What To Know
- Actor Alan Ritchson publicly criticized former President Donald Trump, implying he should go to jail over the Jeffrey Epstein files.
- The White House responded by emphasizing Trump’s cooperation with investigations and release of documents.
- No court has exonerated Trump in relation to Epstein, and the Department of Justice has stated that the Epstein files contain unsubstantiated claims against him.
After Reacher star Alan Ritchson implied that President Donald Trump should go to jail over the files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the White House is going on defense.
“Just as President Trump has said, he’s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein. And by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein’s victims than anyone before him,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. “Meanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender.”
In response to that statement, Deadline notes no court has exonerated Trump from the Epstein case. Trump has denied wrongdoing in relation to the case, and the Department of Justice said the Epstein files contain “untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump,” according to BBC News.
Ritchson made his comments on Thursday’s episode of Happy Sad Confused With Josh Horowitz.
“People, I think, are a little bit afraid of me because they’re like, ‘He’s a loose cannon.’ And I’m not. I’m just saying the s*** that everybody should say if they give a s*** about humanity, you know?” he said. “And why am I the exception to the rule? Bitch, everybody else speak up. You are all feeling the same thing, you idiots. Like, get loud and stop like kowtowing to the wrong people. Stop bowing down to people that like have power. You got power, too, man — the power in numbers. Dude, you know what happened if like everybody felt like me?”
The actor mentioned a recent interview with Armchair Expert, during which Dax Shepard told him to “let go of some of that stuff.”
“And I’m like, ‘Let go’? I was like, everybody else should have it. Everybody else should feel like I feel … like, all mad about the way things are and the abuses that are happening. The Epstein files. The f***ing Epstein files. G** damn it. Where are they? It’s a f***ing law, bitch. Show it, you f***ing pedophiles.”
He went on: “This is my f***ing politics, dude. I would f***ing railroad these f***ers. I would get those Epstein files out in two seconds. Yeah, dude. I two seconds. F***ing move out of the way. Like, get out of there. I don’t care what room they’re in, bitch. Move. Like, give me the f***ing manila envelope. I will get you the Epstein files. … Don’t you want to see what’s in there so that we can hold people accountable? These f***ing rapists. We’re just cool with it? That bitch has the keys to the nuclear. He’s, like, all up into 13-year-olds. Like, dude, what? Go to jail. Go to jail.”