Jon Stewart Blasts Epstein Scandal, Says Trump’s Allies Are in Overdrive to Distract

Jon Stewart kicked off tonight’s show of The Daily Show by diving into what he described as “the totally normal and completely transparent handling of the Epstein documents.”

Jumping into the fray, as recently parodied by Saturday Night Live, Stewart brought up the email from Jeffrey Epstein’s brother questioning if Vladimir Putin had a photo of Donald Trump engaged in oral sex with someone referred to as Bubba, which in the past was a nickname for Bill Clinton. Mark Epstein has since clarified that the name did not refer to the former president.

“Thanks for clearing that up,” Stewart joked. “No more questions, your honor. Hold on, just one more thing: So then, which Bubba was involved here? It’s not Bubba Gump — that’s a seafood chain — and last I checked, you can’t perform sexual acts on a seafood chain. And no, Mr. President, that’s not a dare.”

Despite Trump’s insistence that the Epstein documents are of no public interest, Stewart launched into a series of sharp-witted puns: “Just a hint of that—no pun intended—did spark—again, no pun intended—a bit of curiosity about, let’s just say, the rest of the bulk (that one was intended). But the tension is mounting—is it even possible to discuss this topic without sounding like we’re making double entendres? ‘People are pleading on their knees?’ Nope, that doesn’t work… ‘clamoring for release?’ Nope…”

Stewart also criticized the President for his deflections on the issue, highlighting clips where Trump dodged questions about the documents related to the convicted sex offender, once even redirecting media attention to his economic achievements.

“What world are you living in? ‘Great job on making things affordable?’ My fast food order costs a fortune now… the guy is floundering. Even Trump’s knack for inventing memorable nicknames seems to be faltering,” he commented.

He went on, “This whole Epstein situation is no Democratic sham, and it’s clearly real since Trump’s supporters are putting in extra hours to divert attention, or in the case of Fox News, completely ignoring it. When these emails surfaced, Fox was busy discussing everything from the supposed socialist takeover of Seattle to the discontinuation of the penny, the Northern Lights, the rise of Christian music, and of course, Kamala Harris’s alleged obsession with carbohydrates.”

Additionally, Stewart brought up the widely debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory from 2016 and the double standards of the MAGA crowd who treated Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta like a cryptic puzzle, obsessively decoding emails for hints of sex trafficking. This contrasts sharply with how they’ve reacted to the Epstein documents, which detail connections post-Epstein’s conviction, according to Stewart.

He concluded, “Trump’s name appears more than anyone else’s in these emails, over 1,600 times. Does this prove his guilt? No. But it does show his involvement in that circle, and at least, the indirect evidence suggests he was aware of what was happening. If you still need concrete proof, maybe this will do it:”

Cue: Trump in a throwback commercial for Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust pizza.

Watch the segment from The Daily Show above.