Overview
- The House Oversight Committee released thousands of Epstein-related messages, including a 2018 email in which Mark Epstein wrote, “ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba.”
- In a NewsNation call with Chris Cuomo, Mark Epstein denied that “Bubba” referred to Bill Clinton, apologized to Clinton, and refused to discuss the email’s specifics, calling it a private exchange.
- Mark Epstein and his spokesperson said the reference was part of a humorous private conversation and identified “Bubba” as a private individual who is not a public figure.
- Stephen Colbert addressed the viral email in his monologue, noting that Mark Epstein debunked the Clinton theory and saying Trump’s name appears roughly 1,600 times in the released materials.
- President Trump posted that he would ask the Department of Justice to investigate Clinton, and Pam Bondi said she assigned U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead an inquiry.