{"id":2630761,"date":"2026-07-16T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-says-the-trump-administration-absolutely-screwed-up-the-release-of-the-epstein-files\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:07:16","slug":"jd-vance-says-the-trump-administration-absolutely-screwed-up-the-release-of-the-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-says-the-trump-administration-absolutely-screwed-up-the-release-of-the-epstein-files\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Says the Trump Administration &#8216;Absolutely Screwed Up&#8217; the Release of the Epstein Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fjd-vance-says-the-trump-administration-absolutely-screwed-up-the-release-of-the-epstein-files%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=2630761&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>The content features an embedded webpage discussing a recent admission by Vice President J.D. Vance regarding the mishandling of the Epstein files by the Trump administration. Vance acknowledged that the interaction surrounding the release was poorly managed,though he clarified that he did not believe anyone intentionally concealed details. The conversation covers various theories about Jeffrey EpsteinS activities,including potential blackmail,financial schemes,and international connections with Israeli and American intelligence agencies. Vance expressed suspicion that Epstein may have had ties to the &#8220;deep state&#8221; and suggested that evidence of his full activities was likely lost due to initial legal limitations. The discussion also touches on Epstein&#8217;s connections to both U.S. political parties and foreign entities. The Epstein files are publicly available online thanks to legislation promoting clarity. The webpage includes scripts for advertisements, a YouTube video of the interview, and a form for submitting corrections or feedback.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Someone on the inside finally admitted what many Americans have believed for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience\u201d podcast, uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday, Vice President J.D. Vance told host Joe Rogan that President Donald Trump\u2019s administration badly mishandled the release of files pertaining to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bail-fund-praised-by-kamala-harris-has-twice-freed-the-same-rioter-he-was-just-charged-again\/\" title=\"Bail Fund Praised By Kamala Harris Has Twice Freed The Same Rioter. He Was Just Charged Again.\">convicted sex offender<\/a> and suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein Files,\u201d Vance said. \u201cLike, we just did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice president made that admission in response to questioning from Rogan. Moments earlier, the host had suggested that perhaps people in or close to the administration whose names appeared in the files exercised too much influence over the president.<\/p>\n<p>After admitting failure in communications, Vance said he did not believe anyone in the administration deliberately concealed the truth.<\/p>\n<p>From there, the host and his guest engaged in a lengthy conversation about the Epstein saga.<\/p>\n<p>First, Vance conceded that former Attorney General Pam Bondi \u201coverstated\u201d what the administration had in its possession.<\/p>\n<p>After Rogan pressed him on Bondi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-accuses-fbi-lying-delivering-partial-epstein-files-sets-24-hour-deadline-delivery-complete-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catastrophic public relations gaffe<\/a> in February 2025, when she made a photo-op out of handing binders full of Epstein-related materials to a group of conservative influencers \u2014 binders that revealed almost nothing new \u2014 the vice president did not defend her.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Vance characterized the narrowness of the warrant that launched the original investigation in 2007 to 2008 as the case\u2019s \u201coriginal sin.\u201d Because of that, the vice president speculated, evidence of Epstein\u2019s likely nefarious activities since the 1980s simply disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other members of the administration, Vance proved willing to discuss the Epstein case at length. In fact, he characterized himself as a \u201cconspiracy theorist\u201d who had gone down the Epstein \u201crabbit holes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a story there,\u201d the vice president said, \u201cand I will go to my deathbed believing there\u2019s a story there. But I can\u2019t prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Vance offered various theories about Epstein\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged \u201cblackmail\u201d of rich and powerful people as one possibility. He also advanced a theory about Epstein using tax schemes to control clients. And, the vice president said, those same rich and powerful people might simply have failed to recognize Epstein for the \u201cscumbag\u201d he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people think he was Mossad,\u201d Rogan said, referring to the Israeli national intelligence agency.<\/p>\n<p>Vance acknowledged that Epstein may have had foreign or domestic \u201cdeep state\u201d ties, and possibly had both.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe clearly had connections to the highest levels of American intelligence,\u201d the vice president said. \u201cHe clearly had connections to the highest levels of Israeli intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance then observed that while Epstein maintained connections to both Republicans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-screamed-epstein-trump-suddenly-fall-silent-public-realizes-funded-epstein-pal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> in the United States, the convicted sex offender associated primarily with \u201celements of the Israeli deep state\u201d that the vice president characterized as \u201cleft of center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid all the speculation and the back-and-forth with Rogan, however, Vance again admitted what even friends of the administration have long lamented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people want to say we mishandled the Epstein release, guilty,\u201d the vice president said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vtxyvD58eDg?si=UUJMGxJZ4tDUbt6g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Readers may examine the available Epstein files for themselves. 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