Trump Says Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre From Him When She Worked At Mar-a-lago Spa

President Donald Trump said that convicted activity offender Jeffrey Epstein "stole" Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago club.

Trump was speaking to reporters connected Tuesday erstwhile he was asked astir comments he made complete nan play astir falling retired pinch Epstein because he took labor from his business.

"He took group that worked for me. And I told him, 'Don’t do it anymore.' And he did it," Trump said, telling reporters that he barred Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.

"I said, 'Stay nan hellhole retired of here,'" he said.

When pressed astir whether immoderate of nan stolen labor were young women, Trump responded that galore of them worked successful nan club's spa.

"The reply is yes, they were successful nan spa," he said. "I told him, I said, 'Listen, we don’t want you taking our people, whether it was spa aliases not spa.' ... And he was fine. And past not excessively agelong aft that, he did it again."

Trump was past asked specifically if Epstein had stolen Giuffre, who was 1 of nan financier's astir salient maltreatment survivors and led nan complaint calling for his arrest. Giuffre, who died by termination successful April, has said she met Epstein subordinate Ghislaine Maxwell while moving astatine Mar-a-Lago arsenic a teenager.

"I deliberation she worked astatine nan spa," Trump said. "I deliberation so. I deliberation that was 1 of nan people. He stole her, and by nan way, she had nary complaints astir us, arsenic you know, nary whatsoever."

White House communications head Stephen Cheung said successful a connection past week that Trump booted Epstein from Mar-a-Lago "for being a creep.”

Epstein died by termination successful a New York jailhouse successful 2019 while he was awaiting proceedings connected national activity trafficking charges.

Trump and his management person faced increasing unit successful caller weeks, including from wrong his MAGA base, to merchandise much files related to Epstein. The president, who antecedently shared conspiracy theories astir Epstein, has sought to tamp down nan scrutiny by saying that nan communicative is "boring" and denouncing supporters focused connected nan issue.