Rep. Thomas Massie bluntly questioned why powerful figures tied to Jeffrey Epstein appear to enjoy “diplomatic immunity” in the United States while warning that comfortable lies continue to shield accountability on everything from Jan. 6 to the sprawling federal deficit.
In a wide-ranging interview recorded with The Gateway Pundit days before his election, the Kentucky Republican pulled back the curtain on the forces he says have blocked real transparency and prosecutions, even as voters in his deep-red district head to the polls Tuesday in what has become one of the most expensive and bitter Republican primaries in history.
“It’s almost like you have diplomatic immunity if you’re an Epstein co-conspirator in this country, but step into Great Britain, step into Norway, step into France, and you’ll get arrested, indicted, or investigated in America,” Massie said.
Massie pointed to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as a particular red flag.
“We saw Howard Lutnick went to Epstein Island— that guy behind Trump on the airplane when you see him, the guy whispering in his ear behind the Oval Office—was going to Epstein Island and lying to us about having never done anything with Jeffrey Epstein since he visited long ago. That should be a major red flag,” he said.
The six-term congressman — who entered the House in November 2012 — has served nearly 14 years as a libertarian-leaning conservative known for bucking party leadership on spending, foreign aid, and surveillance issues.
Trump endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein to primary him, citing Massie’s opposition to key administration priorities, including aspects of the president’s tax-and-spending agenda and his aggressive push for full Epstein file releases.
The race has shattered records, with more than $25 million in outside spending. Recent polls
showed Gallrein with a narrow edge or the race deadlocked heading into Election Day.
Polls in Kentucky close at 6 p.m. ET, with initial results expected shortly thereafter and most votes counted by late evening.
Massie described a Washington culture addicted to comfortable lies.
“People up here have been tricked,” he said. “Like if you repeat a lie long enough, they start believing it and even my colleagues start believing it. So it’s easier to believe the narrative than it is to actually put in the work to determine” the truth — whether on the pipe bomb investigation, Ray Epps, COVID origins, Epstein, or the deficit.
On the lack of prosecutions, including in the Ray Epps case, Massie placed the blame squarely on Congress.
“Members of Congress have not asserted their power. They haven’t taken the reins and they’re too content to let the staffers do it,” he said. “We could bring every one of these administrative agencies to heel if we would just cut their funding, but we won’t even withhold money for one toner cartridge at the FBI. … We already have the tools we need. We got the appropriations. There’s no political will. There’s not the courage or the will.”
He added that Elon Musk “found it was easier to provide internet to Antarctica, land rockets backwards, and get cars to drive themselves than it was to fix this place.”
As Kentucky voters decide his political fate tonight, Massie framed the choice clearly.
“Do you want a bunch of rubber stamps that are following whatever the deep state up here tells them to do, or do you want somebody that votes on principle? That’s the referendum. You want somebody that serves the constituents, or somebody that serves the corporations and the [deep state]?”
WATCH:
As polls close in Kentucky’s 4th District tonight, voters will decide whether to renominate the independent-minded incumbent or support the president’s endorsed challenger, ending Massie’s nearly 14-year congressional career.
The outcome is expected to be one of the most closely watched results of the 2026 Republican primaries and could indicate the balance between institutional independence and party loyalty within the America First movement.
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