Look, it might by no means quantity to something greater than a short lived distraction from the frustration and horror introduced on by a racist, incompetent federal administration that’s sliding deeper and deeper into all-out authoritarianism — but it surely’s been amusing watching the MAGA world crash out over the White Home’s dealing with of the imfamous (and probably legendary, however perhaps not as a result of why is everybody sooo nervous?) consumer record of late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
President Donald Trump, Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi, and different members of the contemptible Caucasian clown automotive that’s the Trump administration have been scrambling to cope with the MAGA fallout of Trump making an attempt his greatest to dismiss the Epstein information as a “hoax” after Bondi mentioned, in February, that the information had been sitting on her desk, which occurred earlier than the Justice Division claimed they didn’t exist, which occurred after Bondi calimed the FBI was pouring by “truckloads” of proof beforehand withheld by the Biden administration (however earlier than she agreed with the DOJ that they didn’t exist), which occurred earlier than Trump essentialy claimed they didn’t exist however, in the event that they do, it’s someway Obama’s fault. (That is clearly a White Home stuffed with secure geniuses who talk nicely.)
I’m undecided why Trump and his individuals thought that the MAGA world — which is basically comprised of people that deal with substanceless conspiracy theories like they’re Bible verses, as a result of that’s what you do while you don’t truly know issues — wouldn’t lose it over this, however, apparently, they’re. (Alex Jones has, predictably, been working wild with it.)
From The Guardian:
Trump’s former vice-president, Mike Pence, advised CBS Information on Wednesday that “I believe the time has come for the administration to launch all the information concerning Jeffrey Epstein’s investigation and prosecution”, whereas the conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, a frequent shut adviser to Trump, referred to as for the appointment of a particular counsel to deal with the Epstein information investigation. “Clearly, this isn’t an entire hoax given the truth that [Epstein associate] Ghislaine Maxwell is at the moment serving 20 years in jail in Florida for her crimes and actions with Jeffrey Epstein, who we all know is a convicted sexual predator,” she mentioned.
The podcast host Theo Von, who attended Trump’s inauguration and advised Fox Information it was “inspiring”, commented “yeah what modified” on a video of the vice-president, JD Vance, showing on Von’s present in 2024 and calling for the complete Epstein record to be launched.
Even a few of Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress say they don’t seem to be glad by his choice to not launch further information from the Epstein case.
Senator Josh Hawley questioned the justice division’s claims concerning the information, saying: “I believe it’s perhaps a bit tough to imagine the concept DoJ and the FBI … don’t have any concept who Epstein’s shoppers had been”, and referred to as for Maxwell to testify.
MAGA supporters are even out right here burning their MAGA hats on video to point out their displeasure with Trump and friends.
Some other time, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene would weat Trump’s hind elements as a hat with out even wrapping them in tinfoil first, however when the DOJ introduced earlier this month that no additional disclosures could be “acceptable or warranted” when it got here to Epstein, Greene caleed the dicision “a full reversal on what was all mentioned beforehand,” and declared that “individuals are simply not prepared to just accept it.”
“I don’t settle for it, and I don’t assume anybody else ought to settle for it,” she mentioned throughout a latest interview, in keeping with the New York Occasions. “I simply assume that it’s a punch within the intestine when common individuals go to jail on a regular basis, after they mess up and do one thing fallacious, after which it at all times appears the wealthy, highly effective elites escape.”
So, now Trump and his minions are on harm management.
Trump not too long ago praised Bondi for her (non)dealing with of the Epstein file (non)launch, and he mentioned she ought to launch “no matter she thinks is credible” of the alleged (or un-alleged?) Epstein record. He additionally defaulted to deflection and finger-pointing at anybody however himself.
“And I might say that, , these information had been made up by Comey, they had been made up by Obama, they had been made up by the Biden [administration],” Trump mentioned, even supposing Epstein was was arrested and unalived in his cell in 2019, throughout Trump’s first time period, three years after former President Barack Obama left workplace. “And we went by years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, with all the various things that we needed to undergo.”
In the meantime, disgraced conservative commentator (who, miraculously, nonetheless has a job someplace) Invoice O’Reilly additionally publicly embarrassed himself by making an attempt guilty former President Joe Biden for one thing he had nothing to do with.
On Monday, throughout a back-and-forth with NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert, O’Reilly received his personal blood strain up over Democrats pushing for the discharge of the Epstein information and criticizing Trump for his lack of transparency, and he lashed out by calling them hypocrites by not having the identical power for Biden, whereas being loud and fallacious about, nicely, just about every thing.
From the Impartial:
“That is what infuriates me about these individuals! Jeffries knew the Biden administration had precisely the identical factor the Trump administration has on Epstein. Precisely! As a result of Epstein was convicted through the Biden administration,” O’Reilly exclaimed.
“Maintain on, Invoice! You mentioned Epstein was convicted through the Biden administration. Epstein dedicated suicide through the Trump administration,” the NewsNation anchor famous.
“Yeah, so?!” O’Reilly indignantly retorted.
“How do you convict a man that’s useless?” Vittert questioned.
O’Reilly went on to insist that Epstein was “convicted underneath Merrick Garland’s Justice Division” after which “incarcerated” earlier than killing himself in jail, prompting Vittert to clarify that his visitor had his information fully fallacious.
“Invoice, I believe that is necessary,” the On Steadiness host famous. “He was arrested in 2019, and he dedicated suicide in 2019. He died August 10, 2019. So the Biden administration was not concerned in a conviction or a trial of him. They had been along with his madam, Ghislaine Maxwell.”
Acknowledging that Vittert made a “good level of clarification,” O’Reilly proceeded to double down and as soon as once more claimed that Garland was accountable for indicting Epstein in 2019, main Vittert to level out yet one more time that this was incorrect.
The crash-out is actual. The integrity isn’t. The Trump administration continues to be an imploding mess.
However MAGA, proper?