{"id":34397,"date":"2025-07-16T16:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=34397"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:25:25","slug":"donald-trump-attacks-own-supporters-over-jeffrey-epstein-conspiracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=34397","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump attacks own supporters over Jeffrey Epstein conspiracies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=376d456c-865a-44dd-a36c-cf51db1fe65d&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Donald Trump has attacked his own \u201cpast supporters\u201d, accusing them of pushing \u201cthe Jeffrey Epstein Hoax\u201d, as his administration\u2019s handling of the files relating to the late paedophile financier continues to divide his Maga base. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this \u2018bullshit,\u2019 hook, line, and sinker,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114863203348237352\" data-trackable=\"link\">wrote Trump on Truth Social<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey haven\u2019t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years,\u201d he added. \u201cI have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country\u2019s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his election campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/donald-trump\" data-trackable=\"link\">Trump<\/a> promised to release files related to Epstein\u2019s death, which has been at the centre of a long-running conspiracy since the disgraced financier died by suicide in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>In February, attorney-general Pam Bondi claimed that a list of Epstein\u2019s clients was \u201csitting on my desk right now to review\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But last week, the Department of Justice and the FBI published a two-page memo that said there was no \u201cclient list\u201d and no \u201ccredible evidence\u201d that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/stream\/0d590979-782d-4b85-bdd1-e7cce4a19a23\" data-trackable=\"link\">Epstein<\/a> \u201cblackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions\u201d. It also stated he had died by suicide. <\/p>\n<p>The findings flew in the face of myriad conspiracy theories that have circulated in the years since Epstein\u2019s death, often at the hands of Trump\u2019s closest allies, and caused an outcry among some of the president\u2019s most loyal supporters that he is struggling to contain. <\/p>\n<p>While Trump retains strong support among his Republican party base, according to recent polls, Maga influencers, members of Congress and conservative commentators have continued to question the DoJ\u2019s handling of documents relating to Epstein\u2019s death and his so-called \u201cclient list\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a staunch ally of the president, on Tuesday called for \u201ctransparency\u201d on the \u201cvery delicate subject\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should put everything out there, and let the people decide,\u201d Johnson told Maga podcaster Benny Johnson. \u201cWe need to put it out there\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009[Bondi] needs to come forward and explain it to everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"aside-label\" class=\"n-content-recommended--single-story n-content-recommended--inset\" data-component=\"recommended\">\n<p class=\"n-content-recommended__title o3-type-body-highlight\">Recommended<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--stacked o-teaser--has-image o-teaser--opinion js-teaser\" data-id=\"0871d78d-e407-4848-b67b-bea0fdf674bc\">\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-container js-teaser-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0871d78d-e407-4848-b67b-bea0fdf674bc\" data-trackable=\"image-link\" data-trackable-context-story-link=\"image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-placeholder\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2493\/1402\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The memo has also caused a rift between the attorney-general and the deputy director of the FBI, Dan Bongino \u2014 who has previously floated conspiracy theories about Epstein \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/14\/politics\/dan-bongino-epstein\" data-trackable=\"link\">according to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jeffrey-epstein-bondi-bongino-trump-justice-269d9526d270e6342e82ecae27fe6189\" data-trackable=\"link\">reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has publicly insisted that he has full confidence in both officials, as he seeks to put the intraparty infighting to rest.<\/p>\n<p>A mid-July Economist\/YouGov <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/politics\/articles\/52591-record-high-donald-trump-disapproval-texas-flooding-climagte-change-alligator-alcatraz-ice-immigration-jeffrey-epstein-investigation-jd-vance-july-11-14-2025-economist-yougov-poll\" data-trackable=\"link\">poll<\/a> found that two-thirds of Americans believe the US government is covering up evidence about Epstein. Half of Americans are not satisfied with the amount of information the government has released about the case, according to a CNN poll released this week.<\/p>\n<p>After an event on Tuesday in which he announced billions in investments for the state of Pennsylvania, Trump was asked again why his supporters care about Epstein and are upset by the handling of the probe into his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand why they would be so interested,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe\u2019s dead for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/376d456c-865a-44dd-a36c-cf51db1fe65d\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}