Trump faces Maga meltdown after Epstein ‘client list’ denied by Justice Department and FBI
US government says there’s no evidence the financier kept a client list or was blackmailing powerful figures, or that he was murdered
Donald Trump’s Maga base is up in arms after his administration effectively shut down conspiracy theories related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that have become an obsession for the US president’s diehard supporters.
They also dismissed the claim that Epstein was murdered in jail, confirming his death by suicide, and said they would not be releasing any more information on the probe.
It marked the first time Trump’s officials had publicly scotched the stories, which have been pushed by numerous right-wing figures – notably including the FBI’s top two officials before Trump hired them.
The backlash was swift and brutal from his “Make America Great Again” movement – who have long held as an article of faith that “Deep State” elites were protecting Epstein’s most powerful associates in the Democratic Party and Hollywood.