Trump orders release of Epstein grand jury testimony to appease 'troublemakers and radical left lunatics'
WASHINGTON, DC: It looks like Donald Trump is finally cracking open the Epstein vault.
On Saturday, July 19, the US president declared he’s ordering the release of “all grand jury testimony” related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. However, he noted that the “troublemakers” demanding transparency will never be satisfied.
“I have asked the Justice Department to release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, subject only to Court Approval,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “With that being said, and even if the Court gave its full and unwavering approval, nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request. It will always be more, more, more. MAGA!”
MAGA turns against Donald Trump over Epstein drama
The heat isn’t just coming from the usual critics. Trump’s own base has been grilling him after the DOJ and FBI issued a memo that threw cold water on the MAGA’s favorite Epstein conspiracy theories — the ones about how Epstein didn’t die by suicide and how there’s allegedly a damning list of high-profile clients connected to his decades of abuse.
Attorney General Pam Bondi hasn’t escaped the blowback either. Back in February, she mentioned an “Epstein client list” just casually sitting on her desk. Now, critics are demanding proof.
Trump, for his part, has called that whole “list” thing a big fat “hoax.” He’s clapped back at MAGA die-hards demanding more Epstein files, even as he now says he’s completely fine with Bondi releasing any “credible” documents related to the case.
What the flight logs really show
According to Dan Abrams — founder of Mediaite and ABC’s chief legal analyst — the so-called Epstein client list isn’t an actual, physical list. What does exist are logs and documents, including some from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. She’s currently serving 20 years for sex trafficking.
“They want names. They want lists. They want flight logs. And the problem is that Donald Trump is on the flight logs, and there is no client list,” Abrams said. “There’s no evidence of Jeffrey Epstein selling, you know, having like a ring here.”
Even though Trump has long insisted he never flew on Epstein’s infamous plane — or to his even more infamous island — the actual flight logs beg to differ.
Trump boldly declared in January 2024, “I was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island.” He doubled down again during a September interview with Lex Fridman, saying, “I never went to his island, fortunately.”
But his name appears seven times on Epstein’s private jet flight manifests between 1993 and 1997. These were domestic hops — Palm Beach, NYC, and DC — and he was often accompanied by then-wife Marla Maples and daughter Tiffany.
That said, there’s no evidence that he flew to Little Saint James, Epstein’s private island, but the logs show he was on board the so-called “Lolita Express”.
Donald Trump sues Wall Street Journal
President Trump is now suing The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over an alleged throwback birthday message tied to Epstein.
According to a bombshell WSJ report, Trump allegedly doodled a naked woman for Epstein and signed the note, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Trump has vehemently denied ever writing or drawing anything for Epstein. He has also vowed to drag Murdoch himself into court.
