Trump known as Ghislaine Maxwell ‘evil’ and thanked police for ‘stopping’ Epstein again in 2006: report | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump appeared to concentrate on Jeffrey Epstein and his affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell’s actions with teenage ladies and younger girls earlier than the 2006 state expenses towards the pedophile financier, a doc within the Epstein information suggests.

In a 2019 FBI interview, former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter reportedly informed federal investigators that Trump was among the many first individuals to name the police division in July of that yr, to thank them for investigating Epstein and really helpful they appear into “evil” Maxwell.

“Trump called the [Palm Beach Police Department] to tell him, ‘thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,’” the FBI transcript says.

Trump allegedly informed Reiter that “people in New York knew Epstein was disgusting” and that he was as soon as round Epstein “when teenagers were present” however that he “got the hell out of there.”

The newly-reported transcript seems to contradict the president’s declare that he had little to no information of Epstein’s crimes earlier than he was charged with solicitation of prostitution in Florida.

When requested, in July 2019, if he had any information that Epstein molested underage girls, Trump informed reporters, “No, I had no idea. I had no idea.”

In July 2025, reporters requested Trump if he knew why Epstein had recruited feminine staffers from Mar-a-Lago. Trump responded, “No, I don’t know really why.”

The White House referred The Independent to the Justice Department for remark. The Independent has requested the Justice Department for remark.

Reiter’s identify is redacted within the transcript. But he confirmed to the Miami Herald that the FBI interviewed him in October 2019 about his division’s investigation into Trump. Reiter mentioned Trump known as him in July 2006.

An FBI official informed the Miami Herald it didn’t have “corroborating evidence” that Trump had known as Reiter.

“We are not aware of any corroborating evidence that the President contacted law enforcement 20 years ago,” the official mentioned.

The FBI transcript is the newest improvement from the Epstein information that implies the president could have been extra conscious of Epstein’s actions than he has publicly admitted.

Trump and Epstein have been buddies by way of the Nineties and early 2000s, however the two had a falling out after Trump realized Epstein and Maxwell had “stolen” girls staffers from Mar-a-Lago’s spa. There are additionally studies that they’d fallen out over an actual property deal in Florida in 2004.

Epstein and Maxwell typically recruited younger girls and generally ladies into their orbit underneath the pretense of performing massages.

As a results of their former friendship, Trump is called within the Epstein information – nonetheless, he has denied any wrongdoing and by no means been formally accused of against the law related to Epstein. Being named within the Epstein information doesn’t indicate guilt.

Maxwell, who’s at the moment serving a 20-year sentence for a kid intercourse trafficking conviction, has additionally mentioned that Trump didn’t take part in Epstein’s crimes. She reiterated the purpose Monday following a recorded deposition with the House Oversight Committee.

In a 2019 e-mail between Epstein and writer Michael Wolff, the disgraced financier claimed Trump “knew about the girls” however didn’t go into element about what that would have meant.

Trump made insinuations about Epstein’s penchant for younger girls. In a 2002 New York Magazine interview, Trump mentioned Epstein was “a lot of fun to be with” and that “it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Last yr, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had given Epstein a birthday observe in 2003 that was written inside a drawing of a unadorned girl’s physique. The message to Epstein reportedly mentioned, “May every day be another wonderful secret.” Trump denied the legitimacy of the birthday letter and sued the publication for $10bn.