Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Trump's opposition to releasing Epstein files a 'huge miscalculation'

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s stance on the release of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein. 

During a Friday, November 14, interview on 'CBS Mornings', she pointed out the contradictions between Trump’s stance and what she says she has heard directly from Epstein’s victims.

Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't understand Trump administration's opposition to releasing Epstein files

Marjorie Taylor Greene said Donald Trump is making a "huge miscalculation" by opposing the release of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein. 

Having spoken with some of Epstein’s victims, the congresswoman revealed that the women themselves have said Trump "did nothing wrong." "And even their attorney said that Donald Trump was the only one that helped them," she stressed. 

She said she does not understand the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold the Epstein files and insisted that she stands with the women and believes they deserve to be the ones lawmakers fight for. 

One of Epstein’s most vocal victims, Virginia Giuffre, previously said she never saw Trump at Epstein’s home or observed them together, according to her testimony in a November 2016 deposition reported by ABC.

Giuffre died by suicide in April after years spent seeking to hold Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell accountable for abusing her and others.

Trump has described the search for documents related to Epstein as a "hoax" launched by Democrats to target him and distract from his administration’s success. 

In a Friday morning post on Truth Social, he wrote that "some weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish." He claimed Epstein was a Democrat and said he was "the Democrats’ problem, not the Republicans’ problem."

Trump urged people to ask Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, and Larry Summers about Epstein, claiming they know all about him and telling people not to waste time with Trump because he has a country to run.

A few hours later, the president said he would direct Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate a group of Democrats, including Clinton, over their dealings with Epstein.

Marjorie Taylor Greene supports legislation on Epstein files

Donald Trump's move follows House Democrats’ release of emails showing Jeffrey Epstein telling associates in 2019 that the POTUS knew about his relationship with "the girls." 

Greene is among four House Republicans who recently signed a discharge petition supported by Democratic Reps Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna that would force a floor vote on a bill requiring the Justice Department to release all unclassified Epstein files. 

Even if the bill passes the House, it remains unlikely that enough Senate Republicans would support it, as that would send the legislation to the White House, creating an embarrassment Trump will want to avoid.

Greene said that the effort is for the victims. She said many of the women have been waiting for decades, including several victims she spoke with who have suffered because of Epstein in the 1990s.

"This is information that has needed to come out for a very long time. And the American people have demanded it, and so the American people deserve to see transparency from their government," the congresswoman insisted.