U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened legal action against Grammy Awards host Trevor Noah over his joke about Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, LETA reported, citing AFP.
While congratulating Billie Eilish on winning the Grammy for Song of the Year for her track Wildflower, Noah mentioned Trump and Epstein.
"Every artist wants this 'Grammy' — almost as much as Trump wants Greenland," he joked, alluding to Trump's statements about wanting to annex the autonomous Arctic territory.
Noah then added, "And it makes sense, because after Epstein disappeared, he needs a new island residence where he can relax with Bill Clinton."
These words provoked a sharp reaction from Trump, who wrote on his platform Truth Social that "the Grammy Awards are the worst thing to watch," and then switched to criticizing Noah.
"I can’t speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein’s island, not even close, and until this false and defamatory statement, I was never accused of this — not even by the fake news," Trump wrote.
He called Noah an "absolute loser" who "needs to get his facts straight."
"I will send my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, untalented excuse for a host. Get ready, Noah, it’s going to be fun!" he added.
It was previously reported that the U.S. Department of Justice released at least three million pages of materials related to the Epstein case on Friday. More than 2,000 video recordings and 180,000 images were also made public.
Among the figures mentioned in the new materials are Donald Trump, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, British billionaire Richard Branson, and former British Prince Andrew.
Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually exploiting dozens of underage girls and trafficking for sexual purposes. He committed suicide in a New York federal jail in August 2019 before his trial. This occurred the day after documents were released shedding light on his activities in organizing a network of sexual services from 2002 to 2005.
Under pressure from Republicans, Trump signed a law last November requiring the Department of Justice to publish most of the materials related to Epstein within 30 days.
The department, missing the deadline of December 19, later reported that it had engaged hundreds of lawyers to review the documents for editing information that could identify victims of sexual violence and not compromise ongoing investigations.
The volume of materials being reviewed has now increased to approximately six million pages, including copies, the department indicated.
On the eve of Christmas, the department had already released thousands of documents, including photographs, transcripts of interrogations, call logs, and other materials. Many of these had previously been released or presented in heavily edited form.
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