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The Trump Administration’s handling of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case is opening divides in the GOP.

The rift within the Republican Party over the release of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein continued to widen, with top congressional allies of President Donald Trump — including House Speaker Mike Johnson — calling for his administration to exercise greater transparency.

US President Donald Trump has aggressively dismissed Republican calls for more transparency regarding the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, calling the issue a “hoax” and “bulls***” in a Truth Social post on Wednesday,

Trump calls Epstein scrutiny a "hoax," accuses critics of aiding Democrats, and says he no longer wants their support. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Democratic lawmakers are demanding the release of more Epstein files as the issue causes fractures within the GOP.

Conservative commentator Candace Owens decried the scandal as a “terminal cancer to the MAGA movement.” Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued: “The fact that the U.S. government, the one that I voted for, refused to take my question seriously and instead said, ‘Case closed, shut up conspiracy theorist,’ was too much for me.”

In defending how his administration is handling supposed files on Jeffrey Epstein, he said "some stupid Republicans" fell for a hoax.

President Trump said the ongoing controversy over his administration's handling of information related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is a "Hoax" and "bulls***," criticizing members of his own party who are calling for more transparency as "weaklings.