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Trump Allegedly Alerted Police During Epstein Probe
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump, who was a private individual at the time, reached out to Florida law enforcement during the 2000s inquiry into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, expressing satisfaction that officials were intervening since Epstein’s misconduct was widely recognized, US media indicated.
As reported by The New York Times, Michael Reiter, a former police chief of Palm Beach, later recounted Trump’s phone call to the FBI more than ten years afterward.
“Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,” Trump told the police chief in 2006, said Reiter.
A record summarizing their exchange, included in a recent disclosure of Epstein-related files, further notes that Trump encouraged investigators to concentrate on Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, describing her as “evil.”
Maxwell, a prominent individual in the Epstein scandal, was found guilty in 2022 on charges that included sex trafficking and received a 20-year prison term.
When questioned last year about the possibility of granting Maxwell clemency amid speculation he might consider it, Trump stated, “I’m allowed to give her a pardon” but did not dismiss the prospect, emphasizing that no one had contacted him to request such action.
In 2006, Trump also allegedly informed authorities that within New York social circles Epstein was regarded as “disgusting,” adding that he had been in his presence once while teenagers were there and that he “got the hell out of there.”
In 2008, Epstein admitted guilt in Florida and was sentenced after being convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution; however, detractors have labeled the comparatively lenient outcome a “sweetheart deal.”
As reported by The New York Times, Michael Reiter, a former police chief of Palm Beach, later recounted Trump’s phone call to the FBI more than ten years afterward.
“Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,” Trump told the police chief in 2006, said Reiter.
A record summarizing their exchange, included in a recent disclosure of Epstein-related files, further notes that Trump encouraged investigators to concentrate on Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, describing her as “evil.”
Maxwell, a prominent individual in the Epstein scandal, was found guilty in 2022 on charges that included sex trafficking and received a 20-year prison term.
When questioned last year about the possibility of granting Maxwell clemency amid speculation he might consider it, Trump stated, “I’m allowed to give her a pardon” but did not dismiss the prospect, emphasizing that no one had contacted him to request such action.
In 2006, Trump also allegedly informed authorities that within New York social circles Epstein was regarded as “disgusting,” adding that he had been in his presence once while teenagers were there and that he “got the hell out of there.”
In 2008, Epstein admitted guilt in Florida and was sentenced after being convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution; however, detractors have labeled the comparatively lenient outcome a “sweetheart deal.”
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