Dana Bash to ‘OG Epstein conspiracy theorist’ Vice President JD Vance: ‘I’d like to know more about that, sir’ | CNN Politics

Dana Bash to ‘OG Epstein conspiracy theorist’ Vice President JD Vance: ‘I’d like to know more about that, sir’

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By Dana Bash, CNN

Published 1:39 PM EDT, Thu July 16, 2026

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Dana Bash to "OG Epstein conspiracy theorist" Vice President JD Vance: "I'd like to know more about that, sir"

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During an hours-long appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Vice President Vance seemed to back a conspiracy theory Rogan shared about Jeffrey Epstein. "He clearly had connections to the upper—the highest levels of American intelligence. He clearly had connections to the highest levels of Israeli intelligence.” The Inside Politics panel breaks down why a sitting Vice President with access to classified information would spread a conspiracy theory without providing new evidence to support it.

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