BOMBSHELL: Vance IMPLICATED in Epstein scandal with SHOCK update

I'm joined now by the ranking member of. the House Oversight Committee, Robert. Garcia. Congressman, we have some new. news here as it relates to Epstein and. J.D. Vance, the vice president, that. hasn't uh been in the spotlight before. Can you explain what that news is? >> Yeah, I mean, look, this is pretty. bombshell reporting. Um the New York. Times has obviously put out a pretty. significant report. We also hear there's. there's more to come about J.D. Vance. actually now being centered in this. Epstein scandal and cover-up. Uh we had. no idea that Vance had really been. involved in the past. He's made.

comments, but now we learn that J.D. Vance is basically hosting and leading. meetings in the Situation Room. about the Epstein investigation. Now, the Situation Room is used for national. security, for issues of war and peace, for major issues around the country. And. J.D. Vance, Susie Wiles, uh Kash Patel, Todd Blanche are having. these meetings about Epstein in the. actual Situation Room. And it's clear. from this reporting that they're talking. about ways of protecting Donald Trump.

So, it's very significant. It's the. first time Vance is now at the center of. this cover-up, directing, giving ideas, making suggestions like it's including. really bizarre ones. And so, we've said. we've got to talk to J.D. Vance and the. rest of the folks in that room. Why are. they playing cover-up for Donald Trump? >> In terms of getting J.D. Vance in front. of the House Oversight Committee, what. is the likelihood of that happening and. what action can and are you taking uh in. in service of that? >> Well, we just made the formal request to.

get J.D. Vance, to get um. Patel, uh Susie Wiles, some of the. communication staff, folks that were in. that room in front of the committee to. Comer. At the end of the day, it's. Comer's decision. Now, look, he may not. go along with this, but we can put the. pressure on. When we've put pressure on, we've heard from folks if they we forced. people to come in. And certainly when. the majority, we're going to expect. these people are in front of our. committee actually answering these. questions. Look, JD Vance made some wild. wild accusations as well as provided.

some crazy ideas. He suggested that. Tucker Carlson interview Ghislaine. Maxwell. He they're talking about how. they can maybe pardon what a pardon. would mean for Ghislaine Maxwell. How. can we get Ghislaine Maxwell to to say. that she had nothing to do with Donald. Trump or that Donald Trump would had. nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. This. is a cover-up that we are reading about. in real time. And now we know that JD. Vance and Susie Wiles have been in on. it. So they have a lot to answer for and. quite frankly they have a lot to answer. for to the survivors.

>> How can Republicans justify potentially. having wielded contempt powers for. Hillary Clinton to testify in front of. the House Oversight Committee as it. relates to the Epstein files, but not JD. Vance who is on record perpetuating the. cover-up? I mean, he seems a lot more. involved in this thing than Hillary. Clinton ever did and yet they were. willing to use whatever tools they had. at their disposal and whatever. punishments and accountability methods. they had at their disposal to make sure. that she appeared. So how do you justify. bringing in one but not the other?

>> You don't. I mean, the reality is is. that JD Vance has clearly now been a. playing a big role in this cover-up and. we just did we just found out about it. And the fact part of this is the fact. that they're having these meetings in. the situation. Why are they there? They clearly viewed. this as a massive security threat. To. who? To to Trump? To their administration? They know that in that room. it's very obviously there there is. technology in that room.

that really. ensures that folks don't find out what. they're talking about. And so it's it's. concerning that through the reporting. for the New York Times they're giving us. a snapshot, but I want to know how many. times did they meet in the situation. room? How many times with JD Vance. involved? The reporting talks about. certain instances, but they're clearly. if we're reading about some. there have to be a lot more. Right. And. so we we have I think J.D. Vance has a. lot to answer for and I hope he's asked. by by the press and the mainstream media.

of what the hell is he doing? And why is. he trying to play cover-up for Donald. Trump? What does actually J.D. Vance. know? Does he know what's in the files? Why haven't the rest of the files been. released? And these are all important. questions. >> If Democrats are able to take the. majority in Congress and you become. chairman of the Oversight Committee, what will that mean in terms of you. being able to wield your power to compel. the testimony of someone like J.D. Vance. given what given the questions we now. have? >> Look, I think that J.D. Vance.

first of all is clearly and we already. know that he's a liar and he he does. whatever Donald Trump wants him to do. That's been clear throughout this whole. administration. He refuses to ever stand. up to Donald Trump. And I think what. we're learning here is that he's a much. more central player in the Epstein. cover-up than we had ever thought. before. And so we're going to have to do. everything we can to compel him to. testify, to to push the media, get. public opinion. And I'll say, look, I I. was just looking at some reports and. polling that the Epstein investigation. and this broader kind of Epstein.

case is the single most bipartisan thing. in the country. And it's where Donald. Trump is actually the weakest. More. people care, Republicans care about this. and believe that Donald Trump is failing. at this than any other topic, more than. the economy, more than immigration, more. than anything else, Democrats as well. And so it's united the country. So if. J.D. Vance thinks he's just going to. walk around and we're going to allow him. to tell lies and not answer questions, he's mistaken. >> Have you gotten any sense from your. Republican colleagues whether there is. an.

I'm sure there's not an appetite to call. J.D. Vance in to testify, but an. openness, a willingness? Do you think. that those people could be pressured to. call J.D. Vance to testify? >> I think there are going to be some. Republicans, Tom Massie, Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert that might. be supportive of some of that type of. effort. But I think that JD Vance the bigger. question in the Republican Party broadly. speaking is he never been a part of this. investigation before and there was no. evidence linking him to any sort of the.

cover-up. But now it's clear he is not. only part of the cover-up, he's leading. cover-up meetings in the situation. We. can't get more serious than that. And so. he has a lot to answer for and I going. to encourage I've encouraged my my. congressional colleagues over the last. few days to stay on this. We've got to. hold JD Vance's feet to the fire here. He's the vice president of the United. States, second in line to the. presidency, and he's playing cover-up. for Donald Trump. It's got to end. >> You know, some of those colleagues that. you had mentioned, Nancy Mace is in her.

last term in the house. She obviously. lost her primary for South Carolina. governor. I believe came in fifth in. that primary. You have Thomas Massie also was ousted. thanks to help from Donald Trump. And so. given the fact that these people are are. kind of freed from the shackles of what. is expected of you if you want to remain. a member in good standing of Donald. Trump's Republican Party. Do you expect. that they'll be a little bit more. outspoken in terms of their support for. transparency on this issue?

>> I mean I do hope I I I do expect that. they will be. Obviously wait and see. But look at Marjorie Taylor Greene. I. mean I think that she's a good example. of someone that has kind of broken free. from. Donald Trump and you know very much has. a strong political opinion of which I. strongly disagree with. But overall. she's not in it anymore to please. President Trump, which is what she did. the entire time almost that she was in. Congress. And so I hope that Nancy Mace, I hope that Thomas Massie in these. months ahead continue to show some. courage and push on the Epstein files.

We need to get more answers. And we need. to now why the hell is Suzy Wiles so. obsessed also with the Epstein files and. she's directing all sorts of things. We're hearing from. Bongino who of course was at the FBI, uh saying some pretty crazy stuff. And. so, again, there's just more more to look. at, more to investigate. Another really. critical part of those in the reporting. was, you know, Pam Bondi liked to throw. Todd Blanche under the bus a lot in her. in her deposition, saying that somehow. he was in clearly in charge of.

everything. Obviously, Todd Blanche was. in these rooms, but so was Pam Bondi. Pam Bondi would attend these meetings. sometimes by phone. And so, this idea that Pam Bondi had no. idea what was going on, she certainly. never mentioned to us she was having. meeting meetings in the situation room. And so, I think it's very concerning. >> Especially because like, you know, this. is where the the operations took place. to take out Bin Laden and and Soleimani. and Al-Zawahiri and like and like to. equate those missions with the well, I.

guess what is now a mission to protect. Donald Trump from the Epstein files is. pretty telling in terms of what this. admin how important this administration. views this entire cover-up effort. Um, but you know, something that was also. striking in terms of Donald Trump going. after these people who dare speak out. against him as it relates to Epstein is. Donald Trump also decided to create a. new website as part of whitehouse.gov. and that was what he's calling a media. offenders list. There's a bunch of. content creators. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. Yes, it is it's something.

that I wear as a badge of honor. I'm I'm. one of the names of those content. creators who were included on that list. And so, I just wanted to get your. reaction to the fact that. you had a Republican Party. that predicated so much of its identity. on this idea that they are staunch. opponents of censorship and they're. going to be these champions for free. speech, now publishing an enemies list. of content creators, like YouTubers and. podcast hosts on whitehouse.gov. Just your reaction to the fact that this.

is where their priorities are. at the hands of a party that would beat. its chest as as being anti-censorship. >> These people are just a total joke. I. mean, they're they're a joke. They're. they weaponize the government. Um. It's It's It's crazy to be like both so. incompetent and so crazy about attacking. people at the same time. I mean, look, I. think. they have worked to destroy anyone that. opposes them. It's part of their. authoritarian playbook. They have gone. after, whether it's large.

companies like obviously CBS, and large. institutions to successful. new media channels, right? Like. yourself, other podcasters that are out. in this space. People I mean, you you. and others have these enormous audiences. in the digital space through YouTube and. so many other ways. And I think they're. intimidated by that. The right we've. allowed the right for so long to. dominate the digital space, to dominate. YouTube, to dominate so so the.

podcasting space. And it's just been in. the last, you know, few years. You look. about the whole time in the last 5. years, 3 years for us on on the. progressive front, we're actually making. some headway now. There's investments. that are happening. So, of course, Donald Trump is going to attack that. He's going to try to bring folks down. and intimidate. Cuz you know, you for as. you know, you have a. a great operation. There's also some. very some some smaller operations that. intimidation can have an impact. People. don't have the ability to to defend.

themselves often times or the resources. to to to fight Trump's Trump's. Department of Justice. >> Yeah, I I completely agree. I mean, the. whole point of this is to have a. chilling effect. Um what do you think. your Republican counterpart in the. Oversight Committee, James Comer, or Jim. Jordan, who chaired the the subcommittee. on the weaponization of government, what. do you think that those Republicans. would say if Joe Biden had created an. enemies list and published it on the. taxpayer-funded whitehouse.gov website? >> Insane. I mean, I can't believe that um.

they went after Joe Biden for, you know, using an using an auto pen. Uh. and that was the the their the thing. they're mad at or or they were mad that. he was old. Um I mean, Donald Trump is. literally stealing everyone's money and. giving it to himself and his family. They're going after journalists. They're. attacking the courts. They're stealing. um money. They're they're cutting real. estate deals. They're destroying the. White House, building cage matches in. front of it. I mean, it's. it's beyond. You know, they destroyed.

our relationships around the world. He is just the worst person to ever lead. our country by far and his. administration is and I I think we're. all just waiting for the day where we. can turn the page on Donald Trump. >> Well, look, I I know that I speak for a. lot of people watching in saying, first. off, thank you for the work that you're. doing and keeping these important issues. to hold Trump to account at the. forefront. And uh and second of all, um. you know, in terms of that work. starting, hopefully just a few months. from now you do become the chairman of. the House Oversight Committee and we can.

start digging into some of this stuff. that I think the American people have. very valid and legitimate questions. about. First and foremost on the Epstein. matter, but a whole raft of things that. you just mentioned, whether it's the. financial corruption, you know, these. these deals that Trump is engaged with, these vanity projects that he is that. he's doing right now, the fact that his. kids are involved in all of these. military endeavors and the list goes on. and on. So, again, you know, the work to. to begin holding this administration, this overtly corrupt administration. accountable, uh hopefully starts sooner. rather than later and I know that a lot.

of that is going to be in your. jurisdiction. So, with that said, uh. we'll leave it there. Congressman, I. appreciate your time. >> Thank you. >> [music].