Elon Musk urges release of Epstein files weeks after accusing Trump of being named in them


Elon Musk has renewed calls to release the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files, weeks after accusing Donald Trump of being in them.

After the president reignited the pairโ€™s rift earlier this week, the tech billionaire issued a one-word reply to MAGA activist Scott Presler on X on Thursday, who wrote: โ€œRelease the unredacted Epstein files.โ€

โ€œYes,โ€ Musk responded, without explicitly mentioning Trump.

The demand came just hours before the House was expected to vote on the presidentโ€™s showpiece tax bill, which Musk claims will push the U.S. into โ€œdebt slavery.โ€

Musk began calling for the release of the remaining investigative documents related to Epsteinโ€™s sex-trafficking case after his explosive fallout with Trump last month over the presidentโ€™s โ€œpork-filledโ€ signature megabill.

Elon Musk has again called for the release of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files

Elon Musk has again called for the release of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files (Reuters)

After promising to release the โ€œfirst phaseโ€ of declassified Epstein files on February 27, Attorney General Pam Bondi faced MAGA backlash when the documents turned out to contain information already publicly available.

The Tesla CEO claimed, without evidence, that the โ€œreal reasonโ€ the documents remained sealed was that the president was somehow connected to the disgraced financierโ€™s crimes.

โ€œTime to drop the really big bomb,โ€ Musk tweeted on June 5. โ€œ@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!โ€

He followed up shortly after: โ€œMark this post for the future. The truth will come out.โ€

About six days later, Musk said he regrets some of the posts about Trump, claiming they โ€œwent too far.โ€

Musk and Trump have been embroiled in a war of words for almost a month after the tech billionaire departed DOGE

Musk and Trump have been embroiled in a war of words for almost a month after the tech billionaire departed DOGE (AP)

On Monday, Trump rekindled his feud with Musk, threatening to unleash the Department of Government Efficiency against him and warning he may have to โ€œgo back to South Africa.โ€

The veiled threat was in response to Musk escalating his anti-Republican rhetoric and his scathing criticism of the presidentโ€™s โ€œbig, beautiful bill,โ€ which House Republicans are hoping to send to Trumpโ€™s desk by their Independence Day deadline.

โ€œElon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,โ€ Trump said.

โ€œNo more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!โ€

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