Michael Wolff

Jeffrey Epstein believed himself to be the top bidder for a piece of real estate in Palm Beach in 2004.

He had bid $36 million for this Palm Beach house.

He took his friend Donald Trump over to advise him on the logistics of moving the swimming pool.

His friend Trump then immediately went around his back and bid $40 million for the House and got the House.

Epstein, on his part, believed and Epstein had pretty intimate knowledge of Trump's financial basis.

I mean, they were involved with deals together.

Epstein was among Trump's business advisors, in essence.

And Epstein believed that Trump did not have $40 million.

Therefore,

Therefore, he concluded that Trump was fronting for someone and that this was essentially a money laundering, part of a money laundering scheme.

And in fact, the house was sold, Trump sold the house within two years for $95 million, which would be a kind of a red flag that something was going on here.

Trump began to, Epstein was furious with Trump over this real estate betrayal.

And I often think that men of a certain level of wealth, the thing that angers them most is a real estate betrayal.

But he started to threaten Trump with lawsuits and with going going to the press with this allegation that this is Epstein.

Yes.

And I've been to this house.

So he's threatened to sue him, even though they're friends, he's threatened to sue him over this deal.

Yes.

Okay.

Yes.