{"id":16897,"date":"2026-07-25T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16897"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:54:10","slug":"white-house-responds-to-alan-ritchsons-trump-epstein-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16897","title":{"rendered":"White House Responds To Alan Ritchson&#8217;s Trump-Epstein Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/alan-ritchson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alan-ritchson\" data-tag=\"alan-ritchson\">Alan Ritchson<\/a> shared his candid thoughts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\" id=\"auto-tag_epstein-files\" data-tag=\"epstein-files\">Epstein files<\/a>, the Trump administration has issued a response. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Friday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" id=\"auto-tag_white-house\" data-tag=\"white-house\">White House<\/a> shared a statement regurgitating that Trump has been \u201ctotally exonerated\u201d in the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeffrey-epstein\" data-tag=\"jeffrey-epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> case, following Ritchson\u2019s comments seemingly urging the president to \u201cgo to jail\u201d over his ties to the accused sex trafficker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cJust as President Trump has said, he\u2019s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein,\u201d said White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson in a statement to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/white-house-responds-reacher-star-alan-ritchson-epstein-files-rant-12026679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/em>. \u201cAnd by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee\u2019s subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein\u2019s Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein\u2019s victims than anyone before him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJackson continued, \u201cMeanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile Trump has repeatedly claimed he is exonerated from the Epstein case, no court has officially ruled as such. Meanwhile, the POTUS is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files, and in March, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g0dzg6e4mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DOJ released previously withheld documents<\/a> containing unproven accusations of sexual assault against Trump, following pressure from Dems.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alan Ritchson on REACHER, MOTOR CITY, BATMAN rumors, FAST &amp; THE FURIOUS, politics, &amp; more!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LUAInbhIi9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter Dax Shephard previously told him he \u201cshould let some of that stuff go,\u201d Ritchson recalled on the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LUAInbhIi9c?t=1778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Happy Sad Confused<\/a><\/em> podcast, \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Let go?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Everybody else should have it. Everybody else should feel like I feel \u2026 all mad about the way things are and the abuses that are happening. The Epstein files? The f*cking Epstein files! God damn it! Where are they? It\u2019s a f*cking law, bitch! Show it, you f*cking pedophiles!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRitchson added, \u201cThis is my f*cking politics, dude. I would f*cking railroad these f*ckers I would get those Epstein files out in two seconds. Yeah, dude, two seconds. F*cking move out of the way. Get out of there. I don\u2019t care what room they\u2019re in, f*cking move. Like, give me the f*cking manila envelope. I will get you the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cDon\u2019t you want to see what\u2019s in there, so that we can hold people accountable? These f*cking rapists! We\u2019re just cool with it?\u201d he continued, without directly naming Trump. \u201cThat b*tch has the keys to the nuclear\u2014he\u2019s all up into 13-year-olds. Dude, what? Go to jail. Go to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFollowing a judge\u2019s dismissal of Trump\u2019s $10B lawsuit against <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> over its reporting of a birthday letter he allegedly wrote to Epstein, the twice-impeached president <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/trump-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-jeffrey-epstein-1236928975\/\">filed an amended suit<\/a> in May. Trump has denied he wrote the letter and maintained his innocence in the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Alan Ritchson shared his candid thoughts on the Epstein files, the Trump administration has issued a response. On Friday, the White House shared a statement regurgitating that Trump has been \u201ctotally exonerated\u201d in the Jeffrey Epstein case, following Ritchson\u2019s comments seemingly urging the president to \u201cgo to jail\u201d over his ties to the accused&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Alan-Ritchson-Donald-Trump-2-shot.jpg?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}