Stephen King courts MAGA outrage with “Epstein list” denial

Stephen King has a message for Donald Trump voters who feel disillusioned by his administration s handling of the episode files on Jeffrey Epstein Grow up The prolific author is also a generous social media poster and he s spent years criticizing Trump s actions He detected himself in agreement with the president on Tuesday as outrage grew over a Department of Justice memo that denied the existence of a client list for the late sex trafficker Much like Trump who tried to hand-wave away the story last week King couldn t believe that people hadn t moved beyond the embarrassment The Epstein client list is real he wrote on X So is the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus Related Trump doesn t realize why MAGA demands the Epstein files The response from the author didn t sway online conservatives and conspiracists Instead it led them to reiterate that the list exists and speculate that King is on it Others who weren t willing to go that far in their accusations merely pointed out a post from from King about Epstein s suicide in a Manhattan jail A lot of powerful people are breathing a sigh of relief over Epstein s suicide ' he wrote in In its memo the Department of Justice concluded that there was no foul play in the financier s death The dispute was given a second wind by legislators on Tuesday House Democrats attempted to force the issue and demand the release of DOJ files on Epstein The bill from California Rep Ro Khanna would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi to share the files within days The House Rules Committee narrowly blocked the measure from reaching the floor in a - vote that was almost entirely split down party lines Read more about this topic MAGA continues to reel from Trump s Epstein betrayal Trump defends Bondi as selfish MAGA continues Epstein freakout Tapper says Trump admin s Epstein memo is a ruse The post Stephen King courts MAGA outrage with Epstein list denial appeared first on Salon com