Megyn Kelly slams Trump administration over Epstein scandal and warns them: 'You reap what you sow'

Daily Mail​

29-07-2025

Megyn Kelly has no 'sympathy' for the Trump administration after it came under heavy fire over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein crisis.
Speaking on Monday's episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, Kelly said it was 'hard to have a lot of sympathy' for the administration due to its numerous missteps on the issue.
She specifically pointed to Attorney General Pam Bondi's decision to issue a memo insisting Epstein did not not have a 'client list' and killed himself in jail.
'Whoever told the [Justice Department] that this could somehow be buried and that people would move on and that the Trump administration could get away with that ridiculous two-page summation of "You're not getting any more information because there's no there there" should be fired,' Kelly said.
'That person is an idiot and didn't understand the Republican base - certainly the core MAGA base.'
Kelly noted that Trump appointed Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, two outspoken supporters of the theory that Epstein was murdered in jail to protect his powerful associates, to lead the FBI.
'And by the way, of course [the MAGA base's] hackles have been up and their interest in this story has been at a peak in large part because of the two men Trump put in charge of his FBI - you know, there were no bigger proponents of there being more to the Epstein story than Kash Patel and Dan Bongino,' she said.
'And it's actually one of the reasons why the Republicans were so thrilled to see them get put in charge of the FBI. So, you reap what you sow.'
Kelly went on to comment on Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently speaking with investigators from her Florida prison.
The former Fox News host branded the move a weak attempt by the administration to get on top of the scandal, while also calling its bid to release grand jury transcripts from Epstein's criminal proceedings another empty gesture.
Trump made the move knowing the court was not likely to release the transcripts, Kelly claimed.
As for Maxwell, she said: 'Can we really trust anything this woman says when she - it's either this: give something up or someone up, or spend 20 years in jail?
'So, they've really created this own pickle for themselves and we still haven't had a presser by Pam Bondi or even a long-form interview.
'So, it's hard to have a lot of sympathy for the complaints of why won't this go away.'
The Justice Department memo enraged many in the MAGA movement, who have criticized the administration for what they see as backtracking on past promises to release classified information pertaining to Epstein's case.
As calls from Congress for more information increase, Trump has attempted to deflect the controversy - dismissing it as a politically driven 'witch hunt.'
Asked about the case during a recent Oval Office appearance, Trump said: 'I don't really follow that too much,' before turning to unrelated claims about the Obama administration and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The case is also causing political pushback for Republicans in Congress, including House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal child sex trafficking charges. His close associate Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for facilitating Epstein's abuse of young girls.
Trump was friends with Epstein for more than a decade. They had a falling out surrounding Epstein 'stealing' some of Trump's hired staff, the president claimed Monday.