Though he flew on the “Lolita Express” one time, President Trump later banned Epstein from the Mar-a-Lago resort for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.
QUICK FACTS:
- According to the Western Journal, evidence and testimony from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial revealed that President Trump once flew aboard Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane.
- The flight was from Palm Beach to New York City—neither to nor from the infamous “Epstein Island”—during the late ’90s: more than a decade before Epstein was convicted for soliciting a minor.
- Furthermore, court filings from April 2011 reveal that “Trump allegedly banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago Club in West Palm Beach because Epstein sexually assaulted a girl at the club.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FLIGHT:
- When asked about his relationship with Epstein, President Trump said “I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him,” and “I was not a fan of his.”
- As a point of comparison, President Bill Clinton flew on the “Lolita Express” as many as twenty-six times and visited the “Island” with Epstein. Epstein enjoyed access to the Clinton White House, visiting it at least seventeen times.
- During the Maxwell trial, Epstein’s former pilot testified that he had seen President Trump aboard Epstein’s plane one time. Additionally, recently unsealed flight logs confirmed that the plane had flown from Palm Beach to New York City.
BACKGROUND:
- Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in 2019 on charges of child sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
- The Epstein story ensnares many of the world’s elites—from Bill Gates to the UK’s Prince Andrew—with accusations of pedophilia.
- Epstein’s romantic partner Ghislaine Maxwell is currently on trial for her alleged role in the sex trafficking scheme.
