Donald Trump's shocking response to Marjorie Taylor Greene threatening to disclose the names of the people linked to Jeffrey Epstein has been revealed.
The tense phone call, revealed in a New York Times profile, marked the final blow to their once-strong political alliance.
Greene, who was once a vocal supporter of Trump, said the 79-year-old's outrage followed her public pledge to expose Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators after a closed-door meeting with survivors in September.
Speaking to reporters, she vowed to “say every damn name” of the men accused of abusing women and girls alongside Epstein.
Trump then called Greene’s Capitol Hill office, yelling so loudly that staffers could hear the conversation over speakerphone.
When she questioned why he opposed her efforts, he reportedly said: “My friends will get hurt.”
Greene also claimed the president angrily dismissed her idea of hosting Epstein survivors at the White House, telling her they “had done nothing to merit the honor.” That call, according to her, was the last time they spoke.
“The Epstein files represent everything wrong with Washington,” she told the Times. “Rich, powerful elites doing horrible things and getting away with it. And the women are the victims.”
White House dismisses Greene’s claims
Following the 51-year-old's disclosures, the White House hit back hard.
“President Trump remains the undisputed leader of the greatest and fastest growing political movement in American history - the MAGA movement,” spokesperson Davis Ingle said in a statement.
“On the other hand, Congresswoman Greene is quitting on her constituents in the middle of her term and abandoning the consequential fight we’re in - we don’t have time for her petty bitterness," he added.
Though the president later signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, Greene said he had been furious when she joined a House petition pushing to release the records.
“He was extremely angry at me,” she said during a recent 60 Minutes interview. “He said that it was going to hurt people.”
The act passed the House in a 427-1 vote and was unanimously approved by the Senate. It required the DOJ to release Epstein-related files within 30 days, though the agency was allowed to redact sensitive material.
Files released, backlash grows
The DOJ missed the December 19 deadline, and has been releasing documents in batches - many heavily redacted.
Some files included photos of Epstein with Trump, Bill Clinton, and Michael Jackson (none of whom have been accused of wrongdoing in the case), as well as an unverified rape allegation against Trump, which the DOJ labeled “untrue and sensationalist," per PEOPLE.
Among the more bizarre revelations: a fake jail cell suicide video that was uploaded and removed, and an unauthenticated note supposedly from Epstein to Larry Nassar, accusing Trump of sharing their “love of young, nubile girls.”
The FBI later confirmed the note was fake.
Epstein survivor Haley Robson, a Republican, said the botched release left her disgusted.
“I redact any support I’ve ever given to him, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel,” she told CNN. “I think that Pam Bondi and Kash Patel both need to resign, and I would love to see No. 47 get impeached over this.”
Robson also questioned Trump’s comments that some people pictured with Epstein had “nothing to do” with his crimes.
"If you're telling the public and the world and the survivors that just because somebody is in a picture with him doesn't automatically mean they were involved in the crimes against children - which I understand, and I get that fully - then why are you so scared to release the files and why has there been so much resistance?" she said.
"If it's just a picture, why are you going above and beyond to hide the identities of these men?" Robson added.