White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed aside a question from a reporter on Elon Musk‘s assertion that Donald Trump hasn’t released the files regarding the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein because the president is in them.
Musk feuded with Trump on an epic scale Thursday, appearing to call for his impeachment and decommissioning his Dragon spacecraft, among other things, as a result.
“This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill because it does not include the policies he wanted,” Leavitt said. “The President is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again.”
Musk said earlier on Thursday that Trump is in the Epstein files and that is why they haven’t been made fully public. Attorney General Pam Bondi promised a full release months ago, but the FBI says they are still redacting victims’ likenesses.
“Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public,” he posted. “Have a nice day, DJT!”
“Mark this post for the future,” he added. “The truth will come out.”
Trump’s association with Epstein is known, but the full extent, or whether the president is associated with his crimes, is not. The president told New York magazine in 2002 what he knew of Epstein, whose 2019 death in a prison cell while he was awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges was ruled a suicide.
“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump said. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
Musk also posted about Trump’s flights with Epstein and an old video of the president partying with him. He put an emoji with eyebrows raised over both.
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The tech CEO’s feud with Trump initially emanated from Musk’s disagreements on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Musk thinks the bill doesn’t cut spending enough, while Trump has pushed Congress to pass the legislation to keep his tax cuts in effect.
