President Donald Trump and members of his administration have faced fierce backlash from MAGA circles regarding their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein situation and determining that it's more or less a nothingburger.
While President Trump spent weeks downplaying the situation, according to the New York Post, he's now ready "to release everything" related to the disgraced, deceased, convicted child sex-trafficking monster.
The president's insistance on released everything the government still has on Epstein comes in the wake of an interesting interview involving Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Epstein's convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Rumors have circulated regarding a potential deal for Maxwell, possibly involving a pardon or commutation, although more information is not available.
In an interview with Rob Finnerty of Newsmax, President Trump explained what he believes took place in the sit-down, multi-day interview between Blanche and Maxwell.
"I think [Blanche] probably wanted to know, you know, just to get a feeling of it, because we’d like to release everything, but we don’t want people to get hurt that shouldn’t be hurt," Trump said.
"I want to release everything," the president declared. "I just don’t want people to get hurt."
The president noted that he hadn't spoken to Blanche about Maxwell but insisted that his administration is trying to ensure that people don't "get hurt."
“Todd went in and I think he just wants to make sure that innocent people aren’t hurt," Trump told Finnerty.
Trump was also asked about the rumors regarding a potential pardon for Maxwell, to which he said he hadn't been asked about, though he added that he has the "power" to do so.
"I’m allowed to do it, but nobody’s asked me to do it," Trump said. "I know nothing about it. I don’t know anything about the case, but I know I have the right to do it."
Trump was also asked about rumors that he is possibly considering a pardon for convicted rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs.
"Well, he was essentially, I guess, sort of half innocent," Trump said.
He also recounted his prior relationship with Diddy.
“Probably – eh, you know, I was very friendly with him. I got along with him great, and seemed like a nice guy. I didn’t know him well, but when I ran for office he was very hostile,” Trump said.
“It’s hard, you know, like, we’re human beings, and we don’t like to have things cloud our judgment, right? But when you knew someone and you were fine, and then you run for office, and he made some terrible statements – so, I don’t know, it’s more difficult,” the president continued.
