- President Donald Trump said that “even if” the courts release the grand jury transcripts in the cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, “nothing will be good enough.”
- Trump’s post comes one day after the Department of Justice asked federal judges to unseal the grand jury testimonies in the criminal cases, following a request by Trump.
- Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two reporters after The Wall Street Journal published an article saying that Trump sent Epstein a “bawdy” letter for Epstein’s 50th birthday.
President
Donald Trump
said Saturday that even if the courts release the
grand jury transcripts
in the criminal cases of notorious sex offender J
effrey Epstein
and his convicted procurer of young girls,
Ghislaine Maxwell
, “nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics.”
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“It will always be more, more, more. MAGA!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump’s post comes one day after the
Department of Justice asked federal judges
to unseal the grand jury testimonies in the criminal cases, following a request by Trump.
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Trump on Thursday
said that he had asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to “produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval.”
The request to the DOJ comes amid growing pressure on Trump, including from some of his most loyal supporters, to release files in connection with Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 after being arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges.
Trump’s Saturday Truth Social post suggests that the pressure campaign, which has lasted for weeks, is not abating.
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“I have asked the Justice Department to release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, subject only to Court Approval,” Trump wrote on his social media.
“With that being said, and even if the Court gave its full and unwavering approval, nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request,” he continued.
Trump’s Truth Social post also reflects a subtle change in his language about the request.
On Saturday, he stated that he had requested the Justice Department release “all” grand jury testimony in connection with the criminal cases, in contrast to Thursday, when he said he had requested the release of “pertinent” testimony.
The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the difference in the two posts.
Trump’s post also comes one day after he sued media mogul
Rupert Murdoch
after The Wall Street Journal — which Murdoch owns — published an article describing a
“bawdy” letter
that Trump sent for
Epstein’s 50th birthday
.
Trump has denied that the letter is his. He is seeking damages of at least $10 billion in the defamation lawsuit.
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