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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs anyone buying Trump called the police on Epstein?
I saw a story on the news this evening that it was actually Donald J Trump who called the police to alert them of Epsteins crimes and how they should look into it. A police chief can even remember it was summer of 2006. Credit to NBC News for calling out the sketchiness of this when Trump is on camera in 2019 saying he had no idea what Epsteins was up to after his arrest. Some MAGA cult police chief trying to save Trumps ass probably.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,712 posts)Unless it was for some kind of revenge.
gab13by13
(31,659 posts)Short version; the police chief is lying.
vanessa_ca
(686 posts)Jerry2144
(3,222 posts)But Sting refused to answer the phone call from a con artist.
progressoid
(52,830 posts)If you go to any right wing site that discusses this and you'll find they have swallowed this hook, line and sinker.
Or listen to AM radio. Or Fox. Or Newsmax. Or X.
They are so relieved to use this excuse to say, "See! Trump is a good guy."
Nevilledog
(54,783 posts)Journalist Julie K. Brown has been reporting on Epstein for decades and she calls it a lie
Link to tweet
julie k. brown
@jkbjournalist
NEW: (gift) Trump told police in 2006: "Everyone" knew about Epstein, and that Maxwell was his "operative." https://miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314631578.html?giftCode=a5e5e11d2a71646202b7acc3168ec166636d56a96b54f16012eb4f25f62311d4
7:21 PM · Feb 10, 2026
No paywall link
https://archive.li/ZIusY
Solly Mack
(96,673 posts)pretending he was being helpful.
AZJonnie
(3,273 posts)TommyT139
(2,259 posts)AZJonnie
(3,273 posts)IOW, who falsely claimed that Trump was the FIRST one to call the cops, and that his call somehow instigated the investigation? Who/what outlet(s) promulgated that lie by framing it in those terms?
I mean it sounds like a really silly lie, given that Reitner said Trump said things like "I'm glad you guys are doing this", which *clearly* indicates a reactive rather than proactive position in the situation.
Seems ludicrous anyone would frame this 2019 claim from Reitner as indicative of Trump being any kind of instigator, but we know how Fox, et al report shit about Trump
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,749 posts)
mopinko
(73,437 posts)AZJonnie
(3,273 posts)CNYHarris
(137 posts)Blue Suite in the Plaza hotel.
If trump was only there with Epstein in the 1990s and 2000s to go after Epstein, that is a lie. Then...
Why not do the same with Roy Cohn, why not expose Roy Cohn. Why have over a dozen phone calls with Roy Cohn per day when Roy Cohn was the Epstein of Trump in the 1970s and 1980s with underage stuff.
