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Donald Trump flights on Jeffrey Epstein's "Lolita Express"—What we know
(www.newsweek.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The names of about 200 people linked to Epstein, who took his own life in a New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial for child sex charges, could be revealed this week after U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ruled that they should no longer be redacted as part of a settled civil lawsuit between Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty in December 2021 of helping Epstein abuse and traffic underage girls, and accuser Virginia Giuffre.
There is no evidence that Trump visited Epstein's notorious Little St. James island, where the late financier is alleged to have trafficked and sexually abused young women and girls.
Giuffre said Maxwell then recruited her to give Epstein massages, and she was also forced to have sex with his friends in locations such as Little St. James and New York.
In a statement released in 2019, which was reiterated to Newsweek, a Clinton spokesperson said he had "not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade" and "knows nothing about the terrible crimes."
Trump allegedly banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago resort after he showed interest in the teenage daughter of a club member in the early 2000s.
I had a falling-out a long time ago, I'd say maybe 15 years," Trump told reporters in the White House in 2019 soon after Epstein was taken into custody in New York.
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That's rich coming from Mr walks into the dressing room during miss teen USA pagents.
Also Mr “my favourite thing about my daughter is her breasts”.
Also Mr
Probably only happened because she rejected Trump.