Epsteingate

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

From (Jeffrey) Epstein +‎ -gate.

Proper noun

Epsteingate

  1. The 2025 controversy about the second Trump administration's refusal to release the Epstein files and reputed client list.
    • 2025 July 18, Jon Allsop, “Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Three Conspiracy-Theory Theories”, in The New Yorker[1], archived from the original on 18 July 2025:
      [L]ast month, I described the Iran debate as the “apex” of media chatter about a MAGA civil war. Already, Epsteingate has reached a higher peak.
    • 2025 July 19, “Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Three Conspiracy-Theory Theories”, in NewsNation[2]:
      Chris Cuomo says we may have arrived at Epsteingate now that the Trump administration has pivoted on unsealing the grand jury transcripts from the Jeffrey Epstein case.