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In a lengthy screed on Truth Social, Trump attacked Democrats for various scandals he’s been investigated for throughout the past decade, dubiously calling those inquiries “hoaxes.” He also described the current anger over his lack of transparency in the Epstein case as “the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.”
Donald Trump long accused opponents of hiding a list of Epstein clients. Now Pam Bondi says the list doesn't exist. What was Epstein convicted of?
Last week, the Justice Department announced that it had uncovered no list of Epstein's clients, contradicting previous remarks by multiple Trump officials, including attorney general Pam Bondi. On his Truth Social account,
President Donald Trump has been ratioed on his own social media platform Truth Social after urging supporters to move on from convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Truth Social users are usually overwhelmingly supportive of Trump, making such backlash against the U.S. president unprecedented on the platform.
This weekend, tension surrounding Donald Trump's handling of information related to the death and crimes of Jeffrey Epstein reached a new high. Win McNamee / Previously, Trump rattled both left and right-wingers during a cabinet meeting when he questioned why the public would still be demanding answers about Epstein.
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The New Republic on MSNIf This Truth Social Post Is Proof, Trump Is Losing It Over EpsteinTrump has told his Epstein-focused supporters to “move on,” claiming that the unreleased files are a political concoction that “nobody cares about.” On Tuesday, Trump told reporters that those still invested in uncovering the associates of the notorious child sex trafficker are—according to him—“ pretty bad people .”
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.
Trump and many in his administration are now facing the wrath of the more conspiracy theory-minded people who they counted among their most ardent supporters, sparked by the Department of Justice and Trump’s own pleas for people to stop asking questions about Epstein,