Recently, Roger Stone explained Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein as the former president faces new attacks from supporters of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Earlier this week, Trump released an extremely inflammatory claim against DeSantis, sharing a Truth Social post that accused the governor of “grooming” underage girls he was responsible for teaching at a Georgia high school, in his latest attack on the Florida Republican widely seen as the former president’s top competitor in his 2024 GOP presidential primary despite not yet having announced a campaign.
Afterward, DeSantis’ supporters came to his defense, pointing out Trump’s ties to Epstein, who was arrested on federal charges for sex trafficking minors in 2019. Other high-profile individuals and politicians, such as Bill Gates and former President Bill Clinton, have faced scrutiny over alleged connections to the billionaire.
“Trump is falsely accusing DeSantis of pedophilia. It is only fair to point out the fact that he traveled on Epstein’s Lolita Express seven times. It is also fair to point out that Trump lied about the number of times he traveled on that plane,” independent journalist Ian Miles Cheong wrote in a viral tweet on Tuesday that has been viewed more than 300,000 times as of Saturday afternoon.
Stone, a longtime ally of Trump, weighed in on these connections during a recent appearance on Lindell TV, saying that Trump only visited Epstein’s residence in Palm Beach, Florida, once and added that he “told the traveling security guard, ‘Wow, what a nice guy Jeffrey Epstein is, letting all the kids in the neighborhood swim in his pool.”
“Reportedly, Trump left the Epstein residence after only 15 minutes because he was uncomfortable with the mix of younger women and the limited number of men,” Stone said, dismissing any other assertions about Trump and Epstein’s relationship as a “smear.”
“But now I see these smears being recycled all over the internet,” Stone said. “And I hate to say this, but they are courtesy of supporters of Governor Ron DeSantis.”
While Stone attempted to downplay the ties between the two, Newsweek and other outlets have previously reported on records that show Trump boarded Epstein’s plane, which allegedly flew underage girls to his properties, seven times though no evidence of wrongdoing has been presented.
Stone continued to defend Trump in a Substack post, titled “Trump & Epstein: The Recycled Smear,” on Friday where he acknowledged that Trump knew Epstein but dismissed claims that the former president took multiple flights on the plane.
“Trump turned down numerous invitations to Epstein’s hedonistic private island and his Palm Beach home. There is no evidence Trump did anything improper. Norma Foerderer, Trump’s longtime personal assistant, told me that Trump thought Epstein was ‘creepy,'” Stone wrote.
He added that Trump “broke with” Epstein before he was prosecuted in Florida. The Washington Post reported in 2019 that their feud began when they both wanted to purchase a property in Palm Beach, known as Maison de L’Amitie.
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