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Tucker Carlson's jaw-dropping theory on why Trump is burying the Epstein list
Tucker Carlson said he believes the government is 'covering up' the Epstein files to protect US and Israeli intelligence services. Tucker - who has long claimed Jeffrey Epstein was tied to the Israeli Mossad espionage service - is leading a MAGA backlash against the Trump administration's promises to release Epstein's anticipated 'client list.' In a major U-turn, Attorney General Pam Bondi released a memo this week re-affirming the Justice Department's ruling that Epstein's 2019 death was a suicide, and that he had no 'client list.' Tucker said it was 'obvious' that Bondi was 'covering up crimes'. Amid mounting scrutiny over Trump's handling of the controversy, Carlson said he is not convinced that the president was covering his own alleged ties to Epstein, and felt the reason is hinged on espionage. 'I don't think he's that guy, actually,' Carlson said of Trump. 'I don't think he likes creepy sex stuff.' Rather, Carlson floated a more sinister plot to protect the US and Israeli intelligence agencies was driving Trump's response. 'The only other explanation that I can think of... is that intel services are at the very center of this story, U.S. and Israeli, and they're being protected,' he said. 'I think that seems like the most obvious.' Carlson waded into the controversy hours after Elon Musk launched into another attack on MAGA world by claiming that former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is implicated in the Epstein files. Musk also alleged weeks ago that Trump is in the Epstein files, saying that 'is the real reason they have not been made public.' But on Carlson's show, his guest Sagaar Enjeti, the host of Breaking Points, agreed that intelligence services likely had a role in the growing scandal over the release of the files. Enjeti pointed to reports in 2021 that alleged that federal prosecutors had chosen not to prosecute pedophilia cases within the CIA. 'There have been multiple documented cases of pedophilia inside of the CIA perpetrated by CIA officers,' he said. 'This was a BuzzFeed News piece years back where the CIA specifically did not want to prosecute those individuals in federal court for fear that they would reveal sources and methods if they were pulled into open court and they basically just made it go away. 'The only time they actually prosecuted somebody for child pornography was whenever he'd already been prosecuted for mishandling classified information.' Carlson joked in response: 'Well, when they want to crush you, they put kiddie porn on your computer. It's why I don't have a computer!' The issue of Trump's handling of the Epstein files led the president to snap at a reporter on Tuesday when they asked Bondi about the Justice Department's internal review of the documents. Trump brushed off fury from his MAGA base over the abrupt conclusion of the Epstein probe this week, and accused the reporter who quizzed Bondi of 'desecrating' the deadly Texas flood tragedy. 'Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?' Trump lamented to reporters present for his six-month Cabinet meeting. 'This guy's been talked about for years.' He said that the media needs to move on from 'this creep' Epstein and focus more on the tragedy in Texas and ongoing wars in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine. In the past, Trump has riled up his base with theories over Epstein's death, and in his 2024 campaign he vowed to release all the government's secrets, along with documents from the much-scrutinized assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Trump, however, is now ready to move on from the Epstein files. 'Do you want to waste the time – do you feel like answering?' Trump asked his Attorney General, who was just one seat away from the president with Secretary of State Marco Rubio between them during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Bondi said she didn't mind answering the question, but Trump continued his tirade against the Post reporter. 'I mean, I can't believe you're asking a question on Epstein at a time like this where we're having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas. 'It just seems like a desecration, but you go ahead,' he said to his embattled attorney general. Bondi then sought to clarify her past remarks about having Epstein's 'client list' on her desk, saying she never admitted there was a 'client list' and that she was actually referencing the complete paperwork related to the investigation into Epstein's child sex trafficking crimes. She then said that the reason more evidence was not released is because it contained child pornography. 'They turned out to be child porn downloaded by that disgusting Jeffrey Epstein,' Bondi said. 'Never going to be released, never going to see the light of day.'
Herald Sun
3 minutes ago
- Herald Sun
Trump tariff threat clouds final day of BRICS summit
Don't miss out on the headlines from Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. US President Donald Trump's decision to hit "anti-American" BRICS nations -- including China and India -- with an extra 10 percent trade tariff roiled the final day of the bloc's summit in Rio de Janeiro Monday. Trump threatened the 11-nation grouping -- which includes some of the world's fastest-emerging economies -- late on Sunday, after they warned against his "indiscriminate," damaging and illegal tariff hikes. "Any Country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff," Trump wrote on social media. BRICS members account for about half the world's population and 40 percent of global economic output. Members China, Russia and South Africa responded coolly to Trump's latest verbal barrage, insisting the bloc was not seeking confrontation with Washington. But host Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was less diplomatic. "We are sovereign nations," Lula said. "We don't want an emperor." Conceived two decades ago as a forum for fast-growing economies, BRICS has come to be seen as a Chinese-driven effort to curb US global influence. But it is a quickly expanding and often divergent grouping -- bringing together arch US foes like Iran and Russia, with some of Washington's closest allies in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Some US allies inside the bloc had tried to blunt criticism of Trump by not mentioning him or the United States by name in the summit statement. Saudi Arabia -- one of the biggest purchasers of US high-tech weapons -- even kept its foreign minister away from Sunday's talks and a BRICS group photo, seemingly to avoid Washington's ire. But such diplomatic gestures were lost on the US president who said "there will be no exceptions to this policy." - No shows - In April, Trump threatened a slew of punitive duties on dozens of economies, before backing off in the face of a fierce market sell-off. Now he is threatening to impose unilateral levies on trading partners unless they reach "deals" by August 1, with BRICS nations seemingly faced with higher tariffs than planned. It cannot have helped that BRICS leaders also condemned the recent US and Israeli bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities -- a show of solidarity with fellow member Iran. Beijing on Monday insisted BRICS was not seeking confrontation with the United States. "China has repeatedly stated its position that trade and tariff wars have no winners and protectionism offers no way forward," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. Beijing also defended the bloc as "an important platform for cooperation between emerging markets and developing countries." "It advocates openness, inclusivity, and win-win cooperation," Mao said. "It does not engage in camp confrontation and is not targeted at any country," she added. The Kremlin echoed that message with spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling Russian media that BRICS cooperation "has never been and will never be directed against third countries." The political punch of this year's summit has been depleted by the absence of China's Xi Jinping, who skipped the meeting for the first time in his 12 years as president. The Chinese leader is not the only notable absentee. Russian President Vladimir Putin, charged with war crimes in Ukraine, also opted to stay away, participating via video link. He told counterparts that BRICS had become a key player in global governance. arb/aks Originally published as Trump tariff threat clouds final day of BRICS summit
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Netanyahu will be at White House again to talk Gaza, Trump says
President Donald Trump said during his Cabinet meeting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will return to the White House on Tuesday evening to discuss Gaza.
