jeffrey epstein
The billionaire money manager was charged with child sex trafficking on Monday.
Charges against the billionaire money manager, which were unsealed in New York, "shock the conscience," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said.
He's a "terrific guy" and "fun," Trump told New York Magazine for a 2002 profile of his then-pal who faces sex trafficking charges.
The billionaire faces federal charges 11 years after he received a sweetheart deal in another sex offense case.
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Some of his victims still want their day in court.
"I challenge my false accusers" to accuse me in public, the famed lawyer said in December over allegations he took part in Epstein's sex ring.
The actor-artist's latest cartoon targets the financier convicted of operating a sex ring with underage girls.
The president claims he didn't know his labor secretary once made a secret plea deal with billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and kept it secret from the victims.
The federal prosecutors include Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, who was the U.S. attorney in Miami at the time.
The billionaire financier avoided potentially severe penalties for sexually abusing teenage girls in favor of a relatively light state conviction.