Back in late November of 2025, Fox News Channel hosts Jesse Watters and Jessica Tarlov totally got into it in a severe spat over what influence in the political process that Jeffrey Epstein had via donations he made, with Watters scorching Tarlov and proving Democrats lying. The internet raged against her in the aftermath, arguing that she should be fired.
As background, President Trump moved to green-light the release of the Epstein files, and even the early release of less sensitive information has quickly started exposing certain Democrats involved in the matter, particularly Democrats like Schumer to whom the infamous financier contributed, and Del. Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands, a woke Democrat who was even texting him during a hearing.
Democrats, however, despite having pushed for the files to be released, have generally gone quiet on the matter in the wake of so many of their own being exposed. Others, like Tarlov, insisted that both parties are responsible and thus the whole thing is a nothingburger.
Such is what she tried claiming in the November 20 spat with Dana Perrino noting that Democrats didn’t pursue any of the Epstein matter when they were in power for the whole four years of the Biden presidency, saying, “They’ve had four years they didn’t pursue any of this.”
Tarlov responded angrily to that, snapping back, “Because of the open investigation.” Watters snapped, “Sure,” and that set Tarlov off. Responding, she snapped back at him and insisted, “Okay, well, that’s what Trump’s going to use now, by the way.”
Setting her off yet further, Watters then snapped back, “All your predictions are wrong.” She tried claiming, in response, “That’s not true” but Watters was prepared, telling her, “It is.” He then took the opportunity to expose that Tarlov’s party was lying about Republican ties to Epstein, particularly that Jasmine Crockett had made false claims.
Doing so, he noted that Crockett had totally lied about Republicans having Epstein ties, saying, “I’ll take it from here. My staff did the research that her staff did, and we did it in less than 25 minutes and Romney Bush, the NRCC, Win Red, no one took Epstein money. It checks out. She’s dumb. She knows her staff is dumb. That’s why she gave herself an out.”
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Continuing, and calling out the Democrats generally for their lies as he did so, Watters said, “So she lied. And only in politics can you lie and get away with it. Actually, the better liar you are, the farther you go. Look at Schiff. He lied about Trump, and now he got a promotion to a senator. Look at Newsome Clinton. All these. Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam. He never even been in the country, and he’s still in the Senate.”
Concluding, as Tarlov angrily tried interrupting him, Watters said, “So they had what they thought Trump Dead to Rights, and now everyone’s collateral damage. Stacy from the not so Virgin Islands. You have Hakeem soliciting cash and dinner invitations. You have Crockett now, and Summers, and there’s going to be more.” Watch the incident here:
The exchange sparked considerable uproar against Tarlov on X, with commenters one post about the exchange leaving messages like “Watching Jessica Tarlov is like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard” and “🤣🤣🤣 She has to go!” Others said things like “This was glorious! Go Jesse!” and “Way to go Jesse!! Only the left can get away with such ignorance and outlandish lies!! VOTE those LOSERS OUT!!🇺🇸🇺🇸”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video