The Newsmax release does not detail the circumstances under which Acosta stepped down from that office. But Newsmax’s July 2019 report on his resignation notes that it followed “renewed scrutiny of his handling of a 2008 secret plea deal with wealthy financier Jeffrey Esptein, who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.”

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk told Newsmax he felt "a little profoundly confused" by the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk appeared on Newsmax Wednesday to discuss what he called a growing disillusionment among younger MAGA voters regarding the Epstein case. A memo from the Justice Department allegedly said Jeffrey Epstein did not leave behind a “list of associates” and took his own life,

Maybe Epstein is a patriot, for crying out loud. Maybe he was just doing what he was told, and it had nothing to do with the girls.”

FINNERTY: You know what I like about Donald Trump? He calls it the Big Beautiful Bill. And he doesn't just lie to the American people like Joe Biden. Remember the Inflation Reduction Act — KLAVAN: Yes.

Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of Truth Social and its streaming arm Truth+, has entered a global content partnership with conservative network Newsmax.

Fox News’ Peter Doocy corners Karoline Leavitt on Pam Bondi’s broken Epstein ‘client list’ promise - ‘So what happened to the Epstein client list that the attorney general said she had on her desk?’ Peter Doocy wondered during Monday’s press briefing.

The assertion that Epstein did not have such a list walks back a theory that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration helped promote in the first place, as The Associated Press reported.In July 2025,