Furious Trump lays into ‘bulls**t' Epstein murder ‘HOAX'… but admits MAGA fans are falling for it ‘hook line and sinker'
The President hit out at "radical left democrats", who he claims pedal the conspiracy theory, after Ghislaine Maxwell's family said they would
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Trump has lashed out at the Epstein murder theory
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In a scathing ramble on Truth Social, Trump said: "In a scathing ramble on Truth Social, he said: "The Radical Left Democrats have hit pay dirt, again!"
He blamed the Democrats, and specifically Hunter Biden, for a range of conspiracy theories - including the Steele Dossier and the "Laptop from Hell".
And said his past MAGA supporters "bought into this 'bullshit,' hook, line, and sinker".
Venting his frustration that the Epstein files continue to attract attention, he thundered: "All these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success stared Dems, is the Jeffery Epstein Hoax."
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and
His MAGA camp has been
The DoJ last week announced that Epstein died by suicide - although conspiracy theories are to the contrary.
They added that there was no 'incriminating client list' to be revealed to the public - and no further revelations would be made regarding the case.
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US Attorney General Pam Bondi had suggested in February that Epstein's supposed client list was sitting on her desk waiting for review.
Though last week she appeared to suggest she'd been referring generally to the Epstein case file, not a client list.
Bondi said: "I did an interview on Fox, and it's been getting a lot of attention because I said I was asked a question about the client list, and my response was, it's sitting on my desk to be reviewed.
"Meaning the file, along with the JFK, MLK files as well. That's what I meant by that."
Meanwhile, Trump insisted the
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