The police chief, Michael Reiter, cited Trump as having told him: "Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this." Trump told Reiter that people in New York knew about Epstein and advised him that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's associate, was "evil," according to the document. Trump also said he had once been around Epstein when teenagers were present and that he "got the hell out of there." Reiter, who retired in 2009, confirmed the details of the FBI interview to the Miami Herald, which first reported its existence. Trump was friends with Epstein for years, but they had a falling out before Epstein's first arrest, Trump has said.

Source: The Telegraph February 11, 2026 06:20 UTC