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Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Boston Globe
Republicans are outraged over the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files. Here's what they've said.
For years, Trump and some members of his administration Advertisement But in recent days, the Trump administration has reversed course, urging skeptics to move past the Epstein controversy. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up In a blistering the Epstein case and slammed them as 'weaklings.' 'Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don't even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don't want their support anymore!' Trump wrote. On Thursday night, Trump said he had directed Bondi to Advertisement As the uproar has intensified, lawmakers from both parties have demanded that the Trump administration release more information about the Epstein files. Some have even urged Bondi to resign. House Speaker Mike Johnson demanded that the Trump administration release the Epstein files in an 'I'm for transparency,' Johnson said. 'It's a very delicate subject but we should put everything out there and let the people decide.' Johnson also urged Bondi to clarify her previous statements that she had a 'client list' related to Epstein on her desk. Charlie Kirk, a prominent Trump ally and founder of Turning Point USA, said on his radio show Monday he's done discussing the Epstein controversy. Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk stands in the back of the room as President Donald speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim Attorney for Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty 'Honestly, I'm done talking about Epstein for the time being,' Kirk said. 'I'm going to trust my friends in the administration, I'm gonna trust my friends in the government to do what needs to be done, solve it, ball's in their hands.' A day later, Kirk walked back his comments, saying he had only meant he was done talking about Epstein for the day. Some of Trump's staunchest allies — including Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Steve Bannon, and far-right activist Laura Loomer — called for Trump Boebert went so far as to suggest that former Advertisement On Thursday, the White House announced that Trump has decided Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on state immigration policies on June 12, 2025. KENNY HOLSTON/NYT Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia 'This is something that's been talked about by many people serving in the administration, myself and many others on the right and the left, of there needing to be transparency of the rich and powerful elites that were in his circle while he was just one of the worst serial abusers of young women,' Greene Speaking in Florida last week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson took aim at the Justice Department. 'The fact that the US government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said, 'Case closed. Shut up, conspiracy theorist,' was too much for me,' Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who has sparred with Trump over his 'Big Beautiful Bill,' 'Americans were promised justice and transparency. We're introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on releasing the complete files. If your Representative won't sign the discharge petition, ask why,' the statement said. Advertisement Alyssa Vega can be reached at
The Hill
3 days ago
- The Hill
Rising: July 18, 2025
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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
If This GOP Conference Is Proof, Trump Is Totally Screwed Over Epstein
The Trump administration's complete dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to backfire as some of the most intense, involved members of his voting base think they've lost him to the 'deep state.' As the Student Action Summit conference hosted by Charlie Kirk's right-wing Turning Point USA group kicked off on Friday, multiple MAGA loyalists expressed anger and exasperation with President Trump's handling of the case that has dominated much of the conspiratorial far-right. 'It's not about just a pedophile ring and all that. It's about who governs us, right? And that's why [the Epstein case] is not gonna go away,' MAGA godfather Steve Bannon yelled from the conference stage. He then went on to detail just how important the case is to the deep base. 'For this to go away, you're gonna lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement. If we lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement right now, we're gonna lose 40 seats in [20]26, we're gonna lose the presidency, they won't even have to steal it … because [the Trump administration] will have disheartened the hardest core populist …' Trump supporters who felt that the president was the answer to years of liberal and neoconservative deep state corruption are now reeling, feeling lost and confused as their knight in shining armor turns his back on one of their most important issues. Bannon turned to three young conference attendees and asked them for their take on the situation. 'We need to, we need to enforce the laws of this country and you know, like you said, Steve, there's no better question than who rules America. It's not the people. So we need to obviously have the declassification of the Epstein files,' one said before Bannon chimed in. 'You don't think Donald Trump as president — you would tell Donald Trump in the Oval Office that you think there's an open question, with him as commander-in-chief and doing all he's doing, you would actually tell Trump you don't know, you question who rules this country?' 'I definitely would because it's a blackmail ring and anybody who wouldn't is not paying attention. Simply put, Epstein himself said that he was best friends, on the stand, with Donald Trump. So anybody who thought that these files were going to get just declassified because we pressured him enough or you voted harder enough is just lying to yourself frankly.' The young man continued on. 'In 2016, we trusted the plan with Trump, but now Trump has become the deep state. The exact thing he we voted him in—' 'Why do you say he's become the deep state?' Bannon asked. 'What is more deep state than covering up for pedophiles? Why would you go to that island? Why? Tell me why would you go to that island? Why would you go on the plane? … Why his top donors—why are his top donors neighbors with Epstein?' It seems that Trump's most ardent supporters are finally asking the important questions. And while some in the MAGAsphere zero in on Attorney General Pam Bondi, others grasp that the one person with the most power over the case, the one person who could even come close to validating any of their theories, is Trump. And he has expressed no interest whatsoever in doing that. In fact, he can't even believe that his base is still talking about it. And as we approach one full week of uproar, it's clear that the Epstein thing won't be going away anytime soon. 'The only way this Epstein firestorm passes is if the 5 to 10 to maybe 15 percent of the Trump movement, the Pepes and the hardcores, many of whom are in this audience, just say, 'I've had enough of it,'' Bannon later proclaimed. 'The Epstein situation gets down to one basic question: Who governs this country? Is it a shadowy network of intelligence, MI6 Saudi intelligence, the Mossad, CIA … or do the people of the United States govern?'
