'Took me into a fancy hotel': FBI received explosive tip about Trump and Epstein
The FBI received an explosive tip in October of 2020 regarding then-President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein and an incident that allegedly took place in the 1990s, a new release from the Justice Department revealed Tuesday.
An FBI report documenting the tip was made public early Tuesday morning as part of the DOJ’s ongoing release of Epstein files, and includes multiple allegations involving Trump and Epstein from at least two sources, though some are second-hand.
The allegations are unverified, and no public record exists that law enforcement investigated or confirmed their authenticity.
The individual who submitted the tip appears to be a limousine driver from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area in Texas. The FBI report about the tip recounts an incident on Christmas Eve of 1999, when the driver shared a story with their passenger about how they had driven Trump in 1995 to the DFW Airport.
The driver went on to share more details with their passenger about their 1995 drive with Trump.
“[REDACTED 1] reported some of things President Trump had spoken about during the ride while on his cell phone were very concerning,” the report reads.
“[REDACTED 1] reported he was ‘a few seconds from pulling the limousine over on the median and within a few seconds of pulling him out of the car and hurting him due to some of things he was saying’ as caller choose not to. [REDACTED 1] noted Trump continuously stated the name ‘Jeffrey’ while on the phone, and made references to ‘abusing some girl.’ [REDACTED 1] was unsure who he was talking to nor who he was referencing.”
The FBI report goes on to note that the driver indicated, after sharing his story with his passenger about Trump, that the passenger’s demeanor changed abruptly.
“As [REDACTED 1] talked about his time meeting Donald Trump, immediately [REDACTED 2's] demeanor went ‘stone cold’ as [REDACTED 2] stated ‘he raped me,’” the report reads.
“[REDACTED 1] said ‘what’ as [REDACTED 2] replied ‘Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.’ [REDACTED 2] noted some girl with a funny name ‘took me into a fancy hotel or building, that's how it happened.’”
Earlier references in the report suggest that the “girl with a funny name” was likely Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s co-conspirator who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
The limousine driver – presumably, based on context – then advised their passenger to alert authorities about the incident, according to the report, which the passenger objected to on the grounds that “they will kill me,” the report reads.
In a statement released Tuesday, the DOJ said, "The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.
"To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already. Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims."
The limousine driver would later attempt to follow up with the passenger, but learned that the passenger had died and was “found with her head ‘blown off’ in Kiefer, OK,” according to the report, which also states that the passenger’s death was ruled “a suicide.”
The allegations from the unidentified passenger appear somewhat similar to those raised in multiple lawsuits filed against Trump in 2016, when a woman identified only as “Jane Doe” accused Trump and Epstein of raping her when she was a 13-year-old aspiring teen model All lawsuits filed by “Jane Doe,” however, were ultimately withdrawn or dismissed, and Trump’s attorney fiercely denied the allegations as "categorically untrue."