Roger Stone, a longtime ally and former adviser to President Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Thursday that President Donald Trump severed ties with Jeffrey Epstein well before the financier was exposed and convicted of sex crimes in Florida — a distinction he said separates Trump from several prominent Democrats.

Stone, a senior adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign, appeared on “Finnerty” to defend the president and address renewed scrutiny over his past association with Epstein.

“Well, I think I’m particularly well situated to address this because I am the first American author to write extensively about Jeffrey Epstein,” Stone said, referencing his 2015 book “The Clintons’ War on Women.” “The longest chapter in the book, chapter seven, ‘Orgy Island,’ covers this entire matter.”

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