Trump calls Rep. Thomas Massie a 'moron' at Prayer Breakfast--days after Massie threatens Epstein files contempt charges

At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump called Republican Rep. Thomas Massie 'this moron' and said 'there's something wrong with him,' expressing frustration at Massie's independent voting record: 'No matter what we do, this moron, no matter what it is... We'll get a 100% vote except for this guy named Thomas Massie.' The attack came just four days after Massie--alongside Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna--threatened to pursue 'inherent contempt' charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi for the DOJ's incomplete release of Epstein files. Massie had stated on February 1: 'The quickest way, and I think most expeditious way, to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi.' Massie co-authored the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act that Trump's DOJ claims to have satisfied while withholding key documents. The timing of Trump's attack--calling Massie a 'moron' at a religious event days after Massie threatened to hold Trump's Attorney General in contempt over Epstein--suggests retaliation for Massie's bipartisan push for full Epstein file transparency.

"No matter what we do, this moron, no matter what it is... We'll get a 100% vote except for this guy named Thomas Massie. There's something wrong with him." — Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 5, 2026, attacking the Republican congressman who threatened contempt charges over Epstein files four days earlier