Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reported that President Donald Trump "yelled" at her and said his "friends" would be hurt if sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's acquaintances were revealed by the Department of Justice.
"The reality is the Trump administration is not releasing the information," Greene told the Redacted podcast Tuesday. "And I got yelled at by the president over this. This is why he called me a traitor. He called me a traitor because I would not take my name off the discharge petition because I stood firmly and said, no, we are going to release the Epstein files."
"I'm standing with women who were raped as teenagers," she continued. "I'm not standing with the government. I don't support the cover-up of all of this stuff, whatever it may be. And the president got mad at me and he's told me, and I've said this multiple times. He told me his friends would get hurt. And that's what he told me."
"And then we're seeing a continue slow walk and cover up of a lot of this information. And I know that is why. I firmly believe that that's why it is being covered up."
Greene argued that criticism was wrongly directed at Attorney General Pam Bondi and others in the government.
"She works at the pleasure and approval of the President of the United States," she noted. "So when you're, when everyone's getting mad at Pam Bondi or everyone's getting, you can name anybody you want. The man at the top is Donald Trump. He's the president. And he's the one that was completely against releasing the files."
