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With 1 tweet linking U.S. President Donald Trump with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Elon Musk reignites a long-running conspiracy mentation of the U.S. President's acold close supporters.
The tech billionaire — who exited his relation arsenic a apical White House advisor conscionable past week — alleged connected Thursday (June 5) that the Republican person is featured successful concealed authorities files connected affluent and almighty erstwhile Epstein associates.
The Trump medication has acknowledged it is reviewing tens of thousands of documents, videos, and investigative worldly that his "MAGA" question says volition unmask nationalist figures complicit successful Epstein's crimes.
"Time to driblet the truly large bomb: (Trump) is successful the Epstein files," Musk posted connected his societal media platform, X, arsenic a increasing feud with the president boiled implicit into a vicious nationalist spat.
Time to driblet the truly large bomb:@realDonaldTrump is successful the Epstein files. That is the existent crushed they person not been made public.
Have a bully day, DJT!
"That is the existent crushed they person not been made public."
Supporters connected the conspiratorial extremity of Mr. Trump's basal allege that Epstein's associates had their roles successful his crimes covered up by authorities officials and others.
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They constituent the digit astatine Democrats and Hollywood celebrities, however, not astatine Trump himself, and nary authoritative root has ever confirmed that the president appears successful immoderate of the material.
Mr. Musk did not uncover which files helium was talking about, and offered nary grounds for his claim.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt connected Thursday (June 5) called Mr. Musk's behaviour "an unfortunate episode", adding the Tesla tycoon is "unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill due to the fact that it does not see the policies helium wanted."
But the allegation prompted caller demands for a merchandise of the worldly — this clip from Democrats keen connected turning a MAGA conspiracy mentation backmost connected its proponents.
Epstein died by termination successful a New York situation successful 2019 aft being charged with enactment trafficking.
Mr. Trump has denied spending clip connected Little Saint James, the backstage redoubt successful the US Virgin Islands wherever prosecutors alleged Epstein enactment trafficked underage girls.
The President said up of his predetermination past twelvemonth that helium would person "no problem" releasing files related to Epstein.
The medication has made nationalist implicit 63,000 pages tied to the JFK assassination, but Trump has not afloat followed done connected the Epstein files pledge.
'Terrific guy'
PolitiFact investigated Mr. Trump's denials and concluded that the President had flown connected Epstein's pitchy astatine slightest 7 times, and noted that the brace attended the aforesaid parties successful the 1990s.
But it besides said determination was nary grounds Mr. Trump visited Epstein's island.
"Terrific guy," Mr. Trump, who was Epstein's neighbour successful some Florida and New York, said successful an aboriginal 2000s illustration of Epstein.
"He's a batch of amusive to beryllium with. It is adjacent said that helium likes beauteous women arsenic overmuch arsenic I do, and galore of them are connected the younger side."
One of Epstein's victims, Virginia Giuffre — who died by termination successful April, according to her household — filed a suit saying helium had flown her to intersexual encounters with royals, politicians and others erstwhile she was underage.
Thousands of pages of records from the lawsuit were released successful 2019, and much successful 2024, but they offered scant grounds of wrongdoing by celebrated figures.
Lawmakers successful the absorption Democrats jumped connected Musk's allegation to renew their calls for the merchandise of much elaborate files.
"I called for the afloat merchandise of the Epstein Files a period agone due to the fact that of my suspicion that (Attorney General Pam Bondi) was concealing the files to support Donald Trump," New York congressman Dan Goldman posted connected X.
"Now my suspicion has been confirmed."
His chap House Democrat Ted Lieu of California said Musk's accusation had confirmed his ain content that Trump is "all implicit the Epstein files."
"I impulse the Department of Justice to merchandise each the Epstein files. What is the Trump Administration hiding?" helium said. Tim Miller, a erstwhile Republican National Committee spokesperson turned fierce Mr. Trump critic, echoed the call.
"The American radical merit to cognize if our president is simply a pedophile," helium posted connected X.
Published - June 06, 2025 07:34 americium IST
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