In the wake of President Donald Trump’s weekend comments about the Jeffrey Epstein files, investigative journalist Alex Jones is saying: “This is the mother of all scandals.”
“President Trump now claims the Epstein list is real, but the Democrats have doctored it,” Jones said on X, along with a video clip expressing his perplexity.
“After years of saying they were releasing the Epstein file or list, suddenly they’re not going to. We’re told it doesn’t exist,” Jones said.
“But then Trump comes out last night and says, well, it DOES exist, but the Democrats had control of it, manipulated it, which is actually true. They’ve had control of it, they would destroy anything they didn’t want in there, leave what they wanted in there, that their investigators could plant.
“People say, ‘Whose side are you on?’ This is a giant fiasco. I’m trying to call balls and strikes. I’m trying to look at every angle of this and understand what’s happening, understand why the Trump administration did a 180 the last few months and particularly last week, and did this and then blames loyal supporters who support the overall agenda as being traitorous for doing this.
“Now we all know what triggered this. It was Elon [Musk] two months ago, saying look, Trump’s in the list, and that big break-up there. And then Trump wants it closed. He wants it shut down, which looks extremely, extremely incriminating. But from all of my deep research, I never saw Trump involved in any illegal activity with Jeffrey Epstein. …
President Trump now claims the Epstein list is real, but the Democrats have doctored it.
This is the mother of all scandals… pic.twitter.com/st1wywxzIO
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) July 13, 2025
“This is the big story,” said Jones, “and this has put the Trump administration into a mega-massive crisis. And Trump at press conferences … saying don’t ask questions … it’s insane. So I don’t know where in the world they’re coming up with that plan.”
His advice to Trump is to “release everything” because “this is not going away.”
Jones was reacting to Trump’s extreme displeasure with ongoing controversy over Attorney General Pam Bondi’s refusal to release files on the convicted pedophile, amid reports FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino may resign over the issue.
In a lengthy post Saturday on Truth Social, Trump said: “What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals?’ They’re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening.
“We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and ‘selfish people’ are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein. For years, it’s Epstein, over and over again.
“Why are we giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration, who conned the World with the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, 51 ‘Intelligence’ Agents, ‘THE LAPTOP FROM HELL,’ and more? They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called ‘friends’ are playing right into their hands.
“Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA Movement, why didn’t they use it? They haven’t even given up on the John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, Jr. Files. No matter how much success we have had, securing the Border, deporting Criminals, fixing the Economy, Energy Dominance, a Safer World where Iran will not have Nuclear Weapons, it’s never enough for some people.
“We are about to achieve more in 6 months than any other Administration has achieved in over 100 years, and we have so much more to do. We are saving our Country and, MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, which will continue to be our complete PRIORITY.
“The Left is imploding! Kash Patel, and the FBI, must be focused on investigating Voter Fraud, Political Corruption, ActBlue, The Rigged and Stolen Election of 2020, and arresting Thugs and Criminals, instead of spending month after month looking at nothing but the same old, Radical Left inspired Documents on Jeffrey Epstein. LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB — SHE’S GREAT!
“The 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen, and they tried to do the same thing in 2024 — That’s what she is looking into as AG, and much more. One year ago our Country was DEAD, now it’s the ‘HOTTEST’ Country anywhere in the World. Let’s keep it that way, and not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
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