Sheryl Crow is joining in on the calls for President Donald Trump to face consequences for his ties to convicted child sex offender and rapist Jeffrey Epstein, whose communications with a network of friends and accomplices were recently exposed in the publication of 3 million pages of Justice Department documents.
In a post on her Instagram Story, the singer-songwriter wrote, “Those named in the Epstein files in other countries are going down hard for it. Not in America.”
“We’re just going to act like it never happened or that it’s fake,” she continued. “Who are we if we do not stand up for children who are knowingly being [peddled] to rich leaders all over the world. Trump needs to be impeached and imprisoned along with every other person … Democrat, Republican, American or foreign who knew this was going on and never said anything.”
Billboard has reached out to the White House for comment.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing in connection to Epstein, and DOJ deputy attorney general Todd Blanche said Sunday that there was not cause to explore further investigation into the president’s involvement. But Trump, first lady Melania Trump and their Mar-a-Lago residence were mentioned a number of times in the files — at least 38,000, according to The New York Times.
Jack White has also slammed Trump in the wake of the Epstein files release. “Indict this man. Jail this man. This longtime friend of pedophile epstein, who appears 40 thousand times in the files,” the White Stripes rocker sounded off in a recent Instagram post about Trump’s posting of a since-deleted racist video depicting Michelle and Barack Obama as apes.
Both White and Crow have long been vocal in their opposition to the Trump administration. Last July, the “All I Wanna Do” singer released a searing anthem titled “The New Normal” protesting the politician’s leadership, singing, “Is it science fiction or prediction wrapped in George Orwell?/ If the news is fake and fear is hate and nothing’s immoral/ To the leader of the free world, then welcome to the new normal.”
