{"id":1245,"date":"2025-07-13T13:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:24:26","slug":"musk-slams-trumps-defense-of-bondi-on-epstein-controversy-just-release-the-files-as-promised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/musk-slams-trumps-defense-of-bondi-on-epstein-controversy-just-release-the-files-as-promised\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk slams Trump&#039;s defense of Bondi on Epstein controversy: &#039;Just release the files as promised&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Trump on Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5398562-trump-on-epstein-controversy-let-pam-bondi-do-her-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over his defense<\/a> of Attorney General Pam Bondi and her handling of the case related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1944239510604460045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in a late Saturday post<\/a> on the social platform X, which he owns, responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillyM2k\/status\/1944183426598257091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another X user<\/a> who had attached a screenshot of Trump\u2019s Truth Social statement earlier that day and wrote, \u201cThis is in the running for worst post ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeriously,\u201d Musk said, agreeing with that sentiment about Trump\u2019s post. \u201cHe said \u2018Epstein\u2019 half a dozen times while telling everyone to stop talking about Epstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust release the files as promised,\u201d Musk added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-widget sailthru-signup-display-area sailthru-signup-hill-position-main\">\n\t\t<span class=\"sailthru-signup-widget-close\"><a href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\">Close<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_form\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-success-message\">\n<div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"thanks\">Thank you for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"watch\">Subscribe to more newsletters <a href=\"http:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/join\/7aa\/signup\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru-subscribe-grid-display\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-message-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-logo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-message\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The latest in politics and policy.<br \/>\nDirect to your inbox.<br \/>\nSign up for the 12:30 Report newsletter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru_form_input form-group\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-add-subscriber-errors\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"input-group-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sailthru-signup-display-button\" type=\"submit\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\tif ( window.checkSizeClasses &amp;&amp; window.checkSizeClasses instanceof Function) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\twindow.checkSizeClasses();<br \/>\n\t\t\t}<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk, a few minutes later, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1944243780003278855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded to a separate post<\/a> calling the Epstein case Trump\u2019s \u201cAchilles\u2019 heel,\u201d rebuking the president for pledging to release the files on the campaign trail and now dismissing the significance of the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very big deal,\u201d Musk responded. \u201cWhat the hell kind of system are we living in if thousands of kids were abused, the government has videos of the abusers and yet none of the abusers are even facing charges!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, Trump took to Truth Social to offer a sweeping defense of his attorney general, who has come under scrutiny since the Justice Department released a memo on Monday that concluded Epstein did not keep a so-called client list of high-profile individuals to blackmail them.<\/p>\n<p>The memo also concluded there was no evidence to suggest foul play in Epstein\u2019s 2019 death, which had previously been determined to be a suicide.<\/p>\n<p>But segments of Trump\u2019s base of supporters have grown furious at Bondi, who had earlier indicated she had the so-called client list waiting on her desk.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has stood by Bondi and reiterated his support of his attorney general on Saturday in a lengthy post, in which he wrote, \u201cLET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB \u2014 SHE\u2019S GREAT!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going on with my \u2018boys\u2019 and, in some cases, \u2018gals?\u2019 They\u2019re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We\u2019re on one Team, MAGA, and I don\u2019t like what\u2019s happening. We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and \u2018selfish people\u2019 are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies,&nbsp;Jeffrey Epstein,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5398562-trump-on-epstein-controversy-let-pam-bondi-do-her-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said on Truth Social<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president suggested some of his political opponents \u201ccreated\u201d the Epstein files and that the outrage from some in the MAGA movement over the documents related to the case is exactly what Trump\u2019s longtime critics are looking for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, it\u2019s Epstein, over and over again. Why are we giving publicity to Files written by&nbsp;Obama,&nbsp;Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;Administration, who conned the World with the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, 51 \u2018Intelligence\u2019 Agents, THE LAPTOP FROM HELL,\u2019 and more? They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton\/Christopher Steele&nbsp;Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called \u2018friends\u2019 are playing right into their hands,\u201d Trump wrote in the post, referring to the FBI\u2019s probe into the alleged ties between Russia and Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn\u2019t they use it? They haven\u2019t even given up on the&nbsp;John F. Kennedy&nbsp;or Martin Luther King, Jr. Files,\u201d Trump said on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Trump on Saturday over his defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi and her handling of the case related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/musk-slams-trumps-defense-of-bondi-on-epstein-controversy-just-release-the-files-as-promised\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Musk slams Trump&#039;s defense of Bondi on Epstein controversy: &#039;Just release the files as promised&#039;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1246,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}