Overview

• Bill O’Reilly repeatedly insisted that Epstein was convicted under the Biden administration before conceding he was wrong after multiple on-air corrections by Leland Vittert.
• Vittert emphasized that Epstein was arrested and died by suicide in August 2019 during President Trump’s tenure, making any Biden-era conviction impossible.
• The exchange has driven a wave of fact checks on cable news correcting false claims about who oversaw Epstein’s case.
• Congressional Republicans have blocked Democratic efforts to compel former Attorney General Pam Bondi to release remaining Epstein-related records.
• Trump’s supporters are split between those demanding disclosure of a purported client list and those urging the party to move past the controversy.