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Trump DOJ dismissal of Epstein ‘client list’ fuels MAGA division. Here’s a guide to the controversy.
President Donald Trump outraged many of his supporters after the Justice Department published an unsigned memo saying it would not release any more documents related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. For years, Trump and some members of his administration fanned conspiracy theories about the content of the files.
President Donald Trump attacked his own supporters while answering a question about their interest in Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida on two state felony charges, paid restitution to three dozen victims, and registered as a sex offender. A decade later, Epstein pleaded not guilty in New York to multiple charges, including sex trafficking.
Last week, the Justice Department and the FBI abruptly walked back the notion that there's an Epstein client list of elites who participated in the wealthy New York financier's trafficking of underage girls.
Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, demanding records be released and trolling Republicans on social media, news shows and in the U.S. House as they revel in a rare fissure between President Donald Trump and his fiercely loyal base.
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Police seized phone message pads from Epstein's Palm Beach mansion in 2005. Two messages were from Donald Trump.
Here is a timeline of Epstein and Trump’s relationship. Though it is not known when Epstein and Trump first met, Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that he had known Epstein for 15 years, which would date back to the late 1980s. “Terrific guy,” Trump said in the 2002 interview.
Two new polls show that a majority of Americans think the government is covering up evidence related to Epstein.
MAGA’s disgruntlement with President Donald Trump over his team’s dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein affair is turning into a political crisis, and a top pollster is comparing the fallout to the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that hobbled former President Joe Biden.
Lawmakers from the left are putting pressure on what has become a sensitive spot for Trump with his growingly frustrated base.
Jordan Klepper recounted Donald Trump's long history with Jeffrey Epstein on the latest episode of 'The Daily Show.'
US President Donald Trump has responded to persistent calls for the files relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case to be released amid claims his name features in the documents.