U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed on Friday that having a “rapist” president in workplace has muddied the Justice Division’s dealing with of issues involving deceased intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?” the New York consultant requested on X.
Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump. (Getty Photos)
Ocasio-Cortez has summarized Trump as a “rapist and criminal” at rallies as effectively. Whereas the president was convicted in a cover-up conspiracy to defraud the voting public, these crimes weren’t sexual in nature.
Trump has come underneath fireplace from his personal supporters this week after Justice Division officers he appointed acknowledged that Epstein saved no “client list” linking celebrities and public officers to his alleged intercourse trafficking actions.
Lots of Trump’s followers insist in any other case. Some have questioned whether or not Trump — as soon as an Epstein social gathering pal — might need been one of many disgraced financier’s alleged clients. No proof has been supplied to help that conspiracy principle.
MAGA loyalists additionally expressed disappointment in FBI leaders Kash Patel and Dan Bongino for confirming in Could that Epstein dedicated suicide within the Metropolitan Correctional Heart in 2019 somewhat than being assassinated by a “deep state” defending highly effective pedophiles, as many web sleuths have urged.
Stories on Friday signaled that Bongino is able to go away the FBI if Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi retains her job on the DOJ after refusing to launch any extra details about the Epstein case.
The president added gasoline to that fireside when he turned upset with a reporter who talked about Epstein at a Tuesday Cupboard assembly.
“Are people still talking about this guy?” Trump fumed. “That is unbelievable.”
Initially Printed: July 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM EDT
