Regretful MAGA Diehard Begs for Forgiveness in Tearful Clip

The longtime Trump supporter said a moment in July 2025 finally changed her mind on the president.

A former die-hard MAGA supporter has begged for forgiveness from a survivor ofJeffrey Epstein.

Trisha Hope of Houston, Texas, was a fervent Donald Trump supporter until last year, when the president grew irritated by questions about his former friend, the disgraced financier andchild sex trafficker.

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“Sick. I feel sick,” Hope toldCNNwhile visiting the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, a traveling installation that gives a timeline of events and displays the millions of files released by the Department of Justice.

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Donald Trump is pictured with Jeffrey Epstein and their then girlfriends, Melania Knauss and Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2000.

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“I put my life on hold to support this man. I clearly didn’t understand who he was. I also feel a little ashamed that I didn’t do more to discover more about him. I should have looked harder.”

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While at the exhibition, she was introduced to Dani Bensky, an Epstein survivor who has described being abused by him when she was 17. She had been an aspiring ballerina and was sent to Epstein’s New York City townhouse as a masseuse. She was abused for over a year, CNN reported.

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It was a tearful encounter filled with hugs.

“[I’m] so sorry,” Hope said during the CNN mini-documentary. “I can’t imagine. There are people who care. A lot of people who care. They may just be learning, but they care.”

Hope was introduced to activist and Epstein survivor Dani Bensky.