From Fox News: “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin has appeared to change her tone on releasing files related to deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein amid outrage over the Trump administration’s declaration that there is no client list.
Hostin and her fellow co-hosts discussed the furor from the right on Monday, calling for the release of the supposed list and more information in general about Epstein’s case. That put Hostin on the side of some of the most right-wing elements of President Donald Trump’s base, who are angry that he’s sided with Attorney General Pam Bondi and derided his own supporters for being too invested in the dead man’s case.
Referring to Trump downplaying the controversy, she said, “So now he’s calling his supporters selfish, he’s trying to make this go away, yet in 2002, he told New York Magazine, ‘I have known Jeff for 15 years. He is a terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do and many of them are on the younger side.'”
“So he said that and then also what Pam Bondi didn’t release because it’s already been released. Trump’s name is on the passenger logs of Epstein’s aircraft at least seven times. That’s already been made public. I mean, of course, Trump is denying any and all allegations, but all of that information is out there. Why not just put it to rest and say, release the list?”
Hostin demanded that Maxwell testify about Epstein’s alleged list, a significant flip-flop from her stance from a year ago.
In January 2024, Hostin voiced position to any plot to repeat names released in the files.
“I was very concerned about some of the coverage that I’ve seen. People were dying for this information,” Hostin said on “The View” at the time, as reported on X.
“There was some sort of list that everybody thought would come out, and who’s on the list? Only some of the documents have been released, about 900 of them. They’ve been unsealed. The documents have identified numerous Epstein associates and figures mentioned in proceedings of the 2015 defamation lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell,” Hostin said in the clip.
“What’s important for us to note is we shouldn’t be repeating names that are on the list, because just because your name has – not on the list but in the documents – just because your name is on the documents doesn’t mean that you have done anything criminally irresponsible or illegal or civilly irresponsible,” Hostin cautioned, adding that “conspiracy theorists seem to not understand or enjoy facts.”
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