Often he’ll appear unshaken, magnanimous even, but then he often attacks not just the subject matter but the person asking – as often as not a member of the “fake news” media.
“He’s dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don’t understand what the interest or what the fascination is,” Trump told reporters after flying to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has been taking much of the blame for not releasing the ‘Epstein files’ (Photo: Ken Cedeno/Reuters)
If the 79-year-old President finds himself in a tight spot at the moment, it is one very largely of his making. For years he pushed and profited from spreading conspiracy theories and lies, not least about the results of the 2020 election.
During the most recent election campaign Trump told supporters he’d release any material about Epstein, who had been awaiting trial for alleged sex trafficking charges having been accused of procuring young women and children to be used for sex by his wealthy friends and clients.
Among those demanding the release of such material and of a purported “client list” were figures such as right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino, and Kash Patel, who had served in Trump’s first administration.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer (Photo: Jacob M Langston for The Washington Post via Getty)
Yet last week, the DOJ announced there was no such client list, no evidence Epstein had killed himself, and the FBI had decided “no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted”. Bondi clarified that she had been referring to the Epstein case file on her desk, not his client list.
A range of high-profile Maga figures who’ve supported Trump, including Steve Bannon and conspiracist Laura Loomer, have hurled hard words at the administration on which they normally heap praise.
Other Maga figures have levelled accusations and threats at Bondi and Patel over the matter. Republican Congressman Scott DesJarlais said: “If the attorney general has knowledge of people who committed sex crimes with the minors, she should be prosecuting them.”
Trump and his girlfriend – and future wife – Melania Knauss, Epstein and British socialite and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in February 2000 (Photo: Davidoff Studios/Getty)
The episode presents Democrats with an easy opportunity to attack Trump. Why won’t the President release all the files and appoint a special counsel to look into it? Why is his administration attempting to shift public attention away from the case?
He added: “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
Last month, amid fallout between Trump and his billionaire former adviser Elon Musk over a policy bill, Musk claimed – without evidence – on his social media platform X that Trump “is in the Epstein files” and “that is the real reason they have not been made public”.
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This week, Trump praised Bondi’s handling of the Epstein matter and, in an unlikely assertion, claimed she would be the person who decided what material ought to be released. “She’s handled it very well, and it’s going to be up to her,” Trump said. “Whatever she thinks is credible, she should release.”
Trump very clearly wants the matter to go away. But that does not seem likely any time soon.
Another senior Republican, House Speaker Mike Johnson, said he similarly wanted “transparency”.
“The White House and the White House team are privy to facts that I don’t know. I mean, this isn’t my lane and I haven’t been involved with that, but I agree with the sentiment that we need to put it out there.”
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