White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s alleged phone call to the Palm Beach police chief in 2006, wherein Trump allegedly told him, “Thank goodness you’ re stopping [Epstein],” dismantles establishment narratives.
Leavitt’s comments came at a White House press briefing after the Department of Justice released a document from a 2019 interview between former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter and the FBI.
Per the document, Reiter said Trump told him, “thank goodness you’ re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,” and Ghislaine Maxwell “is evil and to focus on her.” The document also states that Trump told Reiter he booted Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club and that Trump “was one of the very first people to call when people found out that they were investigating” Epstein. Reiter told the Miami Herald the call occurred in July 2006.
Leavitt said she is not sure whether the call between Trump and Reiter took place, but if it did, it supports what Trump has long said.
“Look, it was a phone call that may or may not have happened in 2006. I don’t know the answer to that question. What I’m telling you is that what President Trump has always said is that he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club because Jeffrey Epstein was a creep,” she said.
“And that remains true, and this call, if it did happen, corroborates exactly what President Trump has said from the beginning,” she added.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He made the call after Epstein was arrested. Telling them that he knew all along. He reported nothing, it was a blatant attempt at covering his own pedophile ass.
Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com 2 weeks ago
Call me crazy, but you need some evidence that directly links him to it.
It’s pure conspiracy to suggest that the only reason he had made the call was to cover his ass - he was shining a light on a situation that would ruin him if he was actually guilty.
Of course they cut deals with informants, but the idea that he got full immunity for calling it in after the fact that an investigation started is quite the crazy stretch fueled by what I imagine is a big dose of TDS typical on Lemmy.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So, you’re just going to ignore all the evidence linking him to it? That’s your defense?
Good dog. You’re a good boy. You’re so good at doing what you’re told. I’d ask you to roll over, but you’ve already done that.