President Donald Trump faced backlash from his own MAGA faithful over a post defending Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The revolt came after Trump backed Bondi and the Department of Justice after they insisted Epstein didn’t have a client list of elites that were secretly sexual predators.
The joint memo with the FBI also said investigators ‘did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.’
Trump began his post by asking what was ‘going on’ with his supporters who are going after Bondi for essentially declaring the Epstein case closed.
‘We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening. We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and “selfish people” are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein,’ Trump wrote.
The replies from Trump’s supporters flooded in, with some expressing how betrayed they felt by a man who repeatedly promised he’d go after traffickers of children.
‘This statement breaks my heart, Mr. President,’ a woman wrote. ‘I can’t even begin to comprehend the flipped narrative that “it was so long ago” “why are we still talking about this” and “nobody should care.” These victims were some ones daughters, sisters, nieces, granddaughter. Someone’s child. Please reconsider, sir. I voted for everything you are doing!’
Plenty of others were willing to tell him he was wrong and that his stance on this issue will fracture the movement he’s built.
‘You aren’t reading the room Mr. President,’ one person wrote. ‘You can’t call the Epstein files fake, say nobody cares and warn MAGA to fall in line. You said Pam Bondi is doing a fantastic job, your administration is perfect and Epstein is just an Obama distraction. We don’t just fall in line.’
Tens of thousands of die-hard MAGA supporters replied with outrage over Trump’s post, with some telling him he is wrong and to reconsider his position
President Donald Trump, perhaps sensing a rift in his base, penned a strongly worded Truth Social post that mainly told his supporters to stop focusing on Jeffrey Epstein
Trump also tried to lay the blame on Democrats.
He said the Epstein files were written by all his political enemies, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former CIA director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey and ‘the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration.’
‘They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called “friends” are playing right into their hands,’ he said.
‘Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn’t they use it?’
After talking at length about his accomplishments, new investigations he wants to open and how Bondi is looking into the 2020 stolen election conspiracy theory, Trump concluded his post by Epstein was ‘somebody that nobody cares about.’
‘One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about,’ he wrote.
Trump, then a New York real estate mogul, is pictured with Melania Trump, Epstein and his sex trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in February 2000 at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida
Trump supporters felt that Bondi had gaslit them, especially when she handed conservative influencers binders titled ‘The Epstein Files: Phase 1’
However, one person who claimed to support MAGA ‘100 percent’ was even willing to entertain the idea that Trump was on Epstein’s client list.
‘We want the guilty to pay. It appears you or a loved one was in on it and you want this to go away. Everyone I know is upset about this and it will kill MAGA. Which we all have supported 100 percent,’ they wrote. ‘Please reconsider. Sincerely.’
Another replied: ‘You are wrong on this one. There is no good you can do that will tip the balance against letting child rapists (Epstein’s apparently nonexistent clients, according to YOUR DOJ) walk free.’
And since Trump went to the mat for Bondi, other supporters of his replied with their frustration about her supposedly stringing them along.
They felt Bondi gaslit them, especially when she handed conservative influencers binders titled ‘The Epstein Files: Phase 1.’
Many pointed out that Bondi did a Fox News interview in late February and said the Epstein files are ‘sitting right now on my desk to review.’
One person was particularly angry that Trump said Bondi was doing a ‘fantastic job.’
‘She is not doing her forking job. She is hiding the truth about satanic child ritual abuse,’ they wrote. ‘How are we supposed to get to the New Golden Age if these scumbags are getting away with their crimes against the children and humanity?’
Another simply said, ‘PS – Bondi should be fired.’
It seems the rift in the MAGA movement isn’t just with the voters; it’s also at the very highest levels of government, as Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino and his boss Kash Patel are reportedly considering resigning from the bureau over how Bondi handled the Epstein files
Yet another asked why Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime girlfriend and sex trafficking accomplice, is serving jail time if Trump and the Justice Department say it’s time to move on from the Epstein files.
‘Then, why is Ghislaine Maxwell in Prison Sr.? The American people need answers to this matter!,’ the person wrote. ‘I know @pambondi isn’t doing as well due to zero arrests! How come this government is being soft on arrests of Epstein Clients?’
It seems the rift in the MAGA movement isn’t just with the voters; it’s also at the very highest levels of government.
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, once a radio host and a Secret Service agent, has considered resigning from his post over the handling of the Epstein files.
His dismay follows a contentious argument with Bondi over the issue at the White House.
An insider at the Justice Department told Daily Mail that Bongino will quit if Bondi doesn’t step down or get fired.
‘I don’t see a scenario where Dan stays if Bondi remains,’ the insider said.
A Justice Department source told Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan that FBI Director Kash Patel also wants Bondi to be fired and will consider leaving if she is allowed to stay.
