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Wednesday, July 16, 2025 1:39:24 PM
Loomer delivers searing warning: Epstein could 'consume' Trump presidency
The president has tried to tamp down the rebellion among his supporters.
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo
By Adam Wren and Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing
07/16/2025 12:46 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/trump-epstein-maga-anger-00456207
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer warned that President Donald Trump’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein threatens to “consume his presidency” in an interview on Wednesday, a dramatic rebuke from a presidential confidante that illustrates the growing rupture in the MAGA coalition.
She likened it to the intense media interest in ties between Trump’s first White House campaign and Russia, saying “I don’t want it to consume his presidency.”
“Obviously, this is not a complete hoax given the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in prison in Florida for her crimes and activities with Jeffrey Epstein, who we know is a convicted sexual predator,” Loomer told POLITICO. “This is why I said, and I’ll reiterate it again, the best thing that the president can do is appoint a special counsel to handle the Epstein files investigation.”
The debacle over a new government review of evidence relating to Epstein, the notorious sex offender, has blown up in recent days, causing a schism within Trump’s MAGA movement over his administration’s approach to the case.
Trump has sought to move on from the Epstein saga, defending Attorney General Pam Bondi as she faced attacks over the report and going so far as to blast his own “past supporters” on Wednesday, calling the entire thing a “hoax.”
The president has tried to tamp down the rebellion among his supporters.
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo
By Adam Wren and Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing
07/16/2025 12:46 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/trump-epstein-maga-anger-00456207
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer warned that President Donald Trump’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein threatens to “consume his presidency” in an interview on Wednesday, a dramatic rebuke from a presidential confidante that illustrates the growing rupture in the MAGA coalition.
She likened it to the intense media interest in ties between Trump’s first White House campaign and Russia, saying “I don’t want it to consume his presidency.”
“Obviously, this is not a complete hoax given the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in prison in Florida for her crimes and activities with Jeffrey Epstein, who we know is a convicted sexual predator,” Loomer told POLITICO. “This is why I said, and I’ll reiterate it again, the best thing that the president can do is appoint a special counsel to handle the Epstein files investigation.”
The debacle over a new government review of evidence relating to Epstein, the notorious sex offender, has blown up in recent days, causing a schism within Trump’s MAGA movement over his administration’s approach to the case.
Trump has sought to move on from the Epstein saga, defending Attorney General Pam Bondi as she faced attacks over the report and going so far as to blast his own “past supporters” on Wednesday, calling the entire thing a “hoax.”
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