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Pisces

(6,072 posts)
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 06:49 PM Jul 7

MAGA Members Have Mega Tizzy After DOJ And FBI Claim Epstein Files Don't Exist

Source: Huffington Post

Many of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters are apparently upset at the people he picked to run the Department of Justice and the FBI.
That’s because the two departments issued a memo that claims there is no evidence that convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein kept a “client list” he used to blackmail powerful figures or was murdered in his jail, Axios reported on Sunday.
Considering that FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy Dan Bongino were both big Epstein conspiracy theorists before being appointed to their jobs, and that Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed earlier this year that the alleged Epstein client list was “sitting on my desk right now,” there were some Trump supporters who were skeptical about the new memo.
And, yes, many of the MAGA folks had a mega tizzy at the news that the Epstein files, which have become what Axios called “an article of faith online, especially on the right,” didn’t exist.
Naturally, people had thoughts

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-members-furious-over-doj-fbi-statement-on-epstein-files_n_686bff5ee4b0762f74e1e1f6



The MAGA crowd realizing the Trump admin lies!! Maybe this will lead them to questioning more things!!!
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MAGA Members Have Mega Tizzy After DOJ And FBI Claim Epstein Files Don't Exist (Original Post) Pisces Jul 7 OP
Well another way to phrase it is moniss Jul 7 #1
Elon might have something to say about that. TheRickles Jul 7 #2
True. nt moniss Jul 7 #3
Be careful what you wish... aw forget it BaronChocula Jul 7 #4
The DOJ did not say "the" Epstein files "don't exist".... reACTIONary Jul 7 #5

BaronChocula

(3,033 posts)
4. Be careful what you wish... aw forget it
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:22 PM
Jul 7

Those people wanted:
-Aggressive immigration roundups that have detained their spouses and deported their workforce
-Cuts in government jobs that left them unemployed
-Tariffs that will render their crops unsellable
-Spending cuts that will take away their health care

Now they want a list that proves the turd they worship is a child molester.

Smart bunch.

reACTIONary

(6,602 posts)
5. The DOJ did not say "the" Epstein files "don't exist"....
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:24 PM
Jul 7

.... they said that they searched their "investigative holdings" which they collectively refer to as "the files relating to Epstein".

Here is the actual DOJ / FBI memo: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001/dl?inline

This Epstein brew ha ha is a big waste of time.

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