Virginia Giuffre’s family, a woman who accused financier Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking and assault, is shocked by recent statements from Donald Trump, who claims Epstein “stole” her from his spa.
The family requested more details about the Epstein case in a statement released late on Wednesday.
According to the family’s statement, “It was shocking to hear President Trump mention our sister and claim that he knew Virginia had been “stolen” from Mar-a-Lago.”
Survivors deserve this, according to the statement “we and the public are asking for answers.”
In recent weeks, the president has been plagued by questions regarding his relationship with Epstein, with some calling for his release of additional documents.
Trump has contributed to the controversy, most recently as he returned from a trip to Scotland this week.
A result of employee poaching
Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, was brought up by Trump as he flew on Air Force One.
Giuffre, a farmer in western Australia, committed suicide in April. She had previously worked as a spa attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as a teenager, where her father also performed maintenance work.
Trump charged Epstein, a convicted sex offender, with poaching businesspeople like Giuffre.
“He hired people out of the spa,” he said. In other words, Trump has been “gone.” When I learned about it, I told him, “We don’t want you taking our people,” I said.
He continued, “Not too long after that, he did it again, and he caused a rupture in their relationship.” And I responded, “Get out of here.”
His statements sparked a flurry of coverage in the media. Since then, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has defended Trump’s actions.
She claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was axed out of his club by President Trump because he allegedly treated his female employees badly.
However, scrutiny has continued. A reporter questioned Trump on Thursday about Epstein’s possible removal of young female employees from his resort at a fitness-themed event.
Trump blasted the reporter for bringing up the matter, and he responded, “I don’t know really why, but I said, if he’s hiring or whatever he is doing, I didn’t like it.” And we expelled him. We declared, “We don’t want him at the location.”
Trump and his supporters pledged to release government records relating to significant cases, including the assassinations of US President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Numerous conspiracy theories have been made about many of the files in question.
In the case of Epstein, there are rumor swirling about Epstein’s possible influence over powerful acquaintances and the circumstances surrounding his 2019 jailhouse death.
Former FBI director Kash Patel and his deputy director Dan Bongino, both of whom are members of Trump’s current administration, openly speculated whether Epstein used a “black book” or “client list” to coerce government and business leaders.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who appeared on Fox News in February, said a list like that was “sitting on my desk right now,” adding to those rumors.
Maxwell is referred to as “roting.”
The Trump administration’s document releases have so far failed to reveal significant details about the Epstein scandal.
No client lists or proof that Epstein had blackmailed power figures were found in a joint statement from the FBI and the Department of Justice in July, according to a joint statement released in that same month.
However, that review did little to dampen rumors among those who had been closely watching the Epstein conspiracy theories, including those who were supporters of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) base.
Democrats have attempted to stifle the controversy by claiming that the Justice Department informed Trump about his name appearing in the Epstein files.
Despite experts claiming that the full scope of the Epstein case’s evidence is unlikely to be contained, Trump has urged the release of federal grand jury records.
Additionally, Justice Department representatives had a meeting with former Epstein girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking and accused of grooming victims on his behalf, last week.
Some Epstein documents, according to Attorney General Bondi, cannot be made public because they contain sensitive details about the victims.
In exchange for a pardon, Maxwell has also requested to testify before Congress, and she has filed a petition for the Supreme Court to review her case. She is a federal prisoner who has served a 20-year sentence.
Giuffre’s family urged the government to not pardon Maxwell for her crimes in Wednesday’s message.
Source: Aljazeera
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