‘Ya Been Took!’ CNN Star Taunts Trump Fans Over ‘Weapons-Grade Stupid’ Epstein Shutdown

CNN political commentator Van Jones taunted Trump fans over President Donald Trump’s “weapons-grade stupid” attempt to shut down interest in the so-called “Epstein Files.”

After years of Trumpworld encouraging many a conspiracy theory about deceased rape criminal Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump Justice Department dropped a bombless bomb last week when they claimed there actually was no client list. The backlash was fiercest from Trump’s base, and escalated to demands for Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi’s firing and rumors about  FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino resigning in protest.

On Monday night’s edition of CNN’s OutFront, anchor Erin Burnett and CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton agreed with Van’s assessment that it’s “weapons-grade stupid to believe that there’s nothing here,” and trolled MAGA fans who are upset at Trump:

LARA TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP’S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: There needs to be more transparency on this, and I think that that will happen. I mean, look, I don’t know what truly exists there, but I know that this is something that’s important to the president as well. He’s going to want to set things right as well.

So, I believe that there will probably be more coming on this. And I believe anything that they are able to release that doesn’t, you know, damage any witnesses or anyone underage or anything like that. I believe they’ll probably try to get out sooner rather than later.

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SINGLETON: She’s right.

JONES: She’s wrong. She should go tell that to Bondi, because that —

(CROSSTALK)

BURNETT: But then they could have just put it out. I mean, I know Shermichael’s not defending their decision, but I mean, they had a decision.

SINGLETON: Of course not. I don’t agree with this at all.

BURNETT: Of course. No, know, but I mean, if they’re sitting on your desk and there’s nothing interesting, have ’em.

SINGLETON: No, we need to know. And maybe this is complicated. I have no clue. But what I do know is, at a minimum, even if you’re afraid of damaging unfairly individuals who may have taken a flight like some celebrities to go do some great work. I understand not wanting to cause unnecessary harm, but let’s investigate.

BURNETT: I mean, we know President Trump and President Clinton, for everyone seeing those images together, they’ve been accused of no wrongdoing, right? And they — and Trump is president, right. You couldn’t damage —

SINGLETON: You could, but you could investigate —

JONES: But hold on a second. SINGLETON: — and then file charges.

BURNETT: Yeah.

JONES: What you’re saying is, is reasonable and it makes sense. And they could just say that. They could say, listen, we have the stuff. We’re concerned about reputational damage and were going to be prudent. They’re saying there’s nothing here.

SINGLETON: Yeah. No one believes that. Nobody.

JONES: Hold on a second now.

BURNETT: There’s something there.

JONES: You would have to be weapons-grade stupid to believe that there’s nothing here. But that’s what they’re saying.

So, again, MAGA, you’ve been took! You’ve been hoodwinked. You’ve been had. And you’re welcome to come over here, where at least we honor and acknowledge we make mistakes.

SINGLETON: I don’t know about that, but I think there are good people like Loomer and Bannon and others who are not going to leave this alone. They’re going to keep putting pressure on Pam Bondi.

The American people need to know the survivors of this. They need to have justice.

BURNETT: Yes.

SINGLETON: They need to.

BURNETT: Well, I mean —

JONES: We all agree, except for the attorney general.

BURNETT: Right, and you’re talking about underage girls, these people whose lives have been damaged from this.

SINGLETON: Absolutely. What kind of society doesn’t protect innocent women. These are children.

JONES: I believe your attorney general disagrees with you, sir.

SINGLETON: Well —

BURNETT: All right. Well, thank you both very much, Van. Thank you for the term weapons grade stupid. A new —

SINGLETON: That’s a new one, right?

BURNETT: A new term for the English lexicon.

Watch above via CNN’s OutFront.