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Anderson Cooper 360

Epstein Case Fallout Divides Trump's Officials And His Base

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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4.13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The Jeffrey Epstein case divides Trump world, with one staunch ally calling for a special counsel, and the #2 man at the FBI on very shaky ground. Plus, former President Obama's tough message for Democrats and who he thinks the party should focus on as they search for future leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight on 360, the Jeffrey Upstein case divides Trump world with one staunch ally calling

0:06.9

for a special counsel and the number two man of the FBI on shaky ground.

0:10.7

Also tonight, the president's new deal for weapons to Ukraine, but if he's getting tough on Russia,

0:16.4

why is he giving Vladimir Putin 50 more days to make a deal?

0:20.2

Plus, new CNN reporting how cuts at FEMA could have affected emergency response time to the flooding

0:25.4

in Texas.

0:26.1

Good evening.

0:26.6

Thanks for joining us.

0:27.5

We begin tonight with the Jeffrey Epstein story, which tonight is making allies of sorts

0:32.2

out of a far-right conspiracy peddler in the House's top Democrat, Hakeem Jeffries, who's

0:37.3

calling for a congressional

0:38.2

probe into how administration officials both in and out of office dealt with it.

0:44.4

Option one, they lied for years.

0:48.3

Option two, they're engaging in a cover up.

0:51.9

At this point, it seems reasonable that can only be one of the two things.

0:57.8

And so it's Congress's responsibility in a bipartisan way to ask the questions and try to

1:05.1

get answers on behalf of the American people.

1:09.5

As we said in a sense, this cross party lines today when we learned that Laura Lumer on the far

1:14.4

right is now calling for a special counsel to investigate the handling of the Epstein case,

1:18.8

also today and also from the right, simple frustration.

1:24.1

Honestly, I'm done talking about Epstein for the time being. I'm going to trust my friends in the administration.

1:29.3

I'm going to trust my friends in the government to do what needs to be done, solve it,

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