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- Which MAGA supporters is Trump calling 'weaklings' over Epstein files? See the list</p>
<p>Kinsey Crowley and Holly Baltz, USA TODAY NETWORK July 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM</p>
<p>President Donald Trump appears at odds with some of his supporters over files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.</p>
<p>Epstein was a financier and convicted sex offender who died while awaiting trial in 2019. Trump had long accused the Biden administration of hiding a list of Epstein clients. In March, Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had a "truckload" of Epstein files to review and potentially release. On July 7, Bondi's Justice Department said there was no "client list" and no further disclosure was needed.</p>
<p>The move prompted an outcry for more transparency among Republicans, even as Trump appeared to downplay it as old news. His apparent frustration over the matter reached a new high in a July 16 Truth Social Post.</p>
<p>"(Democrats') new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this "bulls***," hook, line, and sinker," Trump wrote. "Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don't even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don't want their support anymore!"</p>
<p>Trump later said the DOJ should release "credible" records related to Epstein, according to a White House pool report.</p>
<p>Who was Jeffrey Epstein? What to know about the late sex offender</p>
<p>Which Republicans have called for more transparency on the Epstein files?</p>
<p>Since Bondi's memo, here are some prominent Republicans who have spoken out against the Trump administration with calls to release the files:</p>
<p>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson called for more transparency on the matter.</p>
<p>Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump also called for more transparency.</p>
<p>Rep. Mike Lee, R-Utah, called for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify to Congress on Benny Johnson's podcast, "The Benny Show."</p>
<p>Charlie Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA, listed 10 things he thinks should be done about the files and witnesses.</p>
<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert said, "no one is satisfied with what has been received of lack thereof," on "The Benny Show."</p>
<p>House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said, "people want to see accountability," on "The Benny Show."</p>
<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, cosponsored a petition to force a House vote on releasing the files.</p>
<p>House Democrats have also introduced legislative measures to release the Epstein files.</p>
<p>What was Epstein convicted of?</p>
<p>Epstein never sat for trial, but he pleaded guilty to solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of a minor for prostitution in 2008 in Florida. He was also a registered sex offender.</p>
<p>He died in 2019, before he could be tried for sex trafficking charges in New York. He was found hanged in a Manhattan jail cell, and the medical examiner ruled it a suicide.</p>
<p>When was Epstein caught and first charged?</p>
<p>A police investigation into Epstein began in March 2005 after a woman from the Palm Beach area in Florida said her 14-year-old step-daughter had been molested by a wealthy man.</p>
<p>In July 2006, Epstein was indicted by a grand jury on a felony charge of soliciting prostitution, which did not address the 14-year-old victim's age. He was arrested and spent one night in Palm Beach County jail, released the next day on $3,000 bond.</p>
<p>Epstein signed a non-prosecution agreement that was called the "deal of the century." He pleaded guilty in 2008 to solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of a minor for prostitution. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail, where he was allowed work leave privileges six days a week/12 hours a day over the 13 months he served.</p>
<p>When he was released from jail, he spent a year on house arrest but was allowed to travel anywhere so long as he returned in 24 hours.</p>
<p>Is Donald Trump in the Epstein files?</p>
<p>Trump has already appeared in legal documents concerning Epstein's crimes but never in a way that implicates him.</p>
<p>In the 1990s, Trump rode on aircraft owned by Epstein, according to flight logs released in two lawsuits. But that was 30-plus years ago.</p>
<p>In Palm Beach County state attorney documents, an image of a message pad communication seized in a Palm Beach police search appeared, but there is nothing more than Trump's name and a phone number.</p>
<p>Contributing: Aysha Bagchi, Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY</p>
<p>Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected]. Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @kinseycrowley.bsky.social.</p>
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