Trump, MAGA and Epstein
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In conspiratorial pro-Trump spaces online, arguments rage over the US president's approach to the long-running saga.
Democratic political strategist James Carville weighed in on the pressure from President Trump’s MAGA base for the Justice Department (DOJ) to release more files related to disgraced
Donald Trump's hardcore base is showing major cracks under the strain of his latest crisis — and interviews with his MAGA fans show it. The New York Times spoke to six people who voted for Trump in last year’s election — and found they were far from delighted with the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The 2019 suicide of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a New York jail cell generated conspiracy theories that he was killed by one of his famous connections.
By tapping into other grievances, President Trump managed to turn one of the most fractious moments for his base into a unifying one.
Facing backlash from MAGA supporters about Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration has released a flood of information on old grievances and issues popular with the base.
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Raw Story on MSNEpstein survivor slams MAGA over Ghislaine Maxwell scheme: 'She’s a convicted pedophile!'Maria Farmer, one of the many women assaulted by deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein in her youth as part of his trafficking operation, spoke out about how all of the explosion of controversy around the case is re-traumatizing her in an interview with MSNBC's Jen Psaki on Thursday — and she called out those trying to rehabilitate Epstein's convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell for political purposes.
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Steve Bannon joined a growing chorus of MAGA influencers coalescing behind President Donald Trump in the wake of the Wall Street Journal report about a ribald birthday letter bearing Trump’s name that was sent to Jeffrey Epstein,
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AlterNet on MSN'MAGA voters are furious': GOP lawmakers pelted with Epstein questions at town hallsDespite House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sending the House of Representatives home early to head off a bipartisan resolution to release the DOJ's evidence on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, lawmakers are unable to avoid questions about the issue from their own constituents.
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Raw Story on MSNChris Hayes skewers MAGA plot to ally with Epstein accomplice to 'rehab' Trump's imageMSNBC anchor Chris Hayes tore into MAGA influencers attempting to use the potential testimony of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, to build a narrative that excuses President Donald Trump's involvement in the scandal.