Media reports from the late 1990s and early 2000s frequently mention Trump attending Epstein-hosted social events, and Epstein attending events at Trumpโs Mar-a-Lago club.
โFriends and associatesโ of the pair told the Washington Post that Epstein and Trump โhad socialized for years, drawn together by a mix of money, women and power.โ
NBC News recently aired a video from 1992 of Trump and Epstein together at a Mar-a-Lago party, discussing women and laughing together.
The New York Times reported that, according to businessman George Houraney, Trump asked him to organize a โcalendar girlโ party at Mar-a-Lago โ and said he and Epstein would be the only men in attendance.
The New York Times also reported that Epstein has claimed to people that he introduced Donald Trump to Melania โ though this hasnโt been corroborated.
Trump called Epstein twice in November 2004, according to message pads seized from Epsteinโs Florida mansion by the government.
Several phone numbers for Trump, including an emergency contact and a number for Trumpโs security, were among many notable peopleโs numbers listed in Epsteinโs โblack bookโ (which was later obtained by the government).
Epsteinโs brother Mark testified that Epstein once took Trump on one of his planes to go from Florida to New York, saying he thought it happened in the late 1990s.
Mark Epstein also told the Post Trump flew on Epsteinโs plane โnumerous times.โ
At some point around the time of Epsteinโs legal problems, the friendship appears to have ended. Trump has spread the story that he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago for making sexual advances to a masseuse. However, the New York Times reported that by some accounts the two men only fell out โafter a failed business arrangement between them.โ The Washington Post reports that they were rival bidders for the same Palm Beach estate (Trump won).
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