Transcript: Trump Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as MAGA Cracks Up
Sargent: So clearly, Pam Bondi is trying to insulate Trump a bit here while throwing Todd Blanche under the bus instead. But I think if anything, this is actually damning to Trump, because Bondi could have said, Trump didn’t really try to control what we released, he wanted us to put stuff out. And she didn’t say that.
Remember, Trump himself at one point, when the heat got very intense, tried to look as if he wanted the Epstein files out. He basically said, release them, I’m all for transparency. But now what Bondi said will only whet the appetite of Democrats more to find out about how Trump conspired to cover them up. Right?
Hemmer: Well, that’s what’s so interesting about what Democrats are reporting that she said, because on the one hand, it looks on its face like she’s trying to protect Trump, but actually she’s putting a target on him. I can’t talk about it. And the thing is, she was not under oath. She was supposed to be under oath for this conversation, but instead of being a deposition, it turned out to be a transcribed interview. And so she could have said anything in that moment.
