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Mr. President, why not go further than just unsealing this?

Mr. President, did you get that letter?

The full file.

DOJ asked for some grand jury transcripts to be unsealed,

and new allegations the FBI was told to flag

when they found Trump's name in Epstein records.

He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life.

Tonight, the ongoing fallout from the Wall Street Journal reporting, as the president threatens a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch.

Makes it inevitable that the final bombshell will come.

Plus, this is not the first Trump term consumed by Jeffrey Epstein.

I don't think I've spoken to him for 15 years. I wasn't a fan.

Revisiting the Alex Acosta affair in light of this week's news. I do not think it is right and fair for this administration's labor department to have Epstein as the focus. But all in starts right now.

Good evening from New York.

I'm Chris Hayes.

Donald Trump is doing his best to fight his way out of the Jeffrey Epstein mess he has created for himself.

Tonight, filing a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and News Corp and

Rupert Murdoch himself for their report of his alleged birthday letter to Epstein.

This, while his Department of Justice scrambles to kind of appear to release some of the Epstein

files in an effort, obviously, to placate his agitated Maga base. We're going to get to the lawsuit in a minute.

But first, the Department of Justice filed a motion to unsealed grand jury information from both the case of late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

and his associate currently in federal prison, Gilaane Maxwell. On his face, it appears to be a good thing because people want transparency.

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