A CNN anchor slammed President Donald Trump's attempts to distract attention away from his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein saga.
CNN's Erin Burnett, host of the show "OutFront," made Trump's distraction efforts a key part of her opening monologue on Monday. Her comments come as the Trump administration continues throwing red meat to its base by announcing potential investigations into former President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Burnett reported that at least 10 Democrats are supporting a GOP-led effort to force a vote to release the Epstein files. However, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) appears to be stonewalling the effort. Johnson said Monday that a vote to release the files wouldn't happen until September at the earliest.
"That's a real kick the can down the road," Burnett said. "September is a long way away. I mean, it is only July."
Several MAGA lawmakers like Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) have called on the president to release the files, as he promised to do during his 2024 campaign.
However, Trump appears happy throwing new distractions at his base. Over the past week, he has threatened to pull support for an NFL football team stadium unless they changed their name; ordered the Department of Justice to release files related to the MLK Jr. assassination despite the objection of the King family, and made numerous posts on Truth Social about seemingly innocuous topics like the University of Idaho killings.
"It's like throwing spaghetti at a wall," Burnett commented.
