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Vance Admits Trump Team 'Screwed Up' Epstein Files Rollout. U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration "absolutely screwed up" its handling of communications surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files. Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience, Vance said the administration should have released all the files immediately but denied it was trying to hide information. Vance blamed confusion on former Attorney General Pam Bondi's public comments about a supposed Epstein client list and the release of documents already in the public domain. He said Bondi was responding to political pressure but had overstated what the administration possessed. Vance described himself as an "OG Epstein conspiracy theorist" and argued investigators missed the chance to uncover a broader conspiracy in 2007 and 2008. He speculated Epstein had connections to senior U.S. and Israeli intelligence figures but provided no evidence for those claims. Vance also defended President Donald Trump, saying he was not pressured into releasing the files and could have blocked congressional efforts if he had wanted to. The vice president acknowledged the administration mishandled the release, saying all the files should have been made public much sooner.
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