Jimmy Fallon said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s evolving spin on the Jeffrey Epstein files will stop with a bonkers revelation. (Watch the video below.)
Playing off Trump’s recent suggestion that Democrats could have planted his name in the files of the heavily connected sex offender, the “Tonight Show” host cracked:
“Trump went from saying there are no files to I’m not in the files to I’m only in there because the files were changed. By next week we’re gonna find out that Trump is Jeffrey Epstein.”
Fast-forward to 2:47 for a more complete look at Fallon’s bit:
Fallon’s joke follows a run of twists in the president’s reaction to the files.
After hyping the release of documents related to the long-dead predator, Trump called the files a hoax and the Justice Department announced there was no client list.
The list had been promoted by Republicans and dangled as red meat for conspiracy-minded supporters of the president, some of whom are angry over his about-face.
Trump, who was reportedly told by Attorney General Pam Bondi that he is mentioned in the files (though the context is not known), recently urged GOP leaders to change the subject by making unfounded accusations about President Barack Obama and the 2016 election. The story of his friendship with Epstein has also taken a few turns.
