Family speaks out after Trump said Jeffrey Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre

The household of Virginia Giuffre, a pistillate who accused financier Jeffrey Epstein of sex-trafficking and assault, has expressed astonishment astatine caller statements from United States President Donald Trump, alleging that Epstein “stole” her from his spa.

In a connection released precocious connected Wednesday, the household called for much accusation to beryllium released astir the Epstein case.

“It was shocking to perceive President Trump invoke our sister and accidental that helium was alert that Virginia had been ‘stolen’ from Mar-a-Lago,” the family’s connection said.

“We and the nationalist are asking for answers; survivors merit this.”

Questions astir Trump’s narration with Epstein person dogged the president successful caller weeks, with critics calling connected him to merchandise further documents the US authorities whitethorn have.

Trump himself has weighed successful connected the controversy, astir precocious portion returning from his travel to Scotland this week.

A fallout implicit worker poaching?

As helium flew connected Air Force One, Trump brought up Giuffre, 1 of Epstein’s astir high-profile accusers.

Giuffre died by termination successful April astatine her workplace successful occidental Australia. Previously, arsenic a teenager, she had worked arsenic a spa attendant astatine Trump’s Mar-a-Lago edifice successful Florida, wherever her begetter was besides employed successful maintenance.

Trump accused Epstein, a convicted enactment offender, of poaching employees similar Giuffre.

“People were taken retired of the spa, hired by him. In different words, gone,” Trump said. “When I heard astir it, I told him, I said, ‘Listen, we don’t privation you taking our people.’”

He added that Epstein’s actions caused a rupture successful their relationship: “Not excessively agelong aft that, helium did it again. And I said, ‘Out of here.’”

His statements sparked a flurry of caller media coverage. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has since defended Trump’s actions.

“The information remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein retired of his nine for being a creep to his pistillate employees,” she said.

But the scrutiny has continued. On Thursday, a newsman asked Trump astatine a fitness-themed lawsuit to explicate wherefore Epstein mightiness person taken young pistillate employees from his resort.

After chiding the newsman for raising the subject, Trump responded: “I don’t cognize truly why, but I said, if he’s taking anybody from Mar-a-Lago — he’s hiring oregon immoderate helium is doing — I didn’t similar it. And we threw him out. We said, ‘We don’t privation him astatine the place.'”

Upon taking bureau for a 2nd term, Trump and his officials pledged to merchandise authorities documents related to high-profile cases, including the assassinations of figures similar civilian rights person Martin Luther King Jr and US President John F Kennedy.

Many of the files successful question person been the taxable of galore conspiracy theories.

In the lawsuit of Epstein, conspiracy theories person swirled astir the circumstances of his 2019 jailhouse decease and the imaginable power helium wielded implicit almighty acquaintances.

Figures successful Trump’s existent administration, similar Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) manager Kash Patel and his lawman manager Dan Bongino, openly speculated whether Epstein had a “black book” oregon “client list” that helium utilized to coerce authorities and manufacture leaders.

Attorney General Pam Bondi fuelled those rumours erstwhile she appeared connected Fox News successful February and said specified a database was “sitting connected my table close now”.

Family calls for Maxwell to ‘rot’

Thus far, the Trump administration’s papers releases person failed to nutrient large revelations astir the Epstein scandal.

In July, the FBI and the Department of Justice issued a joint statement besides affirming that their reappraisal revealed nary lawsuit database and nary grounds that Epstein blackmailed figures of power.

That review, however, did small to abate speculation among those who person been pursuing the Epstein conspiracy theories, including members of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) base.

Reports person since emerged that the Justice Department briefed Trump astir his sanction appearing successful the Epstein files, and Democrats person sought to leverage the contention to dent Trump’s popularity.

Trump, meanwhile, has called for national expansive assemblage records to beryllium released, though experts constituent retired that those are improbable to incorporate the afloat scope of grounds successful the Epstein case.

Justice Department officials besides met past week with Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted enactment offender and erstwhile woman of Epstein who is accused of sex-trafficking and grooming victims connected his behalf.

Attorney General Bondi has said immoderate Epstein materials cannot beryllium released, arsenic they incorporate delicate accusation astir victims.

Maxwell, meanwhile, has offered to attest earlier Congress successful speech for a pardon and has petitioned the Supreme Court to reappraisal her case. She is serving a 20-year condemnation successful national prison.

In Wednesday’s message, Giuffre’s relatives urged the authorities not to pardon Maxwell for her crimes.

“Ghislaine Maxwell is simply a monster who deserves to rot successful situation for the remainder of her life,” their connection read.