ByConor Murray,

Forbes Staff.

The country’s most popular podcaster, Joe Rogan, says he believes immigration raids and accusations of fraud in Minnesota daycare centers are deliberate distractions from the Epstein files, his latest critique as he becomes increasingly critical of President Trump after endorsing his 2024 campaign.

Rogan and his guest, comedian Ehsan Ahmad, criticized the Trump administration’s delayed release of the Epstein files on the latest episode of Rogan’s show, released Thursday afternoon.

Rogan said he feels the Epstein file controversy is “going to go on for a long time” and said the “whole thing is weird,” questioning the Justice Department: “I mean, they said they released them, but, what did they release?”