Trump Says He Ended Friendship With Epstein Because He 'Stole People That Worked For Me'

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him.

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Trump did not say what his employees did or where they worked, and the White House declined further comment. But the White House had previously offered a different explanation for the falling-out. Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, said in a statement last week: "The fact is that the President kicked him out of his club for being a creep."

Epstein killed himself, authorities say, in a New York jail cell in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.