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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Trump encounters rare uproar from ardent rightwing allies over Jeffrey Epstein

a man looks a woman as she speaks
Donald Trump listens to the attorney general, Pam Bondi, in the press briefing room of the White House on 27 June. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

Donald Trump managed something unusual last week. In his administration’s claim that it did not have a list of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged clients, and that the convicted sex offender was not murdered, it succeeded in upsetting the rightwing influencers and commentators – and reportedly even Trump’s deputy FBI director – people who typically champion his every move.

“This stinks. This just reeks,” was the verdict of Jesse Watters, the primetime Fox News host.

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