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Joe Rogan criticizes DOJ for handling of Epstein files: 'They had videotapes and suddenly they don't.'
The host sarcastically suggested that bombing Iran served to distract attention from the revelations about Jeffrey Epstein.
Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan on Tuesday criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI for publicly retracting their earlier claims that they possessed a "client list" and incriminating videotapes linked to associates of Jeffrey Epstein.
During his latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the podcaster referred to Pam Bondi's statement in May that the FBI was reviewing "tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child pornography."
A month after that statement, Kash Patel appeared on Rogan's show and contradicted Bondi, saying the FBI was not in possession of any such evidence.
“Is there video from the island?” Rogan asked.
“Not of what you want,” Patel said.
“So this narrative might not be accurate, that there’s video of these guys doing this?” Rogan asked.
“Exactly,” Patel confirmed.
Rogan said on Tuesday: "They had videotapes and suddenly they don't."
"What do you mean, why are they saying there are thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible things, why did they say that, didn't Pam Bondi say that," Rogan added.
Rogan sarcastically suggested that bombing Iran served to distract attention from the revelations about the Epstein case: "Just bomb Iran and everybody forgets."
Bondi hinted in February that Epstein's alleged client list was in her office awaiting review, although she later clarified that there was a dossier of the investigation ready for review, not the alleged client list now at the center of the debate.
Donald Trump defends Bondi's work
For his part, the president on Tuesday defended Bondi amid calls for her to resign.
"The attorney general has handled it very well. She's really done a very good job, and I think when you see it, you'll understand," Trump told reporters at the White House.
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