"Leavitt was asked about the document by NBC reporter Gabe Gutierrez during a press briefing. Gutierrez asked Leavitt to explain the discrepancy between Trump thanking the Palm Beach police for investigating Epstein in the just-released document and his more recent claims that he had no idea about Epstein's crimes. The press secretary responded by saying Trump has remained consistent in his messaging on Epstein that he kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago resort because he was a creep."
"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 and that remains true. And this call if it did happen corroborates exactly what President Trump has said from the beginning."
Karoline Leavitt declined to confirm or deny whether President Donald Trump called the Palm Beach police chief in 2006 about Jeffrey Epstein. She reiterated that Trump has consistently said he kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago because Epstein was a creep. Leavitt said the release of millions of Epstein-related files demonstrates a commitment to transparency. She argued the newly-released FBI document, if accurate, corroborates Trump's account and undercuts media portrayals of him as closely tied to Epstein. NBC reporter Gabe Gutierrez pressed on the discrepancy between the FBI summary and Trump's past claims of ignorance. The FBI document summarized an October 2019 interview with former Palm Beach police chief Michael Reite.
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