Trump, Bondi and Epstein
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President Donald Trump has called the persistent controversy around his connection to Jeffrey Epstein a “scam.” In a Truth Social post on Thursday, the president claimed it was the “Radical Left Democrats” who were trying to distract from his political achievements by focusing on the mysterious Epstein files.
With no sign of the political firestorm ending, Trump urges his Justice Department to pursue former President Barack Obama for an alleged, and baseless, scheme to rig the 2016 election. Of the Epstein drama swirling around his presidency, he claimed, “I don’t follow it too much.”
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Trump’s onetime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein is well-known — and also documented in records
The revelation that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was in the Jeffrey Epstein files has focused fresh attention on the president’s relationship with the wealthy financier.
The Jeffrey Epstein morass surrounding President Donald Trump is deepening amid growing defiance by some Republicans and despite the administration’s most inflammatory attempt yet at distraction.
Trapped: Trump cornered by SHOCK Epstein revelations as far-right conspiracy theorists eat their own
President Trump is facing an uproar over the Jeffrey Epstein files. MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton reports on how it’s unclear what could satisfy his enraged followers, with experts pointing out that MAGA’s Epstein conspiracy theories run deep.
Byron York argues that Democrats are using the Jeffrey Epstein scandal to distract from the intelligence community’s false claims in the Russia investigation.
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AlterNet on MSNThe Trump-Epstein debacle is just the damning confirmation of what we already knew | Opinion
Liberals should bear in mind that recent revelations by the Wall Street Journal would not have the impact they are having if the president had not already triggered a crisis of faith in the cult of MAGA.
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Donald Trump cannot make the Epstein files go away. Will this be the story that brings him down?
Trump is under huge pressure - even from within his MAGA base - to release the files. But any idea this might bring down the “Teflon” president may be misplaced.
CNN and MSNBC covered President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein more than four times as often
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Inquisitr on MSNWill Trump’s Golfing Getaway to Scotland be Ruined by Epstein Revelations?
Even by his standards, Donald Trump has had a tumultuous couple of months. And although he might have relished the idea of escaping all the accusations of corruption and sleaze by hitting the Scottish highlands and playing some golf with the guys,
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New York Magazine on MSNTrump’s Job Approval Is Down, But Not Due to the Epstein Files
The president gets low marks for his handling of the scandal. But polls suggest other issues are driving the popularity dip.
A bipartisan congressional duo is now pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files on Capitol Hill.