The life of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and well-connected financier who died in jail awaiting sex trafficking charges

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Epstein gained public recognition through the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, which put his high-profile connections on display with a $30 million donation to Harvard University.
63% : "When he was president, Trump did his best to downplay the friendship.
62% : Then a real-estate mogul, Trump described Epstein in 2002 to New York Magazine as someone who "enjoys his social life" and likes women "on the younger side.
58% : ""I've known Jeff for 15 years," Trump told the magazine at the time.
54% : "Epstein emerged as a "collector" of famous and powerful friends and became well-known for footing travel for a trip to Africa with President Bill Clinton and actor Kevin Spacey.Epstein's private plane took Clinton, Spacey, and comedian Chris Tucker to Africa to tour AIDS project sites.
48% : New York Magazine credited "those who know Epstein" and "lore" for the only existing and still vague details of the firm's business, which for tax purposes, was run from the island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.
47% : Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on July 9, 2019, Trump said he knew Epstein "like everybody in Palm Beach knew him.
40% : Donald Trump ran in the same circles as Epstein and seemed to be privy early on to the open secret that the financier was often surrounded by young women.
23% : "Trump continued: "I had a falling out with him a long time ago.

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