stein’s illegal activities. President Trump has always
been in favor of full disclosure and has instructed the Depart- ment of Justice to release all the grand jury testimony. In February, Attorney Gen-
eral Pam Bondi told Fox News that such a list was “sitting on my desk right now to review.” However, on July 7, a joint
memo from the DOJ and the FBI stated that there was “no incriminating client list.” Bondi’s defenders, including
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, argue she was referring to Epstein’s files in a broad sense, not a specific list. With the media using the Ep-
stein scandal to attack Trump, the president struck back, call- ing the whole incident “simply a distraction.” In a July 16 Truth Social
post, Trump criticized his sup- porters, trying to convince them that the entire episode was just a diversion planned by the same deep state figures who attempted to sabotage his first term in office. “Their new SCAM is what
we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bull[s***],’ hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably nev- er will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years,” wrote Trump. “I have had more success
in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s his- tory, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prod- ding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. “Let these weaklings con-
tinue forward and do the Dem- ocrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, be-
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A July memo from the Department of
Justice cited an 11-hour surveillance video outside his cell, claiming to confirm that Epstein hanged himself.
cause I don’t want their support anymore!”
LET PEOPLE DECIDE Instead of pulling his base into line, shock, disbelief, and anger ensued, with some of the presi- dent’s most loyal supporters en- gaging in open rebellion. On Capitol Hill, many in his
party called for greater trans- parency. Rep. Thomas Massie told Newsmax that attempts to dismiss Epstein as a distraction overlook the widespread cul- tural alienation that is common among Trump voters and led
many of them to support him at the polls. “At the essence of Trump and
his intersection in politics was this belief that Trump was the only person who could pierce this veil that there is a differ- ent set of rules for the elite,” the Kentucky Republican said. “And when his supporters are told to
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MIXED MESSAGE Attorney General Pam Bondi, seen here with FBI Director Kash Patel, intimated in February she had seen Epstein’s black book or client list, which included the names of influential men. But a joint memo in July from the Justice Department and FBI said there was no “incriminating ‘client list.’”
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