Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. Donald Trump's political albatross has now come knocking on the door of the Oval Office.

Now that the bill to release all files related to the criminal case of Donald Trump's former friend, the dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has passed with near unanimous support from Congress.

All that's left is Donald Trump's signature.

Once the bill is signed,

Team Trump will be stuck in a trap largely of their own making.

The administration could have fulfilled a campaign pledge

and released all the files months ago.

Remember this?

It's sitting on my desk right now to review.

That's been a directive by President Trump. I'm reviewing that. But now, after months of stonewalling,

the Trump administration is bound by law. A law just passed by Congress to release all of the Epstein files. And frankly, the world is watching to see if there's any chance they comply. Here's what Attorney General Pam Bondi

had to say when she was asked, the investigation Trump ordered into Democrats will be an excuse

to stop the release. On the Epstein files, does the new investigation by the Southern District of New York,

U.S. attorney, prevent the department from releasing all of the remaining files?

So we have released 33,000, over 33,000 Epstein documents to the Hill,

and we'll continue to follow the law and to have maximum

transparency. Also, we will always encourage all victims to come forward. Following the law and

maximum transparency when it comes to the Epstein vials. Public isn't buying it. Those are two things

this Department of Justice is not known for, even among Republicans. Again, if Pam Bondi wanted

transparency when it comes to the Epstein material, she could have released the files instead of

publishing an unsigned memo that said she wasn't going to, that sought to sweep the whole thing under the rug.

Comments like her comments today, though, are part of a pattern by Team Trump that suggests

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