Epsteingate

English

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

Etymology

From Epstein +‎ -gate.

Proper noun

Epsteingate

1. The controversy in 2025 regarding 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, 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:

     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.

2. (by extension) The controversy regarding all of Jeffrey Epstein's personal and professional relations.
   • 2025 July 27, Marianne Thamm, “Epsteingate and the dirty old men preying on young girls — how language helps them get away with abuse”, in Daily Maverick‎

     Epsteingate and the dirty old men preying on young girls — how language helps them get away with abuse

Related terms

• Trumpstein files