Trump hits out at reporter after being asked Jeffrey Epstein 'cover up' question
Topics: Donald Trump, US News, Politics, Crime, Jeffrey Epstein
Lucy Devine
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Topics: Donald Trump, US News, Politics, Crime, Jeffrey Epstein
President Donald Trump gave a scathing response to a reporter who asked a question about Jeffrey Epstein at a White House cabinet meeting this week.
At the meeting on Tuesday (July 8), a journalist asked Attorney General Pam Bondi a question about Epstein, following a memo released on Monday (July 7).
In the memo, first seen by Axios, the Justice Department and FBI stated that they found no evidence that Epstein was murdered, despite the ongoing conspiracy theories that the convicted sex offender did not kill himself.
The report read: “This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list’. There was also no evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions.
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“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
Asking for clarity on certain areas of the memo, the reporter asked Bondi: "Your memo and release on Jeffrey Epstein left some lingering mysteries.
"One of the biggest ones is whether he ever worked for a American or foreign intelligence agency... So could you resolve whether or not he did and also could you say why there was a minute missing from the jail house tape?"
Before Bondi could answer the question, Trump interjected: "Pam, can I just interrupt for one second?"
He then turned to the reporter and added: "Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?
"This guy has been talked about for years... we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things... and are people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable.
"I can't believe you're asking a question about Epstein at a time like this where we're having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas."
When Bondi did respond to the question, she explained: "In February, I did an interview on Fox and it's been getting a lot of attention... I was asked a question about a client list and my response was, 'it's sitting on my desk to be reviewed' meaning the file... that's what I meant by that.
"Also to the tens of thousands of video, they turned out to be child porn downloaded by that disgusting Jeffrey Epstein... never going to be released, never going to see the light of day.
"To him being an agent, I have no knowledge of that, we can get back to you on that.
“The video was not conclusive, but the evidence prior to it was, showing he committed suicide."
Bondi continued: “And what was on that — there was a minute that was off the counter, and what we learned from the Bureau of Prisons is every night they redo that video... So, every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing.
“So we’re looking for that video to release that as well to show that a minute is missing every night. And that’s it on Epstein.”