MTG warns Trump that ‘dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies'
Neither the White House nor Greene immediately responded to a request for comment.
Greene's comment about 'dangling bits of red meat' comes after the president directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to begin the process of unsealing the grand jury transcripts in Epstein's criminal case. It remains unclear whether a judge will grant the DOJ's request.
For weeks, the administration refused to release records around the Department of Justice's investigation into the death of the convicted sex offender after the DOJ and FBI released a memo concluding there's no evidence that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell or kept a 'client list.'
But the White House's decision has created a schism in the GOP. Trump supporters around the nation have demanded Bondi resign, despite Trump standing by her.
In Congress, Greene joined fellow Republicans Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Lauren Boebert of Colorado — as well as a handful of Democrats — as co-sponsors to legislation that would force a vote on releasing the Justice Department's records.
Trump, who has declined to assign a special prosecutor to the case, said those who are still focused on the topic are 'weaklings' who fell for a Democratic 'scam.'
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