Pelosi calls Epstein controversy “a distraction”

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn t have much in common with Donald Trump but they can agree on a limited things Like the president the California Democrat wishes the Jeffrey Epstein conflict would hurry up and go away In an interview with MSNBC on Thursday Pelosi dismissed the buzz around the late sex trafficker as a distraction The Department of Justice s refusal to release situation files or a long-promised client list related to Epstein has torn MAGA apart in latest days When appealed about her take Pelosi disclosed there are more central things for lawmakers to worry about I ll leave it up to them to talk it out But again whether it s Jeffrey Epstein or Alcatraz it s all off the subject of what they re doing with this budget that is harmful to the kitchen table meeting the kitchen-table requirements of the American people Pelosi declared Nancy Pelosi says the Epstein files are a distraction pic twitter com KMpxSDDtcG Ken Klippenstein kenklippenstein July Related Trump doesn t realize why MAGA demands the Epstein files Attorney General Pam Bondi and other bureaucrats visited Alcatraz on Thursday as a part of Trump s plan to reopen the former maximum safeguard prison Bondi has been the subject of intense criticism over the last week from Republicans and Democrats alike thanks to the DOJ s handling of the Epstein incident A post from California Gov Gavin Newsom s squad drew a line between the two issues Pam Bondi will reopen Alcatraz the same day Trump lets her release the Epstein files So never they wrote Pelosi agreed that the moves are connected while speaking to MSNBC I think they re both distractions she disclosed I think that they re off the subject of what is happening changing the character and the values of America by undermining by placing huge trillions of dollars of national debt on the for future generations to carry forward at the expense of the fitness nutrition learning of the American people Read more about this topic Neo-Nazi podcaster Fuentes calls MAGA a scam following Epstein cover-up Sen Wyden presses DOJ to release Epstein bank reports to Congress Haunted by Epstein Trump spirals further out of control The post Pelosi calls Epstein dispute a distraction appeared first on Salon com