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WHUT? Trump's Press Secretary Doesn't Deny that Trump is in the Epstein Files When Asked By Fox News [1]

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Date: 2025-07-17

AND THE PLOT SICKENS... Much to the dismay pf Donald Trump, the scandalous Jeffrey Epstein affair refuses to go away. Not that he and his White House cronies aren't making a valiant effort to bury the story. For the past couple of weeks they have alternately claimed that the Epstein files would send many Democrats to prison; or that they don't exist; or that they exist but were made up by Democrats, who then didn't bother to use them. And that's just for starters.

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The Trumpy excuses continued with claims that there is nothing significant in the files. But that the Democrats altered them, which would be illegal, but Trump and company still won't release them, even to incriminate the Democrats. It all makes perfect sense - if you're high on acid. And now Trump is outraged that his cult won't STFU about the "bullsh*t" Epstein "hoax," despite his demands that they do so. So he's calling them "stupid," "weaklings," whose support he no longer wants. Never mind that it was a scandal manufactured and spread by Trump and his devotees in the first place.

SEE THIS: Trump Says He Doesn't Want His Past 'Weakling' Supporters Who Bought Into the 'BS' Epstein Hoax

This brings us to the next chapter in the Trump/Epstein soap opera. It stars Trump's Secretary of Propaganda, Karoline Leavitt, who took some questions from the White House press corps, who still want Trump to come clean for once. And that includes this question from - of all people - Fox News White House correspondent, Jacqui Heinrich. She brought up Trump's assertion that the Epstein files are a hoax, and asked "Which part of the “Epstein Hoax” is the hoax part?" Leavitt replied...

"The president is referring to the fact Democrats have now seized on this. As if they ever wanted transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein. Which is an asinine suggestion for any Democrat to make.



The Democrats had control of this building, the White House, for four years, And they didn't do a dang thing when it came to transparency in regards to Jeffrey Epstein and his heinous crimes. It was this president who directed the Department of Justice and the Attorney General to do an exhaustive review of all files relating to Jeffrey Epstein. Which they did."

x FOX: Which part the Epstein hoax is the hoax part? LEAVITT: The president is referring to the fact that Democrats have now seized on this as if they ever wanted transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-07-17T17:55:21.983Z

Notice that what Leavitt chose to describe as the "hoax part" is the role that she says Democrats have played in the quest for Trump to release the information held by his Justice Department. She did not say that any allegations that Trump is on Epstein's client list, or that he participated in the pedophile activity, are a hoax. That's quite a damning omission. Also, it isn't just Democrats who have "seized" on this issue. In fact, it's mostly Trump's own cult disciples.

Leavitt's explanation of the alleged transparency of the Trump regime is also an incoherent mess. If Democrats altered the documents in order to frame Trump, as Trump claims, why would they then withhold those documents? And if the Justice Department did "an exhaustive review," as Leavitt claims, why would Trump refuse to release the documents following that review? Leavitt later added that...

"The Attorney General and the FBI, led by Pam Bondi, Dan Bongino, Kash Patel. These are great patriots. Some of the most trusted voices in the Republican Party movement. It's part of the reason the president appointed them to these high law enforcement positions."

Notice that Leavitt praises them as "trusted voices in the Republican Party movement," not trusted voices in America, or in law enforcement. Her description of them as blatantly partisan makes them entirely inappropriate for the positions that Trump gave them. Then Leavitt closed by saying that...

"The president has been transparent. He has followed through on his promises to the American people. But he doesn't like to see Democrats and the mainstream media covering this like it's the biggest story the American people care about."

x Leavitt: "The president doesn't like to see Democrats and the mainstream media covering [Epstein] like it's the biggest story the American people care about. The president has been working so hard this week." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-07-17T17:56:48.641Z

First of all, Trump, by definition, has not been transparent, because he refuses to release the files. Secondly, he hasn't kept his promises to the American people, because he promised to release the files. And finally, it's no wonder that he doesn't like to see the media covering this issue, because he knows what is in those files, which probably has something to do with why he refuses to release them. So maybe Trump should - oh, I don't know - release the files? And maybe Leavitt should stop lying, for a change.

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