Overview
- Former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that President Trump called her a 'traitor' after she pressed to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein and that he warned her his 'friends would get hurt.'
- Greene said Trump also texted that she 'deserved it' when she reported threats to her son, but those specific phone and text claims are currently reported only on her account and have not been independently verified in the cited coverage.
- The interview followed publicity for a book excerpt by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan that reports internal White House discussions, including a Situation Room meeting, about withholding Epstein-related documents.
- Greene framed officials who resisted disclosure as protecting 'pedophiles and rapists' and called them traitors to the public, a charge that deepens a public split within Republican circles over transparency and loyalty.
- The claims have intensified scrutiny of the administration's handling of Epstein materials, raised fresh calls for release of records, and set up competing narratives in conservative and mainstream outlets about what the reporting and Greene's allegations prove.