Tim Burchett
The GOP representative from Tennessee echoed some of the more extreme rhetoric heard from conspiracy theorists talking about the potential prosecutions of Epstein’s supposed clients. “Find them guilty and hang them, publicly,” he said in a televised interview. He followed up by confirming that he doesn’t believe what the Justice Department has said about the case. “I don’t trust them,” he said. Burchett further called on the House Committe on Oversight and Reform to hear public testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell.
Lauren Boebert
“Of course we want answers,” the Colorado representative said in an interview about Epstein. “No one is satisfied with what has been received, or lack thereof.” She called for a special investigation into the handling of the relevant materials, suggesting that former congressman Matt Gaetz could be appointed as special counsel. The idea seemed a somewhat trollish in the context of questions about a notorious pedophile: before his exit from congress and the withdrawal of his nomination to serve as attorney general, a House Ethics Committee probe found that Gaetz had violated a statutory rape law when he paid a 17-year-old for sex in 2017.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Georgia representative, well known for amplifying right-wing conspiracy theories, announced Wednesday that she would co-sponsor a discharge petition on a House vote about releasing the Epstein files from libertarian-leaning Rep. Thomas Massie, who has regularly broken with Trump. “I will never protect pedophiles or the elites and their circles,” she posted on X when she shared Massie’s resolution.
Keith and Kevin Hodge
Better known as the Hodgetwins, this conservative comedy and commentary duo registered their disgust at the administration’s closing of the Epstein inquiry in a blunt X post. “Telling people to just get over the Epstein files = protecting pedophiles,” they wrote. “There is no other way to put it.”
“George” / @BehizyTweets
The right-wing content creator indicated that a failure to disclose more information on Epstein’s dealings could come with electoral consequences for the GOP. “I honestly have no interest in voting in the 2026 midterms if Republicans have no interest in revealing the truth about Jeffrey Epstein,” he warned the party on X.
Catturd
The pseudonymous MAGA shitposter didn’t go as far as attacking his beloved president, though he did join the ranks of those calling on Bondi to fix the Epstein mess. “It’s amazing to me that Pam Bondi still hasn’t done a news conference over her decisions on Epstein,” he fumed on X on Monday. “It’s her responsibility to explain her decisions and answer questions, not surrogates.” He also called her “delusional” for trying to duck the topic.
Jack Posobiec
The one-time Pizzagate promoter, who was a participant in Bondi’s binder debacle in February, took a page out of Trump’s playbook in seeking to paint one of the president’s enemies as somehow involved in an Epstein coverup. Referring to an initial FBI investigation into the financier that ended without federal prosecution and Epstein pleading guilty to state prostitution charges in Florida, Posobiec in an X post alleged, “After Epstein gave information to the FBI, federal charges were dropped.” He went on to ask and answer: “Who was head of the FBI then? Robert Mueller. Release the info.” There is no evidence Mueller weighed in on the investigation of Epstein, and his plea deal was handled by Alexander Acosta, then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, whom Trump appointed as Secretary of Labor in his first term. Acosta was forced to resign from the cabinet in 2019, after Epstein’s re-arrest brought his role in the deal to light.
Alex Jones
America’s conspiracy kingpin made it clear that he roundly rejected the memo from the FBI and DOJ when he shared a video of himself crying in a car and saying he was going to vomit from his feelings of betrayal. Soon enough he was sharing an image of the White House altered to resemble a building on Epstein’s private island and a picture of the U.S. Capitol captioned “I am telling my children this is Epstein Island.” On his Infowars broadcast Wednesday, he criticized the administration and its supporters for trying to suppress dissent. “When somebody starts saying ‘Don’t question things or you can’t be in our club,’ yeah, that’s a cult, and I’m not a cult joiner, never have been,” he said.
Michael Flynn
Valorized by the QAnon movement and pardoned by Trump in 2020 for making false statements to the FBI, the former U.S. national security adviser pleaded with the president not to discredit the Epstein saga as a “hoax” in a lengthy post on X. “The roll out of this was terrible, no way around that,” he wrote, exhorting the administration to find “a way to move past this” while holding individuals responsible for their crimes against children. “It is NOT about Epstein or the left,” he insisted, challenging Trump’s invocation of a shadowy plot by Democrats.
Nancy Mace
The South Carolina representative joined many of her colleagues in demanding answers on Epstein, and arrests, asking on X, “If 1,000 kids were trafficked, how is there only one accomplice?” But she took the unusual step of speculating that Democrats were suppressing the truth. “Did the Biden Administration destroy any evidence?” she wrote. “I stand with women, children, the truth and TRUMP.” Of course, Trump would probably view it as more helpful to his cause if she stopped talking about Epstein altogether.
Chad Prather
The right-wing comedian and YouTuber is another of the influencers who was duped by Bondi’s binders in February, and after the FBI and DOJ memo came out this month, it sounded like Prather was still holding a grudge. One of the several videos he’s released on Epstein since then is titled, in part: “WE WON’T STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS.” Another flat-out alleges that Bondi lied to the American public. “I have a lot of issues with all of this,” he said of the memo’s conclusions.
Rogan O’Handley
Better known by his social media handle @DC_Draino, O’Handley is another influencer who was embarrassed in “Bindergate.” Now he is consistently posting that more Epstein documents need to see the light of day. “Today is a great day to start releasing the Epstein Files,” he wrote on X on Wednesday. “Time to restore trust in the DOJ.” Previously, he had warned, “This isn’t going away. It’s only going to get worse. MAGA wants those Epstein files released.”
Wayne Allen Root
The conservative TV and radio host appears to believe that Trump, otherwise outperforming all expectations, could easily dispense with the Epstein drama if he wants to. “Epstein is not going away,” he posted on X last weekend. “Best [six] months for any president in history. Everything he’s doing is fantastic. Why risk it all on this stupid file? Just release it.” He also could not conceal his dismay over the controversial memo. “I must admit this Epstein file announcement is biggest [and] most ludicrous mistake ever by Trump,” he posted. “It’s a disaster. Everyone knows it’s pure fraud. So the question is WHY do something so foolish?”
Liz Wheeler
Known as a superspreader of medical misinformation, the podcaster was another recipient of the Bondi binder and has lately taken aim at the attorney general’s “lies” around the Epstein case. She has also heavily indulged in the unproven conspiracy theory that Epstein worked for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. On Wednesday, Wheeler touted one (accurate) statistic, noting a poll that showed almost 70 percent of Americans believe the Trump administration is withholding information on Epstein.
David Freiheit
The Canadian streamer, who goes by the handle Viva Frei, said the ultimate responsibility for the Epstein fallout lay with Trump himself. “I think Trump’s handling of the Epstein situation is wrong,” he wrote on X. “To his own detriment. And unnecessarily so.” Amid a torrent of posts and videos on the Epstein files in recent days, he again expressed his view that the president’s comments on Epstein represented a huge strategic blunder, writing, “I say this with sincere love and respect: Does Trump not understand the damage he’s doing right now?”
Roseanne Barr
The comedian and former sitcom actress, an early and vocal Hollywood supporter of Trump, was none too pleased when he wanted to drop the Epstein issue as soon as the DOJ and FBI memo came out. “Mr. President — Yes, we still care about Epstein,” she wrote on X. “Is there a time to not care about child sex trafficking? Read the damn room.” In the past months, she has replied to posts from Bondi to ask when the Epstein files will be released.
Mike Cernovich
The right-wing conspiracy theorist was aghast at Trump’s decision to try to pin blame for the Epstein fiasco on Democrats. “Why he’s doing this is anyone’s guess,” he wrote on X. “I truly am speechless.” Cernovich fretted that Trump was not listening to his base, was now stuck playing defense, and lashed out at unnamed Trump “allies” he said had jeopardized the administration. “Whoever told Trump to shut up about Epstein fucked him over big time,” he posted.
Tucker Carlson
Last but certainly not least, the former Fox News host has used his considerable platform to go after Bondi and the Justice Department for “covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and murder” and amplified the conspiracy theory that Epstein was a Mossad asset. He continues to devote hours of streaming content to speculative interviews about the case.
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