'Gone too far': GOP lawmakers rally around Trump after Musk raises Epstein allegations

House GOP lawmakers are accusing Elon Musk of going "too far" aft helium suggested President Donald Trump was "in the Epstein files."

"Hopefully we ne'er person to reply questions astir tweets similar that from Elon again," said Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, calling Musk's comments "not helpful."

"Elon crossed the enactment today," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital,

Musk referenced precocious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein successful narration to Trump Thursday arsenic portion of a larger tirade against the president and Republican leaders implicit their fund reconciliation bill.

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Elon Musk (right) said President Donald Trump is successful the arguable Jeffrey Epstein files.  (Getty Images)

The tech billionaire accused Republicans of adding to the nationalist indebtedness — presently nearing $37 trillion — with authorities they've called Trump's "big, beauteous bill."

"Time to driblet the truly large bomb. [Trump] is successful the Epstein files. That is the existent crushed they person not been made public. Have a bully day, DJT!" Musk wrote connected X. "Mark this station for the future. The information volition travel out."

Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, said Musk had "gone excessively far."

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"There's conscionable nary request for this," Nehls said. "Those conversations should beryllium taking spot down closed doors."

Some Republicans argued that immoderate damning accusation astir Trump and Epstein would person already been revealed if it existed.

"What I would accidental is, if Joe Biden had Donald Trump successful the Epstein logs, there's nary question it would person travel retired during the campaign," Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. "So, I don't cognize what's prompting it. I deliberation it's each unfortunate."

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., questioned wherefore Musk would fto his young son, nicknamed "X," astir Trump if helium believed helium was intimately associated with a pedophile.

Rep. Tim Burchett, who criticized the accusations, questioned wherefore Musk would fto his lad adjacent Trump if helium believed Trump was intimately associated with Epstein. (Alex Wong)

"The Biden medication would person enactment it out. There's cipher that Democrats hatred much than Donald J. Trump, and he's handing them their luncheon each day. So, I don't enactment overmuch religion into it," Burchett said.

"Why would helium fto his kid bent retired with the president if that was true? That conscionable doesn't marque immoderate sense. And present he's calling for his impeachment. I mean, it's conscionable going disconnected to the heavy end."

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.,  who is starring a task unit connected declassifying national investigations, including Epstein's, told reporters she did not deliberation Musk's proposition held water.

"Speaking to Jeffrey Epstein, I volition beryllium precise circumstantial that I bash judge that if President Trump was successful the Epstein files, they would person released it during the primary, and they didn't," Luna said.

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"So, the information is, is that I bash not judge that President Trump is successful the Epstein files, the mode that it's being implied, but either which way, this is wherefore we proceed to propulsion for transparency."

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., however, stood isolated successful his reply successful calling for much transparency into the Epstein files.

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., says helium wants much transparency regarding the concealed Jeffrey Epstein files. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Facts volition carnivore retired immoderate they will," Norman said. "The Epstein files are bound to travel out, and fto it travel out. We ought to spot it. America has a close to know, conscionable similar they bash with the John F. Kennedy files, the Bobby Kennedy files."

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt attributed Musk's tirade to Trump's bill, which is focused connected working- and middle-class taxation alleviation and not benefiting Musk and his companies enough.

"This is an unfortunate occurrence from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill due to the fact that it does not see the policies helium wanted. The President is focused connected passing this historical portion of authorities and making our state large again," Leavitt said.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said specified allegations would person surfaced during the predetermination if they were true. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., told Fox News Digital, "I could not archer you what Elon Musk's motivations are, but I tin archer you what we're going to do, which is debar a $4 trillion taxation increase connected the American people.

And portion it's well-known the 2 men were acquainted, a root acquainted with the substance pointed retired that Trump had kicked Epstein retired of his Palm Beach Golf Club.

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Trump had permanently banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago for hitting connected a teenage girl of a nine member, according to a book, "The Grifter's Club." 

"The medication itself released Epstein files with the President’s sanction included. This is not a caller astonishment Elon is uncovering. Everyone already knew this," the root said. "If Elon genuinely thought the President was much profoundly progressive with Epstein, wherefore did helium bent retired with him for six months and accidental helium ‘loves him arsenic overmuch arsenic a consecutive antheral tin emotion a consecutive man?'"

Fox News Digital has besides reached retired to Musk for remark via his bureau astatine Tesla.