MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Monday that reporting shows President Donald Trump is not named in Jeffrey Epstein’s files, but raised sharp questions about why Trump has continued to block public access to the records.
Speaking on Morning Joe, Scarborough called the situation surrounding the unreleased Epstein materials “one of the great mysteries” in Washington.
“We’ve had reporting for some time that Donald Trump is not on Epstein’s list,” Scarborough said. “There’s nothing in there that’s really damning about Donald Trump — or Bill Clinton.”
Scarborough argued that the focus, in his view, should not be on whether Trump is implicated, but on the administration’s continued resistance to releasing the files.
“So one of the great mysteries all along in this is not, ‘What’s Donald Trump hiding?’” Scarborough said. “It’s why — if he’s not in these files, which all the reporting says he’s not — why is he so obsessed with blocking access to the files?”
The conversation then turned to previous bipartisan efforts to push for the release of Epstein-related records. According to the panel, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had supported disclosure efforts in part because she believed Trump was not implicated.
Panelists said Greene had urged Trump directly to release the files, telling lawmakers she believed he would ultimately support transparency.
Advocates for disclosure, the panel noted, consistently framed the issue around Epstein’s victims rather than political figures, arguing that releasing the records would serve survivors and public accountability.
“They made it about the survivors,” one speaker said, noting that survivors had pleaded with Trump to release the files, saying it would be a historic move by a sitting president.
Scarborough and others also questioned why several key documents remain unreleased, including a draft indictment reportedly containing more than 60 counts, despite Epstein ultimately being charged with only two. An 82-page prosecution memo detailing Epstein’s connections to wealthy and powerful individuals, along with FBI interview records, have also not been made public.
“Every time they do one of these things of concealing,” Scarborough said, “they’re just raising further doubt.”
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