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>Trump Said He Banned Epstein From Mar-a-Lago. A Lawmaker Who Reviewed Unredacted Files Says They Tell a Different Story
https://time.com/7379910/epstein-files-trump-maxwell-frost-mar-a-lago/
>A Democratic lawmaker who has reviewed unredacted portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files—with the help of Reddit users—says they directly contradict President Donald Trump’s account of barring Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.
>Rep. Maxwell Frost told TIME that multiple witness statements in the files refute Trump’s claim that he expelled the convicted sex offender from the Palm Beach club in 2007. Frost said he plans to disclose further details in a speech on the House floor in the coming weeks, where members of Congress are shielded from defamation lawsuits under the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.
>“I read many documents that completely refute what Donald Trump has said in terms of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” Frost said, adding that there was a “specific document” in the files containing multiple witness accounts that contradict the President’s version of events.
>Trump said in 2025 that he banned Epstein after learning the financier had recruited young female spa workers away from Mar-a-Lago. But The New York Times previously reported that Trump told associates he removed Epstein for a different reason—that Epstein had behaved inappropriately toward the teenage daughter of a club member.
>Frost also said he reviewed material he believes undermines statements made by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about his relationship with Epstein.
>“This is obviously the administration engaged in some sort of cover up, because we said we don't want any redactions unless it's victim names,” he said during a phone interview from Orlando, Florida. “That's it, victim names—not to protect friends of Donald Trump, not to protect billionaires and elites in this country, the names of victims.”
https://time.com/7379910/epstein-files-trump-maxwell-frost-mar-a-lago/
>A Democratic lawmaker who has reviewed unredacted portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files—with the help of Reddit users—says they directly contradict President Donald Trump’s account of barring Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.
>Rep. Maxwell Frost told TIME that multiple witness statements in the files refute Trump’s claim that he expelled the convicted sex offender from the Palm Beach club in 2007. Frost said he plans to disclose further details in a speech on the House floor in the coming weeks, where members of Congress are shielded from defamation lawsuits under the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.
>“I read many documents that completely refute what Donald Trump has said in terms of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein,” Frost said, adding that there was a “specific document” in the files containing multiple witness accounts that contradict the President’s version of events.
>Trump said in 2025 that he banned Epstein after learning the financier had recruited young female spa workers away from Mar-a-Lago. But The New York Times previously reported that Trump told associates he removed Epstein for a different reason—that Epstein had behaved inappropriately toward the teenage daughter of a club member.
>Frost also said he reviewed material he believes undermines statements made by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about his relationship with Epstein.
>“This is obviously the administration engaged in some sort of cover up, because we said we don't want any redactions unless it's victim names,” he said during a phone interview from Orlando, Florida. “That's it, victim names—not to protect friends of Donald Trump, not to protect billionaires and elites in this country, the names of victims.”
