By Katherine Tinsley
8:35am PDT, Jul 10, 2025
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Megyn Kelly weighed in on
Donald Trump and his administration's decision to backpedal on their promise to reveal classified details about
Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
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During an episode of "The Megyn Kelly Show," Megyn Kelly noted how Donald Trump's approach to the Jeffrey Epstein controversy has caused division within the MAGA movement.
"Trump himself promised full transparency on the Jeffrey Epstein case when he was running for president. This has been a big issue on the Right, my friend Dan Bongino was one of the people who made it a big issue. So did Kash Patel, talking about it over and over and over again," Kelly recapped.
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Donald Trump seemed surprised by reporters asking Pam Bondi about Jeffrey Epstein, as the justice department shared there was no evidence of Jeffrey Epstein keeping a "client list" or of him being murdered.
"It is just not real for Trump to pretend he's shocked. This is still an issue," Megyn Kelly said, in response to Trump and Bondi's press conference. "Nothing's been resolved. Nothing's been released. He promised transparency, as did his attorney general, and then they release a memo saying, 'You're not getting anything. It's over. Just trust us.' And that was not real, Trump pretending he's shocked that people are still interested in it."
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While chatting with reporters, Donald Trump wanted to keep journalists' focus on the flood that occurred in Texas instead of Jeffrey Epstein.
"Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy's been talked about for years. We have Texas, we have this all of the things," the president said, as a reporter asked Pam Bondi about the case. "Are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable!"
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Megyn Kelly viewed Donald Trump's reaction as a way for him to shift the public's attention away from his previous promises.
"It was an obvious attempt to deflect and to set the messaging like, 'We're not talking about Epstein anymore, period, and I'm the head of MAGA and that's what I say,' but it's too late. That animal has already been created, and it's pretty ferocious," Kelly said.
"It's not going to be tamed just by one line from the president at a cabinet meeting," the commentator continued. "He helped create it. He helped inspire it. His top lieutenants helped create it."
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"We, too, have been watching the reaction amongst the most faithful supporters of the president. We put together a butted sound bite," Megyn Kelly continued. "In this, you'll hear names that you know — the only one who doesn't seem to be demanding more is our friend Ben Shapiro — but you'll hear almost a uniform tone from literally almost everyone else on the Right."
