New Report Alleges Trump Reported Epstein and ‘Evil’ Ghislaine Maxwell To Police In 2006
Newly unsealed Epstein files are reigniting questions around what powerful people knew, when they knew it, and what they said behind closed doors — and a 2019 FBI interview is now adding a striking new layer to the…
Newly unsealed Epstein files are reigniting questions around what powerful people knew, when they knew it, and what they said behind closed doors — and a 2019 FBI interview is now adding a striking new layer to the public record involving President Donald Trump.
According to court documents reviewed by the Miami Herald, a former Palm Beach police chief described a 2006 phone call in which Trump allegedly reacted bluntly to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The interview, conducted by the FBI in 2019 and only recently made public, reportedly involved former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter, though his name is redacted in the publicly released version of the document.
In that call, Trump allegedly told Reiter, “Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,” a statement that stands in contrast to Trump’s repeated public claims that he was unaware of Epstein’s alleged crimes while they were occurring.
The Miami Herald reported that Reiter confirmed both his identity and the timing of the call, stating it took place in 2006, as Epstein was coming under scrutiny by local authorities in Florida. The document states that Trump was “one of the very first people to call” law enforcement once word spread that Epstein was under investigation.
During the call, Trump reportedly distanced himself from Epstein, telling police he “got the hell out of there” whenever Epstein was around teenagers. He also allegedly warned authorities to focus their attention on Ghislaine Maxwell, describing her as Epstein’s “operative” and calling her “evil,” according to the document.
Trump further told investigators that “people in New York knew Epstein was disgusting,” reinforcing the idea that Epstein’s behavior was an open secret in certain elite social circles long before his arrest and eventual death in federal custody.
The newly surfaced claims arrive amid the Justice Department’s massive document release tied to the Epstein investigation. On Jan. 30, the DOJ made public roughly 3 million records under a federal transparency law, although the release came more than a month after a Dec. 19 deadline.