Gloria Allred questions Trump’s reasons for ending friendship with Epstein
by Ryan Mancini - 12/27/25 1:33 PM ET
Attorney Gloria Allred on Friday speculated on why the friendship between President Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ended, and what the files released by the Justice Department (DOJ) could reveal about the falling out.
“Well, I‘ve heard different explanations from the White House about why he dropped him,” Allred told CNN’s Phil Mattingly. “One explanation was that he was a pervert, Jeffrey Epstein. But if he was a pervert, in the view of the president — not the president at the time — then why did he believe he was a pervert?”
“And was he — did he investigate?” Allred continued. “Did he look into what actions or misconduct he knew that perhaps Jeffrey Epstein was inflicting on underage girls, children, or adults?”
The attorney said she also heard that Epstein bid against Trump in purchasing a property in Palm Beach, Fla., which stirred “bad will” between them.
“So we don‘t know whether, what‘s the truth,” she said. “We‘ll just have to wait and see why he and Jeffrey Epstein were no longer friends. We‘ll look at the, all the files when they‘re released to see when the last communications may have existed between the two of them.”
The attorney noted that her focus was more on allegations of sex trafficking underaged girls, including “who assisted, who enabled, who supported Jeffrey Epstein in this effort.”
“We‘re going to have to also follow the money, which may be the most important trail that we have to journey upon in order to find out how this, I think, worldwide sex trafficking method and project was conducted,” she concluded.
The DOJ began releasing batches of documents and files related to Epstein earlier this month, after Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law in late November. The document dump has included photos of the disgraced financier with prominent figures like former President Clinton and Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger. Other documents include missed calls with then-businessman Trump.
Trump has said before that their relationship ended after Epstein “stole” women who worked at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, including the late Virginia Giuffre. Trump, who has pushed back on close ties to the disgraced financier, has not been accused of wrongdoing.
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