Speaking on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront on Tuesday, Mark Epstein shut down Trump’s repeated claims he ended his friendship with the convicted sex offender. CNN played footage of Trump claiming in 2019 that he “ was not a fan ” of the financier, that he “did not want anything to do with him” and had no respect for him.

1997 Trump and Epstein were photographed standing near each other at a Victoria’s Secret “Angels” party, according to a Getty image of Trump posing with model Ingrid Seynhaeve that shows Epstein in the background.

In an statement shared with Newsweek, the White House denied that an encounter described by Farmer took place.