Trump's own tactic used against him after Fox News edits comments on Epstein

A Democrat on the House Oversight Committee demanded answers from Fox News after the network edited President Donald Trump's remarks related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), ranking member of the committee, accused Fox News of "omitting key qualifiers in Trump's response to a question about whether he would release Epstein-related documents," according to CNN.

In the June 2024 interview, host Rachel Campos-Duffy asked Trump if he would declassify the Epstein files.

"Yeah, yeah, I would," Trump replied before the broadcast cut the answer short.

The president's complete response suggested there was "phony stuff" in the case files.

"Yeah, yeah, I would. I guess I would. I think that less so because, you don't know, you don't want to affect people's lives if it's phony stuff in there, because it's a lot of phony stuff with that whole world," he said.

In a statement to CNN, Fox News denied "selective editing" of the interview.

Following the 2024 election, Trump used a similar tactic by suing CBS News for allegedly editing an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. The network eventually settled with Trump for at least $16 million.