https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/trump-jeffrey-epstein-republicans-maga

Trump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furor as ‘hoax’

Mike Pence is latest prominent figure to call for release of files on sex offender once close to president

How the Jeffrey Epstein row plunged Maga world into turmoil – a timeline

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
Thu 17 Jul 2025 14.10 EDT

Donald Trump’s efforts to dismiss the criticism over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as a “hoax” showed no sign of working on Thursday as more prominent figures from across the political spectrum emerged to attack the US president and some of his supporters recorded videos burning their signature Make America Great Again hats.

Days after the Republican speaker of the House, the Trump loyalist Mike Johnson, called for the release of all documents relating to the late financier, a convicted sex offender and longtime former friend of Trump’s, rebellion continued to simmer within the president’s normally diehard base.

Trump’s former vice-president, Mike Pence, told CBS News on Wednesday that “I think the time has come for the administration to release all of the files regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s investigation and prosecution”, while the conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, a frequent close adviser to Trump, called for the appointment of a special counsel to handle the Epstein files investigation. “Obviously, this is not a complete hoax given the fact that [Epstein associate] Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in prison in Florida for her crimes and activities with Jeffrey Epstein, who we know is a convicted sexual predator,” she said.

The podcast host Theo Von, who attended Trump’s inauguration and told Fox News it was “inspiring”, commented “yeah what changed” on a video of the vice-president, JD Vance, appearing on Von’s show in 2024 and calling for the full Epstein list to be released.

Even some of Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress say they are not satisfied by his decision to not release additional files from the Epstein case.

Senator Josh Hawley questioned the justice department’s claims about the files, saying: “I think it is maybe a little difficult to believe the idea that DoJ and the FBI … don’t have any idea who Epstein’s clients were”, and called for Maxwell to testify.

In rare moment of friction between Trump and Johnson, meanwhile, the House speaker broke with the president on Tuesday, calling for the justice department to make more Epstein documents public, and urging Pam Bondi, the attorney general, to “come forward and explain” the situation. Bondi has come under particular attack for appearing to claim earlier in the year that she had a client list of Epstein’s, then declaring last week no such list existed.

Still, House Republicans voted twice this week to block Democratic attempts to force the public release of all Epstein files within 30 days, with only one Republican, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, voting in favor.

The controversy deepened on Wednesday evening after news that the federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James Comey, who worked on the criminal cases of both Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, had been fired. The justice department provided no specific reason for her dismissal.

As the backlash spirals out of his normally firm grasp on the Maga voter, Trump slammed “foolish Republicans” on Wednesday who he said were helping Democrats by focusing on documents related to Epstein.

“Some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net, and so they try and do the Democrats’ work,” Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with the crown prince of Bahrain. “I call it the Epstein hoax. Takes a lot of time and effort. Instead of talking about the great achievements we’ve had … they’re wasting their time with a guy who obviously had some very serious problems, who died three, four years ago.”

Close to seven in 10 Americans in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll said details around Epstein were being concealed. Sixty-nine per cent said they believed there had been concealment of facts on Epstein’s clients by the federal government, with close to 25% unsure whether facts had been concealed, according to the poll.

Epstein was arrested on sex-trafficking charges and is believed to have died by suicide in prison in 2019, according to authorities. His former associate Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and is serving a 20-year sentence.

>>1420755
>I call it the Epstein hoax. Takes a lot of time and effort
https://epsteinsblackbook.com/all-names
https://epsteinsblackbook.com/black-book-images/80.jpg
No effort at all and less time in not only proving your opinions more than wrong, Donnie the Nonce.

>>1420756
I knew it. She killed Kurt and she's a card carrying pedo https://epsteinsblackbook.com/names/courtney-love

>>1420752 (OP)
Good. Maybe some of the smarter ones will go ns.

>>1420756
>Nonce

You will never be white or American esl shill

>>1420756
I’m afraid to even google this to verify how it became public, etc

>>1420762
>You will never be white
>Nonce
>he doesn't know
>>1420760
Kurt Cobain was the best thing to come out of Courtney Love's Hole
I wouldn't say that Kurt Cobain was also an interior decor adviser, but one day he decided to redecorate his garage in an interesting new color called 'Hint of Brain '
Kurt Cobain was such an inspiration to Ronnie McNutt: mindblowing , you colud say

>>1420762
>You will never be white
>Nonce
>he doesn't know
>>1420760
Kurt Cobain was the best thing to come out of Courtney Love's Hole
I wouldn't say that Kurt Cobain was also an interior decor adviser, but one day he decided to redecorate his garage in an interesting new color called 'Hint of Brain '
Kurt Cobain was such an inspiration to Ronnie McNutt: mindblowing , you could say

>>1420760
Ahhh man https://epsteinsblackbook.com/names/alan-dershowitz

>>1420776
Whoa https://epsteinsblackbook.com/names/john-kerry

tRumpty Dumpty sat on a plane ,........
........... With his friend J. Epstein. ........
He can't be put back together again
,

>>1420761
There's a lot of smart people apparently

>>1420819
Cringe but true. If he was really a populist he would listen to the people

Talking about these?

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi)

—————————other Epstein Information

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:62042519-130b-499a-ba5b-2451e75122b5?comment_id=63d49ce0-5177-452d-834a-e1b57d5e923f here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this case was a hoax here is a video of her testimony. https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=katie+johnson+tv+interview&mid=B36BCEB81055717C6280B36BCEB81055717C6280&FORM=VIRE

>>1420849
Yes.

>>1420849
>here is a video of her testimony
Comedy classic
https://files.catbox.moe/1p8zrl.png

there are at least four camps:
1) GOP politicians. Don't want this investigated
2) Democrat politicians. Only a handful want this investigated.
3) GOP voters. Somewhat divided.
4) Democrat voters. Want this investigated no matter who is implicated.
5) Everyone else. Depends if their name is on the list.

>>1420770
There aren't any white people in Britain. There are light skinned bitches, but those aren't people.

>>1420878
>There aren't any white people in Britain
In that case, there aren't white people in America, just subhuman mutt bitches taken in by that which isn't white, but orange. And even then, those subhuman mutts are inferior to those who didn't allow themselves to be taken in by that orange con artist. Those non-MAGAtards are the white people, among the rest in America. Just as so many white people in UK stopped listening to those who conned them for 14 years and elected a white man to be their PM. After all, look who they had as Conservative PMs before 4th July last year, and after, both chosen by whites in that Conservative Party's 1922 Committee.
That chosen to be President of Vice last year by said orange con artist, and the woman he's married to. And those who voted for that which chose said running mate who chose to marry that particular woman. Those who voted for that orange thing - which chose said running mate & who he's married to - aren't people.
>>1420878 : The pot calling the kettle brown.

>>1420882
But enough schizobabble though

>>1420883
>But enough schizobabble though
I agree, there's schizobabble in >>1420762 >>1420878 >>1420883 by a hypocritical subhuman schizo mutt

>>1420886
>He doesn't realize he's responding to multiple people

>>1420890
>he doesn't realize he's responding to multiple not-people that have the same brainrotted rightard opinions, thus are the same

>>1420883
>>1420890
But far more people are responding in a sane way, as per the subject matter of this thread. The fact that there are those burning their MAGA hats. They are people for doing so. Those who disagree with what they're doing, aren't people.

>>1420752 (OP)
>WWGOWG-ACK

>>1420872
>>1420849
>YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH DONALD TRUMPS PENIS WITHOUT A GLOVE!!

>>1420752 (OP)
lol, recent polls show that Trump's approval among Republicans has actually gone up since the Epstein conclusion. All this turning against MAGA stuff is a nothingburger.

>>1420752 (OP)
I've never seen Democrats so happy that other people have scruples and turn on politicians when they don't keep their promises.
Generally they just cheer this sort of thing on and defend it when their politicians don't keep their promises

Democrats sat on the supposed files for years and are only now bitching about them tells me everything I need to know

And then there's the little matter of what happened - and who was affected - before all this Epstein business. Those feeling betrayed about 'No More Foreign Wars', especially now Trump's sending weapons to Ukraine: do the cultists in /news/ agree with Trump sending those Patriot & Moscow-reaching long range missiles to Zelenskyy? And before then, Republican voters still financially suffering. The nothingburger declared by cultists is a nothingburger compared to what'll bite them in the ass in the midterms, far more important than any polls. Those Republicans won't forget between then and now, just as those hatburners won't. The opinions of cultists are nothingburgers. Polls don't reflect reality. Nixon's poll ratings were high before Watergate.

And MAGAt Karens bitching about this tells everyone else everything they need to know
https://epsteinsblackbook.com/black-book-images/80.jpg

>>1420910
>defend it when their politicians don't keep their promises
Trump promised the Epstein List would be released. Now the chud Trumptards are defending their Pedo-in-Chief, dismissing his refusal to keep his promise as a 'nothingburger', telling others to 'cut the shit' about all this

If this idiot couldn't make this promes come true then why he promes it in the first place?!!
(Also is this only me or this situation stinks with scenario like 'somone steel this fills from administration, and now they too embaraced to let public opinion know' wibe or somthing)

>>1420752 (OP)
whats that book

>>1420916
I would never have posted that website if I had known that your handlers would tell you to begin spamming it everywhere

I have told several family members that don't care about the files that they are pedophiles. They won't speak to me but they know what they are.

>>1420988
You would never post if you knew you couldn't handle facts about you being a pedo enabler.
If you just didn't post just as if Trump kept his mouth shut about the Epstein list before all this, these threads wouldn't exist in /news/. But of course, Trump can't keep his mouth shut, just as you can't stop posting. It's too late for your orange handler, but you can always stop posting. As the old saying goes, 'When you're in a hole, stop digging'. I'm not the one who's in that hole.
Those like you telling the rest of us to 'Cut the shit'. I won't. I'm not the only one who won't. Try and persuade those in the OP article to 'Cut the shit'. Good luck with that.

>>1421013
What the hell lmao take some meds anon, your melties are getting out of control

>>1421026
What do I need with meds when you react the way you do, IMAX projectionist that's having a meltdown? Certainly with the way you replied here >>1420988, the only one needing meds is you, >>1421026

>>1421059
Just see a doctor already

>>1420752 (OP)
Trump supporters are so broken with all the bad is now good hypocrisy.

It is best for any Trumptards to just walk away from their tin god at this point.

>>1421026
>>1421118
Nice attempt at deflection from the fact that Trump fucks kids

>>1421178
>Trump fucks kids
I didn't think he does, but he's literally spent the last two weeks yelling that he doesn't, so now I think he does

>>1420912
A judge had the files locked until ghislaine maxwell's case was over, which was in janurary 2024.
If biden had released the files in 2024, you fags would have been crying election interference.

Now what?

>>1421253
new rationalization just dropped

>>1420882
lol. Have another meltdown looser.

>>1421431
>>1420878
It's not just one thing that's having a meltdown. And it's not >>1420882