Conservative's Epstein claim leaves puzzled CNN host scratching her head
August 13, 2025
CNN's Kate Bolduan was left scratching her head in puzzlement after a conservative panelist declared the Jeffrey Epstein scandal had passed out of the public consciousness.
President Donald Trump has been trying to shift the narrative after his long-standing ties to the late sex offender were pushed back into the spotlight when his Justice Department announced that no new information about his alleged crimes would be released, as multiple administration officials had promised, but conservative pundit Scott Jennings insisted the matter had been put to rest.
"I don't have any problem with them following the facts where they go here," Jennings said. "I mean, the polling on this, this is a political analysis, is pretty clear: Nobody cares. This is like the least important thing to the American people, and that includes Republicans, too."
Bolduan asked why Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) were planning to bring survivors of abuse by Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell to a news conference on Capitol Hill when Congress returns from recess Sept. 3, and Rep. Paulina Luna (R-FL) called on former prosecutor Alex Acosta to testify about the plea deal he reached with the disgraced financier.
"Well, I mean, there have been questions about this, and so if you want to talk to folks, I don't know," Jennings said. "I don't know why anybody would be mad about that but, at the same time, I think we shouldn't mistake this for something other than a Washington story, because out in the country, this is not a big deal for the American people."
Bolduan was caught off guard, and she stammered out a protest that it was actually more than a Washington story, but Jennings pressed on.
"That is not what our or any other polling says," he said.
Bolduan was left scratching her head by his comment, and she questioned the polls' methodology.
"If yes, maybe when you ask a voter what their top issue is, it's not going to be the Jeffrey Epstein saga, but, you know, that lawmakers have said this is the top call they're getting into their congressional office," Bolduan said. "They are hearing this when they go home. I asked [Rep. Robert Garcia], the top Democrat on oversight, who was on with me last night about this, and he says Democrats are ready to stand with Congresswoman Paulina Luna if she continues with this move."
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