Epstein believed Trump alerted police about him amid feud, claims Michael Wolff

WASHINGTON, DC: Jeffrey Epstein’s biographer, Michael Wolff, claimed that the disgraced financier "believed" that President Donald Trump was the one who gave police dirt on his trafficking scheme.

Wolff revealed the shocking accusation in a Substack post on Thursday, November 13, after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 documents exposing Epstein's emails.

Michael Wolff recalls Jeffrey Epstein telling him 'I think I went too far'

In his post, Michael Wolff noted that he initially reported the information in his June 2019 book "with Epstein's consent." At the time, he said Epstein was in Paris and immediately faced regrets regarding the details he spilled about Trump.

Wolff recalled Epstein telling him, "I think I went too far," and he replied, "Well, too late now."

Moreover, Wolff remembered feeling "pleased that I'd been able to publish this story before he got cold feet." 

Meanwhile, a few weeks later, the disgraced financier was arrested on July 6, 2019, on the tarmac of Teterboro Airport in New Jersey upon returning home from Paris on his private jet.

During the time of his arrest, Trump was the president, and his Department of Justice (DOJ) took "the unprecedented step of abrogating the non-prosecution agreement the DOJ had made with Epstein in 2008," Wolff mentioned.

The POTUS blamed his falling out with Epstein on the disgraced financier being a "creep" and "stealing" girls from his Mar-a-Lago spa, while talking to reporters on July 29, 2025.

However, Epstein had a different perspective when speaking to Wolff. 

Wolff wrote in his Substack post, "Epstein spelled out the details for me of the break-up of his friendship with Trump in 2004."

As per him, Epstein "believed he was the top bidder at $36 million on a piece of real estate in Palm Beach" and "took his friend Trump to see the property."

However, Trump allegedly "went around his friend Epstein’s back and bid $41 million for the house." 

Wolff claimed, "Epstein, with enough knowledge of Trump’s finances to know he didn't have such money, concluded he was acting for someone else — likely part of a money laundering deal — and threatened to expose him."

The biographer added, "At that point, the Palm Beach police began to investigate the circumstances of the young girls who were constantly coming and going at Epstein’s house," insinuating that their feud over the Florida mansion was what allegedly triggered the POTUS to give information to law enforcement.

Michael Wolff urged Jeffrey Epstein to attack Trump for 'political cover'

Newly released emails reveal that Michael Wolff urged Jeffrey Epstein to publicly criticize Donald Trump as a way to gain political cover.

The correspondence was disclosed as part of the ongoing investigations into the Epstein network, and the media connection suggests that Wolff sought to distance himself from the POTUS. 

The emails included exchanges between Epstein and Wolff.

Interestingly, Wolff repeatedly contacted the disgraced financier, at times discussing his reputation and suggesting that bashing Trump could help improve it.

As per the documents, Wolff wrote to Epstein in February 2016, "NYT called me about you and Trump. Also, the Hillary campaign is digging deeply. Again, you should consider preempting."

Meanwhile, a month later in March 2016, they discussed strategy ahead of the release of James Patterson's 'Filthy Rich', a book about Epstein, who was the author's neighbor in Palm Beach.

He suggested to Epstein that "becoming an anti-Trump voice gives you a certain political cover which you decidedly don't have now."