J. D. Vance: “Who's the President who actually authorized the release of…”

“But I do find it's interesting that the Congressional Democrats are so focused on attacking the President of the United States. Who's the President who actually authorized the release of these [Epstein] files? It was Donald Trump. And they, you know, what really bothers me about this is that they take completely unsubstantiated attacks against the president, some of which are like, completely facially absurd.” (03:03–03:08)

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