US Park Police removes statue of Trump, Epstein from the National Mall

A statue of President Donald Trump and late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was removed from the National Mall on Wednesday, a day after it suddenly appeared and despite a permit that allowed it to remain on the Mall through Sunday.

The U.S. Park Police said it removed the statue because it was not in compliance with a permit, according to the news station WUSA9.

The permit allowed the statue to remain on the Mall in Washington D.C., through 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, but a clause in the permit said it can be revoked any time if the permit holder was notified at least 24-hours in advance. 

The statue showed the men holding hands and a plaque under the statue reads, “In Honor of Friendship Month,” followed by, “We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his ‘closest friend,’ Jeffrey Epstein,” The Hill news outlet reported.

Two other plaques include a message reportedly written by Trump on a birthday card for Epstein more than 20 years ago, which Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released earlier this month, after the Epstein estate turned it over to the panel. Trump has denied that the message and card were from him.

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said regarding the statue that “liberals are free to waste their money however they see fit – but it’s not news that Epstein knew Donald Trump, because Donald Trump kicked Epstein out of his club for being a creep.”

“Democrats, the media, and the organization that’s wasting their money on this statue knew about Epstein and his victims for years and did nothing to help them while President Trump was calling for transparency, and is now delivering on it with thousands of pages of documents,” she added.