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.”
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From the July 14, 2025, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports
GREG KELLY (HOST): Oh, they love trying to say this, MAGA is coming apart because of this, that, and the other thing.
This time it's Jeffrey Epstein. A couple of weeks ago, it was about whether or not we should bomb Iran, right? It's blowing up — the Iran conflict is sparking a civil war. Oh my goodness. Eh, kind of, sort of, but not really. Kind of, sort of, but not really.
You know, who's really upset right now are the podcasters, as I call it, the podcracy — you like that? We have a bureaucracy, a theocracy, a democracy, and a podcracy. A podcracy — these are podcasters, right? And I like them, I know them. I could do a podcast too. Sometimes I -—you know, it's all great, but it's content and a little bit of it is show business. I don't know.
I'm going to just have to defer to President Trump on this thing. He actually knows Jeffrey Epstein, or knew him. He appointed Pam Bondi. He knows all of the players. He knows these lawyers. I'm going to take his word for it. And I know right now in the podcracy, some of these guys — forgive me, I like them.
But Steve Bannon, sometimes he acts like he's the president. Give me a break, man. You got a great deal with Black Rifle Coffee. Relax about telling President Trump how to do everything. Now, granted, sometimes I agree. Like here's Megyn Kelly, OK. And she was pretty upset with Pam Bondi this weekend.
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KELLY: Alright. Now, look, it's easy on the sidelines for all of us, for me, for her, for — it's just — it's easy. And unless you've been on the inside, inside, inside, I think they deserve our latitude. Megyn has a point here, but I'm happy to trust the president. He's gotten us this far. And he did pick Pam Bondi, but she makes some good points.