Joe Rogan has shocked listeners with a scathing rant about the Epstein files, and he put President Donald Trump’s team firmly in the firing line.
The podcast host is known for not watering down his opinions, and his newest rant is no exception on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.
Previously a staunch Trump supporter, he was sharing his fury about the handling of the files by the current administration and was quick to point out what he feels is a key contradiction in all of this.
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a prison cell in New York in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges, and many conspiracy theories have surrounded his death ever since, with rumours of a damning client list.
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Rogan ranted: “They've got videotape and all of a sudden they don’t.”
“Like, what? Why'd they say there was thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible s**t? Why’d they say that?” he accused.
Speaking about Trump’s Attorney General, he queried: “Didn't Pam Bondi say that?”
Earlier this year, Bondi told journalists that the FBI was reviewing ‘tens of thousands of videos’ that she alleged featured Epstein ‘with children, or child porn’.
Her comments came weeks before the Department of Justice and the FBI shared a memo, which the BBC reported as saying there was ‘no incriminating client list’ after all.
This is despite her claiming on Fox News back in February that the document was ‘sitting on my desk right now to review’.
Bondi later backtracked and said she meant ‘a file’ about Epstein, rather than a client list.
Rogan accused Trump of trying to distract people from the Epstein files: “Just bomb Iran and everybody forgets. Everybody forgets about it,”
In response to criticism of Bondi, Trump rushed to her defence and asked what was happening with his high-profile supporters: “What's going on with my 'boys' and, in some cases, ‘gals'?
“They're all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We're on one Team, MAGA, and I don't like what's happening.
“We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and 'selfish people' are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein.”
Rogan’s rant is the latest criticism aimed at the president after he attacked the ICE raids on a recent episode, calling them ‘insane’.
“There’s two things that are insane: one is the targeting of migrant workers. Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers,” he fumed.
“Just construction workers. Showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?”
According to the NY Post, The Department of Homeland Security responded to Rogan’s criticism of the ICE raids, with a spokesperson insisting ‘an overwhelming majority’ of those arrested had prior criminal convictions.
Speaking at the White House last week, Trump revealed his frustration about the media focus on Epstein, as he replied to a reporter’s question with "Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy's been talked about for years.”
“Still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable," he criticised.
Topics: Joe Rogan, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, Politics, US News, Podcast
Jen Thomas