Megyn Kelly is sounding the alarm on what she sees as a troubling shift in the conservative media landscape—accusing prominent right-wing voices of backing off the Jeffrey Epstein story now that it threatens to cause political discomfort for President Donald J. Trump during his second term in office.

On her podcast, Kelly expressed dismay over allies in the MAGA media world who have suddenly gone silent on the Epstein case, despite years of hammering the disgraced financier’s connections to the elites.

“You now have some MAGA influencers, clearly on direction of the White House, saying, ‘OK, I’m done,’” Kelly said, blasting the pivot away from the Epstein investigation.

She didn’t shy away from naming names, calling out longtime colleague Laura Ingraham—who recently said she was “moving on” from the topic. That apparent change of heart didn’t sit well with Kelly.

“She was part of it. I like Laura, but she 100 percent stood up there and fanned this flame,” Kelly said.

Kelly and Ingraham overlapped at Fox News from 2007 to 2017 before Kelly moved to NBC and then launched her own independent media platform. Since then, Kelly has rebranded as a fiercely independent voice—one unafraid to press uncomfortable questions, even within the MAGA movement.

This week, Ingraham’s prime-time show, The Ingraham Angle, did not mention Epstein once—except for a passing remark by a guest in a segment about Democrat Sen. Adam Schiff. Fox News, more broadly, has largely tiptoed around the Epstein controversy in recent days, in line with President Trump’s public messaging to move on.

But for Kelly, silence is not an option.

She has taken a sharply critical tone against Attorney General Pam Bondi—calling her handling of the Epstein investigation “incompetence”—and even took a swipe at Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a staunch Trump ally, who recently said he was putting the Epstein story aside “for the time being.”

At a recent Turning Point event, Kelly was met with enthusiastic cheers when she asked the crowd if they still cared about the Epstein case.

“Let’s not pretend that some of the president’s most loyal advocates aren’t very, very interested in Epstein. They are, all right?” Kelly told her audience.
“However, some in the media let their loyalty to the president trump their journalistic obligation.”

Kirk quickly pushed back, insisting that his comments had been “taken out of context” and claiming he still plans to cover Epstein-related developments—just not exclusively.

Kelly stood her ground.

“I’m just saying journalists — people like me who do consider themselves as journalists — you have an obligation not to just trust,” she said.
“You kick the tires. That’s your job. You approach all stories and everything fed to you by an administration official, like them, love them, respect them, trust them or not, with a hefty dose of skepticism.”

Even Fox News anchor Bret Baier echoed public frustration during a recent broadcast of Special Report, highlighting that President Trump’s base still wants answers.

“The story doesn’t go away here,” Baier said.
“President Trump says his attorney general should release whatever documents she thinks are credible concerning the late businessman and convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.”

Baier acknowledged the president’s strong record on securing the southern border and renegotiating trade deals but conceded that the Epstein case continues to dominate political chatter—and divide parts of the America First movement.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has confirmed that it is actively reviewing documents related to Epstein as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act case filed by watchdog group Judicial Watch. Despite the White House’s preference to move forward, legal and public scrutiny around Epstein’s powerful connections isn’t going away.

Kelly’s challenge to her fellow conservatives is clear: Don’t let party loyalty replace the pursuit of truth.