Carlson, a prominent critic of Israel on the American right, traveled to Israel this week to interview U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. The interview was published on Carlson’s podcast and quickly drew hundreds of thousands of views online.
During the conversation, Carlson pressed Huckabee about supposed visits by Herzog to Epstein’s island, despite there being no evidence that Herzog had any connection to Epstein or ever visited his property.
“The current president of Israel, whom I know you know, apparently was at ‘pedo island.’ That’s what it says,” Carlson said. “Still-living, high-level Israeli officials are directly implicated in Epstein’s life, if not his crimes, so I think you’d be following this.”
Former prime minister Ehud Barak had social ties with Epstein, but there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Barak. Herzog’s name appears in the Epstein files only in reference to news articles that were included in Epstein’s email correspondence. There is no indication of a personal relationship between the two men.
Huckabee said he was unaware of any such connection.
“I was not aware there was any connection with President Herzog. I would be surprised to hear that,” Huckabee said.
“I don’t know that I’ve heard the current president of Israel respond to it, but he is listed as a visitor to ‘pedo island,’ so that’s kind of a big deal,” Carlson replied, criticizing Huckabee for not questioning Herzog about the issue.
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