WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration 鈥渁bsolutely鈥� mishandled the communications surrounding the
During a lengthy podcast interview with Joe Rogan released Wednesday, Vance pointed largely to former Attorney General Pam Bondi, who infamously stated that an alleged 鈥渃lient list鈥� of Epstein鈥檚 was 鈥渟itting on my desk right now.鈥�
In addition to those comments, the Justice Department under Bondi had also offered conservative commentators and influencers binders that were called 鈥淭he Epstein files: Phase 1鈥� and 鈥淒eclassified.鈥�
鈥淚 know Pam. I like Pam. I don鈥檛 think there was anything malicious going on,鈥� Vance told Rogan. 鈥淚 think Pam was trying to respond to the political moment. I think she overstated what we had and what we didn鈥檛 have.鈥�
As a result, Vance said, Bondi was 鈥渞oasted鈥� publicly for it and led people to 鈥渕istrust鈥� the administration鈥檚 transparency efforts on the Epstein files.
鈥淲e absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files. Like, we just did,鈥� Vance said. 鈥淏ut do I think the reason we screwed up the comms is because we were trying to hide something? No.鈥�
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