted enactment offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell airs unneurotic astatine the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Businessman Donald Trump and financier Jeffrey Epstein be a Victoria's Secret Angels lawsuit sponsored by Rogers & Cowan astatine the nine Duvet connected 21st Street successful New York City, New York connected April 9, 1997. (Photo by Thomas Concordia/Getty Images)
American businessman and ex-president Donald Trump, Belgian exemplary Ingrid Seynhaeve, and American businessman Jeffrey Epstein be the Victoria's Secret “Angels” enactment connected April 28, 1997 successful New York City. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images).
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) holds up a photograph of Jeffery Epstein and erstwhile President Trump during a House Oversight Committee markup connected Wednesday, January 10, 2024 arsenic they see a solution to clasp Hunter Biden successful contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena past month.
On Monday, Trump addressed the alleged note, which helium has since filed a $10 cardinal libel lawsuit over.
"I'm not a drafting person. I don't bash drawings of women that I tin archer you, they accidental there's a drafting of a woman, and I don't bash drawings of women," helium said.
The president besides added that helium ne'er went to Epstein’s backstage island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which helium touted arsenic 1 of "my precise bully moments."
Flight logs released arsenic evidence in the lawsuit against Epstein’s longtime associate, Maxwell, amusement that Trump flew connected the financier’s backstage pitchy 7 times betwixt 1993 and 1997 — but ne'er to the island.
Ghislaine Maxwell pardon 'inappropriate' to discuss, says Trump
When asked whether helium would pardon longtime Epstein associate and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Trump connected Monday said helium has not discussed it with anyone.
"I’m allowed to springiness her a pardon. No 1 has approached maine with it. No 1 has asked maine astir it," Trump said. "It’s successful the news. Right present it would beryllium inappropriate to speech astir it.”
The Department of Justice past week interviewed Maxwell. Her attorney, David Oscar Markus, told NewsNation connected Friday that her squad was "very grateful" for the opportunity.
“She didn’t say, ‘Don’t inquire maine astir that. I americium not going to speech astir this person.’ She was asked astir possibly 100 antithetic people," helium said. "She answered questions astir everybody, and she didn’t clasp thing back.”
Her lawsuit — and Epstein's — person been nether the spotlight amid calls to merchandise much of the government’s files connected Epstein.
