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Far-right activist Laura Loomer has warned that Donald Trump’s handling of the so-called “Epstein files” threatens to “consume his presidency,” in a stark departure from her usually unshakable support for the president.
“Obviously, this is not a complete hoax given the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in prison in Florida for her crimes and activities with Jeffrey Epstein, who we know is a convicted sexual predator,” Loomer told POLITICO Wednesday.
“This is why I said, and I’ll reiterate it again, the best thing that the president can do is appoint a special counsel to handle the Epstein files investigation.”
Loomer’s remarks illustrate the growing rupture between Trump and his stalwart MAGA base, who continue to push for the release of further information surrounding the disgraced financier’s death.
During the interview she likened the obsession and subsequent media interest to the controversy surrounding Trump’s first White House campaign and its ties to Russia. “I don’t want it to consume his presidency,” she says.
It comes as the president has sought to move on from the backlash over the release of the “Epstein files,” for which U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has repeatedly come under fire.
The president himself likened the ongoing furore to the Russia controversy in a Truth Social tirade aimed at Democrats earlier on Wednesday, in which he claimed that such “scams and hoaxes” were “all they have.”
In the post, he also took aim at the MAGA base, claiming his “PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker,” and adding “I don’t want their support anymore!”
