Tucker Carlson: Trump Ordered Epstein Files ‘Cover Up’

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Trump's former ally says the president sought to prevent the release of the Epstein files before Congress passed a law to publish them

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Donald Trump "directly" ordered his administration to "cover up" millions of documents stemming from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, according to the president's now-former ally Tucker Carlson.

The right-wing media commentator told Vanity Fair that he urged the president in the summer of 2025 to release all the documents connected to the wealthy and well-connected sex offender, who died in prison in 2019, but Trump was not convinced.

"My position from the beginning with Trump, I said it to Trump, was, I don't understand why you would ever keep any of this stuff secret.' And I got like a bunch of different answers," Carlson, a former Fox News star, told Vanity Fair's Chris Whipple.

"I don't feel any need to cover for Epstein. So I said, You shouldn't either.' In the end, it came from Trump directly," he added.

Pressed by Whipple on what exactly came "directly" from the president, Carlson replied: "The order to cover it up came from Trump."

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"I asked him why. And he gave me this long, very emotional explanation that this was all a plot against him, like Russiagate," he said."

In response to questions about the president's recollection of his conversation with Carlson about the Epstein files and whether Carlson was accurate, the White House directed The Independent to Trump's lengthy Truth Social post from April that called him, among others, "stupid," "NUT JOBS," "TROUBLEMAKERS," "Hand Flailing Fools" and "LOSERS."

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Of course, a Republican Led Senate Investigation of 'Russiagate' found that it was NOT a. 'hoax' at all, but involved interference in the Election by Russa.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-16 07:20 PM | Reply

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#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-16 07:22 PM | Reply