Jeffrey Epstein, MAGA and Donald Trump
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Pressure has mounted for the release of more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom Trump once said was a "terrific guy."
Donald Trump is once again angry, but this time his ire is directed at a new audience: his own MAGA supporters.
The Justice Department and FBI said in a brief memo that a review found no Epstein "client list" and confirmed the disgraced financier died by suicide in prison while awaiting tri
President Trump expressed bewilderment at interest in the Jeffrey Epstein case as MAGA voices press for the full release of more files.
President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.
Trump lashed out at his MAGA base on Wednesday over their meltdown to the Justice Department’s memo that concluded that Epstein had no “client list” of high-profile public figures involved in the scandal. He said in his Truth Social post that he no longer wanted the support of those who cared about the case.
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer warned that President Donald Trump’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein threatens to “consume his presidency” in an interview on Wednesday, a dramatic rebuke from a presidential confidante that illustrates the growing rupture in the MAGA coalition.
It’s easy to underestimate the power of online conspiracy theories and the emotions they can conjure — and it seems Trump himself might be doing so now.
The latest Quinnipiac University poll found that 63% of voters disapprove of how Trump officials have handled Epstein’s sex trafficking case while just 17% said they approve. This comes about a week after the Justice Department released a memo that concluded Epstein kept no “client list” and that he committed suicide in his jail cell in 2019.