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conditions apply. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show. You daily dive into the news. It is Thursday

and we have a lot to talk about today starting with this. Republican leaders are apparently so scared

that the Epstein files are going to get out now that they're threatening their colleagues. Right. And this is apparently Trump's afraid that files might implicate his friends. And all of this, you know, it started with a bipartisan effort launched by Republican Thomas Massey and Democrat Roe Conner. Because they've just been working and working towards gathering enough signatures on a discharge petition that would force the House to vote on a bill requiring the DOJ to release the files. And now we've been waiting for this. A Democrat in Arizona just went a house seat

in a special election this week. It seems like they've secured enough support to get the ball rolling. Right. And that Democrat, Adelita, Grijalva, she's already committed to signing the petition once she gets sworn in. And the big thing is she's going to be the 218 person to back it, and 218 has been the magic number here.

And so with that, you had Roe-Kana saying, we're one step closer to releasing the full Epstein files' injustice for the survivors. But that doesn't mean that it's guaranteed, right? Because you have Thomas Massey telling semifor that leaders in the Republican Party are trying to get some representatives to now walk back their support. Nassie claiming that House Speaker Mike Johnson and quote, some of the powers that be in D.C. are in full panic right now and dadding.

They came back and tried to get the four of us to take our names off the petition. They asked some of my colleagues who are co-signers and they actually threaten them politically, not physically. And that's huge because Massey, right, he's one of four Republicans who signed the petition alongside Nancy Mace, Lauren Bobert, and Marjorie Taylor Green. Yesterday, you had similar reports coming out with sources telling CNN that GOP members were

privately. Republicans who signed the petition alongside Nancy Mace, Lauren Bobert, and Marjorie Taylor Green. Yesterday, you had similar reports coming out with sources telling CNN that GOP members were privately being pressured to withdraw from the petition. Also with that, you had CNN speaking to Bobert who said that she hadn't faced pressure and will be keeping her name on board. But still, like, if you go online or you go on Twitter, you can see that there are clear tensions and divisions among the right wing and MAGA regarding bringing the Epstein files forward.

Just yesterday, you had Representative Clay Higgins slamming Massey for this petition arguing. It's a shame what my friend Thomas has done, attempting to injure the Republican Party and ignore privacy rights of hundreds of innocent Americans who may have their life turned upside down because of his weird petition. Notably, that's a part of a talking point that

Mike Johnson has been using over and over, claiming it the legislation. It doesn't go far enough to protect the victims whose information could be in the files. But Massey, he's not only defended himself against that claim, but said that Republicans, they need to just essentially get over it and brace for a vote. They're going to have a vote. I think they're coming to terms with that. I'm going to bet the speaker is probably going to hand out hall passes to some congressmen because this is an 80-20 issue.

You know, with all this, for a vote. They're going to have a vote. I think they're coming to terms with that. I'm going to bet the speaker is probably going to hand out Hall passes to some congressmen

because this is an 80-20 issue. You know, with all this, I think it is worth noting that it's not going to force the Epstein files to be released overnight. At this petition, it won't actually see any official forward motion until Congress reconvenes and after it officially lands 218 signatures and they have to wait seven legislative days

to actually vote on it.

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