{"id":2613181,"date":"2026-06-10T19:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-pushed-for-maximum-transparency-during-epstein-files-fallout\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:44:43","slug":"vance-pushed-for-maximum-transparency-during-epstein-files-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-pushed-for-maximum-transparency-during-epstein-files-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance pushed for &#8216;maximum transparency&#8217; during Epstein files fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-pushed-for-maximum-transparency-during-epstein-files-fallout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new book excerpt says Vice President JD Vance and President Donald trump\u2019s inner circle clashed over how to respond to fallout from the jeffrey Epstein case in 2025. Vance pushed for \u201cmaximum transparency,\u201d including releasing government materials and even debated additional, unverified claims.Trump\u2019s team-especially chief of staff Susie Wiles-preferred a different approach and rejected ideas like having Tucker Carlson interview Epstein\u2019s longtime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, in prison to help clear Trump\u2019s name. Ultimately, the White House backed releasing grand jury materials, while relations inside the administration deteriorated, including tensions involving Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI leadership. The excerpt also portrays Trump as largely wanting to avoid releasing anything tied to Epstein and attempting to suppress damaging coverage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> and President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> core team had deep disagreements over how to handle fallout from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> case last year, according to a new book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance wanted \u201cmaximum transparency\u201d regarding releasing a multitude of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-declassifies-government-files-on-jfk-rfk-and-mlk-assassinations-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump declassifies government files on JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations - Washington Examiner\">government files related<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-navy-seals-raid-bill-gates-ranch-in-wyoming\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Navy SEALs Raid Bill Gates\u2019 Ranch In Wyoming?\">deceased convicted sex offender<\/a> when the case blew up in the summer of 2025, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/10\/magazine\/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html\">according to<\/a> an excerpt of the book<em> Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump<\/em>, written by <em>New York Times <\/em>reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4603251\/vance-trump-inner-circle-epstein-fallout\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance and Trump inner circle butted heads over potential Tucker Carlson interview during Epstein fallout: Book excerpt<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4603115\/trump-us-100-million-barrels-oil-strait-hormuz\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says US has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-and-trump-butted-heads-over-epstein-crisis-response-book-excerpt\/\" title=\"Vance and Trump butted heads over ... crisis response: ...\">moved 100 million barrels<\/a> of oil through Strait of Hormuz<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602697\/trump-us-attack-iran-very-hard\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says the US will be attacking Iran \u2018very hard\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, Trump and those in his inner circle, particularly chief of staff Susie Wiles, reportedly favored a different approach. In one of the most revealing inside looks at the disagreement, Vance\u2019s suggestion that media personality Tucker Carlson interview Epstein\u2019s ex-girlfriend in an effort to clear Trump\u2019s name was shot down by the rest of the group, the authors wrote. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVance had also floated to colleagues an extraordinary P.R. gambit \u2014 that the White House enlist Tucker Carlson to interview Epstein\u2019s longtime girlfriend and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, in prison,\u201d the book reads, describing an encounter between top officials during a Situation Room meeting on July 17. \u201cIt might help the president if Maxwell was willing to state that Trump had not been part of any wrongdoing with Epstein.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, the White House called for the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-appeals-order-forcing-release-of-grand-jury-materials-in-comey-case\/\" title=\"DOJ appeals order forcing release of grand jury materials in Comey ...\">grand jury materials related<\/a> to the case. Wiles told the group she would discuss the matter with Trump and ask whether he would post on Truth Social calling for the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sealed grand jury documents<\/a>, according to the book. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his bid to get more information released, Vance even urged the team at a later meeting to release an uncorroborated and secondhand claim made nearly a decade earlier, about Trump aggressively flicking and sucking a young woman\u2019s nipples until they \u201clooked incredibly painful,\u201d prompting Wiles to swiftly shut down the idea, the authors wrote. One official later said it was \u201csurreal\u201d to be debating the nipple accusation in the White House Situation Room, according to the excerpt. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWiles would tell others that the vice president had proved himself to be a major conspiracy theorist,\u201d the authors wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reporters wrote that amid the disagreements, the White House was derailed by months of paralysis over how to handle the Epstein case, as then-Attorney General Pam Bondi became embroiled in controversy over her handling of the affair. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrump made clear to his aides that he had no interest in releasing anything related to Epstein. He snapped at anyone who raised the issue, and his staff mostly learned to avoid the subject in front of him,\u201d the journalists wrote. \u201cAs <em>The Wall Street Journal <\/em>prepared a damaging article about his relationship with Epstein, the president tried to kill it. He called News Corp.\u2019s chief executive; its owner, Rupert Murdoch; and the paper\u2019s editor in chief, Emma Tucker. The president, practically shouting as he threatened to sue, told Tucker, who is British, that she must \u2018hate America.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4595785\/5-takeaways-bondi-tova-noel-transcripts-epstein-final-days\/\"><strong>FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM BONDI AND TOVA NOEL TRANSCRIPTS: NEW CLUES ON CO-CONSPIRATORS AND EPSTEIN\u2019S FINAL DAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debacle caused a meltdown in relations among top administration officials, particularly between Bondi and the FBI\u2019s senior leadership \u2014 Kash Patel and Dan Bongino \u2014 according to the excerpt. Bongino even worried that the Epstein affair would become \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s Iran-Contra,\u201d a reference to the infamous scandal that plagued Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, the excerpt said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBlondie f***** this whole thing up,\u201d Bongino warned, referring to Bondi. \u201cShe was the one on TV saying over and over they had all this stuff. There was never anything. We were always clear about that. But now everyone thinks we did something wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance pushed for maximum transparency on Epstein files; Trump\u2019s team disagreed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2613182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2232102056.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51209,35138,81171,36160,35343],"class_list":["post-2613181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-epstein-files","tag-j-d-vance","tag-maximum-transparency","tag-political-controversy","tag-u-s-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2232102056.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613185,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613181\/revisions\/2613185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}