Who are the MAGA influencers calling for Pam Bondi’s head over Epstein?

United States President Donald Trump and US Attorney General Pam Bondi person travel nether occurrence implicit a government review of the decease of the disgraced financier and convicted enactment offender, Jeffrey Epstein, successful prison. That reappraisal recovered that Epstein died by suicide.

Right-wing conspiracy theorists – galore of whom signifier portion of Trump’s MAGA (Make America Great Again) basal – accidental they judge Epstein was murdered due to the fact that helium had delicate accusation astir almighty figures, and that this was covered up.

They person criticised Bondi for failing to afloat people what are known arsenic the “Epstein files”, including a database of clients they judge exists but which the authorities reappraisal recovered does not.

Some, but not all, of the files compiled by US national investigators connected Epstein were unsealed successful January past year, but galore stay redacted. Of peculiar involvement is simply a theoretical lawsuit list.

In caller weeks, the furore among MAGA members has been building, overmuch to the fury of Trump.

In societal media posts connected Wednesday, Trump dismissed MAGA conspiracy theorists arsenic “weaklings”, describing the contention arsenic a “hoax” fabricated by his governmental opponents.

What are the Epstein conspiracy theories about?

On July 7, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Department of Justice concluded that Epstein died by termination successful 2019 successful a Manhattan jailhouse cell. On July 14, the aforesaid 2 organisations said determination was nary grounds Epstein had a circumstantial “secret lawsuit list”.

However, online amateur investigators person agelong posed conspiracy theories that the authorities covered up the information down Epstein’s beingness and death. The July memos breathed caller beingness into the case.

When the 2nd memo was released, the Justice Department besides released a video of Epstein’s jailhouse compartment connected the nighttime helium died, showing nary 1 entering oregon exiting. However, the clip codification jumps by 1 infinitesimal and 2 seconds conscionable earlier midnight, further inflaming conspiracy theories that portion of the video has been deleted.

President Donald Trump, flanked by Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks during a furniture gathering astatine the White House connected Monday, March 24, 2025, successful Washington, DC [Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images]

What bash MAGA members person against Pam Bondi?

Pam Bondi has travel nether aggravated disapproval from galore successful the MAGA question since the government’s July 7 and 14 memos detailing its reappraisal of the Epstein files.

It claimed that nary grounds had been recovered of an Epstein “client list” and that nary much files from the probe would beryllium made public.

But Bondi has raised the hopes of conspiracy theorists successful the past.

During an interview with Fox News successful February, erstwhile big John Roberts asked the lawyer wide astir authorities plans to merchandise the database of Epstein’s clients, Bondi said, “It’s sitting connected my table close present to review. That’s been a directive by President Trump. I’m reviewing that.”

Also successful February, Bondi presented a tranche of documents titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1” to blimpish commentators astatine the White House. However, it did not incorporate immoderate revelatory accusation astir Epstein.

At the time, she said that she would present a “truckload” of evidence, reportedly thousands of pages, astir the Epstein lawsuit to the FBI, but did not supply details, and nary person been forthcoming.

The July 14 memo was the past straw for Bondi critics wrong the MAGA movement, arsenic the “list” she had been promising to merchandise seemingly ne'er existed.

On Tuesday, Bondi denied that, successful her February interview, she had been talking astir a “client list”. Instead, the “list” she was referring to was the Epstein lawsuit file. “That’s what I meant by that,” she said.

The aforesaid day, Bondi besides said that the thousands of videos regarding the Epstein case, reviewed by US intelligence, could not beryllium released arsenic they contained kid enactment maltreatment images.

“Never going to beryllium released, ne'er going to spot the airy of day,” she said.

Conspiracy theories suggesting a authorities cover-up of Jeffrey Epstein’s decease person persisted successful right-wing circles since his decease six years ago.

Trump state Kash Patel, appointed FBI manager during Trump’s 2nd tenure, and erstwhile FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, some antecedently questioned the authoritative termination ruling. By May this year, however, some said they accepted the government’s decision astir Epstein’s death.

Which right-wing personalities are shouting the loudest astir the Epstein files?

Elon Musk

Tech billionaire Elon Musk was erstwhile a Trump ally, and helium spent astir $300m backing Trump’s statesmanlike run alongside different Republicans past year.

However, Musk and Trump had a falling retired past period implicit Trump’s tax-and-spending bill, referred to arsenic the “One Big Beautiful Bill”. After that, Musk alleged that Trump himself was named successful the Epstein files successful a now-deleted station connected his X platform. Later on, helium expressed regret for the societal media attack.

However, pursuing the July 7 memo, Musk has made much societal media posts criticising the Trump administration’s behaviour regarding the Epstein files.

Early connected Thursday, Musk made added a bid posts to X successful which helium sent the platform’s AI chatbot Grok prompts astir Epstein specified as, “Are determination apt to beryllium physics records successful immoderate authorities oregon commercialized computers signaling who traveled connected Epstein’s level to the US Virgin Islands?” and “Please marque a thorough database of each those who should beryllium investigated for imaginable rape of underage girls provided by Epstein. Think hard and probe thoroughly. Order by probable severity and frequence of their crimes.”

On July 8, Musk wrote connected X, “How tin radical beryllium expected to person religion successful Trump if helium won’t merchandise the Epstein files?”

Musk owns companies specified arsenic the carmaker Tesla and rocket shaper SpaceX. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his nett worthy stood astatine $361bn arsenic of Friday.

Trump, right, during a quality league with Elon Musk successful the White House successful May 2025 [File: Evan Vucci/AP]

Laura Loomer

Loomer, 32, a Trump state and far-right conspiracy theorist, wrote connected X connected July 8, “Pam Blondi [sic] is covering up kid enactment crimes that took spot nether HER WATCH erstwhile she was Attorney General of Florida,” adding that Bondi “needs to beryllium fired”.

In an interrogation connected Wednesday with Politico, Loomer warned that Trump’s handling of the Epstein files threatens to “consume his presidency”.

“The champion happening that the president tin bash is name a peculiar counsel to grip the Epstein files investigation,” she said.

But Loomer made it wide that she inactive supported Trump and was not splitting from the US president implicit the issue.

“President Trump is doing a batch of large things and we don’t request to propulsion the babe retired with the bathwater,” she wrote successful an X station aft her interview. “But we can’t conscionable Truth Social the Epstein Files away. Two things tin beryllium existent astatine the aforesaid time. I afloat enactment President Trump.”

Loomer has agelong been progressive successful US authorities and backs Trump, but she has not officially worked for his campaign, some Trump and Loomer clarified past year.

She unsuccessfully ran for Congress doubly successful confederate Florida arsenic a Republican, successful 2020 and 2022. She has a estimation for promoting anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric online.

Loomer has clashed with different right-wing figures successful the past.

Last year, she wrote successful an X station that if erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris won the statesmanlike election, “the White House volition odor similar curry” arsenic a jab astatine Harris’s Indian and Jamaican heritage.

She was rebuked for this by Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican typical from Georgia, who wrote successful an X post, “This is appalling and highly racist. It does not correspond who we are arsenic Republicans oregon MAGA. This does not correspond President Trump. This benignant of behaviour should not beryllium tolerated ever.”

Loomer has been banned from respective societal media sites. In 2018, she was banned by X, past called Twitter, implicit her Islamophobic posts. In response, she handcuffed herself to the company’s office successful New York. After Musk acquired the societal media tract successful 2022, Loomer’s relationship was reinstated.

Laura Loomer astatine Philadelphia International Airport successful 2024 [File: Chris Szagola/AP]

The Hodge twins

An relationship called “Hodgetwins” posted connected X connected July 8, “Trump has to occurrence Pam Bondi. She went connected camera and told the satellite she has the Epstein lawsuit database connected her desk. Now they accidental determination is nary list??”

The duo comprises Keith and Kevin Hodge, 50-year-old duplicate brothers who station contented online astir fittingness and politics.

The twins person a transmission connected YouTube with 3.4 cardinal subscribers. The archetypal published video connected their transmission is dated September 2010. The brace posted videos astir fittingness and bodybuilding until they pivoted to nutrient contented astir 2016 and past to narration proposal successful 2021. In caller years, they person posted astir civilization and politics.

The twins person a website done which they merchantability dietary supplements and merchandise, including T-shirts that accidental “America Only” and snapback caps that accidental “Gulf of America“. One garment says “Alligator Alcatraz“, with an illustration of an alligator clad successful a subject greenish azygous with a cigar successful its mouth. Alligator Alcatraz is the moniker assigned to a migrant detention facility successful Florida.

They besides person a podcast called TwinsPod, for which they started releasing episodes past year.

On July 11, they posted a podcast occurrence much than 2 hours agelong titled, Epstein List COVERUP?! This Is Getting Weird… The impermanent successful this occurrence was Harrison Smith, a big astatine conspiracy mentation website Infowars.

Alex Jones

On July 8, conspiracy theorist and Infowars laminitis Alex Jones posted connected X, “Next the DOJ volition accidental ‘Actually, Jeffrey Epstein ne'er adjacent existed’,” calling the memo’s findings “over the apical sickening”.

Jones, 51, has advocated aggregate conspiracy theories implicit the years, including that the US authorities failed to prevent, oregon was progressive in, the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks.

The Oklahoma bombing was a home violent onslaught which happened connected April 19, 1995, successful Oklahoma. A motortruck weaponry exploded extracurricular the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building, sidesplitting 168 people, including 19 children, and injuring much than 600 different people.

Jones spent the past 3 years successful national bankruptcy tribunal aft being ordered to pay $1.3bn to families of the 2012 Sandy Hook schoolhouse shooting victims successful defamation suits successful Connecticut and Texas for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax.

He grew up successful Dallas and moved to Austin with his household arsenic a teenager. In 1996, helium began moving for a vigor presumption successful Austin, but was fired 3 years aboriginal due to the fact that his opinions made it hard to get sponsors connected the show, according to the section publication, the Austin Chronicle.

After helium was fired, Jones acceptable up the Infowars website, buying the domain sanction for $9. He broadcast from his house.

Jack Posobiec

Far-right influencer Jack Posobiec posted connected X connected July 7, “We were each told much was coming. That answers were retired determination and would beryllium provided. Incredible however utterly mismanaged this Epstein messiness has been. And it didn’t person to be.”

Posobiec has been sharing conspiracy theories astir the Epstein lawsuit for years.

In 2022, the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property to retrieve imaginable classified documents. Soon after, Posobiec claimed the justice who approved the raid was “Epstein’s lawyer”. This was misleading due to the fact that portion Judge Bruce Reinhart had represented Epstein’s employees successful the past, helium was simply the disposable magistrate astatine the time, according to section reports.

Posobiec besides has a estimation for posting anti-Semitic and achromatic supremacist contented online.

In February this year, The Washington Post reported that Posobiec had been invited connected Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s archetypal overseas travel to Europe.

The far-right fig is champion known for promoting “Pizzagate“, a conspiracy mentation alleging that Democratic politicians were progressive successful a pedophilia ring. The mentation picked up during the 2016 statesmanlike predetermination erstwhile Pizzagate theorists alleged that then-presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton was moving a kid enactment ringing retired of a pizza place.

Will Bondi beryllium the autumn feline for immoderate fallout from this saga?

Experts accidental that, portion critics wrong MAGA whitethorn good beryllium trying to marque Bondi the scapegoat successful this situation, she inactive has Trump’s backing.

“Hardcore MAGA figures would undoubtedly similar to marque Pam Bondi into a scapegoat, but astatine the moment, she inactive seems to person Trump’s support. It’s much apt that Trump volition propulsion the blasted elsewhere,” Peter Knight, a prof of American studies astatine the University of Manchester, told Al Jazeera.

Knight added that Trump could alternatively blasted groups, including “the Democrats, the Deep State, the Fake News media”.

Trump has already blamed quality outlets and Democrats for promoting the “Epstein hoax”.

The Deep State refers to the thought that determination is simply a hidden radical of almighty people, often successful government, intelligence, oregon subject agencies, who secretly power oregon power authorities policy, nary substance which leaders are publically successful charge.

‘Weaklings’: What was Trump’s caller outburst implicit Epstein each about?

Despite promising to merchandise each the Epstein files during his statesmanlike run past year, Trump is present showing anger towards his supporters implicit Epstein conspiracy theories.

“Their caller SCAM is what we volition everlastingly telephone the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters person bought into this ‘b*******,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote connected his Truth Social level connected Wednesday.

“I person had much occurrence successful 6 months than possibly immoderate President successful our Country’s history, and each these radical privation to speech about, with beardown prodding by the Fake News and the occurrence starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” Trump wrote.

“Let these weaklings proceed guardant and bash the Democrats work, don’t adjacent deliberation astir talking of our unthinkable and unprecedented success, due to the fact that I don’t privation their enactment anymore!” helium continued.

On Tuesday, Trump said Bondi had handled the concern “very well”, adding, “whatever she thinks is credible, she should release.”

On July 12, Trump posted connected Truth Social: “What’s going connected with my ‘boys’ and, successful immoderate cases, ‘gals?’ They’re each going aft Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We’re connected 1 Team, MAGA, and I don’t similar what’s happening.”

During a White House Cabinet gathering connected July 8, a newsman asked Bondi astir the missing infinitesimal connected the Epstein situation video, which was circulated the time before.

Trump, who besides attended the meeting, jumped in, asking, “Are you inactive talking astir Jeffrey Epstein? This guy’s been talked astir for years”.

“Are radical inactive talking astir this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable,” Trump added earlier asking Bondi if she wanted to “waste time” answering the question.

When asked by a writer if the lawyer wide had told Trump whether his sanction appeared successful immoderate of the records, helium said, “No, no.”

The president besides questioned the enduring fascination with the Epstein case, “only truly atrocious people, including the fake news, privation to support thing similar this going.”

Could this enactment wounded Trump’s popularity successful the US?

“In theory, this lawsuit could crook the MAGA faithful against Trump,” Knight said.

“But it is precise improbable that the MAGA assemblage volition crook against Trump due to the fact that of the Epstein files, adjacent if they person bully crushed to consciousness betrayed. There is nary 1 other that they could get down successful the aforesaid mode arsenic Trump. Instead, it’s overmuch much apt that this occurrence volition soon beryllium drowned retired by the adjacent conspiracy mentation media spectacle.”