Coverage dated July 27, 2025 to July 28, 2025

Trump says he ended friendship with Epstein because he ‘stole people that worked for me’

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President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him.

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Latin Times
Trump Claims He Fell Out With Jeffrey Epstein Because He 'Stole People That Worked' For Him (opens Latin Times)
Published Jul 27, 2025
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President Donald Trump said he fell out with disgraced financier and abuser Jeffrey Epstein because he "stole people that worked" for him
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Trump says he cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein because ‘he stole people who worked for me' (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
Published Jul 27, 2025
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description
Trump’s past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has come under scrutiny after Attorney General Pam Bondi said she would not release files about Epstein.
The New Republic
Trump Gives Strange Explanation of Why Epstein Friendship Ended (opens The New Republic)
Published Jul 27, 2025
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It wasn’t because of Epstein’s sex trafficking of young girls.
WTOP Washington DC
Trump says he ended friendship with Epstein because he ‘stole people that worked for me’ (opens WTOP Washington DC)
Published Jul 28, 2025
WTOP Washington DC's feed description
President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him.
WHDH Boston
President Trump says he ended friendship with Epstein because he ‘stole people that worked for me’ - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)
Published Jul 28, 2025
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WASHINGTON (AP) — 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
Anchorage Daily News
Trump offers a new reason for why he ended his friendship with Epstein (opens Anchorage Daily News)
Published Jul 28, 2025
Anchorage Daily News's feed description
President Trump says his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein ended after Epstein hired people who had worked for Trump.

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