Wealthy Palm Beacher Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach County Circuit Court in 2008 to plead guilty to criminal charges stemming from claims he had teenage girls give him sexual massages. (Uma Sanghvi/The Palm Beach Post) Updated: 3:43 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2017 | Posted: 2:45 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2017 PALM BEACH — President Donald Trump is a shadowy, but ever-present, figure in the never-ending saga of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mar-a-Lago, the commander-in-chief’s private-club-turned-southern-White-House in Palm Beach, was the backdrop for Epstein’s introduction to one of his dozens of teenage victims, according to court records.