WorldNetDaily had been upset that President Trump was trying to distance himself from the resurgent Jeffrey Epstein scandal — but when he got back on board (rhetorically, anyway), Bob Unruh was pleased in a July 17 article:
President Donald Trump in one interview endorsed the idea of a special prosecutor looking at the scandal over Jeffrey Epstein, his charges, his apparent suicide in jail in New York, and all of his files and documents, such as a “client list,” used by the convicted sex offender suspected of trafficking young girls to celebrities.
But what will develop still remains uncertain.
“I think they could look at all of it. It’s all the same scam. They could look at this Jeffrey Epstein hoax also, because that’s the same stuff that’s all put out by Democrats,” he said. Asked about a look at Epstein, he said, “They’ve already looked at it, and they are looking at it, and I think all they have to do is put out anything credible.”
But Unruh made sure to cling to WND’s conspiracy mode on Epstein:
When the FBI and DOJ released the conclusion that Epstein did commit suicide in prison and did not leave behind a list of the people whom he entertained with young female escorts, many prominent conservatives were openly doubtful.
He also charged that MAGA conservatives speculating about Epstein only gives oxygen to Democrats.
“You know, some of the naive Republicans fall right into line, like they always do. They just don’t have the sustainability. … There’s something they don’t have, that stick to it like glue,” he said in the interview. “The Democrats, you know, they have bad policy, they have bad candidates, they have bad everything, but they stick together. The Republicans don’t do that.”
He charged, “But they ought to look into the Jeffrey Epstein hoax too, because that’s another hoax that’s frankly, put out by the Democrats pushing, pushing the Republicans, and put out by the Democrats.”
Unruh followed up the next day with an article that sought to distance Trump from Epstein:
President Donald Trump has ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to work on unsealing and releasing grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Epstein was a convicted sex offender billionaire who died in a New York jail in 2019 awaiting more charges against him. With his privately owned island and “Lolita Express” jet he’s long been suspected of trafficking underage girls to celebrities and others.
Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are known to have associated with him, and President Trump appears in photographs with him, images that mostly date to before Epstein’s first conviction in Florida.
[…]Democrats who now are demanding the release of all of the Epstein information, suspecting it include references to Trump, were silent on the issue for years while Joe Biden was in the Oval Office.
However, Joe Kovacs spent a July 20 article being unhappy that Trump was crowing about his poll numbers being up despite Epstein:
On the six-month anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump celebrated his success, noting his poll numbers have increased despite calls from both Republicans and Democrats to release the files of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“My Poll Numbers within the Republican Party, and MAGA, have gone up, significantly, since the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax was exposed by the Radical Left Democrats and, just plain ‘troublemakers,'” Trump said on Truth Social.
“They have hit 90%, 92%, 93%, and 95%, in various polls, and are all Republican Party records.
“The General Election numbers are my highest, EVER! People like Strong Borders, and all of the many other things I have done. GOD BLESS AMERICA. MAGA!”
[…]Regarding the Epstein case, Trump on Saturday said: “I have asked the Justice Department to release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, subject only to Court Approval.
“With that being said, and even if the Court gave its full and unwavering approval, nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request. It will always be more, more, more. MAGA!”
A July 22 article reprinted from the far-right Gateway Pundit claimed that “A federal judge assigned to oversee the Justice Department’s request to unseal Epstein documents has responded with a list of demands.”