White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted Tuesday that the Trump administration was "moving on" from the scandal surrounding the late accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
At the White House press briefing, one reporter noted that the Epstein files indicated that President Donald Trump talked to authorities about the notorious sex offender in 2006.
"The president has gone on record before, and he's told reporters that he said that Jeffrey Epstein, that he had no idea about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes," the reporter said. "During this conversation with the police chief, however, he says, according to this recounting of it, that 'thank goodness you're stopping him.' He also called Ghislaine Maxwell 'evil.'"
"My two questions are, did that conversation with Palm Beach Police happen, and can you explain the discrepancy?" he asked Leavitt.
The press secretary, however, insisted that Trump "remained consistent, and that he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club at Mar-a-Lago because, frankly, Jeffrey Epstein was a creep."
"And unlike many other people who are named in these files, President Trump cut off his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and was honest and transparent about that for years and years," she added. "And I'm sure many of you, when you read that alleged FBI report, probably thought to yourself, wow, this really cracks our narrative that we've been trying to push about this president for many years."
"So we're moving on from that."