White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has stepped in it once more as rabid MAGA voters erupt in anger over the persevering with fallout from the Trump administration’s dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein information, accusing the administration of making an attempt to scrub up the mess by mendacity about it.
Epstein, a disgraced financier and convicted intercourse offender, had ties to a few of the strongest folks on this planet, together with presidents, billionaires and even royalty. He was arrested in 2019 on expenses associated to intercourse trafficking minors and allegedly had a “consumer checklist” with the names of those that used his companies. He died by suicide in a Manhattan jail not lengthy after his arrest, in keeping with authorities.
That was six years in the past, and since then, conspiracy theories a few authorities cover-up have flourished and expanded. President Donald Trump’s most loyal and vocal supporters have promoted the hypothesis, with Trump and Vice President JD Vance even stoking the conjecture throughout the 2024 marketing campaign. At one level, Trump proclaimed he was “inclined” to declassify the whole file.
Earlier this 12 months, Trump officers invited social media influencers to the White Home for what they mentioned was the primary launch of latest info on the Epstein case. The influencers acquired binders with the title “The Epstein Recordsdata: Section 1.”
Embarrassingly, there was nothing new within the information, regardless that Legal professional Common Pam Bondi had claimed in February that she had Epstein’s “consumer checklist” and it was “sitting on my desk proper now.”
Then on Sunday, Axios broke the information in regards to the FBI sending the Justice Division a memo saying that after an “exhaustive evaluation,” there was “no credible proof” that Epstein “blackmailed outstanding people as a part of his actions. We didn’t uncover proof that might predicate an investigation in opposition to uncharged third events.”
As anticipated, the MAGA world erupted into an infuriated frenzy that has been boiling over all week.
Then Leavitt at the moment smugly bragged a few report within the conservative-leaning Washington Examiner that mentioned new voters discover Trump reliable, however for sure, her tone-deaf boast completely backfired on her.
“Trump seen as a uncommon promise keeper, particularly with new voters,” Leavitt posted on X with a hyperlink to the story.
And the storm broke.
One other requested, “Is that this a joke?”
And the hits simply stored coming.
And Luke Slywalker posted, “He’s sending more cash to Ukraine and failing to supply justice to Epstein’s victims, whereas persevering with to simp for battle prison Netanyahu. This isn’t what I voted for.”
And Tom’s Boy summed it up: “press secretary = Minister of Propaganda”
Trump’s former bromance buddy, tech billionaire Elon Musk, has been insisting for weeks that Trump’s title is on Epstein’s “consumer checklist” and that’s why the administration won’t ever launch it.
“How can folks be anticipated to think about Trump if he gained’t launch the Epstein information?” Musk requested on X on Tuesday.
The submit adopted a mini tantrum Trump threw throughout a cupboard assembly Tuesday when a reporter requested Bondi in regards to the FBI memo. It appears all that stoking of conspiracy theories is coming again to hang-out the President, and he’s not liking it.
“Are you continue to speaking about Jeffrey Epstein?” Trump responded. “This man’s been talked about for years… Are folks nonetheless speaking about this man, this creep? That’s unbelievable. Do you need to waste the time?”
