President Trump expressed exasperation on Tuesday at questions on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after the Division of Justice (DOJ) introduced Epstein didn’t have a “client list” and confirmed he died by suicide.
Throughout a Cupboard assembly on Tuesday, a reporter requested Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi a query about elements of the DOJ’s announcement relating to its conclusion, which has generated anger and spawned additional conspiracies amongst some on the far proper. Trump then jumped in forward of Bondi to precise his frustration over being requested about it.
“Are you continue to speaking about Jeffrey Epstein? This man’s been talked about for years. You are asking — we’ve got Texas, we’ve got this, we’ve got all the issues. And are individuals nonetheless speaking about this man? This creep? That’s unbelievable,” Trump stated.
“I mean, I can’t believe you’re asking a question on Epstein at a time like this where we’re having some of the greatest success and also tragedy, with what happened in Texas,” Trump added. “It just seems like a desecration.”
The Justice Division and FBI on Monday revealed a memo concluding that there was no proof of a so-called consumer listing detailing people related to Epstein, a convicted intercourse offender. The existence of such a listing had grow to be fodder for conspiracy theories, significantly amongst these on the precise who claimed distinguished Democrats had been on the listing.
The memo additionally concluded Epstein died by suicide, debunking one other frequent conspiracy principle that he had died underneath suspicious circumstances.
Distinguished Trump administration officers like Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino have come underneath scrutiny from distinguished voices within the MAGA motion who’ve questioned whether or not the federal government is protecting up salacious data round Epstein. Patel and Bongino are amongst those that had pushed such theories earlier than becoming a member of the federal government.
Epstein pleaded responsible in 2008 to separate sexual misconduct expenses and was federally charged in 2019 over allegedly main a intercourse trafficking operation involving underage ladies from 2002 to 2005.
