Popular podcaster lobs barb at JD Vance over Epstein files
The president's biggest MAGA supporters have been steaming since the White House announcement on July 7 that an FBI and Department of Justice investigation found no evidence of an incriminating client list connected to the disgraced financier, who authorities say died by suicide in a New York prison in 2019.
Trump's attempts to declare the matter closed have escalated interest in the case, especially among some of his conspiracy-minded supporters with large followings on social media.
Calling it the 'Jeffrey Epstein Hoax' perpetrated by Democrats in a social media post on Wednesday, the president angered voters who supported him in part due to his embrace of conspiracy theories while on the campaign trail last year.
Vance, in particular, long publicly pushed for answers in Epstein's case before entering the White House.
'If you're a journalist and you're not asking questions about this case you should be ashamed of yourself,' he wrote in a December 2021 post on X. 'What purpose do you even serve?'
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