{"id":2509803,"date":"2025-11-12T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-sidesteps-meeting-with-boebert-over-epstein-files\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:46:04","slug":"white-house-sidesteps-meeting-with-boebert-over-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-sidesteps-meeting-with-boebert-over-epstein-files\/","title":{"rendered":"White House sidesteps meeting with Boebert over Epstein files"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fwhite-house-sidesteps-meeting-with-boebert-over-epstein-files%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=2509803&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>Teh White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-doesnt-know-if-ukraine-can-hold-off-russian-forces\/\" title=\"Zelensky Doesn\u2019t Know if Ukraine Can Hold Off Russian Forces\">avoided directly answering questions<\/a> about reports that high-ranking Trump officials met with Representative Lauren Boebert to discuss Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The meeting was reportedly intended to dissuade boebert from signing a petition that would force a congressional vote to release the Epstein files. The petition requires 218 signatures and was close to reaching that threshold. Leavitt emphasized the administration&#8217;s transparency by stating they were open to briefing members of Congress but did not disclose details of any private discussions.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, led by Reps.Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, faces challenges if Boebert withdraws her support. Other Republicans such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy mace have signed it. According to CNN, top officials including Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and FBI Director Kash Patel attended the meeting. After the press briefing,former President Trump criticized Democrats on social media for using the Epstein case to deflect from other political issues like the goverment shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the briefing,House Democrats released emails involving Epstein that mentioned Trump spending time at Epstein&#8217;s residences with victims,but Leavitt dismissed these as irrelevant and reiterated Trump&#8217;s stance that Epstein was kicked out of Mar-a-Lago due to his criminal behavior.  <\/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\">White House dances around Trump officials meeting with Lauren Boebert on Epstein files<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2399617\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> sidestepped repeated questions from reporters regarding reports that top Trump administration officials met with Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lauren-boebert\/\">Lauren Boebert<\/a> (R-CO) to discuss the Justice Department case files related to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was allegedly to pressure Boebert not to sign a petition in Congress that would force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. The petition currently needs 218 signatures, which could happen later Wednesday after Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is sworn into office. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3884185\/watch-live-white-house-press-briefing-government-shutdown-deal\/\">WATCH LIVE: White House holds press briefing after government shutdown deal clears Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3884047\/trump-asks-israeli-president-netanyahu-pardon\/\">Trump asks Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu from &#8216;political, unjustified prosecution&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3884021\/scott-bessent-promises-relief-prices-coffee-bananas-tariffs\/\">Bessent promises relief on prices of coffee and bananas as tariffs bite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Doesn&rsquo;t it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress whenever they please?&rdquo; Leavitt asked during Wednesday&rsquo;s press briefing. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3884049\/oversight-democrats-epstein-emails-trump-adelita-grijalva-swearing-in\/\">OVERSIGHT DEMOCRATS RELEASE EPSTEIN EMAILS MENTIONING TRUMP HOURS AHEAD OF GRIJALVA SWEARING-IN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Doesn&rsquo;t that show our level of transparency? Doesn&rsquo;t that show the level of transparency when we are willing to sit down with members of Congress and address their concerns?&rdquo; Leavitt continued. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a defining factor of transparency, having discussions, having discussions with members of Congress about various issues. And I&rsquo;m not going to detail conversations that took place in the Situation Room, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >press briefing room<\/a>.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if Leavitt misspoke when she said conversations took place in the Situation Room.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) led the measure to force a vote on the release of the file in Congress, but if Boebert removes her signature, they will have fallen short of the 218 votes. Reps. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-mace\/\">Nancy Mace<\/a> (R-SC) are the two other Republicans who have signed onto the petition.<\/p>\n<p>CNN first reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and FBI Director Kash Patel were among the officials who attended the meeting. <\/p>\n<p>Trump took to social media to slam Democrats over the Epstein case after the briefing concluded. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they&rsquo;ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they&rsquo;ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects. Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115538279653817159\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats cost our Country $1.5 Trillion Dollars with their recent antics of viciously closing our Country, while at the same time putting many at risk &mdash; and they should pay a fair price. There should be no deflections to Epstein or anything else, and any Republicans involved should be focused only on opening up our Country, and fixing the massive damage caused by the Democrats!&rdquo; he continued. <\/p>\n<p>Before the Wednesday press briefing, House Democrats on the Oversight Committee released emails from Epstein, including at least one that Epstein wrote to confidant Ghislaine Maxwell that stated Trump had &ldquo;spent hours&rdquo; at Epstein&rsquo;s house with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-facebook-is-largest-online-recruitment-tool-for-human-traffickers\/\" title=\"Report: Facebook is largest online recruitment tool for human traffickers\">sex trafficking victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3444699\/timeline-increasing-incidents-political-violence-in-the-us\/\">POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong, and what President Trump has always said is that he was from Palm Beach, and so was Jeffrey Epstein,&rdquo; Leavitt said, denouncing the emails.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mar-a-Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile, and he was a creep,&rdquo; she added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>White House avoids details on Trump officials meeting Boebert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2509804,"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\/11\/111225_WEX_BRIEFING-5-e1762976940860.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8315,51209,5045,5894,32127],"class_list":["post-2509803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-boebert","tag-epstein-files","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/111225_WEX_BRIEFING-5-e1762976940860.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509803","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509807,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509803\/revisions\/2509807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}