Rogan O'Handley and other MAGA influencers walk out of the West Wing and show "The Epstein Files: Phase 1" binders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 27, 2025. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
A MAGA influencer distanced himself from the idea of another photo op celebrating the Trump administration's release of classified info after he was embarrassed and disappointed with the Epstein files.
"Happy to report that I will not be helping release the UFO files," MAGA influencer and pro-Trump lawyer Rogan O'Handley, also known as DC Draino, wrote on X on Wednesday. O'Handley was responding to a report stating that FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed "UFO files" had been delivered for release.
O'Handley and other MAGA influencers were invited to the White House in February 2025, where they were pictured with binders in hand that had "Epstein Files: Phase 1" written on the front, according to the Independent. The group posed, with O'Handley proudly holding up the white binder overhead.
According to the Independent, "after flipping through the documents contained in the binders, several influencers complained that they appeared to contain nothing more than information that was already publicly available." When the DOJ revealed last July that it didn't plan to put out more unredacted Epstein files, backlash came from all sides, including from MAGA influencers like O'Handley.
"If someone tries to hand me a binder, I will let it fall to the ground," O'Handley added in his X post.