Political-Crisis

Musk Posts "Trump is in the Epstein Files" - 10 Million Views Before Deletion

| Importance: 6/10

Elon Musk posted on X/Twitter on June 5, 2025: “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.” The post garnered over 10 million views before Musk deleted it on June 11 with an apology, saying his …

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Washington Post Releases Access Hollywood Tape

| Importance: 9/10

On October 7, 2016, exactly one month before the presidential election, Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold published a 2005 video recording of Donald Trump making sexually aggressive comments about women. The recording was made on an Access Hollywood bus as Trump and television host Billy …

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Republicans Withdraw Support for Trump After Access Hollywood Tape

| Importance: 8/10

In the hours and days following the October 7, 2016 release of the Access Hollywood tape, dozens of Republican officials withdrew their support for Donald Trump, with many calling for him to exit the presidential race entirely. The mass defection represented the most serious internal challenge to …

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