Overview

• Jessica Williams’s July 28 return to The Daily Show featured her critique of President Trump’s tactic of “throwing every Black person he can think of” in front of his pending Epstein scandal.
• She outlined Trump’s sequence of deflection: releasing Martin Luther King Jr. files, accusing Barack Obama of treason, then demanding the prosecution of Oprah and Beyoncé on Truth Social.
• Williams joked the president could next target celebrities from Michael Jordan to the fictional Urkel and warned her Emmy nomination might put her in his sights.
• Within hours, a White House spokesperson labeled Williams an “irrelevant D-list celebrity” in an email that downplayed her commentary.
• The administration still has not agreed to release sealed Epstein records, prolonging both legal scrutiny and satirical rebukes.