Democrats gloat as MAGA World explodes over Epstein files
by Mike Lillis and Amie Parnes - 07/09/25 5:07 PM ET
Democrats are experiencing a devilish glee as MAGA World clashes over the Trump administration’s push to defuse conspiracy theories surrounding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In cable news interviews, social media posts and formal calls to release more Epstein files, Democrats are highlighting the administration’s handling of the case in hopes of exacerbating the unusual tensions between President Trump and a conservative base that’s stood firmly behind the president on virtually every issue he tackles.
Democrats are also exploiting the divisions to advance another unfounded theory: that Trump won’t release the files because he’s featured within them.
And they are not veiling their sense of schadenfreude.
“This is like me dunking on my 8-year-old and his friends on the short hoops at school,” Democratic strategist Eddie Vale told The Hill. “They set themselves up for it with their MAGA base, and now the pedo chickens are coming home to roost.”
A large and vocal contingent of Trump’s most loyal supporters has long promoted baseless theories that the government has covered up the details of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking of minors, including a supposed “client list” of powerful figures from the world of business and government alike. Trump, on the campaign trail, said he was “inclined” to declassify the entire file.
On Monday, however, an unsigned memo from Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) discredited those claims, saying there’s no evidence that Epstein maintained any such client roster or attempted to blackmail elites who might have engaged in illegal sexual activities.
“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” the memo reads.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5393110-democrats-maga-world-epstein-files/
