Ghislaine Maxwell's Donald Trump connection as presidential hopes dealt blow

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Former model Stacey Williams claims Trump and Epstein were "really, really good friends and spent a lot of time together" in the early 90s when neither had achieved the notoriety with which they are now connected.
67% : And in an interview that same year, Trump described Andrew as "a lot of fun".
55% : In an interview in 2002, Trump praised Epstein, saying: "He's a lot of fun to be with.
51% : Trump is looking to win a second spell in the White House having been president between 2017 and 2021.
47% : It followed the publication of a story in the New York Post's Page Six section that quoted Epstein associate Steve Hoffenberg saying: "Ghislaine thought she was untouchable - that she'd be protected by the intelligence communities she and Jeffrey helped with information: the Israeli intelligence services, and Les Wexner, who has given millions to Israel; by Prince Andrew, President Clinton and even by President Trump, who was well-known to be an acquaintance of her and Epstein's."Did Trump know Prince Andrew?
45% : When she was arrested in 2020, Trump, who was president at the time, asked aides if he had been mentioned among a list of influential contacts who she could call on to protect her, according to New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman.
42% : He later said he did not know the Duke, describing the situation as a "tough story".Pictures soon emerged of the pair meeting, including an image from the year 2000 of Trump, Andrew and Melania Trump - the former president's third wife - at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
40% : "All roads lead to MaxwellLike many of his associates, Epstein, who was 66 when he died, met Trump through British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late media mogul Robert Maxwell.
40% : Trump was said to be fond of Maxwell.
40% : Andrew has always denied being particularly close with Maxwell but in 2020 it was claimed he approached a lobbyist with links to Trump to deal with the Epstein fall out following the Duke's disastrous interview with Emily Maitlis on Newsnight in the UK.
32% : When they arrived, Williams alleges, Trump began groping her breasts in what she described as a "twisted game" between the two men who, she claims, were grinning at each other.
30% : Quizzed on Epstein in 2015, Trump urged journalists to ask Prince Andrew about what went on at his sleazy island.
28% : Trump and Epstein were said to have invited each other to parties in the 1990s and in one case it is alleged they were the only men invited to a calendar-girl contest at the exclusive Mar-a-Lago club, the Florida community owned by Trump.
28% : According to Vanity Fair, Maxwell hosted Trump on his yacht, Lady Ghislaine - the same vessel Maxwell fell off to his death in 1991.
21% : "However, the pair eventually fell out with Trump describing Epstein's island as an "absolute cesspool" in 2015.
13% : Trump denies claims of 'twisted game'Trump ,78, has been forced to deny claims he sexually assaulted a woman brought to him by Epstein in 1992, with his press secretary Karoline Leavitt branding them "unequivocally false".

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