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Eye-Opening New Poll Reveals How Many Americans Believe Trump Is 'Covering up' Epstein Files
UNITED STATES, JUL 17 – Trump's reversal on Epstein file transparency has deepened GOP divisions and eroded support, with 71% of Republicans identifying as MAGA and 67% of Americans suspecting a cover-up, polls show.
- President Trump faced growing demands and internal revolt to release Jeffrey Epstein files on July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
- The administration initially pledged to release grand jury documents but reversed course, triggering criticism and a discharge petition in Congress.
- Trump blamed some Republicans for gullibility, urged supporters to drop the issue, and promised to sue the Wall Street Journal over a birthday note claim.
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed 69% believed the government hid Epstein details, with only 17% approving Trump's handling and close to two-thirds of Republicans skeptical.
- The controversy weakened Trump’s support base loyalty and could prompt risky political moves to divert attention, while bipartisan pressure for transparency persists.
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‘A red line that it crosses for many people’: Trump’s handling of Epstein files sparks outrage from MAGA supporters - The Boston Globe
“It’s a very delicate subject but we should put everything out there and let the people decide,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said this week.
MAGA Fury Over Epstein Files Opens Rare Fracture With Trump
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‘Not worried, no, no, no, no, nope': GOP squirms as Trump-Epstein scandal spirals
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is making many of his Republican allies on Capitol Hill squirm — but that doesn’t mean they’re backing down.After dismissing his own MAGA base as “stupid people,” “weaklings,” “foolish” and “PAST supporters,” the president has changed his tune a tad. But for many members of Congress in both parties, merely allowing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the Jeffrey Epst…
Trump’s Flip-Flop on Releasing Epstein Files Causes Major Rift in MAGA World
A major rift has formed within Donald Trump’s MAGA base over his reversal of a campaign promise to release the “Epstein files” to the public. Many supporters see his denials of the existence of a “client list” belonging to Jeffrey Epstein, the powerful and well-connected investor who was charged with the sexual trafficking and assault of numerous teenage girls and young women before his death, as a betrayal of Trump’s promises to “drain the swamp
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