Dogged by questions on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal even from Scotland, President Donald Trump again sought to put distance between himself and the sex offender — offering one of his most thorough personal explanations to date on his former relationship with the disgraced financier.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he terminated Jeffrey Epstein’s membership at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida two decades ago because Epstein repeatedly “stole people that worked for me” — a new explanation for the fallout between the two men who were once friends.