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Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and death in prison have been central to the years-long, overlapping conspiracy theories that have put the world’s most powerful people at the center of an alleged criminal network of traffickers and child predators.

But now the president dismisses Epstein’s case as a “hoax,” a “scam,” and “bull****,” and even asked a room of reporters why anyone is “still talking” about a sex offender “nobody cares about.”

Andrew Feinberg reports from the White House:

The White House is struggling to explain President Donald Trump’s insistence that the bipartisan clamor for release of case files from the prosecution of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is part of a “hoax” generated by his political adversaries as some of the president’s most fervent supporters continue to press for more transparency around the notorious case.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday faced pointed questions from reporters on why Trump continues to lash out and insist there’s nothing to see regarding the prosecution of the famous sex trafficker, with whom he maintained a friendship for years.

The Hill asked Speaker Mike Johnson if he would put forward a measure regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

He responded: “The House Republicans are for transparency and they’re looking for a way to say that. They agree with the White House; we agree with the president. Everything he said about that, all the credible evidence should come out. I’ve been very clear, the members have been very clear. The House Rules Committee Republicans have been taking incoming criticism because they voted to stop the Democrats’ politicization of this, and they’re trying to stick to their job and move the procedural rules to the floor so we can do our work and get the rescissions done for the American people. They are for transparency, just as we all are, and we are looking for ways to express that. That’s all it is.”

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has joined calls for the Epstein files to be released.

She wrote on X: “For reasons known only to him, Donald Trump is now refusing to appoint a special prosecutor in the Epstein case after weeks of refusing to release the Epstein files.

“This week, House Democrats voted unanimously to release the files. Republicans voted to keep them hidden.

“With deep respect for the victims, their trauma and their privacy, everyone on the Epstein list must be held accountable no matter who they are. Release the files.”

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke about the Epstein files at a press conference today, pointing the finger at President Donald Trump for promoting conspiracy theories about the late sex offender.

He labelled Trump “conspiracy theory provocateur-in-chief.”

He said: “Democrats didn’t put this into the public domain, conspiracy theory provocateur-in-chief Donald Trump is the one, along with his extreme MAGA Republican associates, who put this whole thing into the public domain for years.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked at today’s briefing what the president’s reaction was to Speaker Mike Johnson saying he wanted additional files on Jeffrey Epstein made public.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has eleven co-sponsors for his House resolution to release the Epstein files.

He wrote on X: “Americans deserve transparency and the victims of Epstein (and his associates) deserve justice.”

Massie’s resolution is co-sponsored by Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tim Burchett, Eli Crane, Lauren Boebert, Jeff Van Drew, Eric Burlison, Cory Mills, Tom Barrett, and Max Miller.

Democrats Ro Khanna and Rashida Tlaib join them.

Conservative commentator Candace Owens decried the scandal as a “terminal cancer to the MAGA movement.” Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued: “The fact that the U.S. government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said, ‘Case closed, shut up conspiracy theorist,’ was too much for me.”

“They won’t shut the f*** up about it,” Trump privately fumed over his prominent supporters’ complaints, a source told Rolling Stone.

Kelly Rissman has the story.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the president would not recommend a special prosecutor to examine the Epstein case and related files.