Trump Is Turning On His Allies In A Huge Meltdown After Some Republicans Backed The Release Of The Epstein Files

President Donald Trump took purpose astatine some Democrats and “stupid” Republicans connected Wednesday aft newly obtained documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s property suggested the president knew astir the precocious enactment offender’s transgression activity.

Trump’s Truth Social rant besides comes arsenic House Democrats marque advancement connected releasing the afloat trove of documents, acknowledgment to immoderate Republicans joining them successful a petition to unit a ballot connected their release. “The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again due to the fact that they’ll bash thing astatine each to deflect connected however severely they’ve done connected the Shutdown, and truthful galore different subjects,” Trump wrote. “Only a precise bad, oregon stupid, Republican would autumn into that trap,” helium warned.

Four Republicans ― Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Nancy Mace (S.C.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Thomas Massie (Ky.) ― sided with Democrats successful voting for a petition to unit a House ballot connected releasing the Justice Department’s afloat trove of Epstein files ― which Trump’s medication said they wouldn’t do, reversing people connected his run promises successful a determination that rocked his MAGA base implicit the summer.

“There should beryllium nary deflections to Epstein oregon thing else,” Trump continued Wednesday, “and immoderate Republicans progressive should beryllium focused lone connected opening up our Country, and fixing the monolithic harm caused by the Democrats!”

Trump’s connection to Republicans follows reports that helium reached retired straight to Boebert and Mace astir their votes connected Tuesday, sources told the New York Times. The telephone to Boebert reportedly preceded the Justice Department summoning Boebert to a gathering with Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.

Trump has not yet been capable to scope Mace connected the phone, the Times noted, but she posted successful his enactment Wednesday morning.

“I AM SO SICK OF THE FAKE NEWS FOCUSING ON TRUMP AND NOT EPSTEIN VICTIMS!” she wrote successful all-caps connected X. “Everyone knows Trump kicked Epstein retired of Mar A Lago and Epstein victims person exonerated the President! STOP GASLIGHTING AND START TELLING THE VICTIM’s STORIES!! Makes maine sick. Those who abused underage girls request to spot jailhouse clip - archer THAT story!”

While Greene, Boebert, and Mace person been die-hard allies to Trump, their joining the petition reflects their supporters’ longstanding demands astir the Epstein files, which were erstwhile loudly echoed by Trump, Bondi, and different members of his administration.

The files released Wednesday, obtained via a subpoena to the Epstein estate, rise questions astir whether Trump knew Epstein was sex-trafficking minors. Trump “knew astir the girls,” Epstein wrote successful a 2019 email, months earlier helium died successful situation awaiting trial.

In a 2011 email, Epstein told his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump is the “dog that hasn’t barked” due to the fact that he’d spent clip with idiosyncratic whose sanction is redacted arsenic “VICTIM.”

This nonfiction primitively appeared on HuffPost.