WATCH: Trump allies divided on Epstein transparency push

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Republican senators supplied a variety of responses when pressed on how the Trump administration has been dealing with the Epstein files controversy , with some calling it a distraction and others arguing the American individuals are "entitled" to solutions.

Lawyer Common Pam Bondi introduced the "first part" of declassified information associated to Jeffrey Epstein Feb. 27, noting the transfer was following by means of on President Donald Trump's dedication to "lifting the veil" on Epstein and his co-conspirator's actions. Bondi additionally stated the identical month she was in possession of an Epstein "consumer checklist."

Nevertheless, the February declassification contained principally info and information that had already been publicly accessible, and the Justice Division subsequently indicated that no "consumer checklist" exists. Since then, a collection of occasions, together with a conflict between FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Lawyer Common Bondi, have led to mounting strain on the Trump administration to launch extra information.

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Trump's relationship with Epstein has come below extra scrutiny after his DOJ below Lawyer Common Pam Bondi lately stated there isn't a Epstein "consumer checklist." (Getty Photographs)

"That is factual. Epstein trafficked numerous younger ladies, a few of whom have been minors. The American individuals are entitled to know who — if anybody — he trafficked these younger ladies to, moreover himself, and why they weren't prosecuted," John Kennedy, R-La., stated.

"Now that is a quite simple query that is on the backside of all of this. The Division of Justice goes to must reply that query to the satisfaction of the American individuals."

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Kennedy's name for transparency comes after the president described the Epstein scenario as a "hoax" whereas blasting Democrats and different "weaklings" who proceed to purchase into it.

"Their new SCAM is what we are going to ceaselessly name the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have purchased into this ‘bull----,’ hook, line, and sinker," Trump wrote on his Fact Social platform final month amid mounting studies of inside division throughout the administration over its dealing with of the Epstein case

When requested about how the Trump administration was dealing with the Epstein furor, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., stated he thought the scenario was being utilized by Democrats to create a "distraction" from the continued investigations into former President Biden and others, just like the probe associated to Biden's use of an autopen software to signal vital paperwork and the investigation into whether or not Obama-era officers manufactured proof to accuse Trump of Russian collusion.

Senators Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., left, and John Kennedy, R-La., shared their takes on how the Trump administration is dealing with the Epstein controversy. (Getty Photographs)

"Look what's being investigated proper now by means of the Biden administration. … So, what are they going to speak about now?" Mullin requested. "That is nothing however a distraction from the precise information that's popping out in regards to the Biden administration. After all, the Democrats say, 'Properly, we're nearly transparency.' Properly, the place was the transparency the final 4 years?"

Democrats have instructed Trump may very well be implicated within the information, however Mullin stated that if such a circumstance have been true, the data would have been leaked by the Biden administration.

Mullin's counterpart within the Senate, Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford took extra of a center floor in his response about how the administration has been dealing with the Epstein information.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speak as they head to the U.S. Capitol for votes July 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)

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"The problem is there are individuals which might be victims which might be in it, and there are of us that aren't criminals which might be in it as effectively," Lankford stated. "And the problem the Department of Justice has is you've got received a woman that was 14, 16 years outdated and was abused. Properly, now she's, for instance 26 or 30, married and has youngsters.

"Perhaps her household is aware of about this, possibly they do not. I do not know the scenario, however we gotta work out a means to have the ability to shield these of us which might be real victims on all this in addition to getting out as a lot info as you presumably can."

For Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the controversy in regards to the Epstein information was not one thing she was inquisitive about speaking about when approached by Fox Information Digital.