Trump asks why Democrats didn’t release Epstein files if there was ‘smoking gun’
President Trump on Friday asked why the Democrats — when they controlled the Senate and White House — did not release the files linked to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, which have dominated the headlines in recent days.
“If there was a ‘smoking gun’ on Epstein, why didn’t the Dems, who controlled the ‘files’ for four years, and had [former Attorney General Merrick] Garland and [ex-prosecutor Maureen] Comey in charge, use it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He added, “BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING!!!”
His comment came hours after the president directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release relevant grand jury testimony in Epstein’s case. The directive, which has garnered mixed reactions, follows pressure from some of Trump’s supporters and Democrats alike for the White House to disclose more information about its probe of the case.
“Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval,” Trump wrote Thursday evening. “This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!”
Bondi responded on social platform X, saying the Justice Department (DOJ) is “ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts.”
Trump’s MAGA base has urged the Trump administration to work on releasing more documents related to the case since the DOJ and FBI issued a joint memo last week concluding Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial and did not have a so-called “client list.”
The president’s directive to Bondi came just hours after The Wall Street Journal released a report detailing an alleged letter the president wrote to Epstein for the financier’s 50th birthday in 2003. The letter was typed inside the outline of a naked woman, ending with “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” the Journal reported.
In response, Trump hammered the Journal, saying he would sue the news outlet and denied that he wrote the letter.
“President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly,” Trump wrote Thursday online. “The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don’t even exist.”