Acosta Says Trump’s Epstein ‘Tantrum’ Proves He’s Hiding Something — Challenges MAGA to Help Defeat ‘Coverup’

Jim Acosta trashed President Donald Trump for throwing a “tantrum” when asked about the so-called “Epstein Files” and called on prominent MAGA supporters to keep up the pressure and help defeat the “coverup.”

After years of Trumpworld encouraging many a conspiracy theory about deceased rape criminal Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump Justice Department dropped a bombless bomb Monday when they claimed there actually was no client list, and no “Epstein Files” worth releasing. The announcement prompted fierce backlash from supporters.

When a reporter asked about the case during a cabinet meeting, Trump went off on him for a full minute.

On Wednesday’s edition of The Jim Acosta Show and in his Substack newsletter, Acosta compared Trump to Superman villain Lex Luthor, and said Trump “told on himself” with the outburst.

He strongly suggested Trump’s response indicated some sort of guilt, and asked Trump supporters by name to pursue the issue:

JIM ACOSTA: There are folks in MAGA world who I think just saw, you know, Lex Luthor, Donald Trump, for who he was earlier this week, yesterday it was

When in the middle of that cabinet meeting, he started to blow up and have a tantrum over questions being asked about Jeffrey Epstein and what’s going on here? Why are they trying to sweep that case under the rug? Why does he have a problem with questions being asked about Jeffrey Epstein?

I mean, when he was running for president in 2024 when Jeffrey Epstein was brought up by Fox News or various podcasters, he was happy to answer those questions. There were, there were things going on during those days too, but all of a sudden, there are more important things to talk about than whatever question pops out of a reporter’s mouth.

I mean, give me a break. To me, that is when Donald Trump sort of told on himself. And you know, that’s what villains do. That’s what Lex Luthor does. That’s what the the villains of our comic books, of our childhoods do, they tell on themselves. And that was a moment to me that crystallized things, in my book, in terms of what’s going on with this Jeffrey Epstein case, how I think it is becoming something of a an Epstein-gate for Donald Trump.

I think the question has to be asked. Question should be asked, What did the President know? When did he know it? Did he have any involvement in the writing of that department of justice memo that tried to sweep this case under the rug? Did any direction come from people inside the White House.

And for all the folks on the far right who have been asking these questions about Jeffrey Epstein for all these years, inadvertently, I think some of them were asking about something that appears to be pretty damn important. What appears to be, perhaps, looks like it to me, a major cover up of just absolutely appalling criminal behavior.

And if any of this has any links that can be traced back to the White House, my God, the American people have a right to know about this. They have a right to truth to justice in all of this.

And so I’m kind of looking to you, MAGA. I’m looking to some of you in the MAGA-verse and the MAGA multiverse to step forward and keep asking those questions. Don’t, don’t, don’t retreat to the position. Well, okay, if we just, if we throw Pam Bondi under the bus, if we just blame her for all of this, then the story goes away. Then then the scandal goes away. Not so much. I don’t think so. Not so fast. Hold on a second. Is my response to that.

Why was Donald Trump getting so hot under the collar when he was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein case? Why was he? What was going on there? What was the deal with that? And you can’t, I’m sorry. Pam, Bondi, I’m sorry. You know, you can’t, one day say, back in February, oh, the list is on my desk. And then you put out a memo that says, Oh, it doesn’t exist anymore. And then you when you’re asked about it at a Cabinet meeting, oh, I was just talking about the files, you know, like the MLK and the JFK files, is pretty, pretty ridiculous answer coming from the Attorney General.

After all these years, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel Dan Bongino, these people made fortunes. Charlie Kirk, Benny Johnson, Laura Loomer, yeah, I’ll say their names. Marjorie Taylor Greene, I’ll say, I’ll say their names on this program, made political careers, made political hay, made fortunes, made money off of this case.

Don’t stop asking the questions now, now that the heat is getting too, too hot for the man inside the Oval Office. What did the President know and when did he know it? It’s a simple question, and it needs to be answered.

Watch above via The Jim Acosta Show.