President Trump stunned reporters Friday by offering to hand over \u201ca list\u201d of alleged Jeffrey Epstein associates while brushing aside a question about pardoning his girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president spoke briefly on the matter as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche continued a second day of interviews with Maxwell in Tallahassee, The New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou should focus on Clinton. You should focus on the president of Harvard, the former president of Harvard, you should focus on some of the hedge fund guys. I\u2019ll give you a list,\u201d Trump told reporters as he was leaving the White House for Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese guys lived with Jeffrey Epstein. I sure as hell didn\u2019t,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton, who went to the island 28 times. I never went to the island,\u201d Trump added, scolding the press corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked if he would pardon Maxwell, Trump said first that he \u201ccan\u2019t talk about pardons\u201d and then, \u201cIt\u2019s something I haven\u2019t thought about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also defended Blanche \u2014 his former personal attorney \u2014 saying he wasn\u2019t worried Maxwell would try to mislead him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s a professional lawyer who\u2019s been through things like this before,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump also dismissed a 2003 birthday message allegedly written by him in a book compiled by Maxwell for Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n