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1hon MSN
Some Republicans have called for the appointment of a special counsel, as MAGA allies have raged over the handling of the Epstein investigation.
3hon MSN
Two Tennessee Republicans and other MAGA supporters are calling for transparency with Epstein files. Why Trump is calling them 'weaklings'
President Donald Trump will not recommend appointing a special prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case, his press secretary said on Thursday, amid pressure from some of his supporters and renewed public scrutiny on the convicted sex offender's connections to powerful figures.
The Justice Department this week fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in New York who was involved in cases against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The sustained backlash has exposed the hazards of the attorney general’s focus on courting President Trump, with the assumption that he maintains the total backing of his base.
Trump ally Kash Patel, appointed FBI director during Trump’s second tenure, and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, both previously questioned the official suicide ruling. By May this year, however, both said they accepted the government’s conclusion about Epstein’s death.
The Justice Department and FBI said in a brief memo that a review found no Epstein "client list" and confirmed the disgraced financier died by suicide in prison while awaiting tri
There are growing cracks in the MAGA base over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. President Trump says he "doesn't understand" the interest in the case. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin and Jonathan Allen report the latest details.