New revelations have emerged about Trump’s knowledge about Epstein’s crimes. According to a 2019 FBI interview contained in the Epstein files, the former Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter said Trump called him back in 2006, just as Epstein’s criminal sex charges were becoming public, to say, “Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this.” Trump also said that Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, was “evil and to focus on her.” That contradicts Trump’s own statements after Epstein’s arrest in July 2019, saying, “I had no idea,” when asked about Epstein’s abuse of teen girls.