Trump Says He’s Ordering Release of Epstein ‘Grand Jury Testimony’ To Try and Appease ‘Troublemakers and Radical Left Lunatics’
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President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he is ordering the release of “all grand jury testimony” related to Jeffrey Epstein, though he argued nothing will be enough to satisfy the “troublemakers” calling for more transparency.
“I have asked the Justice Department to release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, subject only to Court Approval,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “With that being said, and even if the Court gave its full and unwavering approval, nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request. It will always be more, more, more. MAGA!”
The president has been facing backlash from some of his most vocal MAGA supporters over a Department of Justice/FBI memo that shot down conspiracy theories about Epstein, including that he did not commit suicide in 2019 while being charged with sex trafficking, as well as the idea that there is a list of high profile clients who took part in decades of alleged abuse with the late billionaire.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has also come under fire in the wake of the memo as she did reference an Epstein client list sitting on her desk in February. Trump has called the existence of a list a “hoax” and lashed out at supporters demanding more files related to Epstein be released. The president has recently said he is for Bondi releasing “credible” documents related to the Epstein case.
As Mediaite founder and ABC chief legal analyst Dan Abrams pointed out this week, there is no physical list of supposed clients — according to evidence, thus far — but rather documents like flight logs, some of which were revealed in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s long-time associate now serving 20 years for sex trafficking. Trump is one of the names to appear on the flight logs, despite the president claiming previously he never flew on Epstein’s plane
“They want names. They want lists. They want flight logs. And the problem is that Donald Trump is on the flight logs, and there is no client list,” he said. “There’s no evidence of Jeffrey Epstein selling, you know, having like a ring here.”
Trump’s latest Epstein-related controversy is a lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a report tying a birthday message to Epstein in 2003 to the president. According to the report, Trump doodled a nude woman and ended his message by saying, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” Trump has denied ever writing the letter and vowed to drag Murdoch into court to testify.
