Tonight, explosive new reporting about Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Now Trump's telling Pam Bondi to release grand jury testimony in the case.

Then walk out.

Senate Democrats protest a vote to advance a controversial nominee who was once the president's criminal defense attorney.

Plus, while Trump continues his attacks on Jerome Powell,

is the damage to the Fed already done as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.

Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhl, and it is a 179 of the second Trump administration.

Tonight, we are tracking brand new reporting from the Wall Street Journal about the connection

between President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. A letter with Trump's name was included in

Epstein's 50th birthday album and was reviewed by the journal.

Shortly after the story was published, the president posted that Attorney General Pam Bondi

would, quote, produce any and all pertinent grand jury testimony from the Epstein case

subject to court approval.

Bondi said that her department was ready to move to have those documents unsealed,

and this is what the Wall Street Journal's story described. Take a breath. A letter bearing Trump's

name contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman,

which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. The letter includes, quote,

happy birthday, and may every day be another wonderful secret. The president denied writing the

letter or drawing the picture, saying, quote, this is not me. This is a fake Wall Street

journal story. I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women.

It's not my language. It's not my words. End quote. He also threatened to sue the Wall Street

Journal saying, just like he's suing everyone else. Well, according to people familiar with these pages,

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