Exchange rebukes Pizzagate references and asks whether Epstein file releases contain related emails
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In a brief interview exchange, a questioner asked whether 2025–26 Jeffrey Epstein file releases reference the 2016 Pizzagate claims tied to Podesta emails and Comet Ping Pong; the exchange included a forceful statement that "Pizzagate was totally made up," and cited real-world harm that followed the allegations.
A brief interview exchange examined whether recently released 2025–26 Jeffrey Epstein files contain material tied to the 2016 "Pizzagate" allegations and included an emphatic denial of those claims.
A questioner asked whether any of the Epstein release files reference or relate to the Pizzagate claims — specifically whether Podesta emails or references to Comet Ping Pong Pizza appeared in those files. The question framed Pizzagate as alleging that people ran a child-trafficking ring out of a pizzeria basement and asked whether the 2025–26 files contain material that would support or reference that narrative.
The exchange continued with a clarification of scope: whether the speaker had reviewed emails in the Epstein files for links to the Pizzagate allegations. In response, the transcript includes a direct repudiation of Pizzagate: "Pizzagate was totally made up," followed by the assertion that the allegation was "an outrageous allegation that ended up hurting a number of people" and that it led to a violent incident in which "a deranged young man" showed up with a rifle and shot at a local pizzeria.
The speaker also expressed disbelief that the topic was being raised, saying, "I can't believe you're even referencing it. You should be ..." and the exchange trails off. The transcript does not record a clear answer to whether the 2025–26 Epstein file releases contain references to the Podesta emails or Comet Ping Pong; no specific documents or file names were cited during the recorded exchange.
Because the transcript provides no named speaker or a clear respondent identity for the question about the files, the record does not resolve whether the Epstein materials reference the 2016 claims. The exchange emphasized that the original Pizzagate allegations were false and caused real-world harm, but it did not produce documentary evidence from the Epstein releases linking those allegations to the Podesta emails or Comet Ping Pong.