White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed the president's sentiment on Thursday in regard to critics of the administration's handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

White House aides have made it clear that no one in the administration is allowed to talk about Epstein without high-level vetting as Trump attempts to change the subject.

Any time I say anything about Epstein, they’re like, ‘Why didn’t Joe Biden’s — why didn’t Joe Biden release the files?’ And this is what I say: Have you met Merrick Garland?” Tanden

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Trump has been attacking his own supporters for continuing to press for release of files from the prosecution of the notorious wealthy pedophile who was found hanged in his NYC jail cell

The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.

He—the president, their leader, the martyr who had endured scandals and prosecution and an assassin’s bullet on their behalf—had repeatedly told them it was time to move on, and that alone should suffice. Why, he groused, would the White House add fuel to the fire, would it play into the media’s narrative?

Speaker Mike Johnosn said the House won't vote on a resolution calling on the Trump administration to release more of the Epstein files before the August recess.