California Gov. Gavin Newsom has made several comments pointing out President Donald Trump's ties to sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"When Elon put that out, I thought it was a big tell," Newsom said.
The California governor added that Trump and Epstein knew each other, citing the images and videos of the two men together.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said earlier this year that an Epstein "client list" was on her desk before the Justice Department and FBI recently claimed that Epstein killed himself and that there is no evidence he kept such a list. Bondi also walked back her earlier comments, saying she was referring to the Epstein case file, not a "client list."
Trump has sought to avoid the Epstein topic as of late, repeatedly arguing the issue does not matter anymore. He also said he no longer wants the support of "weaklings" who continue to press the Epstein case.
"Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this 'bulls---,' hook, line, and sinker," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday.
"I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax," he added. "Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!"
Newsom made a series of social media posts about Trump and Republicans declining to make information on the Epstein case public. (Getty Images)
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"It’s pretty boring stuff," Trump told reporters in the clip. "I think only bad people want to keep something like that going."
Newsom jokingly said he forgot about the Epstein files in response to a post Trump made announcing that Coca-Cola agreed to use real cane sugar.
"Oh thank god! I’ve totally forgotten about the Epstein files now!" Newsom said on Wednesday.
The governor posted a clip later on Wednesday with a picture of Trump and Epstein together, along with lyrics from the Nickelback song "Photograph" that says "Look at this photograph."
"Nickelback said it best," Newsom wrote.
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