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Virginia Giuffre family responds to Trump claiming Epstein ‘stole' her
Virginia Giuffre family responds to Trump claiming Epstein 'stole' her CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump claiming that Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' her from his Mar-a-Lago resort. 01:23 - Source: CNN Kerrville mayor admits to missing emergency briefing call CNN's Shimon Prokupecz speaks with Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. about not seeing emails regarding an emergency preparation call before the deadly July 4 floods. 01:47 - Source: CNN $200 million 'Trump-style' ballroom coming to the White House Construction for a new ballroom on the White House campus will begin in September on a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, fulfilling a 15-year ambition by President Trump to construct an event space on the White House grounds that expands the building's entertaining capacity. 01:16 - Source: CNN Trump's tariff deadline looms over world economy President Trump's self-imposed midnight deadline is rapidly approaching for countries to strike a trade framework with the United States or face significantly higher tariffs. In a new development today, President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs on Mexico. 01:26 - Source: CNN Trump's tariffs might make coffee in the US more expensive CNN's Isa Soares examines Trump's proposed tariffs on Brazil, and how it may impact coffee prices once they go into effect. 01:34 - Source: CNN US diminished a key weapons stockpile fighting Iran The US used about a quarter of its supply of high-end missile interceptors during the Israel-Iran war, exposing a gap in supplies, and raising concerns about US global security posture. CNN's Tamara Qiblawi reports. 01:35 - Source: CNN Education Dept. resumes collecting student loans in default The Department of Education will start sending federal student loans in default to collections again, ending a pandemic-era pause that began roughly five years ago. CNN's Sunlen Serfaty explains what you need to know. 01:42 - Source: CNN Democrats cite arcane law in letter demanding Epstein files CNN congressional correspondent Lauren Fox explains how a law from the 1920s could help Senate Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee access to the Epstein files. 01:31 - Source: CNN Tapper presses Pelosi on Trump's insider trading allegations CNN's Jake Tapper spoke to former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who reacted to President Donald Trump accusing Pelosi and her husband of insider trading, calling the allegation "ridiculous." 01:08 - Source: CNN Johnson says he wants 'everything on Epstein evils' to be released In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he wants everything possible on the Epstein files to be released, something he says the president wants as well. 01:55 - Source: CNN Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys lay out conditions to be met before she gives testimony to Congress Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress, but with major conditions, including immunity. CNN's Kaitlan Collins breaks down the list of demands sent to the House Oversight Committee by her attorneys. 01:20 - Source: CNN Trump and Netanyahu spar over starvation claims President Trump told reporters that the imagery out of Gaza was 'real starvation' and that 'you can't fake that' in a rare rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who claimed over the weekend that there is 'no starvation in Gaza.' A recent UN-backed agency alert, meanwhile, warned that the 'worst-case scenario of famine' is unfolding in Gaza. 01:12 - Source: CNN Preventing 'woke' AI is President Trump's latest target in an Executive Order. But can AI be 'woke?' The 'Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government' executive order requires government-used AI large language models – the type of models that power chatbots like ChatGPT – adhere to President Donald Trump's 'unbiased AI principles.' Audie Cornish speaks with CNN Business Tech Editor Lisa Eadicicco on whether AI can be ideologically biased, or 'woke' to begin with. 01:27 - Source: CNN US reaches framework for trade deal with EU President Donald Trump announced that the United States and the European Union reached a framework for a trade deal, after talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland. Hundreds protest Trump's visit to Scotland People across Scotland are protesting President Trump's visit to the country. CNN's Jeff Zeleny spoke with protesters at the US Consulate in Edinburgh about why they showed up to push back against the Trump administration. 01:07 - Source: CNN Five shady things you didn't know about Epstein's plea deal CNN's Jake Tapper shares five shady things you probably didn't know about Jeffrey Epstein's plea deal. 02:09 - Source: CNN FEMA describes risks to the US from $1B in grant cuts The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding that communities and first responders nationwide use to better prepare for disasters and to bolster security for possible terror or cyberattacks. CNN's Gabe Cohen reports. 01:13 - Source: CNN 'South Park' skewers Trump after signing new Paramount deal In their first episode of the season, the creators of "South Park" mocked President Donald Trump and Paramount after they just signed a new $1.5 billion contract. Paramount is looking to merge with Skydance Media and needs the Trump-influenced FCC to approve the deal. 01:24 - Source: CNN
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Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump potentially pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. 00:50 - Source: CNN Automated CNN Shorts 10 videos Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump potentially pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. 00:50 - Source: CNN Virginia Giuffre family responds to Trump claiming Epstein 'stole' her CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump claiming that Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' her from his Mar-a-Lago resort. 01:23 - Source: CNN Mourners honor slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam Mourners stretch for blocks to honor slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam in Bronx, New York. Islam was fatally shot by an armed 27-year-old man in the lobby of a glossy skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue on Monday. The officer was off-duty at the time but was working security in the building. 00:53 - Source: CNN Live Aid co-organizer's warning on Trump Admin's funding cuts CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir remembers the iconic 1985 Live Aid concert, a fundraiser for Ethiopian children in crisis that drew tens of thousands to attend what became a defining historical moment for Generation X. Concert co-founder Bob Geldof warns Weir that funding cuts under the Trump administration indicate a concerning turning point for American humanitarianism. 02:22 - Source: CNN Dead whales surface on Japan shore amid tsunami warnings A drone recorded images of four whale carcasses that were found stranded off the coast of Tateyama, Japan, Reuters reported. This follows tsunami warnings in several parts of Japan. The video contains disturbing images. 00:44 - Source: CNN 'Scream Club' gains popularity in Chicago Manny Hernandez and Elena Soboleva co-founded a 'Scream Club,' a Chicago-based group that screams into Lake Michigan to let out their emotions. The couple says the community has grown to around 200 members and they're hoping to expand the club worldwide. 01:55 - Source: CNN Kerrville mayor admits to missing emergency briefing call CNN's Shimon Prokupecz speaks with Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. about not seeing emails regarding an emergency preparation call before the deadly July 4 floods. 01:47 - Source: CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta exposes deepfake ads promoting fake health cures with his likeness CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks out after discovering scammers are using his likeness in AI deepfake videos and doctored images to sell bogus health cures and fake health products. 01:44 - Source: CNN Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis Justin Timberlake is sharing that he has been 'battling some health issues' as he concludes his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, including that he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease. CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister reports. 01:05 - Source: CNN $200 million 'Trump-style' ballroom coming to the White House Construction for a new ballroom on the White House campus will begin in September on a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, fulfilling a 15-year ambition by President Trump to construct an event space on the White House grounds that expands the building's entertaining capacity. 01:16 - Source: CNN
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Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump potentially pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. 00:50 - Source: CNN Automated CNN Shorts 10 videos Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump potentially pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. 00:50 - Source: CNN Virginia Giuffre family responds to Trump claiming Epstein 'stole' her CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump claiming that Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' her from his Mar-a-Lago resort. 01:23 - Source: CNN Mourners honor slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam Mourners stretch for blocks to honor slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam in Bronx, New York. Islam was fatally shot by an armed 27-year-old man in the lobby of a glossy skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue on Monday. The officer was off-duty at the time but was working security in the building. 00:53 - Source: CNN Live Aid co-organizer's warning on Trump Admin's funding cuts CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir remembers the iconic 1985 Live Aid concert, a fundraiser for Ethiopian children in crisis that drew tens of thousands to attend what became a defining historical moment for Generation X. Concert co-founder Bob Geldof warns Weir that funding cuts under the Trump administration indicate a concerning turning point for American humanitarianism. 02:22 - Source: CNN Dead whales surface on Japan shore amid tsunami warnings A drone recorded images of four whale carcasses that were found stranded off the coast of Tateyama, Japan, Reuters reported. This follows tsunami warnings in several parts of Japan. The video contains disturbing images. 00:44 - Source: CNN 'Scream Club' gains popularity in Chicago Manny Hernandez and Elena Soboleva co-founded a 'Scream Club,' a Chicago-based group that screams into Lake Michigan to let out their emotions. The couple says the community has grown to around 200 members and they're hoping to expand the club worldwide. 01:55 - Source: CNN Kerrville mayor admits to missing emergency briefing call CNN's Shimon Prokupecz speaks with Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. about not seeing emails regarding an emergency preparation call before the deadly July 4 floods. 01:47 - Source: CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta exposes deepfake ads promoting fake health cures with his likeness CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks out after discovering scammers are using his likeness in AI deepfake videos and doctored images to sell bogus health cures and fake health products. 01:44 - Source: CNN Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis Justin Timberlake is sharing that he has been 'battling some health issues' as he concludes his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, including that he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease. CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister reports. 01:05 - Source: CNN $200 million 'Trump-style' ballroom coming to the White House Construction for a new ballroom on the White House campus will begin in September on a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, fulfilling a 15-year ambition by President Trump to construct an event space on the White House grounds that expands the building's entertaining capacity. 01:16 - Source: CNN
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Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump potentially pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. 00:50 - Source: CNN Automated CNN Shorts 10 videos Virginia Giuffre family's message to Trump about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump potentially pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. 00:50 - Source: CNN Virginia Giuffre family responds to Trump claiming Epstein 'stole' her CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of late Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking accusers, about their response to President Trump claiming that Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' her from his Mar-a-Lago resort. 01:23 - Source: CNN Mourners honor slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam Mourners stretch for blocks to honor slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam in Bronx, New York. Islam was fatally shot by an armed 27-year-old man in the lobby of a glossy skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue on Monday. The officer was off-duty at the time but was working security in the building. 00:53 - Source: CNN Live Aid co-organizer's warning on Trump Admin's funding cuts CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir remembers the iconic 1985 Live Aid concert, a fundraiser for Ethiopian children in crisis that drew tens of thousands to attend what became a defining historical moment for Generation X. Concert co-founder Bob Geldof warns Weir that funding cuts under the Trump administration indicate a concerning turning point for American humanitarianism. 02:22 - Source: CNN Dead whales surface on Japan shore amid tsunami warnings A drone recorded images of four whale carcasses that were found stranded off the coast of Tateyama, Japan, Reuters reported. This follows tsunami warnings in several parts of Japan. The video contains disturbing images. 00:44 - Source: CNN 'Scream Club' gains popularity in Chicago Manny Hernandez and Elena Soboleva co-founded a 'Scream Club,' a Chicago-based group that screams into Lake Michigan to let out their emotions. The couple says the community has grown to around 200 members and they're hoping to expand the club worldwide. 01:55 - Source: CNN Kerrville mayor admits to missing emergency briefing call CNN's Shimon Prokupecz speaks with Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. about not seeing emails regarding an emergency preparation call before the deadly July 4 floods. 01:47 - Source: CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta exposes deepfake ads promoting fake health cures with his likeness CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks out after discovering scammers are using his likeness in AI deepfake videos and doctored images to sell bogus health cures and fake health products. 01:44 - Source: CNN Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis Justin Timberlake is sharing that he has been 'battling some health issues' as he concludes his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, including that he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease. CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister reports. 01:05 - Source: CNN $200 million 'Trump-style' ballroom coming to the White House Construction for a new ballroom on the White House campus will begin in September on a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, fulfilling a 15-year ambition by President Trump to construct an event space on the White House grounds that expands the building's entertaining capacity. 01:16 - Source: CNN
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Analysis: What did Trump know about Virginia Giuffre and when? Breaking down what we know
President Donald Trump disclosed this week that part of his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago stemmed from how Epstein 'stole' a woman from her employment at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club. That woman, Virginia Giuffre, would later accuse Epstein of sex-trafficking her. Trump was quick to try to insulate himself from the idea that those comments raise questions about his own knowledge of Epstein's misconduct. 'And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know – none whatsoever,' Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Tuesday when traveling back from Scotland. But Giuffre's family has complaints and questions now, as does a lawyer who represented other Epstein victims. And their decision to speak out casts a spotlight on the potentially troublesome timeline for Trump raised by his own comments. It's now evident that not only did Epstein hire a minor away from Mar-a-Lago to ostensibly serve as a traveling masseuse – something that had been the subject of court proceedings – but that Trump was aware Epstein had poached her and others and was concerned, for one reason or another. The big question now is whether Trump was truly just upset because Epstein 'stole' a low-level employee or employees, or he suspected something more nefarious about Epstein's actions. Family members of Giuffre, one of Epstein's most well-known accusers who died by suicide earlier this year, signaled for the first time Wednesday that they want answers to these kinds of questions. 'It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions,' said the statement from Giuffre's two brothers and her sisters-in-law, which was first reported by the Atlantic, 'especially given his statement two years later that his good friend Jeffrey 'likes women on the younger side … no doubt about it.' ' A lawyer who has represented Epstein's accusers, Spencer Kuvin, also told 'CNN News Central' on Thursday that he wants more disclosure of the Epstein files and that Trump's answers appeared evasive. 'Notice that when he is first asked about it, he says, 'I don't know.' And then he realizes, his brain starts working and thinking through it, thinking they're going to be able to figure this out and I don't want to look stupid, so I better tell them,' Kuvin said, adding: 'That happens when someone's trying to hide the truth.' Kuvin added: 'We now know from the words of the president himself that Virginia was right all along and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a- Lago.' To be clear, Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. In response to the Giuffre family's statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN that the president was 'directly responding to a question posed by a reporter about Ms. Guiffre — he did not bring her up.' That's true, but it doesn't make his answer any less revealing. 'I think she worked at the spa,' Trump told reporters. 'I think that was one of the people, yeah. He stole her.' And while the 2002 Trump quote that Giuffre's family cited about Epstein and 'women on the younger side' is the most oft-cited one, it's not the only evidence that Trump might have encountered red flags about him. A Florida-based businessman told the New York Times in a 2019 interview that he raised concerns about Epstein's conduct ahead of a 1992 'calendar girl' event. 'I said, 'Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can't have him going after younger girls,' ' the businessman, George Houraney, said. (The first Trump White House did not comment on that report.) Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone wrote in his 2016 book about a scene in which Trump talked about how Epstein's 'swimming pool was full of beautiful young girls.' 'How nice, I thought,' Trump said, according to Stone, 'he let the neighborhood kids use his pool.' But aside from the reported Trump conversations about Epstein and young women or girls, there's the timeline of his Giuffre disclosure. There was some dispute during legal proceedings in the Epstein and Maxwell cases about whether Giuffre was 16 or 17 years old when she said Maxwell recruited her from Mar-a-Lago for Epstein. Giuffre said she was 16 and it was a summer job, while Maxwell's lawyers claimed Giuffre was 17 and she was hired in the fall, after her August birthday. But Mar-a-Lago records cited in court documents suggest Giuffre's employment was terminated in 2000, when she would have been a minor. And Giuffre said Maxwell's approach came shortly after she began working at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 – only about two or three weeks. This exchange comes from her 2016 deposition: Q: How did it come to pass that you were no longer working at Mar-a-Lago in two to three weeks? GIUFFRE: I was approached by Ghislaine Maxwell. Q: Okay. And how long had you been working at Mar-a-Lago when you were approached by Ghislaine Maxwell? GIUFFRE: Roughly two to three weeks. Another key question is about the job Giuffre was ostensibly poached for: Did Trump know Epstein recruited her to become a masseuse? In 2019 comments to the Washington Post, former Trump aide Sam Nunberg described asking Trump about his ties to Epstein as Trump was gearing up for his 2016 presidential campaign. Nunberg said Trump had told him he had objected to Epstein recruiting a young woman who worked at Mar-a-Lago to give Epstein massages – a description that sounds similar to Giuffre's situation. 'He's a real creep, I banned him,' Nunberg said Trump told him. Nunberg told CNN in an email Thursday that he didn't know whether Trump was referring to Giuffre, specifically. 'I do not recall any name being mentioned nor would it have been a concern vis-a-vis any discussion with President Trump, as he was not involved in any way with the Giuffre lawsuit which was active at the time,' Nunberg said. To the extent Trump knew Epstein recruited Giuffre for massages, that would be problematic. Giuffre, after all, wasn't just a minor at the time; she also wasn't even a masseuse. She served as an attendant in the Mar-a-Lago spa, according to her testimony. Her legal team also noted that she wasn't even qualified for a massage license under Florida law, which required one to be 18 years old or have a high school diploma or equivalent. All of which raises the prospect that Trump might have been aware of not just an employee being poached, but a minor employee being poached for a specific type of job that didn't seem appropriate for her. And beyond that, there are the reported Trump conversations about Epstein and young females that bookend all of this. Houraney's account indicates he raised concerns about Epstein 'going after young girls' eight years before the Giuffre episode. If Houraney's account is correct, Trump would seemingly have had reason to be suspicious about Epstein recruiting a minor Mar-a-Lago employee in 2000, whether for massages or anything else. And Trump would go on, two years after he suggests he was alienated by this episode, to praise Epstein as a 'terrific guy' and cite how Epstein 'likes women on the younger side.' Trump, the White House and Nunberg have also repeatedly referenced the idea that Trump fell out with Epstein because Trump learned he was a 'creep.' That includes Leavitt saying it was because Epstein was 'being a creep to [Trump's] female employees.' But there's no real clarity on what 'creep' refers to. And Trump on Tuesday balked at providing clarity on that point. When asked by a reporter what he meant by 'creep,' Trump attacked the reporter's media outlet while declining to answer the question. 'NBC? NBC, fake news,' Trump said. 'I don't care. NBC's one of the worst. What else do you have?' Somewhat similarly, when Trump was asked after Epstein's 2019 arrest about the reason the two of them had a falling out, he avoided a direct answer. 'The reason doesn't make any difference, frankly,' Trump said at the time. None of it is a smoking gun. But the timeline and the president's slow disclosures certainly suggest the questions about what he knew and when are legitimate and relevant. And it doesn't seem as though those questions are going away, now that those close to Epstein's victims are pressing them.
