J.D. Vance acknowledges the mistakes of the Trump administration regarding the Epstein files: "We completely dropped the ball on how we communicated about the Epstein files."

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance stated that the Trump administration "completely dropped the ball" regarding the release of the Epstein files, acknowledging that the government failed to communicate effectively.

In a podcast, Vance criticized Pam Bondi, the former attorney general, for creating unrealistic expectations ahead of the document release. Although a series of revelations were initially promised, the published documents contained limited information, and the Department of Justice later announced that there was no evidence of a "client list" associated with Epstein. Vance suggested that everything should have been released from the start to avoid confusion.