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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in on the fallout around the Trump administration's Epstein memo, calling it a "distraction."
A Wall Street Journal report late Thursday added new scrutiny to President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” President Donald Trump asked a reporter on July 8, amid flooding in central Texas. “This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking. We have Texas,
Fallout from the Epstein scandal is escalating. The Justice Department has moved to unseal select grand jury transcripts, though MAGA loyalists say it’s not enough. MSNBC Senior Reporter Brandy Zadrozny,
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New York Magazine on MSNWhy the Latest Epstein Scandal Caught the Media by SurpriseNo doubt for mainstream-media readers, the Epstein rift came out of nowhere,” said a New York Times reporter. “We had not established how important this story was to a good chunk of the MAGA base.” A political reporter at a rival publication added,
Trump faces MAGA backlash over Epstein as calls for transparency grow and loyalists demand the files be released.
MAGA supporters criticize Trump's defense of AG Pam Bondi after DOJ revealed there is no Epstein client list, despite previous promises to expose additional details on scandal.
President Donald Trump and his administration are doing everything they can to make MAGA forget about Jeffrey Epstein. They are failing.
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The Nation on MSNJeffrey Epstein’s Victims Are Again Being Wronged by Donald Trump’s CircusOne person who has never forgotten the victims is Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown, whose 2019 reporting on the original criminal case reopened the scandal and led to Epstein’s arrest. In her reporting, Brown highlighted the voices of victims such as Virginia Giuffre.
Sam Stein and Bill Kristol explore how the lingering Epstein scandal continues to haunt Donald Trump. Especially as parts of the MAGA base grow restless. They discuss the political fallout, the persistence of conspiracy theories,
President Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “pertinent” grand jury testimony in the criminal case of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi says the Justice Department will seek to unseal the transcripts.