MAGA Wants to Know: Hey Trump and Kash, Where the F*ck Are All the Epstein Docs?

MAGA-world melted down on Thursday, after the long-awaited disclosure of internal government documents related to dead pedophile and former Trump pal, Jeffrey Epstein, ended up being little more than what onlookers deemed a publicity stunt.

Much of MAGA’s belief system has long circulated around the notion that a vast leftwing cabal sits at the center of the U.S. government, and that it is this cabal that is the source of American decline and federal corruption. This was basically the plot of QAnon, and it’s a belief that has persisted, even while QAnon has faded from the fabric of mainstream politics. The rightwing desire to see the truth about this cabal exposed continued throughout last year’s presidential campaign, a desire Trump fueled when he promised to release the Epstein documents during the first days of his new administration.

Well, here we are, some two months into Trump’s term and, in recent days, with no disclosure in sight, the clamor online grew for the newly installed DOJ head, Pam Bondi, to actually release the documents. When the pressure seemed to be at a boiling point, Bondi appeared on Fox News, announcing that the government would finally be releasing the documents the very next morning. “What you’re going to see, hopefully tomorrow, is a lot of flight logs, a lot of names, a lot of information,” Bondi told the audience for Jesse Watters Primetime.

However, on Thursday, it was swiftly revealed that the hotly anticipated “disclosure” was little more than an empty stunt. The vast majority of documents that were released aren’t anything that hasn’t already been publicly available for years. They include a list of Epstein contacts from the 1990s and flight logs from Epstein’s private jet. Those flight logs, as has previously been reported and has been known for years, include Donald Trump as a frequent flyer. One item that hadn’t previously been released was an “evidence list” of items that were allegedly confiscated at Epstein’s residences after his arrest. The list provides some tantalizing new clues about the case but is hardly the bombshell onlookers were hoping for. The Trump administration also made the dubious decision to release the documents to right-wing social media influencers instead of journalists, perhaps hoping for a better audience with sycophantic online voices rather than people with press badges.

While some of the influencers attempted to spin the documents as some bombshell information, the overwhelming response from online rightwing voices was one of disappointment, confusion, and downright outrage.

“This isn’t ‘disclosure.’ This is horseshit,” said David J. Reilly, a self-proclaimed #AmericaFirst radio host.

Laura Loomer, the far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, laid into the Trump administration for not providing the revelations that the MAGA community has long sought. “I am told that Pam Bondi physically handed all of the influencers their binders at the White House today,” Loomer posted. “Now she wants to pretend like she’s a victim? What deep state are we talking about? Trump is in the White House. Kash is at FBI and Pam is at DOJ. If there’s still a Deep State, it is HER FAULT for not firing people who needed to be fired.”

“There is one person who takes the blame for what happened today. It’s @PamBondi,” Loomer later ranted. “I think she should resign.”

Even Alex Jones, who has been vociferously pro-Trump for years, summed up the Epstein disclosures with an indignant (some might argue passive-aggressive) meme:

Exclusive video of the Epstein list release! pic.twitter.com/FHuFvMN9dv

— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) February 27, 2025

People also made fun of the extensive redactions in the released documents. Journalist Ken Klippenstein made the observation that presidents have unilateral authority to declassify documents that they feel should be public. Thus, if the Epstein files “are heavily redacted,” it’s either because “Trump wants it that way” or because the FBI is being insubordinate, Klippenstein reasoned. It should be noted that a majority of the redactions involved in the documents appear to have been there to shield the identities of Epstein’s victims, as well as the contact information of the people in his contact list.

Onlookers also seemed to be somewhat perturbed by the general tone of the White House’s event, in which smiley-faced social media influencers clasped clearly vacuous binders and held them up to the camera as if holding aloft winning lottery tickets—and as if the entire case didn’t revolve around pedophilia and sex trafficking. The administration also made the bizarre decision to welcome accused human trafficker and rapist Andrew Tate to the U.S. on the very same day that it purported to disclose information about Epstein, who was also accused of trafficking and rape. Again, the MAGA world seemed to be having its wires crossed by this apparent contradiction.

Inevitably, the Trump administration seemed ready to handle some of the pushback and had a narrative prepared. Indeed, Bondi released a letter that she claimed to have sent to newly sworn-in FBI director Kash Patel. According to Bondi, she asked the FBI for all of the Epstein documents but only received 200 pages. “The Attorney General was later informed of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein that were not previously disclosed,” a statement from the DOJ reads. “The Attorney General has requested the FBI deliver the remaining documents to the Department by 8:00 AM on February 28 and has tasked FBI Director Kash Patel with investigating why the request for all documents was not followed.”

From there, the online narrative seems to be gravitating to a conspiracy involving the New York field office of the FBI. On Thursday, accusations circulated online that it was the New York wing of the bureau that was responsible for hoarding the missing Epstein documents. Glenn Beck led the charge here, taking the conspiratorial musings in a bluntly moronic direction: “Who is subverting POTUS?” Beck posted online. “The #Epsteinfiles are a total joke. I know Kash, Pam B and The President. This is not the file. WH tells me that they believe the usual suspects FBI/SDNY has the actual #EpsteinClientList and are refusing to turn it over. THIS IS AN INTERNAL CIVIL WAR if true. I will be doing a special X cast in a few minutes.”

The theory that a rogue FBI field office is inexplicably hiding the real Epstein documents may conveniently punt the can down the road for a day or two but it won’t ultimately stem the tide of outrage if the Trump administration can’t provide the proof of a diabolical conspiracy that much of the MAGA ideology has rested upon for the past decade. Careers (including Patel’s) were built on promises to expose the vast trafficking conspiracy at the heart of the federal government. If Patel and others can’t expose that conspiracy, the people who supported people like Patel will ultimately feel betrayed.

Further chaos erupted Thursday after the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee made the extremely strange decision to openly troll its constituents over the Epstein documents. “#BREAKING: EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED,” a tweet from the committee read. However, users who clicked through the link were literally Rick-Rolled. Outraged MAGA types unleashed their fury at the rightwing legislative faction, questioning whether its social media account had been hacked.

“WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? Is this a joke to you?” one person posted.

Another said: “You guys do realize that you’re in charge here? This is mocking your own people?”

“This is a complete joke. Release the files now!” another said.

“you’re joking about covering for child sex trafficking,” one woman said.

Others told the committee to go fuck itself and demanded that its ranking member, rightwing lawmaker Jim Jordan, be fired. The post was ultimately deleted.

It’s worth pointing out that while Epstein spent time with a lot of prominent and influential people, one of the people that he appears to have spent a lot of time with is the current President of the United States. Both Trump and Epstein have openly admitted that they were friends, and there is overwhelming evidence that it’s true. There is video of Trump partying with Epstein. There are photos of Trump partying with Epstein. There is Trump’s quote that Epstein (or “Jeff,” as Trump referred to him) was a “great guy” and a “lot of fun.” There is the Washington Post report that Trump and Epstein were “each other’s wingmen,” as one interviewed source put it. There appears to be Epstein’s own quote (as provided by a leaked audio interview with journalist Michael Wolff) that he was Trump’s “closest friend” for years. And, of course, there’s that immortal quote from Trump, still dancing around the internet, that pretty much says it all: “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he like beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Whoa — incredible revelation from the Epstein Files. This is gonna be big pic.twitter.com/iBwRrNHFk2

— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) February 27, 2025