• President Donald Trump on Monday offered his most detailed account yet of his falling-out with Jeffrey Epstein, claiming he excommunicated the financier from his Florida club after Epstein repeatedly poached Trump’s employees—a betrayal Trump labeled “inappropriate.”

TURBERRY, Scotland (TDR) — Amid renewed scrutiny over his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump on Monday elaborated on why he severed his relationship with the convicted sex offender, saying Epstein repeatedly hired away staff members from Trump’s businesses—despite direct warnings to stop.

“He hired help and I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again,’” Trump told reporters at a joint press availability with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “He stole people that worked for me. I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He did it again, and I threw him out of the place, persona non grata.”

🚨 NEW: President Trump says he threw Epstein out of his club because he STOLE WORKERS from him after being asked not to.

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Though the president declined to specify which employees were involved or where they had worked, his account builds on earlier remarks by White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, who previously described Epstein’s removal as due to “being a creep.” That statement, issued last week, contrasts with Monday’s account, which emphasized professional betrayal rather than personal misconduct.

“I’m glad I did, if you want to know the truth,” Trump added.

Fallout From the Files

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Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 under circumstances the Justice Department has now officially ruled as suicide, despite long-standing public suspicion and conspiracy theories—including those promoted by Trump allies during his 2020 campaign and beyond.

Now back in office, Trump faces pressure to deliver on past promises to release the so-called “Epstein files.” While the Justice Department has declined to release further documents, Attorney General Pam Bondi has sought unsealing of grand jury materials. One federal judge has already denied such a request; a second ruling is pending.

The case continues to pose political liabilities. In Canton, Ohio, protesters greeted Vice President J.D. Vance with signs reading “JD Protects Pedophiles” and “GOP = Guardians of Pedophiles.” Vance had traveled to the region to promote the administration’s tax and border policy agenda but was quickly pressed on the Epstein matter.

“The president has been very clear. We’re not shielding anything,” Vance said. “He has directed the attorney general to release all credible information and, frankly, to go and find additional credible information.”

“Some of that stuff takes time,” Vance continued. “But the president wants full transparency.”

A Decade-Old Rift Revisited

Trump has long sought to distance himself from Epstein, telling reporters in 2019 that he hadn’t spoken to the financier in 15 years, even though both were prominent fixtures in Palm Beach social circles during the early 2000s. On Monday, Trump reiterated that the break occurred long before Epstein’s arrest and subsequent 2008 plea deal involving sex crimes with minors.

But the shadows of past associations persist.

Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that a 2003 birthday compilation for Epstein included a typewritten note bearing Trump’s name and accompanied by a crude illustration of a woman’s figure. Trump has categorically denied authorship of the letter and has since filed suit against the Journal, its publisher Dow Jones, parent company News Corp, and two named reporters.

“I don’t do drawings of women, that I can tell you,” Trump said Monday when asked about the letter’s authenticity.

Legal and Political Implications

Whether Trump’s statements and legal actions will placate critics remains unclear. The unresolved release of additional Epstein-related documents and the specter of past associations continue to haunt an administration that once vowed aggressive transparency.

Yet the president’s remarks Monday suggest an effort to reframe the narrative—not as one of moral error, but of executive decisiveness.

“That’s such old history, very easy to explain, but I don’t want to waste your time by explaining it,” Trump initially told reporters. But then he did.

Will transparency prevail over political risk, or will the Epstein files remain locked in a vault of unanswered questions?

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