Donald Trump scolded a reporter on Tuesday for asking a query about Jeffrey Epstein, amid a backlash by some MAGA world figures dismayed that the administration’s dismissal of conspiracy theories surrounding the late convicted intercourse offender.
At a cupboard assembly on Tuesday, a reporter requested Trump’s Lawyer Normal, Pam Bondi, a couple of Justice Division and FBI memo that there was “no credible proof discovered that Epstein blackmailed outstanding people as a part of his actions.” The memo additionally stated that, after a evaluation, they supported the conclusion that Epstein died by suicide whereas in incarceration in 2019. The federal authorities additionally stated that “no additional disclosure can be acceptable or warranted.”
The reporter famous that the memo “left some lingering mysteries.”
“One of many largest ones is whether or not he ever labored for a American or international intelligence company. The previous labor secretary who was U.S. lawyer [in] Miami, Alex Acosta, he allegedly stated that he did work for an intelligence company. So might you resolve whether or not or not he did?” The reporter additionally requested a couple of jailhouse video that was launched of Epstein on the night time be died, which has drawn scrutiny as a result of a minute was lacking from the footage.
Trump then stepped in. “Are you continue to speaking about Jeffrey Epstein? This man’s been talked about for years. We’ve Texas, now we have this, now we have the entire issues… and are individuals nonetheless speaking about this man, this creep? That’s unbelievable.”
He then turned to Bondi. “Do you wish to waste the time answering?”
“I don’t thoughts answering.”
Trump added, “I can’t consider you might be asking a query about Epstein, at a time once we are having a few of the best success and likewise tragedy with what occurred in Texas. It simply looks as if a desecration.”
Bondi first addressed a remark she made again in February on Fox Information, when she was requested a couple of supposed Epstein shopper listing. “It’s sitting on my desk proper now to evaluation,” Bondi stated then. She additionally stated that the lacking minute within the video was truly attributable to a routine reset that the Bureau of Prisons does of its safety footage. “We’re searching for that video to launch that as effectively,” she stated.
On Tuesday, Bondi stated that she meant that she had the Epstein file to evaluation, together with different recordsdata having to do with the JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. video. She stated that she had “no data” about Epstein being an agent.
The DOJ/FBI memo, although, has been condemned by MAGA figures like Alex Jones and Laura Loomer. Members of the Trump administration, together with JD Vance, have up to now amplified theories that Joe Biden’s administration was hiding info associated to Epstein. Vance even berated reporters for not asking questions concerning the case.
Bondi’s feedback didn’t seem to assuage her MAGA critics. Lindell TV posted, “Now many are asking: If Epstein was not an intelligence asset, and there’s no shopper listing, what precisely was the DOJ sitting on? And why did so many former officers, together with U.S. Lawyer Alex Acosta, recommend in any other case?”
