Joe Rogan Uses Pam Bondi's Words Against Her in Rebuke Over Epstein

Joe Rogan on Tuesday joined the chorus of voices in the MAGA sphere who have gone after Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Department of Justice's (DOJ) handling of its findings from the investigation into disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Rogan ripped Bondi on Tuesday's episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, using her own words against her.

"Why'd they say that?" he said. "Didn't Pam Bondi say that?"

Newsweek reached out to the DOJ for comment via email on Tuesday.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump's base revolted after the DOJ released a two-page memo last week concluding that Epstein died by suicide in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019 and that the government was not in possession of a list of Epstein's clients.

The memo confirmed previous findings by local and federal investigations while dousing years of conspiracy theories and public statements from Trump's base and high-ranking administration officials who said they would release Epstein's "client list."

What To Know

Rogan issued a blistering rebuke of Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, highlighting the contrast between last week's memo and Bondi and Patel's public statements preceding the memo.

"They've ... got videotape and all of a sudden they don't," Rogan said to guest and fellow podcaster Danny Jones. "You know, you had the director of the FBI on this show saying, 'If there was ... nothing you're looking for is on those tapes.' Like, what?"

"Why'd they say there was thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible s***?" Rogan pressed. "Why'd they say that? Didn't Pam Bondi say that?"

Rogan was referring to Bondi's statement in June that the FBI was reviewing "tens of thousands of videos" of Epstein "with children or child porn."

A week after that comment, Patel appeared on Rogan's show and contradicted Bondi, saying the FBI was not in possession of any such evidence.

On his podcast Tuesday, Rogan read aloud from an Associated Press (AP) article detailing Bondi's comments.

"'The comment, made to reporters at the White House days after a similar remark to a stranger with a hidden camera, raised the stakes for President Donald Trump's administration to prove it has in its possession previously unseen compelling evidence,'" Rogan said, quoting from the AP piece.

"Or," he said, turning back to Jones, "just bomb Iran and everybody forgets. Everybody forgets about it."

Trump has rallied to Bondi's defense as she faces calls to resign over the memo. He also told his supporters to move on from Epstein, even though people in his orbit—including Bondi, Patel and Vice President JD Vance—had spent years clamoring for the release of the Epstein files and accusing the Biden administration of a cover-up.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday also called for transparency with the Epstein findings, saying the DOJ should "get this thing resolved" so the administration can focus on its priorities.

What People Are Saying

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday, while speaking to reporters: "The American people deserve to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth as it relates to this whole sordid Jeffrey Epstein matter. Democrats didn't put the Jeffrey Epstein thing into the public domain. This was a conspiracy that Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and these MAGA extremists have been fanning the flames of for the last several years, and now the chickens are coming home to roost. The American people deserve to know the truth.

"What if anything, is the Trump administration and the Department of Justice hiding? What are you hiding? If you're not hiding anything, prove that to the American people, and if you are trying to hide something, as many of Donald Trump's MAGA supporters apparently believe, then the Congress should actually work hard to try to uncover the truth for the American people.

"There are only two things that are possible here. Option one, Donald Trump, Pam Bondi and the MAGA extremists intentionally lied to the American people for years about the Jeffrey Epstein situation. That's option one.

"Option two is that, in fact ... is reason for the American people to be concerned, as it relates to what information has not been released that could be damaging to the Trump administration and the friends and family of the Trump administration and their billionaire corrupt supporters. And so, they are actively engaging in a cover-up. Option one: they lied for years. Option two: they're engaging in a cover-up. At this point, it seems reasonable that can only be one of the two things. And so, it's Congress' responsibility, in a bipartisan way, to ask the questions and try to get answers on behalf of the American people."

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on X last week: "RELEASE THE EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST!!!!"

Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky posted to X on Tuesday: "We all deserve to know what's in the Epstein files, who's implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency. We're introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files."

What Happens Next

It is unclear if Bondi or the Trump administration plans to release additional documentation related to the investigation of Epstein and his death.

Update: 7/15/25, 8:12 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.