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Charlie Kirk complains about a lack of Epstein messaging from the Trump administration: “We're basically having to do the PR work of the administration”

07/16/25 1:36 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk on the Trump administration and Epstein: “We're getting flooded with thousands, hundreds of thousands of comments that are very unhappy”

07/16/25 1:18 PM EDT
Newsmax host: “You may have noticed the Epstein story was almost nowhere to be found, though, on Fox News these last couple of days”

07/16/25 8:03 AM EDT
On MSNBC's The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses the Epstein files story and why it's still simmering in MAGA media even as Fox News moves on

07/15/25 8:30 PM EDT
Steve Bannon suggests that a special counsel will be named within days to look at Crossfire Hurricane, the 2020 election, January 6, and more

07/15/25 5:57 PM EDT
PBD Podcast panelist calls out Ben Shapiro's take on the Epstein files: “Absolutely horseshit”

07/15/25 3:33 PM EDT
Daily Wire host on Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh: “He was born in America, but he's not actually an American”

07/15/25 2:52 PM EDT
Ben Shapiro calls on Steve Bannon to release his Epstein tapes: “Release the Epstein tapes, Steve.”

07/15/25 12:53 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk now says he will continue to talk about Jeffrey Epstein: “When I said for the time being, I was talking yesterday.”

07/15/25 12:49 PM EDT
Newsmax host: “The Epstein story was rebooted because they wanted to embarrass” Alex Acosta for the plea deal. Acosta is now a Newsmax board member.

07/15/25 9:18 AM EDT
Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “I'm going to just have to defer to President Trump on this thing. He actually knows Jeffrey Epstein, or knew him. ... I'm going to take his word for it.”

07/15/25 8:59 AM EDT
On MSNBC's The 11th Hour, Angelo Carusone discusses Epstein controversy and Trump: “He doesn't really have a sense of how much this is metastasizing”

07/15/25 8:38 AM EDT