(LifeSiteNews) — Matt Walsh minced no words as he criticized the Trump administration’s stunning reversal in its messaging surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s client list.
“There’s simply no getting around the massive craterlike hole that the administration dug for itself here,” Walsh said during his most recent podcast. The Trump administration is “just telling us to shut up, essentially.”
“Millions of Americans are not satisfied with what we’ve been told,” Walsh declared. “And we shouldn’t be, because it’s been contradictory and insulting to our intelligence every step of the way.”
“This is what happens when people are deceived and strung along for years, only to be told that they’re not entitled to any kind of transparency whatsoever,” he said. “People are not just going to move on with their lives, no matter how badly you want them to, and there’s a reason for that.”
“I want to make this very clear to those on the right, including the President himself who are telling us to just drop the subject and move on,” Walsh said.
“We can’t drop it. We can’t move on. Because what we want is justice. We have a deep desire for justice.” he explained, “And we can see how the corrupt and the powerful are never held accountable.”
He continued:
We can look at our cities and see violent criminals running rampant in the streets. Also not held accountable.
We want these evil doers to be punished.
We want the innocent to be defended.
We want justice. It’s one of the most basic and most honorable of all human desires.
We want to see that justice is done.
Turning his attention back to the Epstein scandal, Walsh said, “We want to know who else was in those awful videos that Pam Bondi told us about, and we want those people to be dragged in front of us, weeping and begging for mercy.”
“We want them exposed and humiliated and shamed and punished in the harshest and most painful way. Because that’s justice, and we’re not going to drop the subject until we get it,” he promised.
“So unseal everything, including the search warrants and the financial disclosures. Tell us what exactly was in those truckloads of documents that you recovered in New York,” he urged. “Show us the ‘Phase II Epstein Files’ that you told us about a few months ago.”
“In other words, don’t give us any more excuses from bureaucrats on Fox News. Don’t give us any more stonewalling and doublespeak,” he demanded. “We’ve seen more than enough of that in this case and so many others.”
“Instead, for a change,” Walsh said, “give us something we’re not used to seeing from the federal government and the DOJ: Give us justice.”
Walsh was reacting to the DOJ’s announcement last week that there is no Epstein “client list” and that “no further disclosure is warranted,” immediately igniting a firestorm of criticism from the grassroots MAGA movement and conservative pundits.
“This EPSTEIN AFFAIR is NOT going away!” General Michael Flynn declared on X. “This has to change and quickly.”
“Until this case is fully revealed, every elite institution carries a stench they can’t wash off,” Glenn Beck said.
“The Epstein case isn’t over. It’s the Rosetta Stone of public trust,” Beck said. “And if we don’t get to the bottom of it, we’ll never restore what’s already been lost.”
“The justice department and the FBI are irredeemably compromised and corrupted,” Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton averred in a podcast discussion with former Trump confidant Steve Bannon.
Trump and his administration had clearly not read the room before attempting to deflect attention away from the Epstein scandal but has since recalibrated its public stance.
“Just got off the phone with top federal law enforcement contact. The change in approach to Epstein has been dramatic,” conservative commentator Benny Johnson wrote on X. “Expect more disclosures. Some very powerful people inside Admin are now pushing for a Special Counsel and a full press briefing on Epstein findings.”
“This is why when you feel strongly about something you should never shut the f— up. Never underestimate the power of X,” said Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom. “Kudos to the Trump admin (at least via its (spokesperson) today) for signaling a change in stance to be responsive to the public.”
“Obviously, the next few months will tell the final tale, but it’s very heartening to have a government that feels like it really keeps its nose to our grindstone,” Benz added.
