The controversy over Jeffrey Epstein, despite President Trump’s attempts to put him behind, Rumbles on it.
It has been almost three weeks since a joint, Deserted memorandum Emphasizing the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that no ‘no’ customer list was found ‘between Epstein -related materials. The memorandum also said that “no reliable evidence was found that Epstein blackmailed prominent persons as part of their actions.”
The statement led to a firstorm – which included many of the Trump supporters, in 2019, was prime to expect a major revelations about sexual hunters and humiliated financers, which Financer died.
Attorney General Palm Bondi said in the February Fox News interview that an Epstein client list was “right now to sit at the desk.”
In previous years, very close to Trump, including his eldest son Don Junior and Vice President Vance, suggested that there was a nefarious purpose behind failure to disclose more content about Epstein.
But even when the dispute progresses, there are many unanswered questions.
There are five largest here.
What is with Gisline Maxwell?
The development around Maxwell, British Sochelight and Epstein Associate has been one of the most complicated new development.
Todde Blanches, second highest ranking figure in DOJ, Meet with maxwell Talhasi, Fla on Thursday and Friday. In.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting with Epstein in his misconduct in 2022.
The unusual move by the blanch, which served as one of Trump’s private lawyers before climbing to his current role in DOJ, has become a biased flashpoint.
Democrats and other Trump critics are warning of the possibility of some type of Kwid-Pro-Quo deal, with a forgiveness in exchange for stimulating words to Maxwell on Trump, or at least a few levels of forgiveness.
“The conflict of interest stare at you on your face,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Shumor (DN.Y.) said in a speech on Thursday.
Blanches have defended meetings as a direct discovery of more information.
One in Statement on TuesdayHe said, “President Trump has asked us to issue all reliable evidence. If Ghislane Maxwell knows about anyone committing crimes against the victims, the FBI and DOJ will hear what he has to say.”
Due to doubt about whether Maxwell’s generous treatment will reduce the dispute. It can easily add it easily.
But on Friday, before leaving for a trip to Scotland, Trump did not specifically denounce Maxwell’s forgiveness or pardon.
“I am allowed to do this, but it’s something that I have not thought of,” he told reporters at the White House.
How does Trump case go against Wall Street Journal?
Epstein case has seen Trump going to the entire legal battle against Wall Street Journal, its core company News Corporation and Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Trump states that he was maligned by a journal story, accusing him of a letter in his name and a drawing was included in an album by Maxwell together in an album, which was placed together in 2003 to mark the 50th birthday of Epstin. The President is demanding $ 10 billion in loss.
The magazine stands from its story and continues to report strictly on Trump and Epstein. On Wednesday, a few days after Trump filed his suit, the magazine reported that Trump was told by DOJ in May that his name was mentioned in Epstein files – although the news organization said that such mention in itself is not evidence of wrongdoing.
The fact is that neither Trump nor Murdoch are willing to set a striking clash, not at least due to the role of the Murdoch family in Fox News.
Is Palm Bondi in trouble?
Some Republican and other trump colleagues clearly blamed Bondi for the least part of the political dirt in which they find themselves.
He says that the comments of Attorney General in the February Fox Interview were the sparks that now ignited the flame of the dispute that burnt the President.
A former lawyer for Trump and Epstein Told BBC This week that the DOJ had “jumped the gun a little” in overhending the information they had.
David Scone told BBC’s “Newsnight”, “They were in favor of good reasons, revelations and complete transparency, but they did not know what he had yet.”
Meanwhile, Politico reported on the GOP Disquestion on the role of Bondi this week, quoting an anonymous senior house GOP colleague as saying, “I think he, from the column to the post, handled this so badly and strangely.”
But Trump’s close voices, including the White House press secretary Karolin Levit, have publicly defended Bondi, emphasizing their work to pursue Trump’s broad agenda.
The New York Times also said on Thursday that Bandy “felt blind and angry” from the demands of the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that DOJ should investigate the action taken by the Obama administration regarding Russian medaling in the 2016 election.
Will Republican rally around Trump?
Epstein controversy has been unusually harmful to Trump as it has broken the unity of GOP and their Make America Great Again (Maga) base.
A Wall Street Journal Poll, released on Thursday evening, found that 69 percent of all registered voters – and 54 percent Republican – either very little or no belief that the DOJ had completely investigated the Epstein case.
The elected Republican has also created a stand, at least in a few cases.
Rape. Thomas Masi (R-Ky.) Is making an effort to force Doj to release as much documentation on Epstein as much as possible. Three Republican-Rips, in a separate, closely viewed vote on a house panel this week. Nancy Mess (SC), Brian Jack (Ga.) And Scott Perry (Pa.)-voted with a democrats to dominate the DOJ for Epstein documents.
Republicans are also expected to get a lot of hostile inquiries on Epstein’s case with their components, while the House is on its summer vacation.
All this is being said, Trump’s overall grip on GOP is tight. He may be able to bring his party in a strong line well.
How long does the story remain in the headlines?
Epstein shows no real signal of dying of a new lease of life for the story – a lot for Trump’s displeasure.
Actually, the action they have taken or its colleagues have injected the new fuel in a ruckus. Trump’s case against Journal and Blanches meetings with Ghislane Maxwell both fall into that category.
Critics allege that some other action taken by the Trump administration, including the grain of loud allegations against the Obama administration in the 2016 elections, is a distraction from the Epstein case. If so, they do not actually work.
It is always possible that some major domestic or world phenomena can interfere with Epstein with headlines and remove them.
But Maveric Kentki Republican Massi led the fight for more disclosure, asked reporters this week that He expected There is a public demand on the issue of strengthening in summer on this issue.
If this proves to be true, it is very bad news for Trump.
