Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday pushed back against President Donald Trump for saying any Republican who supports the release of documents about Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender who once called him his “closest friend,” is “stupid.”
Greene responded in a “CBS Mornings” interview, noting her concern is for “the victims.”
“These women have been waiting, some of them for decades,” she said. “I talked to several victims that were raped by Jeffrey Epstein back in the ’90s, and so this is information that has needed to come out for a very long time, and the American people have demanded it.”
Greene was one of only four House Republicans to support a discharge petition from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee to force a vote on the release of documents on Epstein. Trump called those Republicans “very bad” earlier in the week.
During the Friday interview, Greene said “the American people deserve to see transparency from their government” and that “rich, powerful people should not be protected.” She added that her stance is “a message” to all children, rape and human trafficking victims that the government supports them.
