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   Former President Bill Clinton did visit deep-pocketed perv   
   Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous “Pedophile Island” — despite his   
   camp’s insistence to the contrary, a onetime top advisor says in   
   a blistering new tell-all.   
      
   Clinton made the trip in January 2003, one of dozens of times he   
   flew aboard Epstein’s private jet, the “Lolita Express,” former   
   close aide Doug Band claimed in a wide-ranging interview with   
   Vanity Fair.   
      
   Band — who rose from Bubba’s body man during his second term in   
   office to the most trusted adviser of his post-presidential life   
   — told the mag that he tried for years to keep Epstein at a   
   distance, but that Clinton just couldn’t stay away.   
      
   Though ignorant at the time of Epstein’s sex crimes, Band said   
   he knew the financier was bad news ever since Clinton’s now-   
   infamous 2002 trip aboard Epstein’s so-called Lolita Express.   
      
   Photos were unearthed earlier this year of the trip, including a   
   shot of Clinton receiving a neck massage from Chauntae Davies,   
   who later accused Epstein of rape. Clinton has not been accused   
   of any sexual misconduct regarding Epstein’s victims.   
      
   Band also recalled for the Vanity Fair piece that Epstein made   
   outlandish boasts during the humanitarian trip, including that   
   he invented the concept of the derivatives trading market.   
      
   Band said he encouraged Clinton to sever ties with Epstein after   
   that, but that in early 2003, the former president visited   
   Epstein’s private Caribbean retreat, Little St. James — also   
   known as “Pedophile Island.”   
      
   In an unusual move given their close working relationship at the   
   time, Band said he declined to join Clinton on the trip.   
      
   The Clinton camp insisted to Vanity Fair that the former   
   president had never set foot on the island and provided   
   “detailed travelogue entries of the period in question that did   
   not contain a visit,” the mag said.   
      
   Epstein — who hanged himself in his Lower Manhattan jail cell in   
   August 2019 while awaiting trial — also donated $25,000 to the   
   Clinton Foundation philanthropic group in 2006.   
      
   Band said the family also maintained close ties to Maxwell — who   
   is currently awaiting her own trial on charges she groomed   
   underage girls whom she and Epstein would go on to abuse.   
   Maxwell has pleaded not guilty.   
      
   Chelsea Clinton, the former president’s only child, maintained a   
   friendship with Maxwell — inviting Maxwell to her 2010 wedding —   
   long after Epstein’s misdeeds were public knowledge, in what   
   Band characterized as a grab at high-society lifestyle.   
      
   “Ghislaine had access to yachts and nice homes,” Band told   
   Vanity Fair. “Chelsea needed that.”   
      
   A spokesperson for the Clinton family told the magazine that the   
   two were only connected through a mutual friendship with Gateway   
   founder Ted Waitt.   
      
   “It wasn’t until 2015 that Chelsea became aware of the horrific   
   allegations against Ghislaine Maxwell and she hopes that all the   
   victims find justice,” the spokesperson said. “Chelsea was   
   friendly with her because of Maxwell’s relationship with a dear   
   friend. When that relationship ended, Chelsea’s relationship   
   with her ended as well.”   
      
   In October 2011, as his own relationship with Clinton was   
   rapidly disintegrating, Band orchestrated a campaign to bar   
   Maxwell from all events surrounding the family.   
      
   “I knew in telling everyone to stop including Ghislaine that   
   Chelsea and her father would be very angry,” he said. “It made   
   it harder for them to justify being close to her.”   
      
   Band’s history with the family dates back to Clinton’s second   
   term in the Oval Office, when he caught on as the president’s   
   body man while studying toward a Georgetown University law   
   degree at night.   
      
   After Clinton departed the White House with a bruised reputation   
   in the wake of his sex scandal with intern Monica Lewinsky, Band   
   followed him into his private life, helping him rehab his image   
   and build a philanthropic empire including the Clinton Global   
   Initiative.   
      
   But over the years, Clinton and Band’s relationship grew   
   strained, resulting in their ultimately parting ways in 2012.   
      
   Speaking out at length in Vanity Fair for the first time since   
   leaving, Band described Clintonworld as “like a cult.”   
      
   “It’s hard to get yourself out and difficult to see outside of   
   it. And it’s even harder to understand that when you’re inside,”   
   he told the mag.   
      
   In pushing back against the article in its entirety, the Clinton   
   family characterized Band as a bitter ex-staffer who abused the   
   relationship to further his own financial gains.   
      
   “No staffer has ever used their role to serve their interests as   
      
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