Vance turns tables on media asking if Trump is covering for 'pedophiles,' says press never asked prior admins --Vance questions why media didn't press Obama and Bush administrations about the sex trafficking case | 29 July 2025 | Vice President JD Vance trashed the media on Monday for not asking prior presidential administrations why they weren't being transparent with the Jeffrey Epstein case. During an address in Canton, Ohio, touting President Donald Trump's economic agenda, Vance replied to a question about whether Republicans were "protecting pedophiles" with how Trump has handled the Jeffrey Epstein case. Vance said Trump has been the most transparent president on the Epstein topic and slammed the mainstream media for only now applying new scrutiny to the story with the president in office. "For four years under Joe Biden's Department of Justice, the media didn't give a damn about the Epstein files or about the Epstein case," he said.