Trump rips 'so-called' friends' attacks on Bondi, tells MAGA to move on from Epstein
- - - Trump rips 'so-called' friends' attacks on Bondi, tells MAGA to move on from Epstein
Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY July 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threw his full support behind Attorney General Pam Bondi in a furious social media post that lit into his "so-called 'friends'" in MAGA and told them to move on from fevered demands that she release court files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
"They’re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening. We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and 'selfish people' are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein," Trump wrote on July 12 in a lengthy post on Truth Social.
Trump loyalists have been berating Bondi incessantly since the Justice Department and FBI said this week that a "systematic review" of documents related to Epstein "revealed no incriminating 'client list.'" Bondi said earlier this year that the documents were "sitting on my desk right now to review" and promised that "everything's going to come out to the public."
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen as Attorney General Pam Bondi answers a question during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Defending her stance at a July 8 Cabinet meeting at the White House, Bondi told reporters: "I was asked a question about the client list and my response was, 'It's sitting on my desk to be reviewed,' meaning the file, not the client list."
Trump took another tack. In his statement on social media this weekend, he alleged that the government documents could have been written by political opponents and critics such as former President Barack Obama and former FBI director James Comey, whom he fired during his first term.
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"They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called 'friends' are playing right into their hands," Trump wrote.
The dossier, assembled by former British spy Christopher Steele, contained salacious allegations about Trump, including alleged connections between the Republican's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
Trump also argued in his post that current FBI Director Kash Patel "must be focused on investigating" allegations of voter fraud and other red meat issues for the base.
"LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB – SHE’S GREAT!" he said.
He told his supporters not to "waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about."
Contributing: Aysha Bagchi
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