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Kid Berwyn

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20. Trump and Epstein fall-out due to laundry rights over Russian real estate.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 02:15 PM
Dec 26
Trump biographer claims president’s ‘betrayal’ is real reason for falling out with Epstein

by Howard Koplowitz
AL.com, July 31, 2025

It was stealing involving real estate, not workers, that led to the falling out between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, according to the president’s biographer.

In an interview with MeidasTouch, journalist and Trump biographer Michael Wolff recounted how Epstein believed Trump betrayed him.

In 2004, according to Wolff, Epstein believed he was the high bidder on a Palm Beach, Florida, house Epstein offered to buy for $36 million.

Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 in a federal prison in New York after being indicted on federal sex trafficking charges, took Trump around to see the home to help him about moving the house’s swimming pool.

“Trump, thereupon, went around Epstein’s back and bid $40 million for the house, and got the property” Wolff claimed.

Epstein, who was “deeply involved with Trump’s scattered finances” knew Trump did not have that kind of money to make the purchase, Wolff alleged.

Epstein believed the $40 million actually came from Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian oligarch.

“Less than two years later, this same house that Trump had bought for $40 million was sold for $95 million and it was, in fact, sold to Mr. Rybolovlev,” Wolff said.

“This is all a red flag for money laundering,” the biographer said.

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https://www.al.com/politics/2025/07/trump-biographer-claims-presidents-betrayal-is-real-reason-for-falling-out-with-epstein.html

Such nice mobsters.

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interesting name Historic NY Dec 26 #1
Should be Amber brakester Dec 26 #21
So the Russians and Vlad imported a Western European or an American sex worker to entrap Trump? Botany Dec 26 #2
Or provided by Jeff n Ghislaine. Kid Berwyn Dec 26 #3
Who would have thunk it that Epstein and Maxwell weren't honest people? Botany Dec 26 #4
No one I respect. Kid Berwyn Dec 26 #6
Btw you might be 100% right on Epstein working with and for Putin. Botany Dec 26 #7
Alfred E. Neuman tavernier Dec 26 #8
Epstein received bank transfers of almost a billion dollars Bluetus Dec 26 #9
Like laundering it through real estate? Botany Dec 26 #11
For some UN-EXPLAINED reason popsdenver Dec 26 #17
Yep. That was more about corrupt foreign influence than traditional laundering. Bluetus Dec 26 #24
Top comment! Thanks for putting together the pieces in a way that makes good sense (unfortunately). TheRickles Dec 26 #28
Trump and Epstein fall-out due to laundry rights over Russian real estate. Kid Berwyn Dec 26 #20
Right. It was obvious laundering by Trump. Not so clear about Epstein. Bluetus Dec 26 #25
Such a circuitous and tangled web. yellow dahlia Dec 26 #15
Indeed. There was a global web, and it is still functioning Bluetus Dec 26 #26
Good point. The Bill Gates flip requires explanation. yellow dahlia Dec 26 #27
My guess is that, if the full files were released, you would have the explanation. Bluetus Dec 26 #29
Seems logical. yellow dahlia Dec 26 #30
The Dishonorable John Roberts. Kid Berwyn Dec 26 #10
They do it all out in the open. yellow dahlia Dec 26 #16
And the boomerang keeps coming back at Epstein. n/t yellow dahlia Dec 26 #14
"Water sports" sheshe2 Dec 26 #5
All roads lead to Vlad. yellow dahlia Dec 26 #13
Spot On Name...... global1 Dec 26 #12
I'm sure they'll flush her out Wicked Blue Dec 26 #18
Source? snot Dec 26 #19
Story broken by Urethra Franklin, a reporter at Consolidated Union Press Blumancru Dec 26 #22
Cute... snot Dec 26 #23
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