President Donald Trump said this week that he cut off contact with Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago because the financier repeatedly hired away workers from the spa at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, despite being warned to stop. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump added that one of the employees Epstein "stole" was Virginia Giuffre, who was 17 when she left the club in 2000 and later became one of Epstein’s most prominent sex-trafficking accusers. Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. Trump’s new explanation differs from earlier accounts offered by the White House in 2019 that Epstein was banned for "repulsive" conduct. The comments come amid renewed scrutiny of Trump’s past ties to Epstein, the Justice Department’s decision not to release additional investigatory records, and a bid by Epstein’s imprisoned associate Ghislaine Maxwell for immunity before testifying to Congress.