President Donald Trump has offered a new explanation for his break with Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters he “wouldn’t talk to Jeffrey Epstein” for years because the financier “stole people that work for me,” including one-time Mar-a-Lago spa attendant Virginia Giuffre. Trump, who also reiterated that he never visited Epstein’s private island, made the remarks as scrutiny of his long-standing ties to Epstein intensifies. Trump’s comments coincide with a Justice Department motion to unseal all remaining grand jury transcripts from the 2019 sex-trafficking case against Epstein, a filing the department says will largely reveal material that is already public. Some victims back greater transparency but accuse the administration of waging a “political war” and urge judges to shield their identities if further records are released. Separately, the Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for recruiting underage girls for Epstein, was quietly transferred from a low-security facility in Tallahassee to minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan, Texas. Former prison officials called the move a “travesty of justice,” noting that sex-offense convictions normally preclude such transfers unless a senior BOP administrator grants a waiver. Asked whether he approved Maxwell’s relocation, Trump said he “didn’t know about it at all,” adding that such transfers are “not a very uncommon thing.” The prison switch followed a confidential two-day meeting between Maxwell and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former Trump defense lawyer, deepening questions about potential cooperation agreements or future clemency requests. The combination of Trump’s new rationale for distancing himself from Epstein, the Justice Department’s push for wider disclosure of case files, and Maxwell’s move to a more lenient facility has reignited bipartisan calls for fuller accounting of the Epstein network and for clarity on the administration’s role in decisions affecting key figures in the case.