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I'm so happy that you heard, Jim, we just got the breaking news this moment ago, barely had time to digest it.

And the breaking news has put up the Wall Street Journal story.

Jim and I are going to go over.

It says the Justice Department told Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

Is this a shocker, non-shocker? How would you qualify this, Jim?

You know, I guess it's maybe shocked, but not surprised. It might be the operative term here,

Don. I mean, you know, I think we all sort of assumed that his name was in the Epstein

files. I think it's the fact that they've now confirmed it. And the Wall Street Journal was able

to confirm it through administration officials. Apparently the New York Times has as well.

And Don, I mean, what stinks to high heaven about this is that they told him in May. They told him in May that his name is in the Epstein file. So a couple of weeks ago when he's freaking out in the cabinet meeting, and I've been pretty close in the room with him in these cabinet meetings, you know, you're right up against the wall and you can see him just like a few feet away. I know when Donald Trump is freaking out.

Donald Trump was freaking out two weeks ago when he was asked about the Epstein files and he went off

on that report. Why is everybody asking about the Epstein files? Why do people care? This is why.

He was told in May. He has known about this since May that his name appears multiple times in the Epstein

files according to the Wall Street Journal. And these are good reporters who reported on this, Don.

So, I mean, I think that this is a, this is an earthquake here in Washington. And I don't think

they know what to do at the White House. And I don't think Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House,

knows what to do either. Yeah, look, and if you look at the byline on this, I mean, you've got some pretty big names, Josh Dawsey, you've got Alex Illery, and Annie Lindski, I mean, Josh and Ali Linsky, and then Sadie German. I mean, these are dogged reporters. And again, let's just keep in mind, Jim, is that this is a Wall Street

Journal. This is a Rupert Murdoch owned entity as Fox News and the New York Post, et cetera.

And I do have to give the Wall Street Journal their props. Even before this, the first bombshell

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