Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Republicans
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How did the case start in Palm Beach County? Did Trump know him then? Why is it an endless source of fascination?
A Republican thorn in Donald Trump’s side is joining forces with a California Democrat to seek answers from the administration over sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie–whose opposition to the GOP’s budget bill last month led Trump to demand his exile from the party–teamed up with Rep.
The Jeffrey Epstein controversy poses the biggest risk yet to President Donald Trump’s relationship with his core supporters, writes Colin Pascal.
The poll, conducted July 10–14 among 1,290 registered voters nationwide, shows that 63% disapprove of how the administration handled the Epstein files, which were closed by the Justice Department earlier this month without releasing additional documents.
The Trump Administration’s handling of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case is opening divides in the GOP.
Right-wing Republicans have also criticized the president’s stances on Iran and Ukraine, hinting at a broader fraying of his political coalition.
Half of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the amount of information the federal government has released about the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS in the days after the Justice Department released a memo saying there is no evidence the convicted sex offender kept a so-called client list or was murdered.