Marjorie Taylor Greene tells ’60 Minutes’ why she really signed Epstein petition, and what Trump told her during furious phone call

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia appeared on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, and spoke out against President Donald Trump. She accused her former ally of causing death threats against her and her son.

According to NBC News, the interview focused on Greene’s decision to resign from office in January, which is a full year before her term ends. She made this announcement last month after she broke away from Trump and party leaders to sign a bipartisan discharge petition. This petition forced a House vote to release the government’s files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Greene explained that Trump was angry because of those files. She told interviewer Lesley Stahl about a phone call where Trump tried to pressure her into dropping the effort. Greene said they talked about the Epstein files, and the president “was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the files.”

Greene stood firm despite pressure from the president

Greene refused to back down and argued that the victims deserved to know the truth. She said she believes “that those women deserve everything they’re asking. They’re asking for all of it to come out; they deserve it.” Trump told her the release “was going to hurt people,” but Greene and three other House Republicans didn’t give in. The bill passed both the House and Senate with no opposition, and Trump signed it into law.

After this public split, Trump attacked Greene, who used to be one of his strongest supporters in Congress. He called her “Marjorie Traitor Greene.” Greene said the president’s anger led to many death threats against her and her son. Her feud with fellow lawmakers has been a recurring theme in her political career.

When Greene sent Trump messages about threats against her son’s life, she said his response was “extremely unkind.” She later wrote on X that Trump “responded with harsh accusatory replies and zero sympathy.” Trump dismissed her concerns and said, “I don’t think her life is in danger. I don’t think anybody cares about her.”

Greene noted that FBI Director Kash Patel and Vice President JD Vance were much more understanding. She said Patel responded with “on it,” and Vance “responded promptly with kindness and sympathy.” Greene also criticized Trump for not keeping his campaign promise to focus on improving Americans’ lives.

She said, “For an ‘America First’ president, the No. 1 focus should have been domestic policy, and it wasn’t. Once we fix everything here, then fine, we’ll talk to the rest of the world.”

Greene pointed out that Trump was calling her a traitor while meeting with controversial foreign leaders, including the Al Qaeda leader who became Syria’s president and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who “murdered an American journalist.”

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson defended Trump on Sunday night, saying he “has already delivered on many of the promises he was elected to enact.” Greene told Stahl she has “zero plans, zero desire to run for president” and stated, “I am America First” instead of calling herself “MAGA.” Republicans have mixed reactions about her departure from Congress.