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Jeffrey Epstein. Till höger Pam Bondi, USA:s justitieminister. (TT/AP)

Vita huset vände om Epstein – Maga-profiler rasar

Flera Maga-profiler är rasande över Trumpadministrationens beslut att inte släppa några fler dokument rörande utredningen kring Jeffrey Epstein, som dömts för en rad sexbrott mot minderåriga. Det rapporterar flera medier.

Tidigare i veckan konstaterade det amerikanska justitiedepartementet att fallet med Epstein var avslutat, och att ingen mer dokumentation kommer att släppas. Det går på tvärs med vad Trumpadministrationen lovat tidigare och har gjort Magaprofiler som Laura Loomer, Tucker Carlson och Stephen Bannon rasande.

Jeffrey Epstein hittades död i sin cell i häktet 2019. Den officiella dödsorsaken var självmord, men konspirationsteoretiker har hävdat att Epstein mördades för att skydda makthavare som påstås ha ingått i hans sexbrottsring.

Donald Trumps justitieminister Pam Bondi har tidigare sagt sig ha Epsteins ”kundlista” på sitt skrivbord. Underförstått ska det ha handlat om en lista på makthavare som köpt sexuella tjänster med Epstein som kopplare. Nu menar justitiedepartementet att någon sådan lista inte finns.

”Hon måste avgå. Det amerikanska folket och Maga-basen kommer inte att tolerera att ljugas för”, skrev Laura Loomer efter beskedet att den inte kommer att släppas.

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Jeffrey Epstein
Wikipedia (en)
Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( EP-steen; January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. Born and raised in New York City, Epstein began his professional career as a teacher at the Dalton School, despite lacking a college degree. After his dismissal from the school in 1976, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles before starting his own firm. Epstein cultivated an elite social circle and procured many women and children whom he and his associates sexually abused. In 2005, police in Palm Beach, Florida, began investigating Epstein after a parent reported that he had sexually abused her 14-year-old daughter. Federal officials identified 36 girls, some as young as 14 years old, whom Epstein had allegedly sexually abused. Epstein pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2008 by a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute. He was convicted of only these two crimes as part of a controversial plea deal, and served almost 13 months in custody but with extensive work release. Epstein was arrested again on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York. He died in his jail cell on August 10, 2019. The medical examiner ruled that his death was a suicide by hanging. Epstein's lawyers have disputed the ruling, and there has been significant public skepticism about the true cause of his death, resulting in numerous conspiracy theories. The Federal Bureau of Investigation stated in 2025 that it would soon release video evidence supporting the conclusion that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in his jail cell, however, when the DOJ released the footage in July 2025, one minute of footage was missing. Since Epstein's death precluded the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against him, a judge dismissed all criminal charges on August 29, 2019. Epstein had a decades-long association with the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who recruited young girls for him, leading to her 2021 conviction on U.S. federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy for helping him procure girls, including a 14-year-old, for child sexual abuse and prostitution.
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