Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Iran, the Epstein Files, His Party’s 2026 Bumper Sticker, and the Best New York Rapper of All Time

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Today on The Press Box, Bryan and Joel are joined by Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. First, Bryan and Joel ask him about what the Democrats can do to stop the war in Iran (01:46) before asking what a U.S.-Israel partnership should look like (05:13). Next, they talk about the Epstein files (11:05) and whether the Democrats can do anything to make Americans care more about Trump's ties to Epstein (14:16). After that, Jeffries is asked what form election interference could take in the midterms (25:13), and then he gives his take on whether ICE should be abolished (29:16). The show ends with Joel’s lightning round, where he asks Jeffries what the best Jay-Z album is (44:20), who the best New York rapper of all time is (46:17), and so much more, here on The Press Box. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel Anderson Guest: Representative Hakeem Jeffries Producers: Isaiah Blakely and Bruce Baldwin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello media consumers. Welcome to Pressbox. It's Brian Curtis. It's Joel Anderson. It's
0:10.9	producers Isaiah Blakely and Bruce Baldwin. Joel, we've got a very special guest on the old press box
0:16.5	today. I mean, that's saying something because there has been a lot of special guests on here as a
0:21.7	flight. Well, a lot of people have been saying that the road to 2028 goes through the press box.
0:26.8	You know what? I'm with that. I kind of think that. And I hope that that's, they're ringing that out
0:32.3	at Capitol Hill. I hope they were talking about that at the Combine. And we're one of the few
0:36.4	podcasts where our podcast might come up in both of those places.
0:39.9	It's true.
0:40.5	And if I only have one note about that, it's that the road to 2026 also goes through the press box,
0:46.9	or at least many people are saying that, because today's guest is Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries.
0:52.4	We got into a lot of stuff today.
0:54.4	We talked about Iran.
0:55.7	We talked about Israel.
0:56.9	We talked about the Epstein files.
0:58.7	We talked about Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery.
1:02.3	We talked about the best New York rapper of all time.
1:05.4	We talked about St. John's basketball.
1:08.0	There's a lot there.
1:09.7	Here is Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries.
1:20.1	All right, Joel, let's bring in our guest. He is the Democratic leader of the U.S.
1:24.9	House. He's the representative of New York's 8th District, and he's a graduate
1:29.3	of Brooklyn's legendary Midwood High School. He is representative Hakeem Jeffries. Leader Jeffries,
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