Overview
- On July 24 the actor Alan Ritchson used the Happy Sad Confused podcast to demand release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and to call President Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist.”
- Ritchson said he could obtain the files quickly and accused unnamed protectors of being “pedophiles,” urging that powerful figures who appear in the materials should “go to jail.”
- The White House responded with a statement from spokeswoman Abigail Jackson saying the president has been “totally exonerated” on Epstein matters and pointing to public document releases and investigations as proof.
- Reporting and officials caution that the DOJ and FBI have released millions of pages but say many allegations in the files remain unproven and that mentions of public figures do not equal criminal findings or arrests.
- The episode was widely amplified across social and traditional media with outlets framing it through partisan lenses, escalating public debate over transparency for victims and the political use of the released materials.