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this podcast happen. James Trump is trying to take a victory lap on the budget shutdown,

but I'm sorry. That just ended because the Epstein-Trump

connection deepened. As House Democrats put out emails for Epstein, Epstein says in an email,

of course Trump knew about the girls. This was, I think, in 2017 or earlier, saying he even spent

time with one of them, whatever that means. This was to his accomplice,

Jeline Maxwell, and the journalist Michael Wolf. Whatever you think of him, the emails are legitimate.

There, you know, and there is a reason. Trump and his toadies at the Department of Justice are dragging

their feet, releasing all the Epstein files. The president is lying about this. He lied about his communications with

Epstein. He sued the Wall Street Journal. They then produced the proof, and the suit is

ridiculous. And now that Mike Johnson, the part-time House Speaker and full-time Trunk Tote,

has had to swear in the Congresswoman from Arizona,

they're going to get a floor vote on releasing all the Epstein documents.

Whether that happens or not, whether all the documents happens or not,

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