{"id":2613413,"date":"2026-06-11T13:19:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khanna-blasts-bondi-and-vance-over-alleged-epstein-files-cover-up\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:19:20","slug":"khanna-blasts-bondi-and-vance-over-alleged-epstein-files-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khanna-blasts-bondi-and-vance-over-alleged-epstein-files-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanna blasts Bondi and Vance over alleged Epstein files cover-up"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fkhanna-blasts-bondi-and-vance-over-alleged-epstein-files-cover-up%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=2613413&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 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\">Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4600482\/ro-khanna-graham-platner-controversy-endorsement-2028\/\">Ro Khanna<\/a> (D-CA) blasted Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4603251\/vance-trump-inner-circle-epstein-fallout\/\">JD Vance<\/a> and former U.S. Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11687\">Pam Bondi <\/a>over <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4586926\/bondi-tells-lawmakers-she-didnt-lead-every-aspect-epstein-files-review\/\">alleged\u00a0cover-up<\/a> of Epstein files<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17582\">Epstein files<\/a> consist of more than <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4599386\/epstein-reading-room-trump-doj-documents\/\">3.5 million pages of records<\/a>, gathered by the FBI and the Department of Justice, as part of their investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The collection includes documents, flight logs, photographs, and emails.\u00a0<\/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\/justice\/4604880\/vance-boelter-pleads-guilty-assassinating-melissa-hortman\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Man charged with assassinating top Minnesota Democrat pleads guilty<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4604378\/doj-jamaican-woman-marriage-fraud-lying-disability-benefits\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ accuses Jamaican woman of committing marriage fraud and lying to boost disability benefits<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4604037\/judge-refuses-block-anti-weaponization-fund-lawfare\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge refuses to block anti-weaponization fund, but promises to act if Trump administration restarts plans<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s really a bombshell report. I mean, you have the president\u2019s attorney general sitting there in the Situation Room, talking about covering up the Epstein files, talking about whether they\u2019re gonna pardon Ghislaine Maxwell [a convicted accomplice of Epstein\u2019s], talking about how to deceive the American public to protect Donald Trump,\u201d Khanna said on MS Now\u2019s <em>The Last Word With Lawrence O\u2019Donnell<\/em> Thursday.\u00a0<\/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\">The fallout from the Epstein files sparked debate among top Trump administration officials, resulting in a series of tense <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3884637\/white-house-trump-officials-lauren-boebert-epstein-files\/\">Situation Room meetings<\/a> throughout the summer of 2025, although the files were released Dec. 19, 2025, by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\">Department of Justice<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4603251\/vance-trump-inner-circle-epstein-fallout\/\">reportedly<\/a> advocated transparency, while other aides, including chief of staff Susie Wiles, disagreed over how to handle unverified claims, revealing internal divisions as President Donald Trump worked to move past the controversy, calling it a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3791457\/trump-epstein-files-demand-democrat-hoax-victim-press-conference\/\">hoax<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had no idea about the lengths that Vance and Bondi and Blanche and Susie Wiles were going to, to cover all of this up,\u201d Khanna said.\u00a0<\/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\">Khanna sharply criticized Vance, noting that the vice president once had genuine populist instincts and said that since becoming Trump\u2019s second-in-command, Vance has abandoned his principles. \u201cI\u2019ve known JD Vance before he became Trump\u2019s minion, and Vance initially had some populist instincts,\u201d Khanna said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bondi and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance<\/a> were directing the cover up of sexual abuse detailed in the Epstein files from the situation room.<\/p>\n<p>I discussed with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lawrence?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lawrence<\/a> how his team was instrumental in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepThomasMassie<\/a> and my passing of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonathanvswan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonathanvswan<\/a> and\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6pS5db6e9R\">pic.twitter.com\/6pS5db6e9R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/2065057580875923663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4602837\/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-extramarital-affairs-leverage\/\">BILL GATES SAYS JEFFREY EPSTEIN TRIED TO USE EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS AS \u2018LEVERAGE\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/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\">\u201cHe was against wars, he initially was talking about bringing manufacturing home. He understood the Epstein issue; he understood that they needed to be released. What is sad is that he totally compromised his ideology,\u201d Khanna said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna also noted that Vance could have spoken up anytime about the files, saying, \u201cHe could have gone to Donald Trump and said, \u2018Release these files,\u2019 instead, he becomes a part of the orchestration of a cover-up, and it\u2019s really a tragedy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) blasted Vice President JD Vance and former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over an alleged\u00a0cover-up of Epstein files.\u00a0 The Epstein files consist of more than 3.5 million pages of records, gathered by the FBI and the Department of Justice, as part of their investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2613414,"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\/06\/AP19030671104577-e1781187996200.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP19030671104577-e1781187996200.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613413","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}