At his rally in Chillicothe, Ohio, President Trump answered a protester who shouted about Jeffrey Epstein. He said he threw Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago about 20 years ago, that he was “totally exonerated,” and that Democrats keep using the story against him. He also claimed the protesters disrupting his speech get paid $250. (Video: RSBN)
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The Epstein case has followed Trump through the campaign. Democrats have pressed for the full release of government files on Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in jail in 2019, and protesters have raised his name at Trump rallies. Trump has long said he cut ties with Epstein years before his arrest; in this clip, that he threw him out of Mar-a-Lago about 20 years ago, and he calls the issue a Democratic attack. The exchange in Chillicothe came when a protester shouted about Epstein during the speech. Trump’s claim that hecklers are paid is one he makes often at rallies; he offered no evidence for it here.
