Elon Musk, former ally of US PresidentDonald Trump, has once again brought the Jeffrey Epstein controversy into the spotlight. The Tech billionaire publicly questioned US President Donald Trump’s credibility over the unresolved Jeffrey Epstein case, accusing the government of shielding offenders and calling it “deeply broken.”In a series of provocative posts on X, Musk criticised Trump for not releasing the so-called “Epstein client list” and mocked the lack of arrests, even suggesting the former president may be implicated, a claim he later retracted. “They arrested (and killed) Peanut, but have not even tried to file charges against anyone on the Epstein client list. Govt is deeply broken,” said Musk.He posted an image that read, “More squirrels and raccoons have been arrested than anyone on Epstein’s client list.”“How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he won’t release the Epstein files?” he posted on X on Wednesday.On Monday, Musk targeted Trump over the Epstein case, posting an arrest counter, “What’s the time? Oh look, it’s no-one-has-been-arrested-o’clock again …” he posted on his X account. “The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter 0 0 0 0,” the image he posted read.On Tuesday, Trump avoided answering a question by a reporter on the Jeffrey Epstein case and said, “You are a waste of time,” stressing that the country is dealing with “other issues” like the Texas flood.The US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday concluded that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was not murdered, as per Axios. The memo suggested that Epstein allegedly died by suicide and also did not keep a “client list” keeping a tab of individuals to whom minor girls were trafficked.Elon Musk accused Donald Trump of being in the “Epstein Files” but later deleted his posts, admitting that he went “too far.”Earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi made a claim that a “client list” was apparently sitting on his desk for review, which fueled speculation among conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists that such a list truly existed.But an announcement by the DOJ debunked such claims, stating that no such list has been found in Epstein’s records.This announcement has drawn criticism from conservative internet and media personalities as it contradicted what Bondi claimed. Elon Musk posted a meme on his X account featuring a clown applying makeup, referring to the contradictory statements previously made by Bondi and the memo released by the DOJ earlier on Monday.He also reposted a post from another user that read, “If the entire govt is protecting pedophiles, it has officially become the govt against people. I hope you all understand that.”Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of being a sexual offender and was accused of running a vast network of underage girls for sex. He died in 2019 while in custody.
