MAGA donors may be pressuring Trump to bury their names out of Epstein files: reporter

A prominent reporter in the Jeffrey Epstein case floated a startling possibility on Tuesday that powerful donors could be leaning on President Donald Trump to quash any damning information from being released by his Justice Department.

Julie K. Brown, an investigative reporter with the Miami Herald, joined former GOP operative Tim Miller on a podcast for The Bulwark to discuss the case.

During their discussion, Miller brought up comments from former MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) who said Trump told her his "friends would get hurt" if abusers were named.

"I think that was pretty noteworthy," said Miller, adding: "For him to say, 'my friends will get hurt' if abusers are named felt pretty telling."

Responding to Miller, Brown agreed.

"Those men who know who they are, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were reaching out to Trump and saying, 'You gotta stop this.' And who knows what else they know besides their own activity. They might know of other men's activity. So this is one big possible snowball here."

Brown said possible associates and even donors may have reached out to Trump to avoid "embarrassment" or even "criminal allegations."

"Donors, I was told, are possible in here. Some of his MAGA or Republican donors might be named in these files, which is kind of ironic because at one point he said, 'We're going to investigate all the Democrats in these files.' Well, there aren't all Democrats in these files."