President Donald Trump on Wednesday trashed many MAGA members, condemning their ongoing push for files related to Jeffrey Epstein and bemoaning that they are playing into Democrats’ hands.
The Democrats’ “new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account. “Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats’ work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!”
Trump’s comments underscore the angst on the right over the Justice Department and FBI’s decision to withhold files related to Epstein, the disgraced mega-financier who pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution and was facing a slew of federal sex-trafficking charges when he killed himself in jail in 2019.
A Department of Justice memo last week– which ruled out foul play in Epstein’s death and claimed no existence of a “client list” – enraged and divided MAGA world after many in Trump’s orbit, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, teased big revelations and fanned conspiracy theories.
Conservative influencers including Megyn Kelly, Steve Bannon, and Trump’s daughter-in-law, Laura Trump, have called for more transparency in the case. Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday also called for the Department of Justice to release all of its information on Epstein.
Trump has, so far, stood by Bondi and has repeatedly sought to downplay the whole affair. His latest post attempts to link the Epstein case to the investigation into Russian collusion during his first term, a signal that the president hopes supporters will interpret as tying to partisan hoaxes together.
“These Scams and Hoaxes are all the Democrats are good at,” Trump said in his post.
