Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews appeared on CNN News Central on Tuesday afternoon to hawk his latest book worshiping the Kennedys, but the appearance turned into an embarrassing outing as two of his broad proclamations about contemporary politics turned out to be wildly false. Between claiming the Senate was going to stymie the release of the Epstein files and suggesting the Washington Post never criticized the Saudi crown price visiting the White House, Matthews’ assertions were blown up in his face by CNN journalists.
On the congressional momentum to release the Epstein files, Matthews bloviated about how “This presidency is as close to a monarchy as we've had in 250 years” and condemned how “these people [Republicans] are obeying him” and voting to release the files. Further, he predicted that “the Senate is going to do what it can to logjam this whole effort to get the truth out.”
He added that his predicted Senate opposition would be part of an effort by President Trump at “hiding something. I don't know if its illegality or his pal of his; who knows what it is.” That claim spurred CNN co-host Boris Sanchez to interject and note: “To be clear, the President has not been directly accused of any wrongdoing by Virginia Giuffre or other Epstein survivors.”
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