Maggie Haberman: It ‘Strains Credibility’ When Trump Suggests that Epstein Files Was a Hoax

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HABERMAN: “I think this one, Caitlin, a couple of things. Number one, Jeffrey Epstein has been a mainstream story for a long time. You know, there were a lot of people who covered issues related to Jeffrey Epstein and and the crimes that he committed. He was in prison. His death was very well covered when President Trump was in office the first time. So, number one, it‘s not just a story that takes place, you know, on the internet. This takes place across the board. Number two, you are seeing his allies, advisers, supporters who have gone out there and talked about this and who I think believed that they had his support on this, getting questioned by their own base. And so this is sort of a story of a question of who do you trust. And that is very clear in what he‘s saying. It‘s hard to tell people. And again, I said this earlier about his Truth Social post. It strains credibility to suggest that this was, you know, I call this a hoax and therefore it‘s a hoax. People are clearly feeling as if for their own reasons, whether it is because of the people who listen to their podcasts or because of their voters in the midterms, that they need to make clear that they don‘t agree with them.”