Musk says Trump should ‘just release Epstein files as promised'
'Seriously. He said 'Epstein' half a dozen times while telling everyone to stop talking about Epstein. Just release the files as promised,' Musk said in a reply to a post on X.
Earlier, Trump had defended Attorney General Pam Bondi in a post on Truth Social, while also accusing members of the Biden administration and others of being the creator of the files. –BLOOMBERG
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