The White House called The View hosts “Trump-deranged wackos” over their commentary on the Epstein files in an exclusive statement to Entertainment Weekly
On the Wednesday, Nov. 19 broadcast of The View, the co-hosts discussed the developments around the potential release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
The View co-hosts have previously been critical of President Donald Trump
The White House called The View hosts “Trump-deranged wackos” over their discussion of the Epstein files.
On the Wednesday, Nov. 19 broadcast of the popular talk show, co-hosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, former White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin, political strategist Ana Navarro and Joy Behar discussed the potential release of files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg was absent for the episode.
The View cast have previously been critical of President Donald Trump.
At the top of the episode, Behar, 83, noted that “it was a very busy and shockingly productive day in Washington” as the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill ordering the release of the Epstein files in a 427-1 vote, which was then unanimously approved by the Senate.
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The co-hosts spoke on the topic for an extended period, with Haines, 48, expressing that the release of the files “might be the thing that breaks” Trump after some members of the Republican Party, including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, have spoken out against him on the subject.
Griffin, meanwhile, noted that “the American public was ahead of where Congress was” regarding the Epstein files, “and forced them to do the right thing.” Later, Hostin, 57, discussed the severity of the files, saying, “These are the files from a child predator and a child predator ring. If we can’t be bipartisan on that, what can we be bipartisan on?”
Following the broadcast, the White House released a statement to Entertainment Weekly, calling the co-hosts “Trump-deranged wackos” in response to their commentary.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, per EW, that the co-hosts of “The View should start asking their Democrat friends — like Stacey Plaskett and Hakeem Jeffries — why they were soliciting money and sending dinner invites to Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was a convicted sex offender.”
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Jackson’s comments are seemingly in reference to House Minority Leader Jeffries’ name being said to have appeared in a 2013 fundraising email sent to Epstein. Jeffries, per Newsweek, has no recollection of the email and has “never met” Epstein.
Del. Plaskett made headlines for having exchanged texts with Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing. Her spokesperson told CNN earlier this month that she “received texts from staff, constituents and the public at large offering advice, support and in some cases partisan vitriol, including from Epstein,” adding that Plaskett “welcomes information that helps her get at the truth and took on the GOP that was trying to bury the truth.”
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Jackson further wrote in the statement to EW: “What does The View have to say about that?”
Trump said on Wednesday, Nov. 19, that he’s signed legislation ordering the release of the Epstein files.
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“I have just signed the bill to release the Epstein files,” he wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post, adding, “This latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have!”
The legislation calls on the Justice Department to publish “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in DOJ’s possession that relate to the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein,” according to an official House summary.
