The presidential campaign of former President Donald J. Trump said Monday that he was not aware that a private plane used by Mr. Trump to travel on campaign on Saturday was once owned by Jeffrey Epstein, the financial dishonor and sexual offender.
Mr. Trump flew from Bozeman, Mont., To Jackson Hole, Wyo., And Aspen, Colorado, on the plane, made by Gulfstream, to attend the collection of funds of the campaign after the firm Boeing 757 of Trump, Often known as Trump as Trump force one, he experienced a mechanical problem on the way to a campaign rally in Bozeman on Friday.
A Trump campaign official said that the campaign had called its Charter Jet provider, a private Jet Services Group, after the mechanical failure of obtaining a plane that could transport the former president, and that the charter service had provided The Jet Gulfstream. The official added that the campaign had used that private Jet service as a supplier for years, and that it would take efforts to avoid using that plane in the future.
A Representative of Elevate Aviation Group, owner of Private Jet Services Group, hung on a phone call requesting a comment about the plane. No other phone calls and text messages were answered.
During the weekend, the publications of viral social networks highlighted the apparent connection with Mr. Epstein. A Miami Herald report coincided Monday with the tail number of the Charter plane with a Jet Gulfstream once owned by Mr. Epstein.
Mr. Epstein’s airplanes have long been a source of public interest; He was known for traveling with high profile passengers, including Bill Clinton, Mr. Trump, Prince Andrew and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is now running for President as an independent candidate. Mr. Epstein also brought young women, and girls, according to some who accused Mr. Epstein of sex trafficking, to entertain the guests on board.
Trump and Mr. Epstein had routinely crossed roads throughout the decades, attending many of the same social events and being photographed together in the 1990s and early 2000s. Trump spoke enthusiasm about his relationship in his relationship in his relationship in his relationship in The years before Epstein declared illegal sex charges with minors. In 2002, Trump told New York magazine: “I know Jeff for 15 years. Gerning Guy. “
Speaking at the Oval office in 2019, Trump distanced himself from Mr. Epstein, saying that “there had been a fall with him.”
“I have not talked to him in 15 years,” he added. “He was not his fan, what can I tell you.”
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