Nov. 13, 2025

Trump calls Epstein emails a 'hoax'

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Patrick Gutfield unpacks the latest political circus: Donald Trump's Truth Social meltdown over newly released Epstein emails. The president's response? Classic deflection - calling the potentially explosive documents a "hoax" and demanding everyone look at the government shutdown instead.

We're breaking down the emails that suggest Trump might have known more about Jeffrey Epstein than he's letting on, while he's frantically waving the shutdown flag like a magician trying to distract the audience.

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Callaroga Shark media from Washington, d C. Where you should

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check your out box. This is ballot. I don't even

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have a joke for this one. Let's hit this. I'm

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Patrick Gutfield and House Democrats just unleashed a treasure trove

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of Jeffrey Epstein emails that rid like a thriller screenplay

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written by a cynical comedy writer. Let's break down the

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absolute bonkers details. Epstein's emails are basically a how to

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guide for political scandal. In one message, he flat out

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states that Donald Trump knew about the girls, which is

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lawyers speak for this is going to be a very

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uncomfortable conversation. We're talking about emails that suggest a very

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senior political official who likes to sue people spent hours

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at Epstein's house with one of his victims. Hours, not minutes,

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not a quick hello. Hours And I am definitely not

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talking about Trump here, definitely not. The White House response,

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pure political gymnastics. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt basically said Trump

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kicked Epstein out of his club for being a creep,

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which is like getting kicked out of a piracy convention

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for stealing too much. But here's where it gets really wild.

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These emails aren't just old news, They're from critical periods

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after Epstein's two thousand and eight plea deal, during Trump's

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rise to political stardom. One email to Michael Wolfe is

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particularly juicy, where Epstein claims Trump asked Guse Lenn Maxwell

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to stop something. Stop what Well, that's the million dollar question.

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Republicans are frantically trying to discredit the narrative, releasing unredacted

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emails that identify Virginia Jeffrey. Her own previous statements are

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now being weaponized. She said she never saw Trump participating

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an abuse, but not seeing something isn't exactly a ringing

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endorsement of innocence. The timeline is a political mind. Trump

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and Epstein were buddies in the nineties and early two thousands.

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They split time between New York and Palm Beach. They

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knew each other well enough that Epstein was strategizing about

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how Trump might answer media questions about their relationship. And

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let's talk about the context. This is happening while the

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government is shut down, while a new representative is being seated,

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while investigations are ongoing. It's like a political soap opera

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where every character is more morally questionable than the last.

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What's most fascinating how these emails raise more questions than answers.

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How close were Trump and Epstein? What exactly did Trump know?

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Why are these emails being released now? Trump's response to

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these potentially explosive Epstein emails classic Trump playbook. It's a hoax.

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And by the way, let's talk about the government shut down.

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Trump's basically saying, Hey, look over there, except there is

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the government shut down, and everyone's still looking at these

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emails that suggest he might have known more about Jeffrey

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Epstein than he's letting on. The President's calling this the

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Epstein hoax, which is a bold move for someone who's

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been named in multiple emails discussing his relationship with a

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convicted sex offender. It's like calling a parking ticket of

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vehicular conspiracy and the kickers. He's telling Republicans to focus

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on opening up our country, which sounds like a motivational

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poster written by someone who's never worked in government, because apparently,

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complex legal and ethical questions can just be wished away

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by pure patriotic willpower. This is peak political misdirection. When

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in doubt, blame the Democrats mention the shutdown and hope

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nobody looks too closely at the actual documents. Andrew Cuomo

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just turned his election night party into a scene that

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would make a Hollywood publicist cringe. Picture this moments after

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getting at absolutely demolished in the mayoral race, he's photographed

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full on making out with his lawyer, Rita Glavin. And

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not just a friendly congratulatory peck. We're talking full on

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head grabbing, cheek kissing action. This is the same lawyer

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who defended him against sexual harassment claims, the same lawyer

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who was paid five million, six hundred and eighty thousand

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dollars of taxpayer money to basically argue that Cuomo's hands

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were more innocent than a toddler in a cookie jar.

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Let's recap the greatest hits of Cuomo's legal defense. He

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fought thirteen different women's accusations, spent twenty million dollars in

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taxpayer funds, and even tried to access one accuser's gynecological records.

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And now he's celebrating his mayoral election defeat by making

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out with his lawyer in front of photographers. It's like

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a political rom com written by someone who definitely failed

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screenwriting class only in New York, folks only in New York.

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President Trump announced on social media Sunday that he's planning

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to give every American a two thousand dollars tariff dividend,

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excluding high income people. He helpfully added in parentheses, as

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if that clears everything up. People that are against tariffs

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are fools, Trump wrote, deploying his signature use of random capitalization.

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We are now the richest most respected country in the world,

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with almost no inflation and a record stock market price.

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Four oh one k's are highest ever. A dividend of

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at least two thousand dollars a person, not including high

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income people, will be paid to everyone. The message didn't

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specify who would qualify, how it would work, or when

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this might happen, just that it's happening definitely two thousand

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dollars from tariffs any day now. Two thousand dollars might

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not be enough to distract everyone from the Epstein files.

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Maybe I'm wrong, but I do think we're about to

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find out. Portions of today's show were made with the

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help of Ai