In a heated confrontation on Monday, Fox Information White Home correspondent Peter Doocy pressed White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt over the Division of Justice’s declare that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein didn’t maintain an inventory of “purchasers” to whom he trafficked underage women.
Some Trump supporters had been left feeling betrayed this week after the DOJ and FBI mentioned they discovered no proof Epstein had a “consumer checklist,” contradicting Lawyer Common Pam Bondi’s feedback earlier this yr.
“It’s sitting on my desk proper now to assessment,” Bondi informed Fox Information’ John Roberts in February when requested if the DOJ could be releasing Epstein’s consumer checklist. “That’s been a directive by President Trump.”
The Justice Division and FBI additionally mentioned they discovered no proof that Epstein was murdered. His 2019 dying in a federal jail was dominated a suicide.
On Monday, Doocy requested Leavitt, “So, what occurred to the Epstein consumer checklist that the legal professional basic mentioned she had on her desk?”
“Nicely, I believe for those who return and take a look at what the legal professional basic mentioned in that interview, which was in your community, on Fox Information—” Leavitt started earlier than Doocy interrupted her with Bondi’s quote.
A seemingly annoyed Leavitt pushed again that in Bondi’s February feedback, she was referring to “everything of all the paperwork, all the paper in relation to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.”
Billionaire Elon Musk, who beforehand claimed that his former ally President Donald Trump was “within the Epstein recordsdata,” lashed out on the memo’s findings.
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer has additionally repeatedly referred to as for Bondi’s resignation and an investigation into the legal professional basic, claiming “she has utterly undermined the Trump administration” and “direct statements” made by Trump and Vance.
