The 2025 ESPYs featured some highlight moments from host comedian Shane Gillis, with the opening monologue jumping into jokes about President Donald Trump and the hot-topic Epstein files. One Trump joke involved New York Yankees star Juan Soto, who is from the Dominican Republic, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

President Donald Trump called an obsession with the Jeffrey Epstein files a "hoax" and a "scam" by political opponents to distract from his successes.

After being asked how he knows the Jeffrey Epstein list is a hoax, President Donald Trump blamed Democrats and said some “foolish Republicans fall into the net.”

"It's all part of this larger conspiracy environment that Donald Trump thrives in, whether it be birtherism or it be this elite group of people who are always trying to keep information from the public.

Elon Musk went on a posting spree Wednesday afternoon to slam President Donald Trump’s claim that the so-called “Epstein Files” are a lefty-created hoax. The world’s richest man, still just months removed from being Trump’s “First Buddy” before their explosive breakup,

Right-wing activist Laura Loomer warned that President Donald Trump’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein threatens to “consume his presidency” in an interview on Wednesday, a dramatic rebuke from a presidential confidante that illustrates the growing rupture in the MAGA coalition.

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -For years, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies benefited from conspiracy theories that fueled the conservative MAGA movement and targeted his political enemies.