{"id":28985,"date":"2025-10-03T23:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=28985"},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:21:42","slug":"cnn-host-laughs-in-the-face-of-republican-senator-as-he-calls-him-out-live-on-national-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=28985","title":{"rendered":"CNN Host Laughs In The Face Of Republican Senator As He Calls Him Out Live On National Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: This article was first published in July 2025<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"lqdie69ff2858a7b16\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.lqdie69ff2858a7b16 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.lqdie69ff2858a7b16 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.lqdie69ff2858a7b16 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.lqdie69ff2858a7b16 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.lqdie69ff2858a7b16 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>As the Jeffrey Epstein story continues to engulf the Trump Administration, one thing has become clear: A lot of people going on television to defend Trump are unfamiliar with the basic facts of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself has been using a talking point that the \u201cEpstein files\u201d were somehow fabricated by Trump enemies like James Comey, during past Democratic administrations. And over the weekend, one Republican senator misstated who was president during Epstein\u2019s prosecution, and the \u201csweetheart plea deal\u201d he received in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) appeared with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on his\u00a0<em>State of the Union<\/em>\u00a0show over the weekend to defend the Trump Administration\u2019s position on Epstein.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=PoliTribune&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1949459938750656763&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpolinews.org%2Fcnn-host-laughs-in-the-face-of-republican-senator-as-he-calls-him-out-live-on-national-television%2F&amp;sessionId=ed663a49d4e5a231c5e0e159af1311dc64d485e3&amp;siteScreenName=PoliTribune&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1949459938750656763\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mullin claimed that the plea deal had been reached in 2009, under the Obama Administration, but as Tapper corrected him, the deal happened in 2008, under George W. Bush\u2019s administration. The U.S. attorney in Florida who agreed to it was Republican Bush appointee Alex Acosta, who, a decade later, served as the Secretary of Labor in the Trump Administration.\u00a0Acosta resigned from Trump\u2019s cabinet\u00a0in 2019, amid scrutiny over his role in that Epstein plea deal.<\/p>\n<p>Then Mullin, when corrected by Tapper, refused to back down, repeatedly asking \u201cwho was in office at the time\u201d and stating, falsely, that Obama was president at the time of the Epstein plea deal.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, Mullin insisted that the plea deal was \u201csealed\u201d in 2009:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=PoliTribune&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1949460606756471103&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpolinews.org%2Fcnn-host-laughs-in-the-face-of-republican-senator-as-he-calls-him-out-live-on-national-television%2F&amp;sessionId=ed663a49d4e5a231c5e0e159af1311dc64d485e3&amp;siteScreenName=PoliTribune&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1949460606756471103\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-15\">\n<div id=\"ld-1527-7127\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/tapper-markwayne-mullin-epstein-deal-b2797005.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawL0i4hleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFESXBVQlNhMnhpUmlCbzI3AR730qH1neCYnqWoSi0zQ3U4wpSppxEHROQ-s8_JNREVHAoElm5B4RXM44usKQ_aem_I1WeTH9M7NXzPh6ep0LE0w\">Per The Independent<\/a>, \u201cEpstein\u2019s plea agreement was drafted in 2007 and signed in 2008, when he pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for sex, before Obama was even president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Epstein\u2019s second indictment, arrest, and death all took place during Trump\u2019s first presidency, which complicates further conspiracy theories about Democrats somehow puppet-mastering those events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosu.org\/local-news\/2025-07-24\/oklahoma-sen-mullin-blocks-epstein-file-release-from-doj-proposes-limited-court-document-unsealing\">NPR reported<\/a>\u00a0that Mullin had blocked a Senate resolution that would have required the Justice Department to release all Epstein-related documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re simply wanting to do here is give them cover,\u201d Mullin said at the time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of X screenshot.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCLAIMER: This article was first published in July 2025 As the Jeffrey Epstein story continues to engulf the Trump Administration, one thing has become clear: A lot of people going on television to defend Trump are unfamiliar with the basic facts of the case. 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