Vance on Epstein Files

Vance says the Trump team bungled messaging around the Epstein files rollout.

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JD Vance's 'laughable' excuse for fumbling Epstein files chided by Dem: 'He clearly knew'

Vance says Trump administration ‘screwed up’ communications around Epstein files | CNN Politics

‘We screwed up the comms’: JD Vance admits errors over Epstein files release

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Vice President JD Vance said on The Joe Rogan Experience that the Trump administration “absolutely screwed up the comms” around the Jeffrey Epstein files and should have released the material immediately. Vance said the administration was not trying to conceal information, but acknowledged it mishandled the rollout after Joe Rogan pressed him on whether its transparency claims were a “performative display.” The Justice Department’s delays in releasing documents tied to the convicted sex offender had drawn bipartisan criticism and scrutiny of the White House’s handling of the case.

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JD Vance’s comments made clear that the Trump administration mishandled the Epstein files and turned its own transparency push into a self-inflicted political crisis. The claim that this was merely a communications problem does not hold up, because the episode showed officials knew the handling was flawed and were forced to admit it.