MAGA, Trump and Epstein
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Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has blasted the Justice Department for its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Speaking with NBC’s Meet the Press, the Kentucky representative addressed a July 6 memo from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation concluding that Epstein died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019 and that no “client list” of wealthy co-conspirators exists.
In conspiratorial pro-Trump spaces online, arguments rage over the US president's approach to the long-running saga.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump in May that his name was included in the Epstein files related to the sex trafficking case. The revelation comes after weeks of speculation surrounding the files as Trump has repeatedly tried to distract MAGA from the Epstein case.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper exposed GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Sunday after the Republican senator tried to link the Jeffrey Epstein case to former President Barack Obama—despite it happening under President George W.
President Trump’s DOJ interviewed convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell for the second day in a row. MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton reports on the Epstein whirlwind around President Trump and is joined by former special agent Asha Rangappa and author Tara Setmayer.
By tapping into other grievances, President Trump managed to turn one of the most fractious moments for his base into a unifying one.
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The ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal has broken the fever dreams of Donald Trump's MAGA base, causing many to realize Donald Trump is capable of lying.
We certainly are interested in knowing everything that she knows,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said of Ghislaine Maxwell.