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Trump allegedly thanked police for probing Epstein in 2000s, warned Ghislaine Maxwell is ‘evil’: FBI doc

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President Donald Trump allegedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in the mid-2000s to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein while simultaneously warning them to stay focused on «evil» Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an FBI document recapping an interview with the local department’s former chief.
«TRUMP called the PBPD (Palm Beach Police Department) to tell him ‘thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this,’» reads an FBI document reviewed by Fox News Digital recounting a 2019 interview with former Palm Beach, Florida, Police Chief Michael Reiter.
When approached for comment, however, an official with the Department of Justice pushed back Tuesday that the office was «not aware of any corroborating evidence that the President contacted law enforcement 20 years ago.»
Reiter served as the police chief in Palm Beach, Florida, from 2001 to 2009. Reiter’s name was redacted from the FBI document released by the Department of Justice (DOJ), but confirmed to the Miami Herald that he was interviewed by the FBI in 2019 and that Trump called the police department regarding Epstein in July 2006, according to the outlet.
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President Donald Trump reportedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in 2006 to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Reiter and a security and crisis management firm he operates, called Michael Reiter and Associates, Tuesday morning. Reiter declined to comment on the matter.
The FBI document was among the millions of files, photos and emails released by the DOJ following Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act in late 2025. The DOJ released its latest batch of files on Jan. 30.
The Florida police department began investigating Epstein in 2005 after receiving a call that a 14-year-old girl was allegedly molested by the financier, the Miami Herald reported. The call led to police uncovering other similar sexual abuse allegations and pulled Reiter into the investigation, the outlet wrote Monday.
The FBI document recapping Reiter’s reported interview with federal officials continued that Trump allegedly called Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate, «evil» and warned that police should «focus on her.»
«TRUMP told him people in New York knew EPSTEIN was disgusting,» the FBI document continued of the interview with the former police chief. «TRUMP said MAXWELL was EPSTEIN’s operative, ‘she is evil and to focus on her,’ the report continues. «TRUMP told (redacted) that he was around EPSTEIN once when teenagers were present and TRUMP ‘got the hell out of there.’ TRUMP was one of the very first people to call when people found out that they were investigating EPSTEIN.»
Fox News Digital also reached out to the White House on Tuesday morning for comment on the alleged phone call and FBI document.

The Department of Justice released a trove of Epstein documents Dec. 19, 2025, following President Donald Trump’s signature on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025. (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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Trump long has maintained that while he did at a time brush elbows with Epstein, he «threw him out» of his Mar-a-Lago resort back in the 2000s as details of his web of sex trafficking and pedophilia circulated.
Reiter’s interview with the FBI also backed up Trump’s longstanding comments that he ended any ties to Epstein in the early 2000s.
«Mar-A-Lago is a mixture of everyone,» the FBI document reads. «DONALD TRUMP told (redacted) that he threw EPSTEIN out of his club.»

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years. (Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Epstein was a well-connected financier with a lengthy Rolodex of billionaires and celebrities who floated in and out of his orbit across the years. He was convicted of sex trafficking minors in 2008 and served just more than one year of incarceration, which also included a controversial work-release arrangement under a plea agreement.
He was arrested again in 2019 on charges of sex trafficking before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell by suicide.

Jeffrey Epstein was seen in a handful of personal images in the second data set released by the DOJ on Dec. 19, 2025, including on boats and near helicopters. (Department of Justice)
Reiter’s interview with the FBI was held just two months after Epstein’s death, according to the Miami Herald.
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Trump signed legislation in November 2025 that required the Justice Department to release files related to the late convicted sex offender, with the DOJ releasing tranches of the documents since December 2025.
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La guerra sacude al Líbano: evacuaron el sur de Beirut y se intensifican los ataques entre Israel y Hezbollah

El Líbano se convirtió en el segundo frente de la guerra en Medio Oriente.
Mientras merma la intensidad de los ataques iraníes a Israel, su grupo proxy libanés, el movimiento armado chiíta Hezbollah, intensificó su ofensiva sobre territorio israelí a través del lanzamiento de misiles.
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En represalia, el ejército de Israel bombardeó distintos puntos del país y ordenó evacuar el distrito de Dahiyeh, en el sur de Beirut y bastión de las milicias islámicas, mientras sus soldados entraron en territorio libanés para crear una “zona tapón” en la frontera. Este jueves se produjo un masivo éxodo de la población de la periferia sur de la capital.
Hezbollah es el único aliado militar de Irán que está participando activamente en la guerra que enfrenta a Teherán contra Israel y Estados Unidos y que involucra a más de una docena de países.
Los hutíes yemeníes se mantienen por ahora al margen, mientras las milicias chiítas proiraníes de Siria e Irak no se caracterizan por tener un gran poderío militar.
Qué poder de fuego mantienen las milicias de Hezbollah
Hezbollah (Partido de Dios) es un movimiento político legalizado que creó un poderoso ejército paralelo con enorme control e influencia de la vida política, económica y militar del Líbano. Es en la práctica un Estado dentro del Estado libanés.
Su estructura castrense fue financiada y armada por Irán en las últimas décadas, pero su poderío militar quedó reducido tras dos años de guerra con Israel, en solidaridad con los palestinos de Gaza. Sin embargo, todavía mantiene activos a decenas de miles de combatientes.
Los libaneses buscan salir de la periferia sur de Beirut bajo amenaza de ataque israelí. (Foto: REUTERS/Claudia Greco)
“No está claro qué poder de fuego retuvo Hezbollah. Obviamente ha estado disparando (misiles y cohetes) contra Israel pero no ha provocado daños significativos por lo que sabemos hasta ahora”, dijo a TN el analista David Wood, especialista en temas del Líbano con base en Beirut del Crisis Group, una ONG encargada de la resolución de conflictos.
Según el experto, “siempre es posible que Hezbollah todavía tenga armas pesadas como misiles de precisión guiada que no usaron en la ultima escalada masiva en 2024, si es que todavía tiene esas armas, lo que no está claro”.
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“Tampoco está claro si Hezbollah tiene la capacidad de usarlas. Tal vez las personas estrenadas para usar estas armas complejas murieron (en la anterior guerra). Entonces, no está claro si Hezbollah todavía tiene esas armas y, si es así, si tiene la capacidad para usarlas”, afirmó.
Qué está pasando hoy en el Líbano
Desde el estallido de la guerra y la entrada de Hezbollah en el conflicto, el ministerio de Salud libanés, que no responde al grupo islámico, contabliza 102 muertos y 638 heridos. Los desplazados ascienden a más de 83.000.
El gobierno libanés del primer ministro Nawaf Salam, en el que Hezbollah no participa directamente pero mantiene ministros cercanos a su alianza parlamentaria con el movimiento Amal, teme que el número de víctimas aumente en forma exponencial en los próximos días. Éxodo masivo de libaneses en el sur de Beirut, bastión de Hezbollah (Foto: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Israel ordenó este jueves evacuar todos los suburbios del sur de Beirut, el mayor bastión de Hezbollah en el país. “Salven sus vidas y evacuen sus viviendas de inmediato”, advirtió un portavoz militar,
La orden provocó una virtual estampida de la población, temerosa de ser víctima de un bombardeo masivo de la fuerza aérea israelí. El pánico provocó embotellamientos interminables en las principales salidas del sur de la capital.
De hecho, el ministro de Finanzas israelí, el ultraderechista Bezalel Smotrich, advirtió que el distrito sur de Beirut se enfrentará a una devastación similar a la de Gaza.
“Muy pronto, Dahiyeh se parecerá a Jan Yunis”, aseguró Smotrich, al aludir de la localidad de la Franja de Gaza reducida a escombros durante la guerra en ese enclave palestino. “Hezbollah cometió un grave error y pagará un alto precio. Estamos atacando la cabeza del pulpo en Irán y, al mismo tiempo, cortaremos el brazo de Hezbollah”, dijo durante su visita a la frontera norte de Israel.
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En las últimas 48 horas, los ataques afectaron partes del territorio libanés más allá de las zonas comúnmente asociadas con Hezbollah, alertó el medio estadounidense The Media Line, especializado en temas de Medio Oriente.
Según el reporte, las fuerzas israelíes atacaron el valle de la Bekaa, de fuerte presencia del grupo islámico, pero también las zonas de Baabda, Aramoun (en el distrito de Aley) y Saadiyat (en Shouf), zonas con mayor población drusa.
Israel ordenó también la evacuación de más de 50 pueblos y ciudades libanesas fronterizas para crear una línea de seguridad en el sur del Líbano. En tanto, las milicias de Hezbollah se atribuyeron ofensivas contra fuerzas terrestres israelíes y 13 ataques contra Israel el martes.
En las últimas horas, el grupo islámico reivindicó además el lanzamiento de cohetes y drones suicidas contra ciudades israelíes, como Tel Aviv y Haifa.
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Iranian vessel suffers engine failure, offloads crew days after US submarine sank other ship

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An Iranian ship offloaded more than 200 members of its crew to Sri Lanka on Friday after suffering an engine failure at sea, just days after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in an Indian Ocean torpedo attack.
The IRIS Bushehr, described in previous Iranian media reports as a navy logistics ship, is being brought first to the port of Colombo, according to Sri Lanka navy spokesman Cmdr. Buddhika Sampath. Sailors are being taken to a naval base in Welisara following medical exams and immigration procedures.
«We have to understand that this is not an ordinary situation,» Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said Thursday. «It’s a request by a ship belonging to one party to enter into our port. We have to consider that according to the international treaties and conventions.»
Dissanayake added that authorities decided to take control of the IRIS Bushehr following discussions with Iranian officials and the ship’s captain, after one of its engines failed. He said some crew members would remain on board to help the Sri Lankan navy later navigate the vessel to Trincomalee on the island’s northeast coast, about 165 miles from Colombo.
Iranian navy personnel stand aboard the IRIS Bushehr in Port Sudan, Sudan, in December 2012. The ship ran into engine problems on March 6, 2026, and is being taken to Sri Lanka, reports said. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The moves come after the U.S. sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka’s coast on Wednesday.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said it was «the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.»
The Indian navy said Thursday that it had initiated search and rescue operations after receiving a distress signal from the Dena, deploying two aircraft along with a sailing training vessel. By the time the response was launched, the Sri Lankan navy had already started its own rescue efforts, it said.
The Sri Lankan navy rescued 32 sailors and recovered 87 bodies after the attack, according to The Associated Press.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Thursday that the U.S. will «bitterly regret» striking and sinking that ship.
«The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores,» Araqchi wrote on X. «Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning.»
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A U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian warship in international waters in the Indian Ocean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday. (@DeptofWar/X)
«Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set,» he added.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday that the Iranian vessel was «effectively neutralized» in a Navy «fast attack» using a single Mark 48 torpedo.

Two Iranian sailors, center, who were rescued from the IRIS Dena warship by Sri Lanka’s navy, are seen in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)
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He added that the U.S. Navy achieved «immediate effect, sending the warship to the bottom of the sea.»
Fox News’ Stephen Sorace, Landon Mion and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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WATCH: Walz, Ellison, Omar refuse to answer when pressed on fraud after contentious fraud hearing

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Following the highly anticipated House Oversight Committee hearing on fraud Wednesday, Fox News Digital pressed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison about their roles in the scandal but received no response from the embattled officials.
«Why wasn’t the fraud caught sooner, governor?» Walz was asked after the hearing. «Almost $10 billion — why wasn’t it caught sooner?»
Walz declined to answer as he was escorted down a hallway by staff but stopped briefly to speak with another individual. During a second encounter, Walz again declined to answer the question but acknowledged a security guard as he walked down the hallway.
«Mr. Attorney General, can you tell us why the fraud wasn’t caught sooner?» Ellison was asked after his testimony.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, AG Keith Ellison, and Rep. Ilhan Omar avoided questions from Fox News Digital on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images )
Ellison did not respond and continued walking up a staircase.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, who did not testify Wednesday but has faced criticism for her ties to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal in the state, did not respond after the hearing when Fox News Digital began asking her questions.
Walz and Ellison faced a barrage of tough questions from Republicans during the hearing on the massive fraud scandal in the state, with most focused on one key theme: What did they know and when did they know it?
Walz and Ellison were asked multiple times for specifics about when they were first made aware of the fraud and faced sharp rebukes from Republican members, including Rep. Virginia Foxx.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol Building on March 04, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«You did not do your job, you did not do your job,» Foxx told Walz. «You did not protect taxpayer dollars. You allowed massive fraud. You and Mr. Ellison allowed massive fraud to go on in the state of Minnesota. It is unfortunate, as somebody said, that you can’t be held personally responsible at this stage in the game.»
An exchange between GOP Rep. Jim Jordan and Walz sparked immediate pushback from conservatives on social media.
One of the most contentious exchanges came during questioning from GOP Rep. Nancy Mace when she pressed Walz for specific numbers on how many children are in his state, the massive increase in autism care spending and why that occurred, without getting specific figures from Walz.
«Ok, so your excuse before — that you didn’t know what the 2017 autism numbers were — because you were not governor, and today you can’t answer the numbers about 2024 as governor, and you still said you prepared for this hearing today. It’s unbelievable.»
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Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to reporters after announcing he would not seek reelection at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., January 5, 2026. (Reuters/Tim Evans)
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins confronted Ellison in another heated moment, asking him to say he was «leading» the fight to root out corruption. Without receiving the specific answer he was looking for, Higgins called for Ellison’s resignation.
«I’m not talking about Medicaid fraud, don’t hide behind that,» Higgins said, interrupting Ellison. «You have the authority to prosecute anything criminally that the governor asks you to, and this thing is big. I’m giving you an opportunity, sir, are you leading the criminal investigative effort into this massive fraud across the board…or not?» Higgins pressed.
«You are not leading. I’m going to say, Mr. Chairman, that the attorney general of the state of Minnesota should resign,» Higgins said.
At the close of the hearing, things became tense again when GOP Rep. Nick Langworthy suggested that Walz, who is still serving as governor despite dropping out of his reelection bid due to the fraud scandal, should be impeached for «malfeasance,» citing Minnesota’s Constitution.
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