JD Vance, the Vice President, made an appearance on The View today (June 16), and was grilled on the Epstein Files by the co-hosts.
One thing he did confirm: he is a conspiracy theoriest. This is something that Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, said about him in a viral article.
“I am frankly kind of a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff, and that story says that. That’s one of the things that’s true, is that some people called me a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff,” Vance said. “I love Susie, but absolutely, she thinks I’m a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff, because I think that it’s crazy that you have this guy who is clearly a sex predator who is hanging out with a lot of very wealthy and powerful people. Like that really bothered me.”
“I wanted to have full transparency,” he added. “What I disagree with is the idea that the White House wasn’t committed to full transparency. We need to remember, like, I was inside the room when some of these decisions were made.”
He also defended Trump.
“I do have to defend my boss, I know you guys don’t always appreciate this, but you know one of the things you see in the Epstein emails is that Jeffrey Epstein hated Donald Trump, and that Donald Trump literally reported Jeffrey Epstein to the police. That’s one of the things that came out,” he said.
Vance also said Trump was “frustrated” that some Democrats were linking him with Epstein.
Read the entire transcript of JD Vance talking about Jeffrey Epstein with The View co-hosts
SUNNY HOSTIN: Mr. Vice President, according to a new report from The New York Times, you were the leading voice behind the scenes to release the Epstein files. And we applaud you for that. And you warned top officials, including top DOJ officials at strategy meetings taking place inside the Situation Room, we understand there are tapes of those meetings, that this was a huge problem for the base. The report says you even floated having Tucker Carlson interview Ghislaine Maxwell to clear the president’s name. But you were rebuffed by your people. Why?
VANCE: I would say first of all, don’t believe everything that you read in any newspaper whether it’s a right-leaning paper or a left-leaning paper, because as you guys know-
HOSTIN: Is any of it true?
VANCE: Well, there are things that are true, things that are false, and things that are totally missing context.
HOSTIN: What part of it is true?
VANCE: Here’s what I’ll say: So, number one, I am frankly kind of a conspiracy theory on the Epstein stuff. And that story says that that’a one of the things that’s true is that some people called me a conspiracy theory on the Epstein stuff.
HOSTIN: Chief of Staff Susie Wiles calls you a conspiracy theorist.
VANCE: Now I love Susie, but absolutely. She thinks I’m a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff because I think that it’s crazy that you have this guy who is clearly a sex predator, who is hanging out with a lot of very wealthy and powerful people. That really bothered me. I don’t know what’s there, of course. Nobody knows exactly what happened unless you were there. But that really bothered me. And I wanted to have full transparency. But what I disagree with is the idea that the White House wasn’t committed to full transparency. You have to remember like I was inside the room when some of these decisions were made. The Epstein files Transparency Act, the one that the president signed, the one that led to all these files that you were seeing these emails… Sorry, Joy, I do have to defend my boss. I know you guys don’t always appreciate this. One of the things you see in the Epstein emails is that Epstein hated Donald Trump. And that Donald Trump literally reported Jeffrey Epstein to the police. That’s one of the things that came out of these files.
ANA NAVARRO: They were best friends for about decade. And remember, he signed that Transparency Act under duress when some Republican women, congresswomen like Lauren Boebert, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, did not give into his pressure of not signing. He brought Lauren Boebert into the Situation Room to pressure her into caving on not voting for that bill.
VANCE: So let me respond to that.
HOSTIN: That’s all true.
VANCE: Let me respond to that. Number one is, yes, Donald Trump said this. He knew Jeffrey Epstein in the 1980s. He threw Epstein out of his club when he found out he was a creep and reported him to the police. That’s something that the media often misses when it reports this story. They tell the fact they knew each other in the 80s, which the president himself admits. They ignore the fact that he narc’d on him to the police and led ultimately to Jeffrey Epstein’s downfall. To that point, Ana, you know the Republican party-
HOSTIN: I don’t know if that led to his downfall.
VANCE: Well, it’s one of the things that led to a law enforcement investigation.
NAVARRO: It was allegedly over a real estate deal they got into a fight over. Let’s be truthful and transparent. They didn’t just know each other. They didn’t just know each other. They were incredibly close friends.
JOY BEHAR: He’s in a lot of pictures
VANCE: He reported him to the police. That is objectively true. But Ana made another point. Whoopi, if I may, because Ana made an important point. This question about did Donald Trump release these files only under duress from Republicans? You know the Republican party probably better than I do. The idea that Donald Trump runs around afraid of Republican congressmen as opposed to the other way around, is kind of crazy. Because the Republicans control the house and senate, particularly the senate, you need the Republican sign-off. What the president did…I will say this. Again, I was in there in the meetings. He was very frustrated that the Democrats were making this about him when he is like, I threw the guy out of my club. I’m the guy who reported him to the police or one of the people who reported him to the police. The president was frustrated about that. Absolutely. But he eventually came to say, “You know what, let’s get everything out there. Let’s have this out in the public. He actually called the senators. I was there. He called the senators and said, “Pass this bill. I will sign it” and that was it. (via Mediaite)
By the way, find out who Susie Wiles said has an “alcoholic’s personality” in the White House.
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