Vance admits to ‘The View’ to being ‘conspiracy theorist’ on Epstein
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday admitted to ABC’s “The View” to being a “conspiracy theorist” regarding late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
While appearing on “The View” to promote his new book“Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” released Tuesday, Vance was asked by the co-hosts about the New York Times article published last week detailing closed-door administration meetings on handling the spread of Epstein files discussing ties between the deceased financier and President Trump, The Hill reported.
“I am frankly kind of a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff, and that story says that,” Vance told the show’s co-hosts. “That’s one of the things that’s true, is that some people called me a conspiracy theorist on the Epstein stuff.”
One of the hosts pointed out that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said Vance was a conspiracy theorist, which he confirmed.
“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 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,” Vance said, CNN reported.
“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 added.
Vance appeared “panicked” by the situation, according to the Times’s report.
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin said she applauded Vance for pushing for the Epstein files to be publicly released.
Co-host Ana Navarro questioned Vance on Trump’s friendship with Epstein and how the president only released the Justice Department’s files “under duress” after some Republicans pushed for the documents to be released.
Vance defended Trump, pointing to his signing of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that prompted the release of the files, and saying that emails showed Epstein “hated” 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,” Vance said.
He added that Trump was “frustrated” with the Democrats making the Epstein files all about him.
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Exploring Documented Records
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