Jon Stewart has addressed the brand new Epstein recordsdata launched final Friday, which revealed extra info on the investigation into convicted youngster intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. This included the names of a number of high-profile individuals who had been allegedly concerned with Epstein to a point, equivalent to tech billionaires Elon Musk and Invoice Gates, in addition to additional mentions of President Donald Trump.
Even so, Stewart does not appear optimistic that the newly launched recordsdata will truly instigate any kind of change.
“The possibilities of this breaking MAGA are literally worse than Trump simply decreasing the age of consent to be performed with the entire fucking factor,” quipped the Every day Present host. “Which isn’t to say there is not terrible shit on this new Epstein dump. It was a veritable who’s who of who you think about wished somebody to the touch their hoo-hoo. Allegedly.”
Stewart additionally joked about having been talked about within the Epstein recordsdata himself, although he wasn’t concerned in any of the nefarious actions chronicled. Somewhat, Stewart is talked about in a 2015 e-mail alternate between Epstein and producer Barry Josephson, by which the previous put ahead the concept of a stand-up comedy particular starring “Woody.” (“You all know which Woody, proper? It is the Epstein recordsdata, it ain’t Harrelson.”) In response, Josephson instructed that as a substitute “make a real biographical expertise along with his stand-up being the capper. Any individual like Jon Stewart may host/narrate the biographical half.”
“Excuse me?” stated Stewart, expressing fake outrage. “I’m offended. ‘Any individual like Jon Stewart’? Or Jon Stewart? My level is, do I’ve the provide, or is that this an audition?”
