Trump says he cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein because 'he stole people who worked for me'

President Donald Trump connected Monday said helium threw his longtime person Jeffrey Epstein retired of his Mar-a-Lago club and chopped ties with him years agone due to the fact that "he stole radical who worked for me."

Trump said Epstein poached astatine slightest 1 much worker from him aft being warned not to bash it again.

The president, speaking successful Scotland, provided nary different details of the quality with Epstein, who killed himself successful a national jailhouse successful New York weeks aft being arrested connected kid enactment trafficking charges successful July 2019.

"That's specified aged history, precise casual to explain, but I don't privation to discarded your clip by explaining it," Trump said, aft a newsman asked him to enactment to remainder questions astir what led to the rift betwixt the 2 men and Epstein's exile from the president's Palm Beach, Florida, club.

"But for years, I wouldn't speech to Jeffrey Epstein. I wouldn't speech due to the fact that helium did thing that was inappropriate," the president said.

"He hired help, and I said, 'Don't ever bash that again.' He stole radical that enactment for me. I said, 'Don't ever bash that again.' He did it again," Trump said.

Epstein past became "persona non grata," Trump said.

"I threw him out, and that was it. I'm gladsome I did, if you privation to cognize the truth," helium said.

Virginia Giuffre, who was sexually abused by Epstein, has said British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her arsenic a teen to beryllium exploited by Epstein erstwhile Giuffre was moving arsenic a spa attendant astatine Mar-a-Lago.

Giuffre died by termination successful April.

It has agelong been known that Trump and Epstein had been friends, and determination person been assorted explanations for wherefore they fell retired respective years earlier Epstein pleaded blameworthy to a Florida authorities complaint of soliciting a insignificant for prostitution successful 2008.

Questions astir the men's narration person been raised successful caller weeks aft Attorney General Pam Bondi reneged connected a committedness she and different Trump medication officials made to merchandise investigative files astir Epstein.

Prior reports person suggested that Trump and Epstein fell retired aft 2004, erstwhile Trump outbid Epstein for a French Regency-style property successful Palm Beach.

A White House spokesperson past week said Trump expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago for "being a creep."

Bondi earlier this period had the Department of Justice inquire respective national judges to unseal transcripts of expansive assemblage grounds astir Epstein and Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year situation word for procuring underage girls for Epstein to abuse.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Maxwell and her lawyer for hours past week astatine a Florida courthouse. Blanche has said helium wants to inquire Maxwell astir different radical who whitethorn person abused girls and women successful Epstein's orbit.