Joe Rogan has turned on Donald Trump after years of support with a shocking accusation.
In the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the influential podcaster and one-time Trump endorser didn’t hold back, blasting the Trump administration’s handling of Epstein-related files.
Specifically, Rogan took issue with the Department of Justice’s recent decision not to release more information, despite Trump's previous campaign promises to do so.
“Just bomb Iran and everybody forgets. Everybody forgets about it,” Rogan said, referencing the U.S. bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran on June 22.
According to Rogan, the timing wasn’t a coincidence — it was a calculated move to shift the public’s attention.
The criticism follows last week’s release of a two-page memo by the DOJ and FBI, which claimed that Epstein had no “client list” and that he had, in fact, taken his own life.
The announcement has enraged many within Trump’s MAGA base, especially since Attorney General Pam Bondi previously suggested otherwise.
“They’ve got videotape and all of a sudden they don’t,” Rogan said during his podcast.
Recalling a past episode with Director Kash Patel, he added: “You had the director of the FBI on this show saying, ‘If there was [a videotape], nothing you’re looking for is on those tapes,’” per the Sun.
“Like, what? Why’d they say there was thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible s***? Why’d they say that? Didn’t Pam Bondi say that?”, Rogan asked.
Bondi’s earlier comments certainly pointed to a different story.
On July 1, she told reporters that the FBI was reviewing “tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child p*rn.”
She even claimed, during a Fox News appearance: “It’s sitting on my desk right now to review,” when asked if the DOJ would release Epstein’s client list.
However, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt later clarified that Bondi was referring to all Epstein case files — not a specific list of names.
The fallout has led to growing frustration among Trump supporters, with many questioning the administration’s credibility. Rogan suggested the situation is starting to fracture the MAGA movement from within.
“I think the whole MAGA thing right now is very divided, particularly because one of the things they voted for was no war,” he told guest Bernie Sanders in a June episode. “Well, now it seems like we’re in a war. It’s quick, we’re six months in, and that’s already popped off.”
Rogan didn’t stop there. He also criticized Trump’s recent immigration raids, describing them as “insane.”
“There’s two things that are insane,” Rogan said. “One is the targeting of migrant workers. Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers. Just construction workers. Showing up [at] construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?”
He’s also taken issue with the decision to deport alleged gang members to El Salvador. Back in April, Rogan told his followers: “Rounding up gang members and shipping them to El Salvador with no due process” was “dangerous”.
“We gotta be careful that we don’t become monsters while we’re fighting monsters,” he added.
Last week, Trump called it a “waste” of time to keep talking about Epstein, something that many have not taken kindly to.