SHOT: During an interview with the Daily Mail, when JD Vance was asked about the Epstein files, he said, “I think that it just shows there’s an incestuous nature to America’s elites, and it’s pretty gross.” 

CHASER: Vance’s friends continue to appear in the Epstein files, including numerous mentions and photographs of his boss, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and his longtime political benefactor, Peter Thiel. Department of Justice officials allegedly assembled a summary of “more than a dozen tips” received about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, some of which included “accusations of sexual abuse by Mr. Epstein and Mr. Trump.” Thiel and Musk, a former senior advisor to the president and major donor to Trump and Vance, also appear in the newest batch of the Epstein files.

It’s no wonder Trump is trying to move on from the Epstein saga. Just yesterday, Trump pleaded with Americans to let him off the hook, saying, “I think it’s time for the country to get on to something else now that nothing came out about me.” 

In response, DNC Rapid Response Director ⁨Kendall Witmer⁩ released the following statement: 

“Does JD Vance know that his boss, Donald Trump, and his political benefactor, Peter Thiel, are in the Epstein Files, trying to cozy up to Jeffrey Epstein? Vance is calling his boss and his biggest benefactor members of the ‘incestuous’ elite. We agree. If Vance had any backbone, he’d stop taking a paycheck from the same people he’s saying are ‘pretty gross.’”

Vance was also open to requiring longtime Trump associate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the disgraced former prince, to testify before Congress over his friendship with Epstein. In the most recent release of the Epstein files, more emails and photos reveal close and concerning ties between Epstein and the former prince. Trump and the disgraced prince have hung around each other for years, with Trump praising Mountbatten-Windsor as a “spectacular person” and “a lot of fun to be with.”