Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump appeared to be close in several photos and videos of the two over the past 30 years. But according to Michael Wolff’s new book, Trump was terrified that the arrest of a longtime girlfriend of Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, would embroil him in the Epstein scandal.
Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency describes the former president as sitting lonely at Mar-a-Lago begging others for advice about lawyers he could hire to help him face his mounting lawsuits.
“Has she said anything about me?” Trump wondered. “Is she going to talk? Will she roll on anybody?”
I guess our suspicions about these weird comments have been confirmed:
President Donald Trump again extended well-wishes to accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, apparently expressing sympathy for Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion.
“Her friend, or boyfriend, was either killed or committed suicide in jail. She’s now in jail,” Trump told Axios’ Jonathan Swan in an interview that aired Monday night on HBO.
“Yeah, I wish her well,” he said. “I’d wish you well. I’d wish a lot of people well. Good luck. Let them prove somebody was guilty.”
The president’s latest remarks on Maxwell come after he drew significant criticism two weeks ago for his initial reaction to the news of her arrest.
“I’ve met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach, and I guess they lived in Palm Beach. But I wish her well, whatever it is,” Trump told reporters at a White House coronavirus briefing.