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3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Hannity Downplays Musk vs. Trump by Asking if Bill Clinton Is in the Epstein Files
Sean Hannity weighed in on Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's rather dramatic Thursday by downplaying the former's Epstein List accusations against the latter — all while questioning if former President Bill Clinton might be on said list as well. 'We begin tonight with a flurry of activity today at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. And yes, let not your heart be troubled, I will address the battle between President Trump and Elon Musk. I know it's of such great international importance,' he said, rolling his eyes, atop his Fox News show. 'It got personal, Elon Musk claiming, 'Oh, Trump is in the Epstein files. That's the real reason they have not been made public.' Well, it's been well-known that Donald Trump said that Elon was angry over Trump's decision to end the electric vehicle mandate. I can certainly understand why Elon, you know, wants that in the One Big, Beautiful Bill, pretty obvious, pretty apparent, understandable difference,' Hannity said. 'And on the Epstein issue, wasn't it Donald Trump who booted Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago nearly 20 years ago because he was one of the first people to realize just how horrible Epstein really was? And by all accounts, he was kicked out because of his treatment of young women.' 'Now, Democrats and the media — I'm just thinking out loud here, I'm just wondering, putting two and two together — I truly wonder, if our old friend Bill Clinton, 'How you doin'? Good to talk to you?' You know he had a relationship with Epstein, that's been reported on. Is Bill Clinton in those files also?' he then asked. 'I can't say for sure, I haven't seen them, but if I was a betting man, I know where I'd put my money. Now if by some chance that Bill Clinton is in there, I wonder if he kicked Epstein out of his life as publicly as Donald Trump did? I guess if Donald Trump felt that Epstein had something on him, he probably wouldn't have kicked him out of his club. Inquiring minds, I think, they'll want to know that.' In the end, like fellow Fox News talent Laura Ingraham, Hannity thinks this feud will all blow over sooner or later. 'I interviewed them together,' he recalled. 'The first thing I said to them, and talked about, and asked them, 'You do know that the media mob — the legacy media mob desperately wants to tear you guys apart and for you two to fight and to get a divorce?' And now the media mob is particularly elated.' 'Let's be very blunt here: Big deal. It's an online public spat between two very powerful men over what is, really, a policy difference. It got personal and still despite all about bad blood, I'm going to make a bold prediction — I could be wrong — I think that Donald Trump and Elon Musk, they'll work it out eventually, they'll become friends again,' Hannity concluded. 'These are two very talented individuals. Frankly, they don't need each other to be successful, but I do hope they work it out and set an example for the rest of the country.' It's worth noting that both Clinton and Trump had been photographed with Epstein prior to his death. The post Hannity Downplays Musk vs. Trump by Asking if Bill Clinton Is in the Epstein Files | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hannity Downplays Musk vs. Trump by Asking if Bill Clinton Is in the Epstein Files
Sean Hannity weighed in on Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's rather dramatic Thursday by downplaying the former's Epstein List accusations against the latter — all while questioning if former President Bill Clinton might be on said list as well. 'We begin tonight with a flurry of activity today at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. And yes, let not your heart be troubled, I will address the battle between President Trump and Elon Musk. I know it's of such great international importance,' he said, rolling his eyes, atop his Fox News show. 'It got personal, Elon Musk claiming, 'Oh, Trump is in the Epstein files. That's the real reason they have not been made public.' Well, it's been well-known that Donald Trump said that Elon was angry over Trump's decision to end the electric vehicle mandate. I can certainly understand why Elon, you know, wants that in the One Big, Beautiful Bill, pretty obvious, pretty apparent, understandable difference,' Hannity said. 'And on the Epstein issue, wasn't it Donald Trump who booted Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago nearly 20 years ago because he was one of the first people to realize just how horrible Epstein really was? And by all accounts, he was kicked out because of his treatment of young women.' 'Now, Democrats and the media — I'm just thinking out loud here, I'm just wondering, putting two and two together — I truly wonder, if our old friend Bill Clinton, 'How you doin'? Good to talk to you?' You know he had a relationship with Epstein, that's been reported on. Is Bill Clinton in those files also?' he then asked. 'I can't say for sure, I haven't seen them, but if I was a betting man, I know where I'd put my money. Now if by some chance that Bill Clinton is in there, I wonder if he kicked Epstein out of his life as publicly as Donald Trump did? I guess if Donald Trump felt that Epstein had something on him, he probably wouldn't have kicked him out of his club. Inquiring minds, I think, they'll want to know that.' In the end, like fellow Fox News talent Laura Ingraham, Hannity thinks this feud will all blow over sooner or later. 'I interviewed them together,' he recalled. 'The first thing I said to them, and talked about, and asked them, 'You do know that the media mob — the legacy media mob desperately wants to tear you guys apart and for you two to fight and to get a divorce?' And now the media mob is particularly elated.' 'Let's be very blunt here: Big deal. It's an online public spat between two very powerful men over what is, really, a policy difference. It got personal and still despite all about bad blood, I'm going to make a bold prediction — I could be wrong — I think that Donald Trump and Elon Musk, they'll work it out eventually, they'll become friends again,' Hannity concluded. 'These are two very talented individuals. Frankly, they don't need each other to be successful, but I do hope they work it out and set an example for the rest of the country.' It's worth noting that both Clinton and Trump had been photographed with Epstein prior to his death. The post Hannity Downplays Musk vs. Trump by Asking if Bill Clinton Is in the Epstein Files | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Elon Musk accuses rival billionaire of trying to ‘destroy' Trump to stop ‘Epstein List' from coming out
Elon Musk made wild accusations about 'known clients' of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein during an appearance on Joe Rogan's right-wing podcast, claiming former President Bill Clinton, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman were all worried about being named in the so-called 'Epstein List.' Additionally, the world's richest man and Donald Trump's 'first buddy' claimed Hoffman was 'so intent on destroying Trump' during the 2024 presidential election, specifically to keep the 'list from coming out.' Musk taped his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, which was released on Friday afternoon, just after Attorney General Pam Bondi released the 'first phase' of the 'Epstein files' to a cadre of MAGA influencers on Thursday. Despite hyping the release of the supposedly secret FBI documents as a bombshell, the binders Bondi delivered to Trump supporters turned out to contain very little new information about Epstein's criminal cases. Instead, the roughly 200 pages of documents mainly consisted of flight logs on Epstein's planes and some contact information of his hundreds of associates, including Donald Trump, as well as an inventory of some of the items found in the homes that the FBI raided. What wasn't included, though, was any fresh allegations about Epstein or any other associates, prompting the MAGA faithful to rage about the lack of new evidence while alleging a 'Deep State' conspiracy. Sensing the anger from the right, who have long used the Epstein case to fuel other conspiracy theories, Bondi instructed New York's FBI field office to turn over 'all records, documents, audio and video recordings, and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein and his clients, regardless of how such information was obtained' by Friday morning. Midway through their three-hour-long chat, Rogan cited the criminal cases against Trump as part of a Democratic-led 'lawfare' campaign to prevent him from running for office again. Musk, meanwhile, noted that Hoffman helped back columnist E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump, which found the president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. 'That lawsuit was funded by Reid Hoffman, who is a major Dem donor and also an Epstein client,' the DOGE chief alleged. 'The plot thickens!' Rogan responded. 'Jesus Christ, it's just so blatant. It's like so obvious. The SpaceX lawsuit, the Trump stuff, it's just so obvious.' With the conspiracy-peddling podcaster setting the stage, Musk then accused Hoffman of trying to keep Trump from returning to the White House in order to prevent FBI evidence against Epstein and possibly others from being made public. 'Known Epstein clients who are obviously extremely powerful – powerful politically and very wealthy – are Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Reid Hoffman,' Musk alleged. 'And some others, too. But those three.' While a stunned-looking Rogan let out an exasperated sigh, Musk added: 'Why was Reid Hoffman so intent on destroying Trump?' After Rogan asked if 'they were worried about the list coming out,' the X (formerly Twitter) owner flatly replied: 'Yeah.' The two would go on to express their frustration about 'sitting in the situation where the list isn't coming out,' with Rogan complaining that Thursday's document dump had 'nothing in it that's new.' Musk, on the other hand, reiterated that Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are now the 'captain of a ship with a hostile crew,' suggesting that they are the victims of a coverup by career officials working for them. This isn't the first time that Musk has pushed baseless claims about Hoffman as it relates to his relationship with Epstein. During an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in October, the SpaceX CEO said Hoffman was one of the 'billionaires behind Kamala' Harris who were 'terrified' over the prospect of Epstein's client list becoming public. Additionally, Musk approvingly retweeted a post that claimed the billionaire was 'TERRIFIED about Trump releasing the Epstein client list after all his visits to Epstein Island.' In an interview with The Sunday Times in December, Hoffman said Musk had made a 'conviction with no evidence' that he had a close relationship with Epstein and partied with the disgraced financier – who committed suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial over sex crimes. Hoffman added that he also had received threats of violence and had to hire security due to Musk's conspiracy theories about him. Hoffman said in 2019 that he regretted helping to 'repair' Epstein's reputation by introducing him to tech moguls in prior years while he sought donations to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He claimed that Epstein had passed MIT's 'vetting process' at the time, adding: 'My lesson is I should go do my own research.' At the same time, Hoffman claimed that he 'went to no Epstein parties' and wasn't really familiar with the financier's sullied reputation at the time. Adding that he didn't associate with Epstein after 2015, he speculated that Musk's sordid claims about him were 'seeded when he invited his old friend to an MIT fundraising dinner that was also attended by Epstein in 2015.' 'Elon's defamation makes me angry and sad,' he told the Times. 'Angry because it is an ugly assault. Sad because it comes from someone whose entrepreneurial achievements I continue to admire.'
The Independent
01-03-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Elon Musk accuses rival billionaire of trying to ‘destroy' Trump to stop ‘Epstein List' from coming out
Elon Musk made wild accusations about 'known clients' of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein during an appearance on Joe Rogan's right-wing podcast, claiming former President Bill Clinton, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman were all worried about being named in the so-called 'Epstein List.' Additionally, the world's richest man and Donald Trump's 'first buddy' claimed Hoffman was 'so intent on destroying Trump' during the 2024 presidential election, specifically to keep the 'list from coming out.' Musk taped his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, which was released on Friday afternoon, just after Attorney General Pam Bondi released the 'first phase' of the 'Epstein files' to a cadre of MAGA influencers on Thursday. Despite hyping the release of the supposedly secret FBI documents as a bombshell, the binders Bondi delivered to Trump supporters turned out to contain very little new information about Epstein's criminal cases. Instead, the roughly 200 pages of documents mainly consisted of flight logs on Epstein's planes and some contact information of his hundreds of associates, including Donald Trump, as well as an inventory of some of the items found in the homes that the FBI raided. What wasn't included, though, was any fresh allegations about Epstein or any other associates, prompting the MAGA faithful to rage about the lack of new evidence while alleging a 'Deep State' conspiracy. Sensing the anger from the right, who have long used the Epstein case to fuel other conspiracy theories, Bondi instructed New York's FBI field office to turn over 'all records, documents, audio and video recordings, and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein and his clients, regardless of how such information was obtained' by Friday morning. Midway through their three-hour-long chat, Rogan cited the criminal cases against Trump as part of a Democratic-led 'lawfare' campaign to prevent him from running for office again. Musk, meanwhile, noted that Hoffman helped back columnist E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump, which found the president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. 'That lawsuit was funded by Reid Hoffman, who is a major Dem donor and also an Epstein client,' the DOGE chief alleged. 'The plot thickens!' Rogan responded. 'Jesus Christ, it's just so blatant. It's like so obvious. The SpaceX lawsuit, the Trump stuff, it's just so obvious.' With the conspiracy-peddling podcaster setting the stage, Musk then accused Hoffman of trying to keep Trump from returning to the White House in order to prevent FBI evidence against Epstein and possibly others from being made public. 'Known Epstein clients who are obviously extremely powerful – powerful politically and very wealthy – are Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Reid Hoffman,' Musk alleged. 'And some others, too. But those three.' While a stunned-looking Rogan let out an exasperated sigh, Musk added: 'Why was Reid Hoffman so intent on destroying Trump?' After Rogan asked if 'they were worried about the list coming out,' the X (formerly Twitter) owner flatly replied: 'Yeah.' The two would go on to express their frustration about 'sitting in the situation where the list isn't coming out,' with Rogan complaining that Thursday's document dump had 'nothing in it that's new.' Musk, on the other hand, reiterated that Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are now the 'captain of a ship with a hostile crew,' suggesting that they are the victims of a coverup by career officials working for them. This isn't the first time that Musk has pushed baseless claims about Hoffman as it relates to his relationship with Epstein. During an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in October, the SpaceX CEO said Hoffman was one of the 'billionaires behind Kamala' Harris who were 'terrified' over the prospect of Epstein's client list becoming public. Additionally, Musk approvingly retweeted a post that claimed the billionaire was 'TERRIFIED about Trump releasing the Epstein client list after all his visits to Epstein Island.' In an interview with The Sunday Times in December, Hoffman said Musk had made a 'conviction with no evidence' that he had a close relationship with Epstein and partied with the disgraced financier – who committed suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial over sex crimes. Hoffman added that he also had received threats of violence and had to hire security due to Musk's conspiracy theories about him. Hoffman said in 2019 that he regretted helping to 'repair' Epstein's reputation by introducing him to tech moguls in prior years while he sought donations to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He claimed that Epstein had passed MIT's 'vetting process' at the time, adding: 'My lesson is I should go do my own research.' At the same time, Hoffman claimed that he 'went to no Epstein parties' and wasn't really familiar with the financier's sullied reputation at the time. Adding that he didn't associate with Epstein after 2015, he speculated that Musk's sordid claims about him were 'seeded when he invited his old friend to an MIT fundraising dinner that was also attended by Epstein in 2015.' 'Elon's defamation makes me angry and sad,' he told the Times. 'Angry because it is an ugly assault. Sad because it comes from someone whose entrepreneurial achievements I continue to admire.'
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
MAGA Republicans Lash Out as Trump Delays Release of Epstein Files
The Trump administration's plan to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears to have been nothing more than a poorly disguised public relations scheme that has the MAGA fringe infuriated. On Thursday, a cadre of MAGA influencers—DC Draino's Rogan O'Handley, Libs of TikTok's Chaya Raichik, Liz Wheeler, and Mike Cernovich—marched out of the White House smiling and waving glossy white binders labeled 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1.' But Attorney General Pam Bondi had promised to release to the public both Epstein's flight logs and the names of people tied to the disgraced financier on Thursday. That still hasn't happened—infuriating MAGA Republicans in Congress. 'I nor the task force were given or reviewed the Epstein documents being released today.… A NY Post story just revealed that the documents will simply be Epstein's phonebook,' MAGA Representative Anna Paulina Luna noted on X. 'THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a complete disappointment. GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!' '1) If the Epstein files are out, where do we find them? (2) What's the difference between 'phase 1' and 'phase 2'?' asked Senator Mike Lee. 'Will the Epstein files tell us whether he killed himself?' he asked later. 'THERE ARE NO EPSTEIN FILES!!!' MAGA talking head Laura Loomer raged on X. 'THE BINDERS ARE PROPS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE RIGHT WING PAID INFLUENCERS LIED TO ALL OF YOU TODAY! THEY ENGAGED IN DECEPTION TO RUN COVER FOR PEDOPHILES!!! THEY POSTED SELFIES WITH PROP BINDERS! LIARS AND DECEIVERS.' Epstein raped an untold number of young girls for years on his private island and killed himself in his jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking of minors. The 'Epstein files' are something of a white whale for the QAnon wing of MAGA, as they believe that their release would reveal the villainous liberal cabal that secretly coordinates international child sex trafficking. Many in the conspiracy community believe that Epstein's death—and the botched release of this list—is part of a greater 'deep state' cover-up. 'Skip to the end: The celebrities that your Facebook uncle says are on the Epstein List are not in any of the documents, and the story becomes 'the deep state purged the documents,'' wrote Semafor's David Wiegel. By Thursday afternoon, Bondi claimed the FBI refused to hand over 'thousands of pages' on the Epstein files and the real drop will happen on Friday, February 28.
