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Andrew Schulz slams Trump over Obama allegations amid Epstein controversy
Podcaster Andrew Schulz slammed President Trump during a Thursday episode of the Flagrant podcast, criticizing Trump for his handling of multiple controversies. Earlier this week, the president accused former President Obama of influencing the findings in Russiagate while distancing himself from the public's push for more information on Jeffrey Epstein's criminal dealings. 'He is rebuking the base, like almost like spitting in their face,' Schulz said. FBI Director Kash Patel and deputy director Dan Bongino have defended Trump amid the ongoing Epstein saga. In July, the two supported the release of the agency's findings that concluded the deceased financier kept no 'client list' and announced the Trump administration would not unveil additional files tied to convicted sex offender's dealings. 'He campaigned on it. He put Bongino and Kash in there, which might be the stupidest thing in the history of the world. Why would you put the two guys that have nonstop pounded the pavement talking about how we're going to expose this Epstein thing, and the second they get in there like, 'You better shut the f*** up,'' Schulz said. The comedian said this week's release of files related to Martin Luther King Jr. was another attempt at 's— distractions' to throw people off the hunt for more information on Epstein. His co-host Akaash Singh agreed, adding that the administration was 'hiding something crazy.' Storylines have swirled regarding Epstein's ties to Trump as the Wall Street Journal published an article outlining a 2003 birthday letter sent to the businessman in 2003. It allegedly bears Trump's signature and is typed in the font of a naked woman, according to the outlet. Trump denied ever writing the correspondence and sued the outlet over the report.
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36 minutes ago
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Why is DOJ speaking with Ghislaine Maxwell?
DAY TWO — As part of the Trump administration's effort to contain the backlash from their handling of the so-called Epstein files, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spent a second day in Tallahassee today interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell. As a diversionary tactic, it's understandable. But as a strictly prosecutorial matter, the effort makes almost no sense. Maxwell, Epstein's longtime partner, raises multiple red flags that would ordinarily make her a very poor candidate to serve as a cooperating witness for the government. Among them: Maxwell's crimes with Jeffrey Epstein were heinous, and she went to trial instead of admitting her guilt and pleading out. She's serving a 20-year prison sentence for child sex trafficking and other crimes. On top of that, the Justice Department has already discredited her. They charged her with two perjury counts (which were later dropped after the sex trafficking conviction) and told the judge during her 2021 trial that she had been willing to 'brazenly lie under oath about her conduct.' Any credible DOJ cooperation deal at this point would require her to plead to those perjury counts, but it is far from clear whether she is willing to do that. The conduct at issue is also very old. Epstein and Maxwell's relationship dates back to the 1990s, and as a result, it will be much harder for the government to corroborate her testimony with other evidence or generate credible information that the government can act upon to charge others at this late date. Adding to the DOJ's problems is the fact that Maxwell has an obvious incentive to lie or otherwise shade her testimony to curry favor with the government. She would presumably want a pardon or commutation of her sentence at the end of the process, and the Trump administration appears particularly interested in information or testimony that would reflect well on Trump amid the growing body of information and reporting concerning his relationship with Epstein. (Trump has repeatedly and vehemently denied any involvement in or awareness of criminal misconduct on the part of Epstein or Maxwell.) Then there's the fact that Blanche himself is doing the interviews with Maxwell. The deputy AG is the DOJ's second-in-command. He presumably has more pressing and consequential matters to attend to than trying to execute a Hail-Mary cooperation deal with a child sex trafficker who is already in prison and who is unlikely to ever emerge as a credible witness in the eyes of the American public. So what gives? 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President Donald Trump has called the persistent controversy around his connection to Jeffrey Epstein a 'scam.' In a Truth Social post on Thursday, the president claimed it was the 'Radical Left Democrats' who were trying to distract from his political achievements by focusing on the mysterious Epstein files. Trump has been attempting to distract from links to his one-time friend Epstein, which keep resurfacing. Last week, he raged against a Wall Street Journal report that claimed he had sent a letter to Epstein for his 50th birthday that allegedly included the line 'May every day be another wonderful secret.' An angry Trump fired off a string of Truth Social posts, in which he called the letter 'fake' and announced he was filing a $10 billion lawsuit against the publication., which is owned by another sometime friend, Rupert Murdoch. After a flurry of Truth Social posts about trade deals, AI, and the death of Hulk Hogan on Thursday night, Trump once again waded into the Epstein debate, recycling some of his favorite catchphrases. He posted, 'The Radical Left Democrats are doing everything in their power to distract and obfuscate from our GREAT six months of service to America, results of which many are saying is the BEST six months in Presidential history.' The president continued, 'They have gone absolutely CRAZY, and are playing another Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax but, this time, under the guise of what we will call the Jeffrey Epstein SCAM.' Trump then addressed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who visited Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell in prison on Thursday, where she is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted in 2021 of recruiting underage girls for the sex trafficker. Blanche revealed on X that he will meet with Maxwell again on Friday and said, 'The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.' In his Truth Social post, which followed Blanche's post, Trump said, 'As things are revealed and, I hope will take place quickly, you will see that it is yet another Democrat CON JOB. Hopefully, the Grand Jury Files will put an end to this HOAX. Everyone should see what is there, but people who are innocent should not be hurt. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!' Trump has spent the week dodging the topic of Epstein, which has even seen some MAGA supporters turn against him. On Tuesday, when the president was asked about the Department of Justice meeting with Maxwell, he told reporters, 'I don't really follow that too much.' He then deflected from further Epstein questions by mentioning an alleged plot by Barack Obama to rig the 2016 election. Later that day, Trump posted on Truth Social, 'We had the Greatest Six Months of any President in the History of our Country, and all the Fake News wants to talk about is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax!' When the Journal reported on Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi had told Trump back in May that his name featured in the Epstein files several times, the president let White House communications director Steven Cheung respond for him. 'This is another fake news story, just like the previous story by the Wall Street Journal,' Cheung stated.
