Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock; lev radin/Shutterstock; Alex Wong/Getty ImagesAfter defending his every move, buying his never-ending merch, and voting for him in droves, MAGA supporters are finally turning on President Donald Trump, and so are the right-wing politicians and pundits who helped him get into office. And it’s all for one reason: the Trump administration’s handling of the investigation into sex offenderJeffrey Epstein.
Republican lawmakers may have blocked a move that could have forced Trump's AG to release the files on Epstein, but MAGA has been scrambling ever since Attorney General Pam Bondi released a two-page memo stating that the investigation into Epstein turned up no “client list” of powerful men who allegedly participate in Epstein crimes — despite telling Fox News in February that the list was “sitting on my desk right now” — and insisted that there was no “credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals.”
Trump’s most rabid supporters quickly turned on Bondi, and some of the most prominent right-wing figures in the U.S. have lambasted the Trump administration for sweeping the so-called Epstein Files under the rug.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Conservative MAGA devotee Marjorie Taylor Greene has been talking about the Epstein list since last year, and despite Trump telling his supporters on Truth Social to "not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about,” Greene refuses to let it go.
Just yesterday, the Georgia congresswoman told her followers on X, “America deserves the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and the rich powerful elites in his circle.”
Laura Loomer
When Laura Loomer wasn’t busy being xenophobic or racist, she could usually be found praising Trump or following him around on the campaign trial, but now this die-hard MAGA supporter is turning on Trump and “Scam Bondi” for “lying about Epstein” on Fox News.
Fox News
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Fox News usually back Trump no matter what, but on Sunday, Fox & Friends anchor Kevin Corke called out the president for giving up on the investigation, saying that Trump could “defuse this ticking time bomb if you simply get out there,” continuing on to say that Trump has “to answer questions to the American people” because “this story won’t die and that is a distraction the president doesn’t want,” Mediate reported.
Megyn Kelly
Former Fox News host and current right-wing podcaster Megyn Kelly usually has nothing but praise for the Trump administration, but after Bondi backtracked and said there was no list and the case was closed, she started ripping into Bondi and admitting that Trump’s handling of the Epstein investigation is a “scandal.” Although, lest you think she was body snatched, Kelly does get a dig in on Democrats too. “This is the first big scandal, I would say, of the Trump administration that’s on team rational. It’s not a fake media scandal like the left tries to create for President Trump every other day, it’s one of the right’s own making and it’s not going well and it has to do with Jeffrey Epstein,” Kelly said at a Turning Point USA Student Action Summit talk. And when she asks the audience to “make some noise if they care about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal” the crowd erupts.
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck may be known as a far-right political commentator who used to work for Fox News and now spews Republican talking points and hate on The Glenn Beck Program. But now the outspoken MAGA supporter is criticizing Trump’s Attorney General for her handling of the Epstein case. Beck called out the fact that “there is aa minute missing from the Epstein cell video” and pointed out that Bondi should resign.
“This isn’t about whether Epstein killed himself or not. What matters more is REAL transparency and justice. But instead what we got was absolute INCOMPETENCE in the Attorney General’s office,” he wrote on X.
Charlie Kirk
After telling his X followers that they should “Vote Trump to release the list” before the 2024 presidential election because he was so sure Trump was the key to the Epstein investigation, conservative political commentator and MAGA supporter Charlie Kirk is walking back this stance after Trump admitted that his supporters are turning against him when he whined on Truth Social that “We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening.”
Now, despite his previous position, Kirk has now declared that he is “done talking about Epstein,” the Independent reports.
Conservative Reddit
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After Congress voted on whether or not to release the Epstein files, and every Republican but one voted to keep them from the public, sentiment on the r/Conservative subreddit quickly changed. Trump supporters ran to the comment section to talk about how disappointed they are and seemed to not understand why their fave politicians are voting to conceal information about Epstein.
“They are all the same shit. Whether you wipe your ass with your left hand or right hand its still touching an asshole. Until the day that WE THE PEOPLE actually means anything again, we are nothing but peasants to the nobles once again. GW and his crew are rolling over in their graves.” — Vacher-Cream
“This list must have every politician, wealthy individual, and anyone else with power, on it. Otherwise it makes no sense for them to be so hesitant to release this.” — moa711
“Honestly though, I never expected anything different. However, what I will say is this episode is highlighting who I can trust in the media. People like Charlie Kirk who I used to trust are clearly just repeating whatever the administration are telling them, rather than holding people's feet to the fire.” — -Istvan-5-
