Trump Lashes Out at His Supporters & Congressional Republicans Over Epstein Debacle

Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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NPR reported, "As Republicans call for transparency into Epstein probe, Trump lashes out". Trump seems to be unraveling as a result of the backlash surrounding his decision to refuse to release information about the Epstein files. In social media posts he refers to his supporters as "weaklings" and says Republicans who disagree with him are "stupid" and "foolish." Glenn reviews the current procedural posture of the Maxwell case and discusses several possibilities about how things might play out moving forward.

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0:00.0	It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirshner.
0:15.5	Donald Trump is lashing out at his supporters because they're mad he's refusing to release the Jeffrey
0:21.3	Epstein case files. Glenn has the details next on Justice Matters. These are difficult
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1:03.7	Hey all, Glenn Kirshner here.
1:06.7	So, friends, it looks like maybe if you live by the conspiracy theory, you die by the conspiracy theory.
1:16.8	And Trump supporters, MAGA world, even some Republican politicians are now turning against Donald Trump
1:25.7	because looks like he may have overpromised them that they were going to see
1:30.9	more of the Jeffrey Epstein file, the client list and other materials. And now, now Donald Trump
1:40.5	is saying, ah, the whole thing is a hoax.
1:48.9	Well, there is one thing that I'm sure of.
1:56.1	If Donald Trump says something is a hoax, you can bet it's not a hoax.
1:59.2	Let's start with some of the new reporting.
2:10.6	This from NPR. Headline, as Republicans call for transparency into Epstein probe, Trump lashes out. And that article begins. President Trump continues to be embroiled in the backlash to the Justice Department's handling of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
2:23.2	On Wednesday, he, Trump, assailed members of his own party who have been calling for more transparency into the DOJ's investigation of the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender
2:38.3	whose death, I'm just going to call it a death, whose death in prison in 2019 has sparked
2:46.2	numerous conspiracy theories, and he, Trump, without evidence, claimed the case was a hoax.
2:56.2	Now, mind you, friends, the case was a hoax, even though it was the Trump administration in 2019
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