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How many degrees of 
separation between Trump 
and sex offender Epstein? 
Jane Musgrave Palm Beach Post Staff Write' 
2:47 p.m Friday, May 12. 2017 Botoepagc 
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President Oonatil Trump at the YThrie House on Wednesday. May 10. 2017. (AP PholcvEvan Mucci. Evan lA.,cd 
Flle) 
PALM BEACHPresident Donald Trump is a shadowy, but ever-present, figure in the 
never-ending saga of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 
o RELATED: The Post's complete President Trump coverage 
Mar-a-Lap, the commander-in-chiefs private-club-turned-southern-White-House in 
Palm Beach, was the backdrop for Epstein's introduction to one of his dozens of teenage 
victims, according to court records. 
In a short-lived lawsuit that Trump decried as "categorically false," a California woman 
last year sued Trump and Epstein in federal court in New York City, claiming the two 
business tycoons raped her when she was 13 years old. 
And Trump is on a star-studded witness list for an upcoming trial in Palm Beach County 
Circuit Court that attorney Jack Scarola promises will be the first public airing 
of Epstein's lurid lifestyle. 
But, Scarola acknowledges, it is unlikely the president will be part of what Scarola 
promises will be a salacious trial in the fall. 
Click here to find out why. 
Will President Trump be used 
as witness in sex offender 
Epstein case? 
• - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer 
Wealthy Palm Beecher Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach County Cecurt Court 
2008 to plead guilty to °myna' charges stemming from claims he had teenage girls give 
him sexual massages. (Urns SanghWthe Palm Beath Post) 
Updated. 3 43 em. Frday. May 12.2017 l Posted 2.45 p.m. Friday, May 12. 2017 
PALM BEACH — President Donald Trump is a shadowy, but ever-present. 
figure in the never-ending saga of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 
Mar-a-Lago, the commander-in-chief's private-club-turned-southern-White-
House in Palm Beach, was the baci<drop for Epstein's introduction to one of his 
dozens of teenage victims, according to court records. 
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In a short-lived lawsuit that Trump decried as 'categorically false,' a California 
woman last year sued Trump and Epstein in federal court in New York City. 
And Trump is on a star-studded witness list for an upcoming trial in Palm 
Beach County Circuit Court that attorney Jack Scarola promises will be the first 
public airing of Epstein's lurid lifestyle. 
But, Scarola acknowledges. it is unlikely the president will be part of what 
Scarola promises will be a salacious trial. Scarola claims Epstein sued attorney 
Brad Edwards in an effort to intimidate and punish the lawyer for representing 
some of Epstein's victims. While Epstein dropped his lawsuit against Edwards, 
who has also represented clients in a lawsuit against Trump, the malicious 
prosecution suit against Epstein will likely go to trial in the fall. Scarola said. 
When Scarola put Trump on the witness list in August. he said he never 
imagined the business scion and former television star would soon occupy the 
Oval Office. The legal battle he would have to launch to get a sitting president 
to testify simply isn't worth it. Scarola said. 
Moreover, while there is a lot of smoke around Trump's relationship with 
Epstein, there appears to be little fire, so far, Scarola said. 
"Based on all available public records, Trump's involvement is peripheral; he 
said. 
,RELATED: The Post's complete President Trump coverage 
While Trump has recently distanced himself from Epstein, a 64-year-old 
financier. it wasn't always that way. 
"I've known Jett for fifteen years. Terrific guy," Trump said of Epstein during a 
2002 interview with New York magazine. 'He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even 
said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on 
the younger side.-
Attorney Spencer Kuvin, one of dozens of lawyers who successfully sued 
Epstein on behalf of roughly 30 women who claimed he lured them to his Palm 
Beach mansion for sexually-charged massages when they were as young as 
14. said he always found the comment curious. 
"How would he know that?" he said of Trump's acknowledgement of Epstein's 
penchant for young women. The interview came nearly six years before 
Epstein's secret sex life exploded into public view when the money manager 
pleaded guilty to Florida charges of procuring and soliciting a minor for 
prostitution. "Why would he make a joke like that?" the West Palm Beach 
attorney asked. 
Further, Kuvin and others say they can't believe it is purely coincidental 
that former South Florida U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who signed off on a non-
prosecution agreement that kept Epstein from spending years behind bars, 
was tapped by Trump to be U.S. Labor Secretary. 
During his confirmation hearings in March. Acosta said it was "awful" that 
convicted sex offender Epstein was allowed to leave the Palm Beach County 
Jail to work during his 13-month jail sentence. But he insisted that without the 
involvement of his office. Epstein would have received far less punishment and 
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his victims wouldn't have recovered any money from him. As a result of the 
conviction Epstein also is on Florida's re istered sex offender list. 
scoffed at Acosta's claims. The evidence that Epstein sexually abused young 
girls was 'overwhelming: he said. 
The answer to the many questions that still swirl around Epstein and his high-
placed friends are the subject of roughly a half-dozen lawsuits that are still 
pending in both Palm Beach County and New York. Some of the nation's top 
attorneys have represented Epstein and some of his victims. 
But like many of the past lawsuits spawned by Epstein's behavior, most of the 
remaining ones are expected to be settled. And even public court records don't 
tell the full story — because many documents have been sealed or are heavily 
redacted. 
For example. a defamation lawsuit against one of Epstein's close friends was 
scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in New York this coming Monday. 
But both sides agreed to a delay last week, often a signal that a settlement 
could be in the works. 
The suit was filed b 
gainst British-bom socialite and 
longtime Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell. In a 2009 lawsuit that Epstein 
settled for an undisclosed arnount.Mclaimed she was 15 when Maxwell 
recruited her from her 59-an-hour job in the to 
m at Mar-a-Lago. where 
her father had a job as a maintenance worker 
claims in court records 
that Maxwell introduced her to Epstein and that Epstein turned her into his 
international sex slave. 
Maxwell wasn't sued as art of the lawsuit 
filed against Epstein. But, in 
court papers filed b 
Maxwell was accused of grooming 
to be 
Epstein's sexual toy. 
Maxwell ignored the allegations until 
raised them again in December 
2014 and Maxwell began publicly dispub 
laims. Famed attorney 
David Boies then filed a defamation lawsuit on 
behalf. claiming 
Maxwell 'undertook a concerted and malicious campaign to discredit 
In media interviews. Maxwell called 
claims "obvious lies: Boies wrote. 
The trial promised to provide scurrilous details about 
widely publicized 
contention in court records that Epstein not only used her but loaned her to his 
rich and powerful friends, including such notables as Prince Andrew and 
former President Bill Clinton. Similar claims against nationally-known attomey 
Alan Dershowitz, who represents Epstein, were withdrawn when the Harvard 
law professor and 
attorneys reached a confidential settlement in 
dueling defamation lawsuits they filed against each other over the allegations. 
Flight logs from Epstein's private jet show Clinton was a frequent flyer. taking 
Secret Service agents along with him on trips with Epstein around the globe. 
Clinton has publicly ignored M3Ilegations but an independent 
investigation launched by Dershowitz raised questions about their veracity. 
One of Epstein's longtime servants testified that Prince Andrew was a regular 
guest at Epstein's house and received massages during the visits. But house 
manager Juan Alessi acknowledged in a sworn deposition that older women 
and men offered Swedish massages to Epstein's guest. It is unclear who gave 
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Beach. "He would come, have dinner. He never sat at the table,' said Alessi, 
who described himself as Epstein's majordomo. "He eat with me in the 
kitchen.-
the British prince the massages or what was included. The pnnce has 
vehemently denied 
alle ations. 
But, Alessi said, unlike other visitors, Trump didn't avail himself of massages. 
"No." he said. "Because he's got his own spa' 
While 
defamation lawsuit appears headed for what will likely be a 
confidential settlement, Scarola said his case against Epstein is going to trial 
even though Trump won't be called as a witness. 
"We can prove our case without Donald Trump's testimony,' he said of 
malicious prosecution lawsuit he filed against Epstein for suing Edwards, the 
attorney who has represente. 
and several of Epstein's other victims. 
Edwards has also been leading a separate charge to prove Acosta's office 
violated the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act when it signed off on the non-
prosecution agreement without notifying the women. That suit, which has 
stalled in federal court after many of the documents were sealed, could 
eventually reveal why Epstein got what many call a "sweetheart deal," Scarola 
said. 
Edwards also represented 65 members of Trump National Golf Club Jupiter, 
who won $5.8 million in February when a federal judge ruled that Trump 
improperly kept their deposits when he took over the club on Donald Ross 
Road in Jupiter in 2012. Trump is appealing the decision. 
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