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 mentioned that, after a evaluation, they supported the conclusion that Epstein died by suicide whereas in incarceration in 2019. The federal authorities additionally mentioned that “no additional disclosure could be applicable 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 overseas intelligence company. The previous labor secretary who was U.S. legal professional [in] Miami, Alex Acosta, he allegedly mentioned that he did work for an intelligence company. So may 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 now have Texas, we’ve this, we’ve 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 in addition 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 consumer listing. “It’s sitting on my desk proper now to evaluation,” Bondi mentioned then. She additionally mentioned 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 properly,” she mentioned.
On Tuesday, Bondi mentioned that she meant that she had the Epstein file to evaluation, together with different information having to do with the JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. video. She mentioned that she had “no information” 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 previously amplified theories that Joe Biden’s administration was hiding info associated to Epstein. Vance even berated reporters for not asking questions in regards to 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 consumer 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?”