It was Musk himself who wrenched the Epstein affair back into public consciousness during his first open spat with Trump in June. In a now-deleted X post, Musk wrote, “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.” Trump has not been officially accused of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein.

Elon Musk dug the knife into Donald Trump’s side again on Saturday as the fallout over the White House’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation continues to damage the president and his team.The Twitter and Tesla billionaire weighed in as a response to an X user who screenshotted a particularly oddly-worded Truth Social post from Trump on Saturday,

It’s been six years since sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while incarcerated, but his crimes—and his relationship with President Donald Trump—continues to loom large. Trump and several top allies are facing intense pushback from his MAGA base over his handling of files related to the Epstein case,

In an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson on Tuesday, the speaker called for “transparency” regarding the Epstein investigation, adding that “ we should put