{"id":2462644,"date":"2025-07-16T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dodges-on-appointing-epstein-special-counsel\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:26:13","slug":"trump-dodges-on-appointing-epstein-special-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dodges-on-appointing-epstein-special-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump dodges on appointing Epstein special counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-dodges-on-appointing-epstein-special-counsel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2462644&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that President donald Trump avoided answering questions about appointing a special counsel to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein case and alleged government cover-up. While Trump defended Attorney General Pam Bondi amid growing criticism from some MAGA supporters, several Trump allies on Capitol Hill are urging the governance to take further action regarding the investigation.Trump dismissed calls for greater transparency as a Democrat-led &#8220;hoax&#8221; and criticized Republicans who support the investigation, calling them &#8220;stupid&#8221; for falling for the alleged scam. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to force a vote to compel the Justice Department to release more files related to Epstein, seeking to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump dodges on appointing Epstein special counsel: &lsquo;I have nothing to do with that&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> dodged a question Wednesday about fallout from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"administration\">administration<\/a>&lsquo;s handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jeffrey Epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> case in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has staunchly defended Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pam Bondi\">Pam Bondi<\/a> in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-battalion-commander-blasts-inept-military-leadership-over-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Marine Battalion Commander Blasts \u2018Inept\u2019 Military Leadership Over Afghanistan Withdrawal\">growing anger<\/a> from ostensible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"MAGA\">Make America Great Again<\/a> loyalists. Yet a number of top Trump allies on Capitol Hill are pressuring the administration to take further action on the investigation into Epstein&rsquo;s crimes and a supposed government cover-up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3473230\/trump-fentanyl-legislation-righteous-blow-drug-dealers\/\">Trump says he struck &#8216;righteous blow&#8217; to drug dealers with HALT Fentanyl Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3473203\/vance-pennsylvania-beautiful-bill-biden-jokes\/\">Vance touts &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; and tells Biden jokes in Pennsylvania speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3472948\/trump-republicans-jeffrey-epstein-hoax-stupid\/\">Trump calls Republicans who have fallen for Epstein &#8216;hoax&#8217; &#8216;stupid&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>But Trump avoided directly answering a question about appointing a special counsel to review the entire case, as <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3472913\/lauren-boebert-matt-gaetz-special-counsel-epstein-files-despite-sex-crime-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">suggested&nbsp;<\/span>on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have nothing to do with that,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president told reporters<\/a> before quickly departing a bill signing ceremony at the White House..<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Trump criticized &ldquo;stupid&rdquo; Republicans pressing for greater transparency on the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a hoax started by Democrats, and it&rsquo;s been run by the Democrats for four years,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-republicans-who-have-fallen-for-epstein-hoax-stupid-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... calls Republicans who have fallen for ... - Washington Examiner\">big hoax<\/a>. It&rsquo;s perpetrated by Democrats. Some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net, and so they try and do the Democrats&rsquo; work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Truth Social, Trump accused Republican critics of falling for the Epstein &ldquo;SCAM.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3470458\/maga-anger-epstein-files-trump-limited-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MAGA ANGER OVER EPSTEIN LIMITS TRUMP&rsquo;S OPTIONS TO BRIDGE THE GAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My PAST supporters have bought into this &lsquo;bulls***,&rsquo; hook, line, and sinker. They haven&rsquo;t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years,&rdquo; he wrote in a lengthy post. &ldquo;Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don&rsquo;t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don&rsquo;t want their support anymore!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) are pushing a discharge petition to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and force a vote on a motion to compel the Justice Department to hand over additional Epstein files.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump avoids Epstein counsel question: &#8216;I have nothing to do with that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2462645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-epstein-special-counsel.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[9006,32482,3634],"class_list":["post-2462644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-epstein","tag-special-counsel","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-epstein-special-counsel.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462648,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462644\/revisions\/2462648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}