Coverup of Epstein scoops making problems worse

Saturday 26 July 2025 04:36 BST

... With his administration scrambling to explain why it isn’t releasing files from an investigation that its own members and supporters have said for years should be made public, the president spent the past two weeks reigniting old conflicts with foes ranging from Rosie O’Donnell to Barack Obama.

On Wednesday, those efforts escalated to the point where the U.S. director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declared from behind the White House briefing room podium that former President Obama had attempted a “coup” on American soil ...

Bondi’s own contributions have been less than helpful for the president. She declared the Epstein file was “on her desk” in an interview earlier this year when asked specifically about the list of Epstein’s clients, and presented MAGA influencers with “Phase 1” of the investigation in special binders bearing a federal seal at the White House.

Phase 2 never materialized, and combined with a minute of footage missing from the videos released by the DOJ her consistent overpromising led to a rift between the attorney general and two top appointees at the FBI: Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Director Kash Patel ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-maga-supporters-dillon-b2795505.html