Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump feared his friends 'would get hurt' if Epstein files were released
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Over the course of several months, Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke to The New York Times correspondent Robert Draper. He conducted two lengthy interviews with her and even conversed with her over text messages, the culmination of which was published in a candid profile on Monday, December 29, 2025.
The former MAGA loyalist explained how she went from being one of Donald Trump’s biggest cheerleaders to one of his most vocal critics. Greene recalled several incidents that changed her perspective about President Donald Trump, including his reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, how he reacted to Greene standing by victims of Jeffrey Epstein, and even how Trump reacted to Greene receiving threats after he termed her a “traitor.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Epstein files represent ‘everything wrong with Washington’
Marjorie Taylor Greene had an opposing view to that of the House Republicans and Donald Trump regarding the release of the Epstein files. She told Draper in December 2025 that the Epstein files represented “everything wrong with Washington.”
She added that it was “rich, powerful elite” doing horrible things and getting away with it while women were the “victims.” MTG, as she is popularly known, revealed that the president had called her up and screamed after she supported victims of Jeffrey Epstein during a Capitol Hill press conference.
MGT said that after the hearing, she was in her Capitol Hill office and everyone could hear Trump yell at her on speakerphone.
She further told The New York Times that Trump was upset because his friends “would get hurt” if the entirety of the Epstein files were released. Greene further claimed that she urged Donald Trump to invite some of the Epstein survivors to the Oval Office, but the president refused, noting that they had done nothing to “merit the honor.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene feared for her life after being branded a ‘traitor’ by Trump
Greene told The New York Post that after a bomb threat was called in to her family’s construction site, Rome police had informed her of a pipe bomb threat to her house. She texted Donald Trump about it and the threat against her son, whose reply she termed “hostile.”
Comparing his reaction to that of Vice President JD Vance, she said Vance was “very sympathetic and kind.”
“Trump replied in the worst kind of way,” she said.
She also said that she wondered if she or one of her kids was going to get “murdered” because Trump called her a traitor.
