{"id":30476,"date":"2025-07-10T19:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30476"},"modified":"2025-07-10T19:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:05:29","slug":"trump-administration-blasted-by-another-a-list-conservative-for-claiming-theres-nothing-in-epstein-files-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30476","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration blasted by another A-List conservative for claiming there&#8217;s nothing in Epstein files | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/billboard.html --><\/p>\n<div data-video-hero=\"true\" data-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-channel-color=\"news\" data-geo=\"us\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"container--RfdTu\" data-videoid=\"3473821\">\n<div class=\"container--cyUpR\">\n<div class=\"hero--T6skX\">\n<div class=\"player--RMHxP vjs-video-container vjs-span-two-col\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"footer--cpk0p\">\n<h1 class=\"headline--chWWs\">Trump administration blasted by another A-List conservative for claiming there&#8217;s nothing in Epstein files<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleWide cleared\">\n<div class=\"alpha\">\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" class=\"article-text wide  heading-tag-switch\">\n<div class=\"adHolder column-content cleared\">\n<div id=\"para_top\" style=\"width: 638px; margin: 0 auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CWV --><!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--><!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 8]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie8.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 9]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie9.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/sync_bundle--.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --> <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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Where did that whole case go? Where did all the files go? They just went nowhere? No one even believes that,&#8217; Watters said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump had previously fueled conspiracies surrounding Epstein and vowed to release all documents related to his expansive sex trafficking ring during the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Watters said <\/span><a id=\"mol-e06103d0-5d95-11f0-ae1c-f796c860f5b7\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"\/news\/conservatives\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">conservatives<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> have now been left disappointed as Trump&#8217;s Attorney General Pam Bondi said the case against Epstein is now closed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He cited the U-turn as he warned viewers not to get their hopes up for a new investigation the Trump administration opened this week into\u00a0ex-CIA Director John Brennan and ex-FBI Director James Comey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The investigations are ostensibly a look into Trump&#8217;s alleged ties to Russia in the 2016 election, however <a class=\"\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"\/news\/article-14889355\/maga-probe-ex-fbi-cia-directors-epstein-files.html\" target=\"_self\">even diehard MAGA supporters said the announcement appeared to be an attempted distraction from <\/a>the &#8216;Epstein files&#8217; debacle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You saw what happened with Epstein. You know, you get your hopes up and then all of a sudden, poof, everything disappears, so the Justice Department and the FBI have a lot riding on these prosecutions,&#8217; Watters said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Jesse Watters joined a growing chorus of conservative voices scrutinizing the Trump administration&#8217;s bungled handling of the &#8216;Epstein files&#8217;, and said that &#8216;nobody believes&#8217; the White House is telling the truth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Watters&#8217; break from Trump saw him join a growing number of former ardent supporters of the president to slam the White House over the bungled &#8216;Epstein files&#8217; release<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Watters went on to compare the White House&#8217;s attempt to sweep the controversy surrounding Epstein under the rug to other recent conspiracy-theory fueled incidents, including the 2017 Mandalay Bay hotel shooting in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He also cited the mysterious discovery of pipe bombs\u00a0outside the Democratic and Republican national headquarters before the January 6, 2021 riots, which remain unsolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;d like to see justice, but it&#8217;s like you get guys out there that say there&#8217;s this pipe bomb at the DNC and then like whatever happened to that? What about the Vegas shooter?&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Remember how suspicious that whole thing was? Poof, that disappears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;All of these things always come across and then they just disappear and it&#8217;s very frustrating for the American people.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Watters&#8217; break from Trump saw him join a growing number of former ardent supporters of the president to slam the White House over the &#8216;Epstein files&#8217; release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On his show earlier this week, <a class=\"\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"\/news\/article-14887093\/Tucker-Carlsons-jaw-dropping-theory-Trump-burying-Epstein-list.html?ico=authors_pagination_desktop\" target=\"_self\">Tucker Carlson waded into the controversy as he said it was\u00a0&#8216;obvious&#8217; that<\/a> Bondi was &#8216;covering up crimes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Watters said conservatives have now been left disappointed as Trump&#8217;s Attorney General Pam Bondi said the case against Epstein is now closed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Carlson said he is not convinced that the president was covering his own alleged ties to Epstein, and felt the reason is to protect the US and Israeli intelligence services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s that guy, actually,&#8217; Carlson said of Trump. &#8216;I don&#8217;t think he likes creepy sex stuff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The only other explanation that I can think of&#8230; is that intel services are at the very center of this story, U.S. and Israeli, and they&#8217;re being protected,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Epstein&#8217;s <a class=\"\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"\/news\/article-14889463\/Jeffrey-Epstein-brother-Mark-suicide-Kash-Patel-Trump.html?ico=authors_pagination_desktop\" target=\"_self\">brother Mark also slated Bondi&#8217;s assertion that his brother&#8217;s death in 2019 was a suicide, and said he &#8216;laughed at how stupid&#8217; the<\/a> Trump administration&#8217;s handling of the scandal has been.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The notorious pedophile&#8217;s brother told NewsNation&#8217;s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday that he was not convinced by the White House&#8217;s memo this week that said there is no evidence Epstein was murdered or kept a long-suspected &#8216;client list.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Every time they say something or do something to try to quash the fact that he was most likely murdered, they just put their foot further down their mouths,&#8217; Mark Epstein said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He particularly singled out FBI Director Kash Patel for his role in the Epstein files&#8217; release, noting how he U-turned from an ardent skeptic over Epstein&#8217;s death to now insisting there was no &#8216;cover up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mark pointed to Patel&#8217;s citing of his career as a prosecutor when he said that &#8216;you know a suicide when you see it&#8217;, despite Patel having no medical degree or qualifications as a forensic pathologist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The question that popped into my mind was, first of all, how many suicides has he seen? Is he a forensic pathologist? Does he have a medical degree?&#8217; Mark questioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Does he have a certificate that he passed a CPR course? Does he have a Boy Scout merit badge for first aid? 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