";s:4:"text";s:5432:" "And as you will recall, after he committed suicide, I said that I was confident that we would continue to pursue this case vigorously and pursue anyone who's complicit in it.
"Months before announcing his presidential run, at the conservative conference known as CPAC in February 2015, Trump was asked by Fox News personality Sean Hannity for his thoughts on former President Bill Clinton. "And you watched people yesterday saying that I threw him out of a club. That was many, many years ago. "Trump has told reporters in recent years that he banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago estate, but has never explained why their friendship ended.When asked by a reporter whether he believes Maxwell will turn on powerful men who are rumored to have participated in illegal sexual activity, Trump replied, "I don't know. Got a lot of problems coming up in my opinion with the famous island with Jeffrey Epstein. A lot of problems," Trump responded.And in July 2019, Trump told reporters he did not know about Epstein's misconduct, adding, "I was not a fan of Jeffrey Epstein. She's really good with people. Hoffenberg said Trump was struck by her "tremendous standing in the United Kingdom," along with the accomplishments of her father Robert Maxwell, a media mogul and fraudster.In 2002, Trump would tell New York Magazine, "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. But I wish her well. He liked her and she liked him. "In the years after Epstein pleaded guilty, Trump attempted to distance himself from his former friend and, at times, link him to his former Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.Trump has consistently attempted to publicly distance himself from Epstein since the financier first faced charges related to inappropriate sexual conduct with underage girls in the mid-2000s. The lead prosecutor at the time, Alex Acosta, later became Trump's Secretary of Labor before resigning amidst public furor over the indefensible and inexplicable Epstein deal. The officials told CNN they were baffled by the President's remarks about Maxwell, seeing it as an unwelcome distraction to a press conference where Trump largely stuck to the script.He added Trump's first wife, Ivana, also developed a close relationship to Maxwell in the 1980s and 1990s.Trump once said he maintained a more than decade-long friendship with Epstein, and one of Epstein's business partners told CNN Trump was also taken by Maxwell's personality.Please give an overall site rating:Steven Hoffenberg, Epstein's onetime business partner before being convicted of running a Ponzi scheme and spending 18 years in jail, said Trump was also "very well acquainted" with Maxwell. They knew each other well," Hoffenberg said. Just don't know. And the President wants justice to be served for the victims in this case and he prefers this to play out in a courtroom," McEnany told Fox News on Thursday.White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that she spoke with the President about his comments regarding Maxwell and attempted to clarify Trump's remarks.Trump claimed on Tuesday, "I don't know the situation with Prince Andrew. Donald Trump's Labour Secretary Alex Acosta quits over role in Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. "Asked if Hillary Clinton could face a political problem for her association with Epstein, Trump said, "It could be a political problem. "There (were) many times that President Trump and the two of them — Ghislaine Maxwell or Jeffrey Epstein — had an opportunity to spend time together," he said. It's Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former confidant and ex-girlfriend, who is now facing charges for acting as an alleged accomplice to Epstein's sexual trafficking of minors. Giuffre has made similar allegations against Dershowitz in court filings in the past.Despite Trump's well wishes this week, Attorney William Barr has said that he was "very happy" the Justice Department was able to "get Miss Maxwell. There's no dispute about that. "She was a tremendous social networker. Terrific guy," adding that Epstein had a reputation for young women.Giuffre has also claimed that she was recruited by Maxwell to give Epstein massages while working as a locker room attendant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.Last year, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner said Epstein died by suicide by hanging inside a Manhattan jail cell, where he was awaiting trial on federal charges accusing him of sexually abusing underage girls.
Look, he could be a political problem. he remarked.And following the reported 2004 rift, Trump and Epstein's public appearances stopped.