Ex-police chief says Trump told him 'thank goodness you're stopping' Epstein in 2000s

Always in His Presence · Sunday at 9:46 AM

Ex-police chief says Trump told him 'thank goodness you're stopping' Epstein in 2000s

A former Palm Beach, Florida, police chief who investigated Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-2000s told the FBI he had received a call from Donald Trump at the time to say "thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this," according to an FBI account of an interview with the ex-police chief in 2019.

The Miami Herald was the first to report on the FBI document.

Always in His Presence · Sunday at 9:46 AM

The underlying FBI memo is available via the Justice Department’s Epstein files release (e.g., referenced as EFTA01249718.pdf in reports). Note that while Reiter's account is documented, some coverage mentions the DOJ was "not aware of any corroborating evidence" for the call beyond Reiter's recollection, and the White House has not fully confirmed or denied it in detail. No major fact-checkers (e.g., PolitiFact, Snopes) have debunked the core claim from the 2026 file release, though broader Epstein-Trump ties remain a subject of scrutiny without evidence of Trump's involvement in crimes.

Say it aint so · Sunday at 10:36 AM

That was after the arrest of Epstein.
In other words, and as other Epstein documents confirm, Trump knew darn well what Epstein was doing and did nothing.

DaisyDay · Sunday at 1:13 PM

Always in His Presence said:
Ex-police chief says Trump told him 'thank goodness you're stopping' Epstein in 2000s

A former Palm Beach, Florida, police chief who investigated Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-2000s told the FBI he had received a call from Donald Trump at the time to say "thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this," according to an FBI account of an interview with the ex-police chief in 2019.

The Miami Herald was the first to report on the FBI document.

This report was taken in 2019, while Donald was in the White House trying to distance himself from his former party buddy. If this happened in 2006, then there ought to be something to show that it happened then, not just a later retelling just before Epstein's unaliving.

Kinda grotesque all the money Epstein donated to the PBPD.

Vambram · 2026-02-16T12:29:45-0600

Say it aint so said:
That was after the arrest of Epstein.
In other words, and as other Epstein documents confirm, Trump knew darn well what Epstein was doing and did nothing.

Incorrect. Trump kicked him out of Mar-a-Lago and called the police.

essentialsaltes · 2026-02-16T18:37:54-0600

Vambram said:
Incorrect. Trump kicked him out of Mar-a-Lago and called the police.

There is no evidence of that. And as Say it aint so said... the OP story, if true, implies Trump knew but didn't call the police.

ViaCrucis · 2026-02-16T19:42:55-0600

I'm reminded of the time that Dean Martin told me that I was the best crooner he ever heard.
Or the time when Billy West said I was the best voice actor he ever met.
Or the time when the ghost of Socrates visited me and said I was so smart and handsome.

perplexed · 2026-02-16T20:25:16-0600

"thank god you are stopping him"
is very different to "I have report a possible crime"

Fantine · 2026-02-16T20:55:41-0600

Always in His Presence said:
Ex-police chief says Trump told him 'thank goodness you're stopping' Epstein in 2000s

A former Palm Beach, Florida, police chief who investigated Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-2000s told the FBI he had received a call from Donald Trump at the time to say "thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this," according to an FBI account of an interview with the ex-police chief in 2019.

The Miami Herald was the first to report on the FBI document.

No honor among thieves (or pedophiles), I guess. Sounds like their friendship was transactional in nature--and since the transactions involved minor girls, ending the friendship was crucial to Trump.

camille70 · 2026-02-16T21:08:36-0600

So in the early 2000's Trump thanked an officer for stopping Epstein but in 2025 Trump said he knew nothing of what Epstein was doing at the time.

Either one or both have a faulty memory or someone is lying.

Trump says he doesn't know why Epstein took young women from Mar-a-Lago

President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters that Virginia Giuffre may have been one of several employees at his Mar-a-Lago club who were "stolen" by Epstein.

abcnews.com

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Ex-police chief says Trump told him 'thank goodness you're stopping' Epstein in 2000s

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