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President Donald Trump attacked his own supporters while answering a question about their interest in Jeffrey Epstein.
Democrats in Congress want to force votes to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files. The party’s candidates are bringing up the Epstein case in campaign speeches. And at least one potential 2028 contender is fundraising off the furor.
A Republican thorn in Donald Trump’s side is joining forces with a California Democrat to seek answers from the administration over sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie–whose opposition to the GOP’s budget bill last month led Trump to demand his exile from the party–teamed up with Rep.
Democrats are pressuring Trump officials to release long-promised Epstein files, while Trump says the files were "made up" by his rivals.
Last week, the Justice Department and the FBI abruptly walked back the notion that there's an Epstein client list of elites who participated in the wealthy New York financier's trafficking of underage girls.
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CNN’s data guru Harry Enten was stunned at just how bad new polling looks for President Donald Trump after the MAGA backlash to his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. As bipartisan fallout continues,
Right-wing Republicans have also criticized the president’s stances on Iran and Ukraine, hinting at a broader fraying of his political coalition.
Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. On Tuesday, they trolled Republicans in online posts and demanded records be released, reveling in a rare backlash roiling President Donald Trump's fiercely loyal base.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that he supported the release of the Epstein files days after Trump’s Justice Department said the matter was effectively closed.
Trump, who does not stand accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, has tried to steer the conversation away from the issue.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that last week’s memo declining to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “speaks for itself,” rejecting questions about making more documents public.
The president said earlier Tuesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi should release "whatever she thinks is credible" in the government's files on Jeffrey Epstein.