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<\/a>American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997. Davidoff Studios\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n
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- President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, the 66-year-old hedge fund manager charged this week with sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, were the only other participants in a party that consisted of roughly two dozen women at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, according to a New York Times report.<\/strong><\/li>\n
- The women were reportedly flown in for a “calendar girl” competition that was requested by Trump, The Times said.<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “I said, ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with VIPs. You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein,'” a former Trump associate recalled having asked.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nPresident Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, the 66-year-old hedge fund manager charged this week with sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, were the only other attendees to a party that consisted of roughly two dozen women at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, according to a New York Times\u00a0report<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In 1992, the women were reportedly flown in for a “calendar girl” competition that was requested by Trump, The Times said.<\/p>\n
“At the very first party, I said, ‘Who’s coming tonight? I have 28 girls coming,'” former Trump associate George Houraney reportedly said. “It was him and Epstein.”<\/p>\n
“I said, ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with VIPs. You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein,” he recalled saying.<\/p>\n
Houraney claimed to have warned Trump about Epstein’s behavior and said the real estate tycoon did not heed his notice. Houraney, a businessman, reportedly said Trump “didn’t care” about how he had to ban Epstein from his events.<\/p>\n
“Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,” Houraney recalled of his conversation to The Times. “He said, ‘Look I’m putting my name on this. I wouldn’t put my name on it and have a scandal.'”<\/p>\n
Houraney had a falling out with Trump after his\u00a0girlfriend<\/a>accused him of making unwanted sexual advances in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n
Trump previously said he knew Epstein for 15 years and suggested he was well-acquainted with the financier.<\/p>\n
- The women were reportedly flown in for a “calendar girl” competition that was requested by Trump, The Times said.<\/strong><\/li>\n