El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, todavía está lidiando con las consecuencias de sus propios partidarios sobre el manejo de su administración de los archivos de Jeffrey Epstein. Jake Rosen, periodista del Departamento de Justicia de CBS News, tiene más información.

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President Trump has publicly labeled the controversy over the Jeffrey Epstein files as a 'hoax' allegedly started and perpetuated by Democrats. He made these remarks during a Cabinet meeting, distancing himself from ongoing demands for transparency from his own supporters regarding the release of Epstein-related documents.

The situation has been fueled by conservative backlash over perceived gaps in information and the absence of a client list, which the Department of Justice says does not exist. Trump criticized both Democrats and some Republicans for spreading or believing in these conspiracy theories. He stated he has directed officials to release any further credible documents, although it remains unclear what additional materials may be available.

Trump dice que la teoría de la conspiración de Epstein es un bulo iniciado por los demócratas

♪♪ El presidente Trump sigue cayendo o lidiar con las consecuencias de sus propios partidarios que exigen transparencia con respecto al delincuente sexual convicto Jeffrey Epstein. Pero ahora hay un cambio de tono del presidente. Trump, hace unos momentos en una reunión del Gabinete, se refirió a los llamados archivos Epstein como un engaño. Aquí está eso. Dijiste que todo esto era un engaño. ¿Le ha dicho su fiscal general que esto era un engaño? ¿Qué pruebas ha visto de ello? No, no es el fiscal general. No, sé que es un engaño. Lo empezaron los demócratas. Ha sido dirigido por los demócratas durante cuatro años. Tenías a Christopher Wray y a estos personajes y Comey antes que él. Y es un mal grupo. Comenzó, de hecho, mira el dossier Steele. Que resultó ser un engaño total. Los 51 agentes, la inteligencia, los llamados agentes de inteligencia, fue un engaño. Todo ha sido un gran engaño. Ha sido perpetrado por los demócratas. Y algunos republicanos estúpidos y tontos caen en la red. Así que, vamos a las noticias de la CBS. El reportero del Departamento de Justicia Jake Rosen. Jake, ponnos al día aquí, porque recordamos, se ha atribuido a la propia Pam Bondi, que los archivos estaban en su escritorio. Así es, y aunque parece que fue hace meses, eso es lo que realmente comenzó todo esto, es que, A, la promesa del Presidente Trump de ser la administración más transparente de la historia liberando documentos de los que han sido de dominio público y de los que se habla desde hace mucho tiempo. Piensa en los archivos del asesinato de RFK, potencialmente los archivos del asesinato de Martin Luther King, cosas a las que no hemos echado un vistazo exhaustivo. Los Epstein, de lejos, son los más grandes tema del menú para el presidente Trump y sus partidarios. Y hemos visto esta saga desarrollarse durante los últimos ocho o nueve días más o menos. Desde que este memorándum fue publicado la semana pasada, hubo una reacción conservadora. Como sabemos, Dan Bongino se tomó un día libre del trabajo porque no estaba contento con la forma en que el Departamento de Justicia y el FBI no habían respondido necesariamente a las preguntas que potencialmente tenía, pero también sólo influyentes MAGA y conservadores en las redes sociales sobre algún tiempo perdido en la cinta que fue publicado por el Departamento de Justicia. Además de eso, ¿qué pasó con esta lista de clientes, que el Departamento de Justicia dice que no existe, pero al mismo tiempo, la gente cree que porque Epstein estaba en la cárcel por todos los terribles actos que hizo, Glyzaine Maxwell está actualmente en prisión por lo que hizo, que tiene que haber algún tipo de de documentos subyacentes en la base de este que realmente lo harían, que la gente cree que demostraría lo correcto. Y si Trump está en ellos o no, realmente estamos viendo este empuje para esta liberación completa después de Pam Bondi dijo que no habría más comunicados. Vimos a Pam Bondi responder a algunas preguntas ayer y decir que ella no quería hablar de ello. Entonces se comprometió y dijo que no iba a hablar sobre asuntos de personal, pero dijo, y como que tiró al Presidente Trump debajo del autobús, diciendo que no había oído nada de él que él quería que ella liberara más documentos. Así que, realmente donde estamos hoy es el Presidente Trump culpa a algunos partidarios del pasado, diciendo que compraron estas teorías de la conspiración de las que culpa a los demócratas. Lo llama BS y lo dice, llamó a sus partidarios débiles por creer en esta narrativa que potencialmente, A, hay más aquí que lo que dice el Departamento de Justicia, pero también que podría haber algo creíble. El presidente Trump dijo que le ha dirigido que publique más documentos creíbles que potencialmente podrían estar ahí fuera, y no estamos seguros de cuáles son específicamente.

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