"Everybody around him was kind of like, ‘oh God, we hope she won’t say anything but we really hope he doesn’t pardon her.'"

"He said, and I agree, there are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein's conduct," O'Reilly said.

Steve Bannon has demanded that President Donald Trump hire a special prosecutor to probe the Epstein files amid a flurry of criticism. His call comes after the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed in a leaked memo that no “client list” exists for accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and that the billionaire financier died by suicide,

On Monday, the Justice Department and the FBI released a memo evoking outrage from both President Donald Trump’s critics and his most ardent supporters.

The Justice Department acknowledged Monday that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a “client list,” and no more files related to the wealthy financier’s sex trafficking investigation would be made public.

How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he won’t release the Epstein files?” Musk tweeted on Tuesday. On the same day, Musk retweeted a Babylon Bee article mocking the Trump Justice Department’s stance on Epstein.

White House officials disputed the idea that the unrest in MAGA ranks seriously threatens President Trump’s support.

The FBI and the Justice Department said their investigation had concluded that the Epstein had died by suicide