Composite image of President Donald Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. . (Getty Images)
The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files has created a rift among the "MAGA" wing of the Republican Party, who are demanding more transparency.
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"We should expect transparency, no matter what administration is involved, if there was or wasn't a client list, if there was or wasn't video. I mean, we should expect transparency and full disclosure of whatever they are covering up," Messmer told Fox News Digital.
Democrats have been quick to seize on the intraparty conflict.
"It's pretty rich on their part," Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital. "But again, if there is no new information, then that's fine. Just have the Department of Justice come out and explain that and answer questions. And if there is something, but it's not relevant, well, explain that also."
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., arrives for a meeting of House Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center on the budget reconciliation bill on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"The Democrats will never give Donald Trump credit for anything," Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital. "Where were the questions when Biden was in office?"
And Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, said Democrats' newfound investment in transparency on Epstein "proves that all along it was just political."
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"I respect a call for transparency," Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, added. "If it's from a Democrat or a Republican, I totally respect that. I have no idea of anything on this front. And I hope to just know that people are being transparent and that things aren't being done in any nefarious way or for any nefarious reason. I think a lot of it's overblown."
"I put the Epstein matter in my don't know, don't care file," Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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