Did Donald Trump act as whistleblower in Epstein case? Here's what documents show - Mint
It has been two weeks since the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released its final set of documents in connection with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and new disclosures are still emerging, including evidence that US President Donald Trump once contacted a Florida police official probing the sex-trafficking case in the mid-2000s.
According to the document, the former police chief of Palm Beach (Florida), Michael Reiter, in an interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), noted that he received a call from Trump to say, "thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this."
The latest revelation brings focus back on Trump, who has consistently denied any wrongdoing despite his name being mentioned in the released files. He has repeatedly said that he cut off contact with Epstein more than two decades ago from Mar-a-Lago, after he discovered that Epstein poached employees from the club's spa.
What did Trump say?
The document dated 23 April 2020, contains details of what Trump told the ex-official, who was interviewed by the federal agency. Trump further stated that people in New York knew Epstein was disgusting and that Maxwell was EPSTEIN's operative, "she is evil and to focus on her", the document reads.
The ex-Palm Beach police chief goes on to say that Trump was one of the very first people to call the police when he found out that they were investigating Epstein. According to the document, the official added that Trump even...
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