Newsmax’s Carl Higbie ripped ex-White House adviser Elon Musk’s “low blow” at President Donald Trump on Thursday after the billionaire claimed the administration isn’t releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files due to the president being named in them.
“Elon, if you knew he was on the Epstein client list, why did you let him board Marine One with your son? Just asking!” questioned Higbie as a clip played of Trump boarding the helicopter with Musk’s 5-year-old son, X, in March.
Musk — amid his explosive breakup with Trump — took to his social media platform X to accuse the president of being in a trove of documents tied to Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Earlier this year, the White House shared files tied to the case with Trump-backing social media influencers but the hyped-up drop was ultimately a letdown to many, as much of the information in the documents had already been released.
Trump — who once described Epstein as a “great guy” and was seen with him on a number of occasions — has since claimed that he was never on the financier’s plane, despite flight logs released by the president’s own attorney general showing otherwise.
Moments earlier on Newsmax, Higbie noted that he still admires both Trump and Musk before underscoring the “really crappy scenario” they find themselves in and turning his attention to the billionaire’s Epstein post — which led with the words, “Time to drop the really big bomb.”
The right-wing host argued that Musk’s claim can’t be “immediately verified” and, considering the legal battles Trump has faced in recent years, the Biden administration would’ve “thrown” an Epstein-related case at him.
He went on to downplay Trump’s ties to Epstein, claiming that the financier was at Trump’s club “once” (he was spotted there on more than one occasion) and he was eventually kicked out due to “bad behavior” (for reportedly hitting on the teenage daughter of a member at Mar-a-Lago).
“But the best thing for Trump to do now is to release the list, something, also, our FBI and [Attorney General] Pam Bondi have promised us!” Higbie said.
Some social media users praised Higbie over his “fair” question while others noted that Musk didn’t worry about his son with Trump as Epstein’s charges were tied to allegations he paid girls, some as young as 14, for sex.