Donald Trump counterattacked and repeated that he knew “nothing” about Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, but the scandal of the pedophile financier who died in prison in 2019 caused a rift with one of his iron allies in Congress, Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene. A sensational split between the president and one of the top figures of the Maga movement, who is now accusing him of a lack of transparency in the case.
In a lengthy post on Truth, Trump withdrew his support for the congressman, calling her “bizarre” and accusing her of betraying him. “The president attacked me and lied about me,” he responded, saying the tycoon attacked him “to set an example and scare all the other Republicans before the vote on the Epstein dossier.” “It’s amazing how much he fought to stop” publication of papers related to the financier, he continued: “I supported Trump with most of my precious time and money, and I fought for him, almost every other Republican has turned his back on him. But I’m not devoted to Trump.”
The commander then also again criticized Thomas Massie, the Republican representative who with fellow Democrat Ro Khanna introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bill that would force the House to vote on the publication of documents about the billionaire: “He always votes against the Republican party, he’s a loser,” he said. Trump again accused Bill Clinton, Larry Summers (former Treasury Secretary) and “everyone who spent time” with Epstein.
Through investigations he asked the Department of Justice and the FBI to open, he targeted both, but also investor and businessman Reid Hoffman, JPMorgan Chase and “several other individuals and institutions.”
“The documents show that these people, and many others, spent a lot of time with Epstein,” he said, without providing any evidence, while Justice Secretary Pam Bondi promised X that her department would act “diligently and honestly to provide answers to the American people”. “Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years,” the president continued. In July, the ministry and the FBI announced that they had “not found any evidence on which to base an investigation into individuals who have not yet been prosecuted” in the pedophile financier’s case, and stated that it would be “inappropriate” to make the files public. This position has caused misunderstanding, and even anger, among many supporters of the Maga movement, including the Georgian congressman.
Meanwhile, The Donald also intervened with Epstein’s former accomplice and girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in a low-security prison in Texas where she is serving a 20-year prison sentence, and aimed to commute her sentence by seeking intervention from the White House occupant. “I haven’t thought about a pardon” for him, Trump said. However, according to rumors circulating, the former British socialite will enjoy preferential treatment, much to the annoyance of her cellmates.
