The View has gone all in on attacking Trump over Jeffrey Epstein.
But the hosts have some skeletons in their closet.
And Whoopi Goldberg had this attack on a Trump official over Epstein blow up in her face.
Goldberg Mocked Lutnick's Epstein Testimony
Whoopi Goldberg opened a recent episode by targeting Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his Jeffrey Epstein connections.
"Yesterday you-know-who's commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, he testified before a Senate appropriations committee, and he had to walk back these claims he made last October about his contact with Jeffrey Epstein," Goldberg announced with a mocking surprise face.
"I think he thought that those e-mails were never ever going to see the light of day and that people were not going to be reading them with a fine tooth comb," Goldberg declared.
Co-host Sara Haines piled on about Lutnick's nanny's resume appearing in the Epstein Files.
Then a NewsBusters investigation revealed something that made Goldberg's attack backfire spectacularly.
Someone Requested Epstein's Private Jet For Goldberg In 2013
NewsBusters found a 2013 email in the Epstein Files that referenced Whoopi Goldberg by name.
"Whoopi Goldberg needs a plane to get to Monaco. John Lennon's Charity is paying for it. They don't want to charter so they are looking for private owners," the email began.
The message appeared to offer Epstein a guest spot at the White Feather Foundation charity event.
This was five years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Epstein declined with a misspelled "no thnaks."
While Haines attacked Lutnick over his nanny's resume, she conveniently ignored another resume in those same files.
Paul Canzano's resume listed Goldberg as his employer from 1998-2002 as her "Estate Manager/Project Manager/Event Planner" for a New York property.
Emails show Canzano was referred to Epstein to manage a property after Epstein's conviction.
A professional references sheet in the files also listed Goldberg's name.
Neither host disclosed this to viewers while hammering Lutnick.
Four Of Six View Hosts Appear 46 Times In Epstein Files
The NewsBusters investigation uncovered The View co-hosts referenced nearly four dozen times in the Epstein Files.
Goldberg leads with 21 mentions.
Alyssa Farah Griffin appears 20 times.
Joy Behar shows up three times including an invite list for a William Astor dinner that included Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Ana Navarro appears twice.
Only Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines escaped without mentions—the two making the loudest attacks on Trump officials over Epstein.
None of the hosts disclosed their appearances despite making Epstein their obsession for months.
ABC News and The View ignored NewsBusters' request for comment.
The silence speaks volumes.
Goldberg lectured Lutnick about emails being read "with a fine tooth comb" while hoping nobody would read hers.
She sat at that table warning about consequences while sitting on evidence she'd sought out Epstein's private jet years after his conviction.
Hollywood Kept Epstein In Their Rolodex After Conviction
The Epstein Files show celebrities maintained relationships with a convicted sex offender because his connections mattered more than his crimes.
Katie Couric thanked publicist Peggy Siegal for an Epstein dinner invite in 2011, complaining it brought her "a world of trouble."
Woody Allen attended Epstein's dinners starting in 2010 and called him "charming and personable" in a 2025 interview.
Allen admitted Epstein helped his daughter get into Bard College.
Richard Branson invited Epstein to his private Caribbean island in 2013 with "bring your harem!"
Everyone knew exactly who Jeffrey Epstein was by then.
The View spent months demanding Trump Administration officials explain every Epstein interaction while four co-hosts sat at that table knowing their names appeared in those same files 46 times.
Goldberg attacked Lutnick for connections to Epstein while her own employee's resume sat in those files.
Haines questioned how Lutnick's nanny's resume ended up with Epstein while ignoring the resume listing Goldberg as a reference.
The hypocrisy isn't subtle—it's the entire show.
Sources:
- Nicholas Fondacaro, "Hypocrisy: Whoopi's Epstein Ties Ignored as The View Harps on Files," NewsBusters, February 11, 2026.
- Nicholas Fondacaro, "Whoopi Goldberg Requested Epstein Jet Fly Her to Monaco Charity Event," NewsBusters, February 4, 2026.
- Department of Justice, "Epstein Files Release," January 30, 2026.
- Woody Allen interview, The Sunday Times, September 2025.
- Virgin Group spokesperson statement, February 2026.