Epstein victim urged FBI to look at Trump — twice
In 1996, Maria Farmer, told police she was groped by Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Ms Farmer, who worked for Epstein as an art advisor, was one of the first people to accuse the paedophile financier of sexual misconduct.
When reporting the incident she raised concerns about the high-profile individuals surrounding Epstein, including Mr Trump and Bill Clinton, she told the New York Times.
Ms Farmer told the newspaper she had been troubled by a 1995 incident with the then-Apprentice star, in which she met Mr Trump for the first time after being summoned to Epstein's Manhattan offices late one evening.
She claimed the impromptu meeting took place just before she began working for Epstein. Ms Farmer said she arrived in running shorts and that Mr Trump hovered over her and stared at her legs, making her feel scared.
She said Epstein then entered the room and said: 'No, no. She's not here for you,' before the pair left together. Ms Farmer claimed she then heard Mr Trump say he thought she was 16 years old.
Ms Farmer said she did not experience any other incidents with Mr Trump and did not see him engage in inappropriate behaviour with women or girls.
In 2006, Ms Farmer claimed she again told the FBI to examine Mr Trump's links to the late financier.
At the time, she was interviewed as part of the investigation into claims Epstein had sex with a minor.
Epstein was eventually charged with one count of soliciting prostitution and and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. He pleaded guilty and served 13 months in a low-security prison.
The White House branded the story about Mr Trump, which Ms Farmer first made public in 2019, as 'recycled, old fake news of the highest order'.
'This is recycled, old fake news of the highest order that was already peddled for more than six years, concocted by Democrats and the liberal media just like they did with the Russiagate scandal, which was just proven today.
'The president was never in his office. The fact is that the president kicked him out of his club for being a creep,' director of communications Stephen Cheung told the Telegraph.
Mr Trump is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency over his administration's failure to release all information related to Epstein's case.
The FBI and the Department of Justice sparked dismay among the president's Maga base earlier this month after concluding that the sex offender did not have a 'client list' and took his own life in a Manhattan prison cell in 2019.
Conspiracy theorists, including many Trump voters, believe that Epstein was killed to prevent supposed information about high-profile 'clients' involved with the financier being made public.
Ms Farmer worked for Epstein from 1995 to 1996, first as an art advisor and then on the front desk of his New York mansion, where she oversaw the coming and goings of girls, young women and celebrities.
Her younger sister, Annie Farmer, was also assaulted by Epstein. She said she was coerced into a topless massage at his ranch in New Mexico when she was 16-years-old.
The president last week ordered the Department of Justice to release grand jury testimony related to Epstein after the Wall Street Journal reported that Mr Trump had sent the disgraced financier a sexually suggestive birthday card in 2003.
Mr Trump called the report a hoax and filed a defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal.
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