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Carlson Doubles Down on Wild Theory About Jeffrey Epstein’s True Identity
Jack Revell
Sat, July
12, 2025 at 6:33 AM GMT+2
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Carlson has lobbed a grenade into the already explosive MAGA civil war over the
so-called “Epstein Files.”
“The real
question was not, was Jeffrey Epstein a weirdo?” Carlson said while speaking at
Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit on Friday. “The real question was why
was he doing this, on whose behalf, and where was the money coming from?”
“I think the
real answer is Jeffrey Epstein was working on behalf of intel services,
probably not American,” Carlson theorized. “That foreign government is Israel.”
The remarks
are likely to add fuel to the raging fire that is currently engulfing the
highest levels of the U.S. government. On Friday, it was revealed that FBI
Director Kash Patel, Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and Attorney General Pam
Bondi are in an epic three-way clash. The first two are demanding Bondi’s
resignation over her handling of the Epstein case review.
While
speaking at SAS in Tampa, Florida, on Friday night, Carlson used his time to
rail against the Trump administration for what he sees as failing to deliver on
promises made about transparency.
He claimed
to have voted for Trump because of his belief that the GOP would be honest,
significantly different to the Democrats, who he claimed failed to take
criticism seriously, dismissing it with “shut up, racist.” Carlson thought such
a rebuttal was dehumanizing to the equivalence of slavery.
Bondi’s
recent delivery of the Epstein case review—in which the government essentially
said “case closed”—was “too much” for Carlson.
Despite the
hyperbole, Carlson appears to be hitting on precisely why the handling of the
Epstein case has caused such a monumental rift in the MAGA base and its
top-level Trump acolytes.
“You are
trying to make me shut up because I am a ‘bigot,’ like the liberals did seven
months ago and that is why we voted them out,” Carlson argued. “I‘m not putting
up with it. I voted against it and I will not tolerate it.”
As to why
the Epstein case has such a hold on the MAGA community, Carlson explained that
it’s “the frustration of normal people watching a certain class of people
getting away with everything, every single time.” While he initially thought
Trump might be different, he now no longer seems to believe that is the case.
If the
applause that greeted Carlson’s comments at the right-wing conference is
anything to go by, it seems the offense the MAGA base has taken at this
perceived injustice will not be going away any time soon.
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