Michael Ryder

The former chief, Michael Ryder, says he received a call from Trump in 2006 in which the now president stated, quote, Thank goodness you're stopping him.

Everyone has known he's been doing this.

The information comes from a now public 2019 FBI document when Ryder was interviewed regarding his role in the earlier Epstein investigation.

The document goes on to state that, quote, Trump told Ryder people in New York knew Epstein was disgusting.

Trump reportedly went on to say of Ghislaine Maxwell that she is evil and to focus on her.

Reiter, who was a central figure in the investigation of Epstein in the mid-2000s, went public in 2006 over his displeasure with the prosecutor's decision not to charge Epstein directly at the time.