2 h. ago Trump Epstein fallout continues as press secretary attempts to explain president’s ‘hoax’ claims: Live updates

Trump attacks own supporters for continuing to press for release of Epstein files causing rift in MAGA base

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8 h. ago JD Vance hit with 'emasculating' Epstein attacks as he faces mounting pressure to defy Trump and expose truth

The viral video features Vice President JD Vance during the 2024 campaign telling podcaster Theo Von 'we need to release the Epstein list.' Donald Trump on Thursday hit 'weaklings' still pushing the issue.

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8 h. ago Seth Meyers on the Maga schism over the Epstein files: ‘This meltdown has been years in the making’

Late-night hosts discuss unprecedented backlash from Trump’s base over his refusal to release Jeffrey Epstein filesLate-night hosts dig into the rift between Donald Trump and his most ardent supporters over his refusal to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence pushes for release of the Epstein files: ‘The time has come’

‘I think that anyone who participated or was associated with this despicable man ought to be held up to public scrutiny,’ the former vice president said

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30 h. ago Trump attacks ‘stupid Republicans’ for wanting Epstein files released

Trump continues to disavow members of his party who have called for him to fulfill campaign promise to release evidence on notorious pedophile

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31 h. ago Donald Trump slams 'past supporters' as MAGA fans call out Epstein files U

Donald Trump has appeared increasingly unwilling to release files regarding Jeffrey Epstein despite members of his administration previously vowing to release them

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36 h. ago Trump says he 'doesn't understand' why anyone wants the 'sordid, but boring' Jeffrey Epstein files released and says 'only the fake news want to keep it going' as cover

The President has shown growing frustration with questions about the files, and shook his head when asked why his supporters in particular 'have been so interested' in the case.

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46 h. ago Trump insists only 'bad people' want Epstein files as scandal tears MAGA apart

The president has made the release of the alleged Epstein files a central part of his 2024 campaign, having promised his supporters that he would unveil the information once reelected

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48 h. ago Democrats once again push bill to get Epstein files released, but Republicans block it

‘They’re complicit’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells The Independent

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49 h. ago Trump dodges question on if he’s in Epstein files and claims Obama and James Comey made them up

Trump’s administration is facing backlash after releasing a memo claiming Epstein never kept a ‘client list’

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49 h. ago US House speaker Mike Johnson calls for release of Epstein files amid backlash

Trump has faced growing resentment over the decision of his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to withhold informationUS politics – live updatesAnalysis: How Epstein files uproar became a vehicle for QAnonMike Johnson, speaker of the House, called for the justice department to make public documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, breaking with Donald Trump over an issue that has roiled the president’s rightwing base.It was a rare moment of friction between Trump and the speaker, a top ally on Capitol Hill, and came as the president faces growing backlash from conservatives who had expected him to make public everything known about Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while in federal custody as he faced sex-trafficking charges. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Epstein lawyer reveals 'truth' about client list as House Republicans block files release

The MAGA world continues infighting over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

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53 h. ago Epstein lawyer reveals 'truth' about client list as House Republicans block files release: Live updates

The MAGA world continues infighting over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

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53 h. ago How the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files became a vehicle for QAnon

Maga’s obsession with the files shows how a fringe QAnon conspiracy theory has taken root in the pro-Trump movementThe release of the “Epstein client list” has long been the holy grail for the Maga movement. Supposedly, this list, once released, would incriminate a veritable who’s who of liberal elites complicit in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex-trafficking operation and expose the moral rot at the heart of the Democratic establishment.The mystery surrounding the Epstein files also became a vehicle for QAnon conspiracy theorists to push their ideas about a “deep state” cover-up of a network of global pedophiles into the broader tent of the Maga movement. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Kevin Spacey begs Trump to 'release the Epstein files' as Ghislaine Maxwell has appeal turned down: Live updates

The MAGA world continues infighting over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

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57 h. ago Republicans move to block Democratic effort to force release of Epstein files

White House has come under fire for not releasing documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey EpsteinUS politics live – latest updatesRepublican lawmakers have moved to block a Democratic effort to force the release of the so-called Epstein files, a near-mythological trove of undisclosed information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the center of an internal political war among US conservatives.Democrats had been pressing for an amendment to cryptocurrency legislation that would have forced the release of information and exhibits itemized in a list of evidence held by the justice department from the 2019 child sex-trafficking case against disgraced financier Epstein. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Republicans block effort to force release of Epstein files in Congress

California Rep. Ro Khanna, who authored the amendment, slammed the decision and declared the American public ‘won’t be gaslit’

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66 h. ago Trump’s DOJ urges Supreme Court to reject appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

Maxwell is attempting to be released from prison by arguing Epstein’s 2008 non-prosecution agreement shielded her from prosecution

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69 h. ago Poll: Donald Trump humiliated by MAGA mob who fume over refusal to release Epstein files

The poll found that 67% of Trump voters in the 2024 election disagreed with the president's decision not to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, compared to 58% of Kamala Harris voters

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3 d. ago Despite Trump saying there are no more Epstein files, Lara Trump says he will release more Epstein files

The Trump administration has claimed there is no Epstein client list and that no other documents will be released. Now the President’s daughter-in-law is insisting otherwise

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