President Trump on Tuesday mentioned he didn’t perceive why lots of his supporters have been so fixated on the case of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, as uproar over Epstein-related paperwork has stoked discontent amongst members of his base.
“I do not perceive it, why they’d be so . He is been lifeless for a very long time. He was by no means an enormous issue by way of life. I do not perceive what the curiosity and what the fascination is. I actually don’t. And the credible info has been given,” Trump advised reporters as he departed an occasion in Pennsylvania.
“I don’t perceive why the Jeffrey Epstein case wold be of curiosity to anyone. It’s fairly boring stuff. It’s sordid, nevertheless it’s boring,” Trump added. “And I don’t perceive why it retains going. I believe actually solely fairly dangerous folks, together with faux information, wish to maintain one thing like that going.”
The Justice Division and FBI issued a joint memo final week that said Epstein didn’t have a consumer record and confirmed he died by suicide in his New York Metropolis jail cell in 2019. The findings incensed members of the MAGA motion, who’ve for years pushed conspiracy theories about Epstein’s demise and claims that distinguished Democrats can be named on a consumer record.
Epstein, accused in a number of instances of intercourse trafficking younger ladies, ran in high-powered circles with figures that included Trump, former President Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew and quite a few different celebrities and ultrawealthy people. Epstein’s affiliate, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been convicted of intercourse trafficking.
Lawyer Common Pam Bondi specifically has confronted intense backlash over the administration’s lack of disclosures associated to Epstein, with some Trump allies calling for her ouster.
These criticizing Bondi have cited her feedback earlier this 12 months pledging transparency across the Epstein recordsdata, together with an interview in February through which she mentioned an Epstein consumer record was “sitting on” her “desk” to be reviewed. She has since asserted she was referring to a wide range of recordsdata associated to the Epstein case.
Trump earlier Tuesday defended Bondi and mentioned she ought to launch any info that’s deemed “credible” associated to Epstein.
“However she’s dealt with it very nicely, and it’s going to be as much as her no matter she thinks is credible, she ought to launch,” he mentioned.