Jake Tapper Dumbfounded by Trump’s Epstein Files Claim: ‘One of the Most Bizarre Conspiracy Theories I’ve Ever Heard’

CNN’s Jake Tapper isn’t remotely buying President Donald Trump’s claim that files relating to Jeffrey Epstein were doctored in an attempt to implicate Trump, a former friend of the deceased sex trafficker.

Trump’s Department of Justice is declining to release additional files regarding Epstein after the president was told he was in them. The president denies wrongdoing.

On Monday’s edition of The Lead, Tapper spoke with former Preet Bharara, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and asked if Bharara’s office fielded any accusations against Epstein.

“Not across my desk, no,” Bharara replied before noting the firing of former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who worked on the federal case against Epstein in New York. Attorney General Pam Bondi terminated Comey this month for unspecified reasons shortly after Bondi claimed that Epstein did not have the long-rumored client list she once alleged he had.

“By the way, the other thing we don’t have transparency about, relatedly, that I meant to mention earlier, is why on Earth Maurene Comey, who is one of the people in this whole long drawn out saga who actually had something to do with affirmatively bringing Jeffrey Epstein to justice, why she was fired,” Bharara said.  “So there’s a lot still to learn.”

Tapper responded by pointing to baseless allegations from Trump, who suggested Democrats had “put things in” the Epstein files to falsely implicate him.

“Yeah, there’s also this madness, this accusation.” Tapper responded. “Like, ‘Oh, there might be people who are Trump haters might’ve put stuff in the Epstein documents… to make it look bad for him.’ This is one of the most bizarre conspiracy theories I’ve ever heard. The idea that they would do this and then just walk away instead of–”

“Not act on it,” Bharara interjected.

“Yeah, like do it in 2016 or do it in 2020 when they’re trying to, or 2024 when they’re trying to defeat Donald Trump,” the host responded. “But then just put it there and hope somebody finds it.”

Watch above via CNN.