MTG says Trump was ‘yelling at me’ over Epstein files release: ‘Marjorie, my friends will get hurt’
WASHINGTON, DC: Former GOP congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she received an angry phone call from Donald Trump over her push to release the Epstein files.
Speaking on Jillian Michaels’ podcast, Greene described months of behind-the-scenes pressure from the White House and House leadership to abandon a discharge petition aimed at forcing transparency around the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Greene claimed Trump warned her bluntly during the call. “Marjorie, my friends will get hurt,” he allegedly said. Despite the alleged pushback, Greene and three other Republicans joined every House Democrat in signing the petition, ultimately forcing a vote that compelled the Justice Department to release the files.
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Greene highlighted the small group of Republicans involved. “There were only four Republicans that signed the discharge petition: Thomas Massie, myself, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace. For months leading up to the release, we were getting pressure from the White House,” she said.
The congresswoman described relentless efforts to dissuade them. “We were told, 'Do not– take your name off this discharge petition.' We’re talking about the Epstein files, the ultimate way to provide transparency and expose a criminal network of elites. And come to find out, they do control everything,” Greene said.
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As the petition gained momentum, Greene said Trump publicly called it a hoax. “In the meantime, President Trump is calling it a Democrat hoax. He refuses to engage with the women involved. This whole thing is building,” she said.
Greene added that alleged victims continued defending Trump. “The women said, 'President Trump did nothing wrong.' Their attorney confirmed he reported Epstein. Yet Trump is fighting it. He was yelling at me,” Greene claimed.
Trump phone call intensifies pressure on Greene over Epstein files
She detailed growing pressure on other Republicans too. “The White House pressured Mace, took Boebert into a SCIF, attacked Massie nonstop. Then I get a call from the President in September. He’s angry, yelling at me over supporting Massie’s petition. And he said, 'Marjorie, my friends will get hurt.'”
Despite this, the discharge petition moved forward. Greene was one of four Republicans to join all House Democrats, forcing a vote on Massie’s bill. With veto-proof majorities in both chambers, Trump ultimately signed the bill into law, ensuring the Epstein files were released.
