During an Oval Office meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on November 18, 2025, President Trump fought back against ABC News reporter Mary Bruce after she questioned delays in releasing Jeffrey Epstein files. Countering her biased line of questioning, Trump denied Epstein ties, claiming he banned the “sick pervert” from Mar-a-Lago years ago, and called the scrutiny a “Democrat hoax.”
Turning up the heat, he renewed threats to revoke ABC’s broadcast licenses via the FCC, citing “fake news,” and urged Chairman Brendan Carr to investigate the situation. Shortly after the interaction, Trump signed the bipartisan Epstein Transparency Act on November 19, mandating releases within 30 days.
Starting off, Mary Bruce, who works for ABC, asked Trump an unfair question. “Mr. President, why haven’t you ordered the full release of the Epstein files?” she said, before Trump interrupted, denying involvement and using facts to back up his assertion.
Beginning his answer, Trump said, “And I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. But I guess I turned out to be right. But you know, who does have Bill Clinton? Larry Summers, who ran Harvard, was with him every single night, every single weekend.”
Continuing his epic diatribe, Trump noted, “They lived together. They went to his island many times I never did. Andrew Weisman are here. All these guys were friends of his. You don’t even talk about those people. You just keep going on the Epstein files. And what the Epstein is is a Democrat hoax to try and get me not to be able to talk about the $21 trillion that I talked about today.”
In the comments under a video of the interaction posted to social media, conservatives rallied around the president. “He did throw him out before Epstein’s first arrest in 2008. It was actually 2007- he banned him from Maralago,” a comment pointed out. Agreeing, another said, “ABC pissed me off asking that inappropriate question for the Saudi Prince! I was embarrassed by this! She should be thrown out of WH press!”
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As we reported, other biased anti-Trump ideologues, such as Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) have tried to tied the President and his cabinet to the controversial billionare. Crockett sparked backlash during a House speech in which she defended Democrats’ ties to Epstein. For example, Del. Stacey Plaskett texted Epstein during a 2019 hearing, and received his donations.
Beginning her absurd comments, she alleged, “Folks who also took money from somebody named Jeffrey Epstein, as I had my team dig in very quickly: Mitt Romney, the NRCC, Lee Zeldin, George Bush, WinRed, McCain-Palin, Rick Lazio.”
Unknowingly setting herself up for embarrassment, she claimed, “I just want to be clear: If this is the standard that we’re gonna make, just know we are gonna expose it all. And just know that the FEC filings, they are available for everyone to review. This is absolutely ridiculous.”
Demolishing the woke rep, Lee Zeldin pointed out, “Yes, Crockett, a physician named Dr. Jeffrey Epstein (who is a totally different person than the other Jeffrey Epstein) donated to a prior campaign of mine. NO 👏 FREAKIN 👏 RELATION 👏 YOU 👏 GENIUS!!!””
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