唐纳德·特朗普总统的MAGA基地爆发了对司法部和美国联邦调查局的备忘录声明他们没有发现任何证据表明臭名昭著的已故金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦保留了一份“客户名单”，许多总统最忠实的盟友抨击政府的领导。
特朗普的一些最铁杆支持者过去一天一直在抨击美国联邦调查局导演卡什·帕特尔(Kash Patel)和副导演丹·邦吉诺(Dan Bongino)，这两位导演自己也曾是《MAGA world》的宠儿，他们对爱普斯坦的备忘录颇有微词。然而，最严厉的反对似乎是聚焦于司法部长帕姆·邦迪许多支持特朗普的声音批评她对爱泼斯坦文件的混淆信息，多名支持者呼吁她辞职。
邦迪此前曾承诺公开发布与联邦调查爱泼斯坦有关的数十份记录，尽管在最近的采访中，她声称推迟是因为美国联邦调查局拥有的“成千上万”显示潜在未成年人色情的视频。
在2月份福克斯新闻频道的一次采访中，邦迪暗示，一份所谓的爱泼斯坦“客户名单”正放在她的桌子上——尽管没有“客户名单”被披露，多个消息来源告诉美国广播公司新闻，这样的名单从未浮出水面。
当被问及邦迪对这份名单的看法时，白宫新闻秘书卡罗林·莱维特声称邦迪指的不是任何“客户名单”
“她说的是所有文件的全部，所有与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的罪行有关的文件。这就是司法部长所指的，”莱维特周一在白宫新闻发布会上说。
周二，邦迪说她指的是一份关于爱泼斯坦的文件。
“今年2月，我在Fox上接受了一次采访，它引起了很多关注，因为我说有人问了我一个关于客户名单的问题，我的回答是，它正放在我的桌子上等待审查，这意味着该文件以及JFK和MLK的文件。我就是这个意思，”邦迪在一次内阁会议上说。
当这个问题第一次向邦迪提出时，特朗普打断了他，关闭了这个问题。
“你还在谈论杰弗里·爱泼斯坦吗?这个人已经被谈论很多年了。你在问。我们有德克萨斯，我们有这个。我们有所有的东西。人们还在谈论这个家伙吗，这个讨厌鬼?难以置信。你想浪费时间吗?还有你觉得要回答吗?”特朗普说。
邦迪回应说，她不介意回答。
2月下旬，邦迪在白宫向亲特朗普的社交媒体影响者分发了爱泼斯坦案件档案的文件夹，这些档案最终几乎没有新信息。正如美国广播公司新闻当时报道的那样，此举让白宫官员措手不及，并激怒了总统的一些支持者，他们曾被承诺将更多细节公之于众。
在这张2025年2月27日的档案照片中，政治评论员罗根·奥汉德利，又名DC·德拉诺，提克托克尔·查亚·赖奇克，保守派活动家斯科特·普雷斯勒，评论员利兹·惠勒
现在，特朗普的支持者正在表达他们对邦迪的失望，其他人则表示特朗普政府参与了掩盖真相。
极右翼活动家劳拉·卢默要求邦迪辞职。前川普顾问史蒂夫·班农长篇大论周一，他在广受欢迎的“作战室”节目中谈到了这份备忘录，甚至质疑政府是否像它声称的那样透明。阴谋论者亚历克斯·琼斯指责特朗普政府是“掩盖真相”的一部分，并且一度发布了一个视频在他的车里，他泪流满面地谈论着这件事。
Loomer并不是唯一一个要求Bondi辞职的MAGA world声音。支持特朗普的影响者霍奇文夫妇也呼吁特朗普解雇邦迪表示“对象”: analysand美国保守派政治评论员利兹·惠勒也是如此。迈克·塞尔诺维奇，一个过去的披萨阴谋推动者，发布了那个“没人相信爱泼斯坦的隐瞒，”realDonaldTrump说。这将成为你遗产的一部分。现在改还来得及!”
曾在特朗普第一届政府中任职并被总统赦免的迈克尔·弗林称，特朗普政府的备忘录是“我们在美国似乎坚持的两种不同标准的又一个残酷和鲜明的例子”在周一的一篇社交媒体帖子中-补充道，“这必须改变，而且要快。”
感到被司法部备忘录背叛的MAGA影响者的回应标志着特朗普政府在第二个任期内面临的来自他自己的忠实支持者的最强烈的反弹。
多年来，爱泼斯坦的文件一直是广泛猜测和阴谋论的主题，即政府掩盖信息和所谓的“客户名单”，以保护强大的商人和政治家。
现在，特朗普政府——由帕特尔等同样的杂志声音领导，帕特尔曾推动掩盖真相的想法——试图解释说，不存在这样的证据。
Trump supporters angry over Justice Department's Epstein memo
President Donald Trump's MAGA base has erupted in outrage over theJustice Department and FBI's memostating they found no evidence that notorious deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein kept a "client list," with many of the president's most loyal allies blasting the administration's leadership.
Some of Trump's most die-hard supporters have spent the past day blasting FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, both one-time MAGA-world darlings themselves, over the Epstein memo. However, the harshest backlash seems to befocused on Attorney General Pam Bondi, with many pro-Trump voices criticizing her over her mixed messaging regarding the Epstein files and multiple supporters calling for her to resign.
Bondi had previously promised the public release of scores of records associated with federal probes into Epstein, though in recent interviews she has claimed the delay was attributed to "tens of thousands" of videos within FBI's possession showing potential pornography of minors.
During a Fox News interview in February, Bondi suggested an alleged Epstein "client list" was sitting on her desk -- though no "client list" has been disclosed, and multiple sources have told ABC News that no such list has ever surfaced.
Asked about Bondi's comments about the list, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed Bondi wasn't referring to any "client list."
"She was saying the entirety of all of the paperwork, all of the paper in relation to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. That's what the attorney general was referring to," Leavitt said during the White House press briefing Monday.
On Tuesday, Bondi said she was referring to a file on Epstein.
"In February, I did an interview on Fox, and it's been getting a lot of attention because I said I was asked a question about the client list, and my response was, it's sitting on my desk to be reviewed, meaning the file along with the JFK, MLK files as well. That's what I meant by that," Bondi said during a Cabinet meeting.
When the question was first posed to Bondi, Trump interrupted, shutting down the question.
"Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy's been talked about for years. You're asking. We have Texas, we have this. We have all of the things. And are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable. Do you want to waste the time? And do you feel like answering?" Trump said.
Bondi responded that she didn't mind answering.
In late February, Bondi handed out binders with Epstein case files to pro-Trump social media influencers at the White House -- files that ultimately contained little new information. As ABC News reported at the time, the move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.
In this Feb. 27, 2025, file photo, political commentator Rogan O'Handley, aka DC Draino, TikToker Chaya Raichik, conservative activist Scott Presler,
Now, Trump supporters are voicing their frustrations with Bondi -- and others saying the Trump administration is involved in a cover-up.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer hascalled for Bondi to resign. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannonspoke at lengthabout the memo on his popular "War Room" show on Monday, even questioning if the administration is as transparent as it claims it would be. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has accused the Trump administration of being part of a "cover-up" and at one pointposted a videofrom his car where he broke down in tears talking about it.
Loomer isn't the only MAGA world voice calling for Bondi to resign. Pro-Trump influencers the Hodgetwins alsocalled on Trump to fire Bondi-- andso did American conservative political commentator Liz Wheeler. Mike Cernovich, a past Pizzagate conspiracy pusher,posted that"No one is believing the Epstein coverup, @realDonaldTrump. This will be part of your legacy. There's still time to change it!"
Michael Flynn, who served in Trump's first administration and was pardoned by the president, called the Trump administration's memo "another brutal and stark example of the two different standards we appear to adhere to in the United States"in a social media post on Monday-- adding, "This has to change and quickly."
The response from MAGA influencers who feel betrayed by the Justice Department memo marks some of the most vocal backlash Trump's administration has faced from his own loyal supporters during his second term.
The Epstein files for years have been the subject of widespread speculation and conspiracy theories that the government was covering up information and a supposed "client list" to protect powerful businessmen and politicians.
Now, Trump's administration -- being led by some of the same MAGA voices such as Patel, who once pushed the idea of a cover-up -- is trying to explain that no such evidence exists.
