Tucker Carlson can barely contain his joy as guest plunges the knife into Kash Patel
Tucker Carlson slammed several key Trump administration insiders as he and a former CIA contractor laid into FBI Director Kash Patel's handling of the 'Epstein files.'
The former Fox News host broke ranks on his latest podcast alongside Shawn Ryan as they both shared their frustration over what they called a lack of transparency in the White House's bungled release of files related to the sex trafficker.
Fury over the Justice Department missing self-imposed deadlines to release the Epstein files has escalated as Patel and Deputy FBI director Dan Bongino recently declared that Epstein killed himself in jail because they had 'seen the whole file.'
On Carlson's podcast, he and Ryan agreed that the apparent U-turn by top FBI officials once they got into office was evidence that 'the system is rigged.'
'No matter who gets elected, you get the same foreign policy, you get the same economic policy, and the Epstein videos remain secret,' Carlson said.
'That just shows you, our system [of democracy] has no effect on the actual system.'
Ryan then joked that 'we can all sleep well at night knowing that Epstein legitimately killed himself,' to which Carlson sarcastically replied: 'You weren't convinced by that?'
Carlson erupted in laughter as he shared his shock over the Trump administration's handling of the controversy, asking: 'What was that?'
The host said he 'loves Dan Bongino' and called him a 'friend,' but nonetheless mocked his appearance with Patel last week to state that Epstein committed suicide.
Epstein's death in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 has long been a point of contention for the public as questions remain over how the convicted pedophile and sex trafficker was allowed to die before he faced justice.
The billionaire was known for his intimate connections to high-ranking officials and business leaders, which Ryan said adds to the mystery because 'nobody has been charged' for being one of his clients.
'How do you charge a guy with sex trafficking when there's no end users that have been charged?' he questioned.
'Who did he traffic to? If that's where the trail starts, where does it end?'
Seemingly alluding to Patel's reluctance to release the files now that he is in office, Ryan added that he believes 'there is a lot more going on than the majority of people know about.'
The pair also took aim at another Trump insider, Sebastian Gorka, who Ryan said 'has no idea what he's doing.'
Both Carlson and Ryan ripped the social media antics of Gorka, who has served as the Senior Director of Counterterrorism in the Trump White House.
'If it makes you feel better, Gorka is not taken seriously by anybody, including by his wife,' Carlson said.
'I think his job literally is just to sit on the internet and send fiery replies to people on X - I mean, I don't think he actually has a job.'
Ryan joked that this made Gorka 'actually the perfect guy for the job.'
Carlson's condemnation of the handling of the 'Epstein files' comes as other conservatives have criticized the White House's attempts at transparency.
In the lead-up to the 2024 election, leading figures such as Patel pledged to uncover the 'truth' behind Epstein's death and his shadowy sex-trafficking ring.
But the first release of the files in February was blasted for failing to live up to the hype.
Attorney General Pam Bondi promised 'a lot of names, a lot of information,' but the documents were found to have largely already been circulating the public and they contained no 'bombshells.'
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