By Gao Yun
Fox News columnist David Marcus recently wrote that U.S. President Donald Trump has spent nearly two decades attempting to expose Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activities. His efforts date back to 2006, when Trump was already assisting Florida authorities in investigating the case.
Marcus stated that, according to investigators at the time, Trump expressed support to law enforcement during Epstein’s investigation, noting that many people had long been aware of Epstein’s activities. He also advised authorities to focus on Ghislaine Maxwell, describing her as Epstein’s “accomplice.”
He pointed out that the original investigation resulted in relatively light penalties for Epstein. Later, after Trump became president, the Department of Justice reopened a federal investigation during his first term, leading to Epstein’s arrest. Epstein subsequently died in prison, preventing victims and the public from seeing a full trial, but the author argued that the investigation effectively ended his ability to commit further crimes.
The article mentions that during Trump’s second term, the White House released millions of pages of documents related to Epstein. Last week, approximately three million pages were published, which, if laid end to end, would span the state of Pennsylvania. Even with required redactions, Congress can access the unredacted files.
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The author believes that in the past twenty years, no one has been more active than Trump in pushing for the public disclosure of Epstein’s crimes and network.
Marcus also criticized certain politicians who continue to accuse the government of withholding information, including Democratic Representative Ro Khanna of California and Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky. He noted that these individuals paid little attention to the case before Trump’s second term and said that during the four years of the Biden administration, Democrats rarely publicly discussed the Epstein case.
The article further mentions that some Democrats interpreted several Trump administration policies as attempts to divert public attention from Epstein. For example, Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota criticized Trump on social media, and host Trevor Noah made related accusations at the Grammy Awards. The author argues that these claims do not align with the timeline he outlined.
Marcus suggested that one possible way to further investigate the case would be to grant Maxwell leniency in exchange for testimony, though he said political positions on such an agreement remain unclear. He noted that he had contacted Khanna to ask his view on such deals but received no reply, and believes that if an agreement is reached, it could reduce political contention surrounding the Epstein issue.
The article also compares the Epstein case to the long-running conspiracy controversies surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, but the author contends that one clear point is that Trump has persistently pushed to expose details of the case over many years.
David Marcus is a columnist residing in West Virginia and author of Charade: The COVID Lies That Crushed a Nation.
According to BBC reports, Epstein was a figure in the U.S. financial world but became infamous due to sexual crime allegations. On August 10, 2019, he died in a New York prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges and was denied bail.In November 2025, both chambers of the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Trump subsequently signed the bill, requiring the Department of Justice to make public the criminal investigation files on Epstein.
