Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who previous this month feuded on-line with President Donald Trump after stepping down as the top of the Division of Executive Potency, has been flooding his social media feed with grievance of Trump and his management’s dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata.
The usage of his X platform, Musk has been on a posting spree since Wednesday, posting or reposting criticisms of Trump’s dealing with of the Epstein recordsdata greater than 35 instances.
He is even used his AI chatbot Grok — which simply clinched a $200 million care for the Trump management — to handle the problem.
The management angered lots of Trump’s supporters when it introduced remaining week that it will now not liberate any further recordsdata on Epstein, the rich financier and convicted intercourse perpetrator who died in prison by means of suicide in 2019, after previous promising to take action.
Musk’s avalanche of assaults comes simply weeks after he posted — however later deleted — a declare that Trump’s title seemed within the Epstein recordsdata, and that that was once why extra paperwork were not being launched.
On the time he stated the publish “went too some distance.” Now, alternatively, he is returned to attacking the president.
In a single publish, Musk referred to as the Trump management’s movements “a canopy up (clearly)” and claimed in some other that “such a lot of tough folks need that listing suppressed.”
Elon Musk arrives on Capitol Hill on December 05, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Based on Trump calling the subject the “Epstein Hoax,” Musk ironically wrote, “Wow, superb that Epstein ‘killed himself’ and Ghislaine is in federal jail for a hoax,” regarding former Epstein affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell who’s serving a 20-year jail time period for assisting Epstein in his sexual abuse of underage ladies.
Musk additionally took a shot at how Trump has treated previous problems, list, “1. Admit not anything; 2. Deny the whole lot; 3. Make counterclaims” — earlier than including, “However it received’t paintings this time.”
He additionally reposted a photograph of the binders that Lawyer Normal handed out to MAGA influencers on the White Space in February that had been categorized “Epstein recordsdata: Segment 1.”
“The place is ‘Segment 2’? Musk requested.
Addressing X’s AI chatbot, Grok, Musk requested, “Would that imply the federal government presently — as we discuss — is aware of the names & ages of all those that traveled on Epstein’s aircraft?”
“Sure, the DOJ and FAA hang intensive passenger manifests and flight logs from Epstein’s jets,” Grok spoke back.
Although Musk slammed Trump’s dealing with of the Epstein recordsdata, his assaults themselves had been riddled with false assumptions, together with conspiracy theories concerning the life of an Epstein “consumer listing,” which is unsupported by means of proof.
Responding to grievance from Musk previous this month, Trump posted to his personal social media platform, “I’m saddened to look at Elon Musk move totally ‘off the rails,’ necessarily turning into a TRAIN WRECK over the last 5 weeks.”
Musk, the highest donor within the 2024 election who helped spice up Trump’s trail to victory, led the management’s effort to slash the government earlier than stepping down from the publish in Would possibly.
A White Space spokesperson, when requested for remark, directed ABC Information to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s feedback throughout Thursday’s press briefing. Requested if Trump has been involved with any of the social media influencers who’ve challenged his dealing with of the Epstein recordsdata, Leavitt stated, “The president and this group are at all times involved with the president’s supporters, with voices of many sorts on either side of the aisle.”
“However, in the end, he has led this nation now not simply over the last six months to historical luck, but in addition thru his first 4 years as president … and as I at all times say, the American folks must agree with in President Trump,” Leavitt stated.
