MAGA goes quiet on the "Epstein files"

Source: msn/Axios

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Some of the biggest "Epstein files" fire-breathers from recent years were silent Wednesday after Democrats released a trove of new emails that included mentions of President Trump.

Why it matters: What started as a conspiracy-laden search for answers against the deep state has turned (for some) into a defensive posture to protect Trump from two of the right's biggest bogeymen — Democrats, and the media.

What they're saying: Mentions of Epstein were sparse across MAGA social media accounts and podcasts in the hours after the email dump.

Elon Musk, the billionaire X owner and on-again, off-again Trump ally, posted nothing Wednesday morning after lamenting in July over a supposed lack of transparency by the administration over the investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein.

Steve Bannon, the influential "War Room" host, did not discuss Epstein on the morning edition of his podcast after framing the push for Epstein disclosures in July as a core part of the fight against the "deep state."

Zoom out: "As soon as the legacy media suddenly started caring about it, and only about one person in particular, it became sus to MAGA," said The National Pulse's Raheem Kassam.

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