MAGA, Trump and the Epstein
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The president disavowed longtime backers who are furious over the administration's conclusion that the accused sex trafficker died by suicide in jail and did not possess a secret list of clients.
Trump lashed out at his MAGA base on Wednesday over their meltdown to the Justice Department’s memo that concluded that Epstein had no “client list” of high-profile public figures involved in the scandal. He said in his Truth Social post that he no longer wanted the support of those who cared about the case.
President Trump expressed bewilderment at interest in the Jeffrey Epstein case as MAGA voices press for the full release of more files.
For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.
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.
President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer warned that President Donald Trump’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein threatens to “consume his presidency” in an interview on Wednesday, a dramatic rebuke from a presidential confidante that illustrates the growing rupture in the MAGA coalition.