Overview
- Cameron Kasky, a Parkland survivor and gun-control activist, said on a CNN panel that he wished President Trump were more transparent about “the human sex trafficking network that he was a part of.”
- Republican strategist Scott Jennings immediately objected, and host John Berman said he would fact-check and noted Trump has never been charged in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The next day, Kasky posted an apology on X retracting the statement and writing that he “said that by accident and didn’t mean it.”
- Raw Story described the retraction as sarcastic in tone, while conservative outlets labeled the original remark defamatory and raised the prospect of legal risk.
- Reports again referenced previously documented social ties between Trump and Epstein, while emphasizing there are no criminal charges against Trump connected to Epstein.