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Trump DOJ dismissal of Epstein ‘client list’ fuels MAGA division. Here’s a guide to the controversy.
President Donald Trump outraged many of his supporters after the Justice Department published an unsigned memo saying it would not release any more documents related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. For years, Trump and some members of his administration fanned conspiracy theories about the content of the files.
Trump promised a lawsuit after The Wall Street Journal described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday.
For a little over two hours, Donald Trump’s Truth Social timeline filled with an AI generated clip of Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office, plugs for a friend’s book and a three-minute video of 25 improbable stunts.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, the President wrote that his ratings have increased due to a number of his policies.
In a new Economist/YouGov poll, Donald Trump’s disapproval has hit a record high of 55%. As former GOP communications director and co-founder & CEO of The Seneca Project warns, just a few-point slip among Republican approval for Trump could be enough to lose key swing seats in the House of Representatives.
The Jeffrey Epstein controversy showed no signs of quieting as a GOP senator joined calls for all information to be released by the Trump administration, as Democrats protested the GOP’s advancing of two controversial nominees with a dramatic walkout.
Trump shared the video from a pro-MAGA TikTok user to his Truth Social platform on Sunday, after posting throughout the weekend about Tulsi Gabbard’s claims that the Obama administration engaged in a “treasonous conspiracy” to subvert his 2016 election victory.
President Trump is once again trying to brush off the Jeffrey Epstein crisis as "nothing." Wired Senior Writer Jake Lahut, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Charlie Warzel and former Communications Director for the Republican National Committee Doug Heye join Katy Tur to discuss why people on both sides of the aisle are pushing for the release of the files.