CNN Data Chief Reveals ‘Historic’ Nature Of This ‘Massive, Unforced Error’ Under Trump

CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten on Friday said President Donald Trump’s administration made a “massive, unforced error” after his Justice Department and FBI’s recent findings on Jeffrey Epstein fueled backlash from MAGA world.

“Donald Trump would love this story to go away but, in fact, interest is climbing higher and higher, to quote Jackie Wilson,” Enten declared.

In the days since a DOJ and FBI memo found no evidence of a so-called Epstein “client list,” Trump supporters have criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi over past comments that contradict the recent findings.

The memo also challenges remarks from Trump’s top FBI officials, ones they’ve since backtracked from.

Hours after Enten’s segment, CNN reported that Dan Bongino — the FBI’s deputy director — has informed people that he’s considering resigning after clashing with Bondi over her handling of the disgraced financier’s case.

Bongino didn’t show up to work Friday following the fight, per Axios.

Enten noted that Google searches for Epstein are up 1,200% this week compared to last week, and he’s currently the top topic searched alongside Trump/Trump’s presidency on Google.

“So Donald Trump normally leans into stories in which there is controversy, like tariffs, for example. This is a story in which he’s trying to get away from, basically saying, ‘Why is anyone still interested in this story?’” Enten said.

“But the bottom line is people are very interested in this story to historic degrees, at least this week.”

Years before taking the Oval Office and before the financier’s downfall, Trump partied with Epstein, and the president’s name has appeared in unsealed documents related to the Epstein case, although he’s never been accused of wrongdoing tied to Epstein’s crimes.

Enten later added that Epstein has been Googled “a lot” since Monday — the day that the FBI and DOJ released its memo, which said there was no evidence that the financier was murdered while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

He noted that Epstein has been searched 2.5 times more than Grok — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot that’s faced backlash over antisemitism — since Monday.

Epstein has also been Googled 1.4 times more than tariffs since that time, per Enten.