Jeffrey Epstein, Trump and The F.B.I. Files
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For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida on two state felony charges, paid restitution to three dozen victims, and registered as a sex offender. A decade later, Epstein pleaded not guilty in New York to multiple charges, including sex trafficking.
The FBI and DOJ said they do not plan to make future public disclosures related to their review of Epstein's case, stoking outrage among Trump's most vocal supporters.
Stephen Colbert had some fun on Wednesday, devoting almost his entire monologue to the ongoing internecine fighting among Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein. And at one point, he pretended to become completely consumed by conspiracy theorizing,
The problem with a conspiracy theory is, of course, the more you talk about it, the more interest people take in it. The whole thing is born of distrust — so who wants to listen to someone telling them there’s nothing to see, even if that someone is Trump himself?
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Trump defends Attorney General Pam Bondi amid Epstein files backlash as FBI Director Patel squashes resignation rumors, calling conspiracy theories about discord untrue.
President Donald Trump has been hit with a negative poll about his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. According to a Quinnipiac University poll, the majority of U.S. voters disapprove of Trump's handling of files related to Epstein,
President Donald Trump is countering criticism of the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, accusing former government officials including Barack Obama,