The US president has slammed supporters who have been left unconvinced by the DOJ’s recent claim that no list of clients was found
US President Donald Trump. © Global Look Press / Aaron Schwartz/Pool via CNP/Keystone Press Agency/Global Look Press
US President Donald Trump has hit back at growing criticism over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, claiming that only “stupid people” continue to insist on seeing the infamous sex offender’s supposed “client list.”
Many within the Republican Party have called into question a recent report by the Department of Justice and the FBI on the fate of Epstein. The authorities stated that no list of high-profile clients of the late financier existed, contrary to what Trump himself had previously said.
Not long after his arrest in 2019 on sex trafficking charges, Epstein was found hanged in his New York jail cell. Skeptics have claimed he was murdered to cover up the powerful individuals supposedly implicated in the case.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, Trump wrote: “Let those weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work,” apparently referring to skeptics within the GOP, adding that he does not “want their support anymore.”
Later in the day, in the Oval Office, he said US Attorney General Pam Bondi could release more files, but decried “some stupid and foolish Republicans” who were compelled by the opposition party to dwell on the issue.
In a previous post on Saturday, he claimed that the “Jeffrey Epstein Hoax” had been fabricated by the Democrats, lamenting that his “PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bulls—,’ hook, line, and sinker.”
Last week, the DOJ released a memo saying that there is no evidence of an “incriminating client list.” However, back in February, Bondi told Fox News that she had it “sitting on [her] desk.”
The DOJ also released surveillance footage from the prison where Epstein was held that presumably proves there was no foul play in his death. The footage, however, only shows a partial view of a stairwell, rather than the cell itself, and contains a minute-long gap.
The memo has unleashed an ongoing backlash among conservative lawmakers and prominent commentators.
Elon Musk responded by posting on X an image labeled “The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter,” set at zero.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson urged Bondi to “come forward and explain” her apparent contradictions on the case.
Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, warned that the rift within the GOP could cost it 40 House seats in the 2026 midterm elections, and potentially the presidency in four years’ time.