White House officials and other Trump allies said that the president, not the attorney general, has been the one having to answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein.

Donald Trump has grown weary of defending Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Justice Department’s Jeffery Epstein files and wants her to take responsibility for cleaning up the mess, according to four people familiar with White House deliberations.

“One thing that’s been clear is his feelings about it,” one White House official told NBC News. “This now resides within the DOJ.”

The administration’s refusal to disclose the full contents of the government’s investigation into Epstein, who killed himself in jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex-trafficking minors in 2019, has caused a deep rift between Trump and significant elements of his MAGA base.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    351·
    3 days ago

    You know who never had to “take responsibility for cleaning up the public relations mess” created by their crime boss raping little kids? The press secretary for every other President in US history!

    • MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works
      34·
      3 days ago

      She’s not his press secretary. It’s not your fault for thinking that though, given how much fucking time she spends in front of cameras defending trump. But that just helps you point even more. Why is half of this cabinet in the news dealing with scandals 24/7?

      For the life of me, I can’t remember any cabinet member from this time last year except AG Garland and DOT secretary Buttigieg off the top of my head. I just looked it up and thought “oh yeah” when I saw Blinken and Yellen. I recognized Austin’s picture, but never would’ve been able to guess his name. I recognized nobody else.

      Holy fuck, I miss having rational people in control. I was able to just deal with my own shit without worrying about total collapse. Fuck Biden and Harris for not taking the Israel concerns seriously enough, and fuck the people who withheld their vote over that to pave the way for what we have now. The options now seem to be basically either 1941 Germany or 476 Rome.

      • grue@lemmy.world
        161·
        3 days ago

        The options now seem to be basically either 1941 Germany or 476 Rome.

        Considering Secretary Brain Worms, 1958 China and 1975 Cambodia seem increasingly on the table, too.

        • orclev@lemmy.world
          101·
          3 days ago

          Maybe we’ll get real lucky and land on 1790s France. Probably not, but we can always dream.

        • Jännät@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          2 days ago

          We can still get lucky and only get 1346 London

          🤞

          There’s a good chance that the next influenza pandemic will be kicked off in the US. Get ready for the American Flu!