Joe Rogan blasts Trump administration over handling of Epstein files: 'Do you think we're babies?'

WASHINGTON, DC: Podcaster Joe Rogan, once a vocal supporter of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, is now joining a growing chorus of disillusioned conservatives who are openly questioning the Trump administration’s handling of the long-promised Jeffrey Epstein files.

On Friday’s episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, Rogan lashed out at FBI Director Kash Patel and President Trump for what he characterized as stonewalling and deception over critical materials tied to the late trafficker and convicted offender.

Epstein, a former associate of Trump, died in 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Joe Rogan rips Trump administration over Epstein files

“When Kash Patel was on here, and he was like, ‘There’s no, there’s nothing,’ and I was like, What are you talking about?” Rogan told his audience. “What are you talking about? It doesn’t make sense. Everyone knows it doesn’t make sense.” He added that he intentionally didn’t push back during the interview to let the public judge for themselves. “My thought was, ‘I’m just gonna put this out there and let the Internet do its work.’”

Rogan’s frustration has been brewing for weeks, particularly over Patel’s vague responses about missing surveillance footage from Epstein’s cell the night he allegedly took his own life.

“(Patel) is saying there’s no tapes, there’s no video. That doesn’t make any sense. Everyone knows it doesn’t make any sense,” Rogan said. “That film has a f*****g minute missing from it. Like, do you think we’re babies? What is this?”

Rogan, a known Trump ally who publicly backed his 2024 presidential bid, has been openly critical of how the administration managed the Epstein investigation.

Joe Rogan presses on Pam Bondi’s claim about FBI reviewing ‘tens of thousands of videos’

Attorney General Pam Bondi added to the confusion in May when she claimed the FBI was reviewing “tens of thousands of videos” involving Epstein and child exploitation. Yet since then, no substantial evidence or charges have been made public.

“Why’d they say there was thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible s**t?” Rogan asked. “Why’d they say that? Didn’t (Attorney General) Pam Bondi say that?”

At a recent White House cabinet meeting, Trump lost his temper when a reporter brought up the Epstein investigation. 

“Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” the president shot back. “This guy’s been talked about for years. I mean, I can’t believe you’re asking a question on Epstein at a time like this, where we’re having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas. It just seems like a desecration.”