Former Attorney General Pam Bondi testified behind closed doors Friday about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. She effectively let it be known that Todd Blanche, now acting attorney general, has been responsible for this debacle, creating a new target for Democrats to pursue that will be fraught for Trump. Bondi also went mum on how Trump instructed her to handle the Epstein files, basically declining to back Trump’s spin that he was very pro-transparency, raising still more questions for Democrats to pursue. Meanwhile, Trump’s sinking approval, Iran debacle, ballroom, and slush fund are fracturing Trumpworld and the GOP: One Republican told The Atlantic that Trump has “lame-ducked himself.” We talked to historian Nicole Hemmer, author of several books about the right. We discuss why the Epstein scandal continues to fracture the MAGA movement, the deeper reasons for Trump’s weakening hold on the GOP, and why MAGA will go into deep turmoil once Trump passes from the scene. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
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Trump Epstein Leaks Worsen as MAGA Cracks Up: “He Lame-Ducked Himself”
As Trump’s travails cause MAGA to fracture and GOP defenses to crumble, a historian of the right explains how all the turmoil reflects growing awareness that Trump is passing from the scene.
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