Jeffrey Epstein was ‘convinced’ he would get a pardon from Trump

Trump has a different memory of the events and insists he was the one who cut ties. Earlier this year, Trump claimed he had Epstein booted from Mar-a-Lago after learning his employees were being “stolen” from his spa.

He explained: “People who work at the spa, I have a great spa, one of the best spas in the world at Mar-a-Lago, and people were getting taken out of the spa, hired by (Epstein). In other words, gone. And other people came and complained, ‘This guy is taking people out of the spa.’ I didn’t know that.”

The politician continued: “And when I heard about it, I told him. I said, ‘Listen, we don’t want you taking our people.’ Whether it was a spa or not a spa, I don’t want him taking people. And he was doing well.

“Then, not long after, he did it again and I said, ‘get out.'”