Mike Rogers wanted Epstein plane passengers like Trump kept secret in resurfaced audio

Audio of Trump-backed Senate candidate Mike Rogers arguing that the names of some people who flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane should be hidden from public view boomeranged on him two weeks before Election Day, after Michigan Democrats resurfaced the clip, in which he also dismissed critics who “just want to be after” President Donald Trump.The Michigan Democratic Party resurfaced the audio Tuesday in a post on X, saying Rogers argued the files should be “redacted to protect Trump and his other associates.”Rogers made the remarks during a July 2025 appearance on Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s show, the Detroit Metro Times noted last month. Rogers, a former House Intelligence Committee chairman endorsed by Trump, is running for U.S. Senate in Michigan against Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.“I do believe you have to protect victims. You also have to protect somebody who got on an airplane and rode with him,” Rogers told...