Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) came full swing at President Donald Trump Saturday, claiming the president is lying to cover up his involvement in convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein’s case.
“He’s lying to cover up his prior lies and then lying again. Now he doesn’t even know truth from fiction, and so look, he’s caught it red handed,” Newsom told popular left-wing influencer Brian Tyler Cohen in an interview that aired Saturday. “He’s in the files. We know it, period, full stop.”
Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have received major backlash in the past few weeks over their handling of Epstein’s files after hyping them up, then failing to release more information. Many of those outraged are the president’s own supporters, who are beginning to turn on him over the issue.
Meanwhile, news outlets have been resurfacing old videos, photos and documents that suggest a close friendship between the president and Epstein.
“His biggest supporters may have been the difference in the election, and he turned on them. He has zero loyalty,” Newsom said.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Bondi informed Trump in May that his name was in the files related to Epstein’s case.
“He’s part of this cover up, and he has confused even the most ardent observers here. I mean, you can’t — the guy’s a pretzel on this issue. Every hour, he contradicts a statement,” Newsom told Cohen.
This week, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, now Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, met with Epstein’s co-conspirator and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
The president told reporters that pardoning Maxwell is not something he has thought about, but noted that he is “allowed to do it.”
Gavin Newsom called President Donald Trump "unmoored" amid his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Getty Images
“This is sick stuff. This is sick,” Newsom said. “I mean, if you’re a conspiracy theorist, I mean, they’re going to turn me into one. Why the hell are we even talking to her? What, a pardon for what? No, seriously, for what?”
He added that Trump has seemed increasingly “unmoored” as speculation grows about his past relationship with Epstein.
“He’s lost a step,” Newsom said. “This is not the same Trump 1.0. This is, something’s off, increasingly off, and he’s getting, he’s unmoored in ways even by Trump’s standards I haven’t seen. I don’t want to overstate this moment, but you can’t understate. This is something, something ain’t right, as they say.”
“It reminds me of a punch drunk boxer. He’s just wildly flailing. He’s flailing. He’s just zigging and zagging. He’s desperate,” Newsom said. “He’s trying anything, trying to chum the waters, and it’s not working. And normally it works for him. It’s not working right now.”
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The governor told Cohen that Trump is “going to have to do a lot more than he’s done in the past to be able to dig his way out of this.”
Great_Standard3441 on July 27th, 2025 at 19:36 UTC »
Stress is really bad for dementia. Especially when you have been known to rape children.
Natoochtoniket on July 27th, 2025 at 19:29 UTC »
Child rape is an extremely serious offense. Many jurisdictions have no statute of limitations.
Accessory after the fact involves providing assistance to the offender after the crime has been committed, with the intent to help them avoid apprehension, trial, or punishment. Accessory is a separate criminal act, even when it is done many years after the primary offense.
Everyone who is helping to cover up Trump's criminal conduct is acting as an accessory.
It is no longer just about Trump. The Republican party organization is now involved in the crime. Everyone who is helping to hide the evidence, has joined in the crime.
Prior_Coyote_4376 on July 27th, 2025 at 19:28 UTC »
End the Epstein Recess.
Release the Epstein Files.