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Greene Calls Trump Witch Hunt Over Unreleased Epstein Files

5/18/2026

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says President Donald Trump is conducting a witch hunt, noting a petition she signed forced a vote passed despite the files remaining unreleased.
President Donald Trump told Mike Johnson to block the vote, and after his November 2025 resignation he called Greene “Marjorie Traitor Brown.”
Greene said Trump’s claim that the Epstein files are a hoax is his miscalculation and suggested he has motives for suppressing them.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says President Donald Trump is conducting a witch hunt, noting a petition she signed forced a vote passed despite the files remaining unreleased.
President Donald Trump told Mike Johnson to block the vote, and after his November 2025 resignation he called Greene “Marjorie Traitor Brown.”
Greene said Trump’s claim that the Epstein files are a hoax is his miscalculation and suggested he has motives for suppressing them.