In an
ongoing debate
among supporters of the Trump Administration over releasing information related to the case of billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged clients,
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.
has made her stance clear.
“Jeffrey Epstein was a sexual predator—full stop,” she wrote in an email to AL.com Thursday.
“The abuses of his victims, especially children, are despicable.
“This is why I supported
an amendment
the Senate Appropriations Committee adopted last week to ensure the DOJ releases everything the Department has on the Epstein case.”
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The Epstein case has followed Trump since July 6, when the Department of Justice and the FBI issued a joint memo saying there was “no incriminating ‘client list’” and “no credible evidence” that Epstein blackmailed co-conspirators who sexually abused underaged girls provided by him, Axios first
reported
.
The memo contradicted Attorney General Pam Bondi’s claim in a February interview with Fox News that the client list was on her desk.
Some of the president’s most staunch backers
turned on him
over the memo’s release, advocating for the release of the Epstein files.
U.S.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville
, R-Ala.
maintains his staunch support of the Trump administration
, telling
1819 News
this week “we won’t get involved.”
“What I can tell you, just knowing (FBI Director) Kash Patel and (Attorney General) Pam Bondi, the investigation is ongoing, and you do not want to do things that are going to put you in a bad light as a Republican,” he recently told Greg Budell of News Talk 93.1 in Montgomery.
“But when it is found out, and when we have complete control of what is going on, the American people will see this. President Trump could care less about the Epstein files or whatever, but he’s promised transparency.”
Trump on Wednesday
lashed out at supporters asking for the release of the files,
calling them “weaklings.”
“Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work,” he wrote in
a post
to his Truth Social account.
“Don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!”
Although Britt believes that “President Trump and his administration are committed” to being transparent about the Epstein case, she said she is pushing for the public to get answers sooner rather than later.
“It’s crucial that, while protecting the privacy rights of victims, the American public get transparent, credible answers,” she said Thursday.
