Michael Flynn Warns Trump Epstein Scandal Isn’t a ‘Hoax’: ‘Crimes Against CHILDREN’ Are ‘NEVER Acceptable’
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Michael Flynn is the latest voice among the MAGA crowd who is breaking with President Donald Trump when it comes to the Epstein Files.
Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general who served briefly as Trump’s National Security Advisor, posted a lengthy statement to social media on Wednesday following Trump attacking his own supporters multiple times over the Epstein backlash. Flynn warned Trump that the issue is bigger than Epstein, arguing the country is headed for “suicide” and the “deep state” is winning when it comes to Epstein.
“I hesitated to write this however, with the utmost respect and deference to you for all you’ve withstood (few know it better than me what the “deep state” can do when they want to turn on a person),” Flynn wrote. “The EPSTEIN AFFAIR is NOT about who killed him or if he committed suicide—personally, I’m glad this known pedophile is dead. But neither is this a hoax.”
Moments before Flynn’s post, Trump raged against supporters upset over the Epstein Files from the White House. Trump claimed some have been “duped” by the Democrats into buying into a “hoax.” In a Truth Social post from earlier in the day, Trump said he does not want the support of anyone calling for more Epstein documents to be released.
Flynn received a full pardon from Trump in 2020 following his pleading guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his communication with Russia.
A recent Department of Justice/FBI memo denying the existence of an Epstein list has sent shockwaves through MAGA, with many supporters blasting Trump and other officials over it, especially since numerous Trump officials referenced such a list existing, including Attorney General Pam Bondi in February.
Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide in 2019 while in jail on sex trafficking charges. The list Bondi and others have referred to allegedly includes the names of high-profile clients who took part in Epstein’s decades of alleged abuse against women — including minors.
“This issue goes beyond all that. There are millions of Americans who overwhelmingly voted for you to be OUR President, and we want you to be massively successful. No one more than me. Personally, I still have a target on my forehead. I know that but, like you, I still fight,” Flynn wrote on Wednesday.
He demanded people be “held accountable” while suggesting people inside the government could be involved in Epstein’s crimes.
Flynn wrote:
Regardless of what class of society abuses and commits crimes against CHILDREN, it is NEVER acceptable. This is where this argument went off the rails. It is NOT about Epstein or the left. It is about committing crimes against CHILDREN. If he were part of an intel operation known or run by our CIA (shame on them) and those responsible MUST be held accountable. If there is another country involved, then shame on them as well. If there are elites inside of our country that committed crimes against CHILDREN (shame on them) and they MUST be held ACCOUNTABLE. Few know how many crystal balls you juggle on a daily basis (I do). And I know you cannot drop any of them.
He went on to call the Epstein Files rollout “terrible” and called for him to “figure out a way to move past this.”
“With my strongest recommendation, please gather your team and figure out a way to move past this. The roll out of this was terrible, no way around that. Americans want America to be successful, therefore, WE NEED YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL,” Flynn wrote. “Please take this missive as though coming from someone who willingly and voluntarily fought for this country against multiple enemies overseas only to come home to face my greatest enemy right here at home. You know precisely what I mean.”
