Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein, Maxwell was 'evil'

[demmiblue]

Source: Miami Herald

President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes.

But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case became public, Trump called then-Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter to tell him that Epstein’s activities with teenaged girls were well known in both New York and Palm Beach.

“Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,” Trump told Reiter, according to a 2019 FBI interview with Reiter contained in the Justice Department’s Epstein case files.

The interview, conducted in October 2019 and not previously reported, has shed new light on Trump’s involvement in the early stages of the 2006 Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Palm Beach, Florida. It also raises questions about how much Trump knew about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes.

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314631578.html

[Chasstev365]

1. Sure, I believe Trump.

[Blasphemer]

2. Sounds like Trump was preparing to save his own skin.

"Everyone has known" = "I'll throw him under the bus to save myself."

[highplainsdem]

4. Exactly.

[RockRaven]

3. Reminder that The Dotard constantly uses universalizing language about his own knowledge/ignorance.

"Everyone knows" = "I know" or "I am claiming"
"Not a lot of people know that" = "I just learned that"
"Nobody knows" = "I don't know" or "I am in denial about"

Any statement to police about Epstein a la "everyone knows" is first and foremost a confession of his personal knowledge, NOT as it superficially seems a statement about other people's knowledge.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. When he said "everyone" knew, he wasn't implying that HE knew !

There are plenty of things that just everyone knows, of which Trmp is totally ignorant !

[mzmolly]

6. As if he's not implicated, himself.

[twodogsbarking]

7. In addition to mostly stealing Mar a lago........

Donald Trump has initiated at least four, and possibly more, distinct legal actions or major legal threats against Palm Beach County, Florida, or the Town of Palm Beach, focusing on airport noise, flight paths, and property restrictions.
Key, documented lawsuits include:
2006 (Flagpole Dispute): Filed a $25 million lawsuit against the Town of Palm Beach for fines related to a large American flag at Mar-a-Lago.
2010 (Airport Noise/Expansion): Sued Palm Beach County and the airport over flight paths and planned expansion affecting Mar-a-Lago.
2015 (Security Restrictions): Filed a lawsuit regarding security measures and flight restrictions, as noted in this YouTube video.
1990s (Airport Noise): Sued over airport noise, which was dropped after reaching a settlement, according to this YouTube video.