President Donald Trump offered this response to questions about Jeffrey Epstein from ABC’s Mary Bruce at a Monday press conference alongside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “You’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter,” Trump said. “As far as the Epstein files, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. I guess I turned out to be right.” “But you know who does have? Bill Clinton,” Trump said. “Larry Summers, who ran Harvard, was with him every single night, they lived together.” “They went to his island many times. I never did,” Trump said. “Andrew Weissmann, I hear. All these guys were friends of his. You don’t even talk about those people.”

MARY BRUCE, ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Mr. President, why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You know, it’s not the question that I mind. It’s your attitude. I think you are a terrible reporter. It’s the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who is highly respected, asking him a horrible, insubordinate, and just a terrible question. And you could even ask that same exact question nicely. You’re all psyched up. Somebody psychs you over at ABC. You’re going to psych it. You’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter. As far as the Epstein files is, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. But I guess I turned out to be right. But you know who does have? Bill Clinton. Larry Summers, who ran Harvard, was with him every single night, every single weekend. They lived together. They went to his island many times. I never did. Andrew Weissmann, I hear. All these guys were friends of his. You don’t even talk about those people. You just keep going on the Epstein files. And what the Epstein is is a Democrat hoax to try and get me not to be able to talk about the $ 21 trillion that I talked about today. It’s a hoax. Now, I just got a little report, and I put it in my pocket, of all the money that he’s given to Democrats. He gave me none. Zero. No money to me. But he gave money to Democrats. And people are wise to your hoax. And ABC is your company. Your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. And I’ll tell you something. BRUCE: Why not just sign it now? TRUMP: I’ll tell you something. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake. And it’s so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, the chairman, who should look at that. Because I think when you come in, and when you’re 97% negative to Trump, and then Trump wins the election in a landslide, that means obviously your news is not credible. And you’re not credible as a reporter. So I’ve answered your question. You should go and look at the Democrats who received money from Epstein, who spent their time. Larry Summers was with them all the time. That creep, the fund guy, was with them all the time. What’s his name? Reid Hoffman. Who? REPORTER: Reid Hoffman. TRUMP: I don’t know Reid Hoffman. But I know he spends a lot of money on the radical left. Reid Hoffman, in my opinion, should be under investigation. He’s a sleazebag. And those are the people. But they don’t get any press. They don’t get any news. And you’re not after the radical left because you’re a radical left network. But I think the way you ask a question with the anger and the meanness is terrible. You ought to go back and learn how to be a reporter. No more questions from you. Who else has a question?

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