JD Vance has DISASTER interview on Epstein LIVE ON AIR

If J.D. Vance's intention today was to. not get himself and his boss into deeper. trouble as it relates to Epstein, he did. not accomplish that task. Here he was on. The View. >> What I disagree with is the idea that. the White House wasn't committed to full. transparency. We 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 we're seeing the. emails. By the way, again, sorry do I do. I 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 in these files. >> friends for about a 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 in to his pressure of not. signing. He brought Lauren Boebert into. the situation room to pressure her into. caving on not voting for that bill. >> So, let me respond to that. So,

>> true. >> Let me Let me respond to that. So, number one is yes, Donald Trump and he. said this, he knew Jeffrey Epstein back. in the 1980s. He also threw Jeffrey. Epstein out of his club when he found. out it was a creep and reported him to. the police. That's something that the. media often misses when it reports the. story. They tell the the fact that they. knew each other in the '80s, which the. president himself admits, they ignore. the fact that he narced on him to the. police and led ultimately to Jeffrey. Epstein's downfall. To that point, Anna, you know the Republican Party. >> downfall. >> Well, it's one of the things that led to. to law enforcement investigation. But,

on the point that you made, >> over a real estate deal that they hadn't. got into a fight over. >> But, the email says the email says. actually he. >> each other. Let's just be truthful and. transparent here. They didn't just know. each other. >> a lot of trouble. >> They were incredibly close friends. >> He reported him to the police. That's. what I'm saying. That is objective. [laughter] That is objectively true. But, Anna made Okay, but Anna made Anna. made another point that I I I I think I. I I would be if if I may cuz Anna made a. very important point. This question. about did Donald Trump release these. files only under duress from.

Republicans? And Anna, 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. This. because Republicans control the House. and the Senate, particularly the Senate, you need the Republican sign-off. What. the president did is look, I will 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's like, "Look, I threw the guy. out of my club. I am the guy who.

reported him to the police or one of the. people who reported to the police." The. president was frustrated about that, absolutely. But he eventually came to. say, "You know what? Let's just get. everything out there. Let's have this. out in the public." And he actually. called the senators. I was there. He. called the senators and said, "You know. what? Pass this bill, I'll sign it." And. that was it. >> Dear God, where do we even begin? First. of all, I appreciate how Vance is. serving as Donald Trump's little errand. boy, but it's embarrassing even for him. to go out there and suggest that Trump. hated Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein described.

himself as as Donald Trump's closest. friend for 10 years. Evidence of the. friendship includes flight logs showing. Trump flew on Epstein's plane eight. times between 1993 and 1997, and. numerous photographs and videos of the. pair at events like Mar-a-Lago parties. and Trump's 1993 wedding to Marla Maples. is included in that. Not to mention this. video right here. So, I totally. understand how Vance wants to try and. frame this as some hostile relationship, but you can either believe him or your. own eyes. Another point, Vance tries to.

give Trump all this credit for signing. the Epstein files Transparency Act. He. signed it because it would be political. suicide not to. There was only one. member of Congress in the entire. government who didn't sign on to that. legislation. It had a bipartisan fully. veto-proof majority. This wasn't Trump. leading on this issue. This was a. complete hostage situation that left him. no other choice but to sign it. And even. still, he tried every avenue he could to. avoid allowing the discharge petition to. advance. The guy literally summoned.

Lauren Boebert to this to the situation. room to pressure her into not signing. it. He sent his former personal criminal. defense attorney to chat with Ghislaine. Maxwell in prison in Florida, who then. claimed that Trump did nothing wrong. before she was rewarded sorry, before. she just so happened to be transferred. without explanation to a minimum. security prison in Texas. And on top of. all of that, there are still 3 million. files that haven't been released. It's. been over 6 months now, meaning not only.

was Trump dragged over the finish line. kicking and screaming, he still is. This. White House is violating the law in real. time while simultaneously running a. victory lap for their compliance. Just a. quick note here to say that if you. appreciate my work, which is and always. will be 100% free, a small ask is if you. could please pre-order my new book, The. Day After, which explores how Democrats. must finally wield power if they're. fortunate enough to get it back. I'll. also be on tour in DC, New York, and LA. mid-July. You can grab tickets to the. tour and you can pre-order the book at.

the same link, which I'll put on the. screen and in the post description of. this video. You can also find them at. briantylercohen.com/book. Again, I'll never paywall a single piece. of content, but this is the one time. that I'll ask for some support for a. book that I really think meets this. moment. Thanks so much. The reality is. no one has been able to explain away. this dichotomy between what Trump. promised on the campaign trail regarding. the Epstein files and his unwillingness. to deliver now, even when I myself have. tried to get Republicans to do so. Listen to this straight-up comedy where.

I asked two Republicans on air whether. Thomas Massie's ouster, his becoming. persona non grata in the GOP, had. anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein. >> I I think it's interesting that in in. none of the lead-up to to what you're. discussing now with Thomas Massie, did. anybody name the number one thing that. caused Donald Trump to push out Massie. in the first place? And that was his. support, Massie's support for the. Epstein files. That's why this is all. happening. That's why Donald Trump. turned on him, which is especially. ironic given the fact that Trump and all.

of his administration officials were. falling over themselves to demand the. release of the Epstein files when they. were just on the campaign. But as soon. as it became clear that Trump was. implicated in those files, that his name. was listed in those files God knows how. many times, then all of a sudden they wanted Massie. out. >> Uh Brian, we all know that President. Trump signed legislation to release. millions of Epstein documents, and he is. not. implicated criminally in any of this. >> and 1/2 million files that he refused to.

release. >> any of this. So for you to imply there. are crimes committed is completely. dishonest. Ashley, you know what? >> is then So then why don't they release. the other 3 and 1/2 million files? >> Trump went after Thomas Massie as Ashley. eloquently pointed out. But Ashley, please go ahead. >> Yeah, no. I was just going to say that. I mean, Massie's been a problem. for a long, long time. I mean, obviously. this is his eighth term. I mean, he. doesn't vote with us ever. So I. understand your talking point in regards. to the Epstein files on the Democrat. side, but that has nothing to do with. how bad of a Republican member he was. I.

just I. >> So neither one of you Neither one of you. think that the Epstein files had. anything to do with Trump turning on. Thomas Massie. >> No. Brian, Massie hasn't voted for any. of the Republican priorities. Not the. big, you know, bill, you know, big. beautiful bill. Not. >> But it's funny to me. You I I understand. I understand like everybody has to. pretend that the Epstein files on the. right has to pretend the Epstein files. are are not a thing anymore, but. everybody watching and everybody who's. going to see this on the internet is. going to know how clownish all of this. is that you are both pretending like the.

Epstein files had nothing to do with. this. When the people that Trump has. turned on, he's done as a direct result. of their of their support for the. Epstein files. >> been very clear over and over again for. months why he believed that Thomas. Massie was not the man for the job. The. person who replaced him is a former Navy. SEAL who is going to go in and vote for. the party, for the country, for the. president's agenda. When this is a. district that President Trump won by. 85%. So, I know that Democrats only. started to care about the Epstein files. when it was politically convenient for.

them. They had nothing to say about it. for 4 years under Joe Biden when he was. in charge of the DOJ. They were. releasing nothing. President Trump is. the one who decided to sign the. legislation to release these documents. And I find it quite interesting that. when I ask you who's who's the leader of. the Democratic Party when Barack Obama. and Kamala Harris got their butts kicked. tonight in Georgia and in other places. around the country losing that Supreme. Court case in Georgia, losing the. redistricting fight in Virginia, losing. the fight in Louisiana, losing the fight. all over the map, you want to change the. subject and talk about the Epstein files.

once again. They're in the process of redacting to. release all the files because we want to. make sure and I would hope you would. agree with this. I'm not going to allow a conversation. that's supposed to be about. about elections to be derailed by you to. talk about the Epstein files when you. don't want to talk about how the. Democrats lost tonight. They continue to. lose and don't tell me how many people. are losing to Donald Trump and Democrats. are losing to President Trump. He's He's.

a leader of the Democratic Party. I can't even tell me who's in charge of. the Democratic Party because Barack. Obama clearly isn't. He's losing. So, wait, what state are we talking about in. the Democratic Party? Barack Obama left office in 2017. I'm. going to cut your mic. Stop talking over. everybody. Nobody can hear you. No No. one can understand what you're saying. We'd like to have a conversation, not a. talking over each other. >> I mean, you know things are bad when I. find myself laughing on TV because of. just how absurd this performance art has.

become. But then Vance said something that I. think just gives the entire game away. >> [laughter]. >> Go on. And let's talk about the book. I'm here to sell books. Communion. Buy. my book, please. >> Eventually, we will, but. >> See, he doesn't want to talk about. Epstein. That stuff is yucky. That's no. fun. He doesn't want to be held to. account for what he says and what his. administration does. He wants to bypass. all of that. He'll run cover for Trump. and then demand that the topic be. changed because just like the Epstein. cover-up itself, these people have. everything to hide. And in fact, Vance.

himself is now directly implicated as. ranking member of the House Oversight. Committee Robert Garcia explains here. >> 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 some 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 who 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 we. win the majority, we're going to expect. these people are in front of our. committee actually answering these. questions. Look, J.D. 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 was 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 J.D. 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. >> So, it sure is interesting how in his. effort to cover for Trump, now he too is. in the hot seat. And yet, this is what.

happens when you hitch your wagon to a. career criminal and sexual predator like. the president. Eventually, everybody. involved goes down with the ship. Vance. is learning that in real time. Not sure. if that's going to help him sell any. books, but it certainly is garnering him. all kinds of attention. Before you go, I'm very excited to. announce that I've written a new book. titled The Day After: How to wield power. in a post-Trump world. The book explores. what is, in my opinion, the single most. important theme that we're dealing with. in politics today and moving forward,

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