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Dec. 21 — Deputy AG Todd Blanche, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Tim Kaine

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🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche joins after the DOJ releases thousands of pages from the Epstein files. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) weigh in as the U.S. escalates tensions with Venezuela. Sara Fagen, Garrett Haake, former Sec. Jeh Johnson and Tyler Pager join the roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, document dispute.

0:04.3

Lawmakers accused the Justice Department of withholding thousands of documents

0:09.2

tied to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

0:13.7

I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks.

0:18.3

It is an incomplete release with too many redactions.

0:22.5

I'll talk exclusively to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche,

0:26.5

plus reality check.

0:28.5

President Trump promises his policies will boost the economy in 2026,

0:33.2

as concerns grow over rising costs.

0:37.0

And it's not done yet, but boy, are we making progress?

0:40.5

While he adds his name to a Washington landmark,

0:43.4

and his chief of staff reveals a more candid view from inside the West Wing,

0:48.5

and on the brink, President Trump doesn't rule out war with Venezuela

0:53.1

as military pressure mounts.

0:55.0

They took our oil rights, we had a lot of oil there.

0:58.0

As you know, they threw our companies out and we want it back.

1:02.0

And the deadly strikes against alleged drug boats continue.

1:06.0

There's no doubt in my mind that we have the illegal authority to blow up these boats.

1:11.4

It's a war that's being conducted on presidential say-so behind closed doors.

1:16.4

I'll talk to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Senator Tim

1:21.5

Kane of Virginia. Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News senior White House correspondent Garrett Haake,

1:28.9

Republican strategist Sarah Fagan, former Homeland Security Secretary Jay Johnson,

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