Epstein victims’ lawyer: Congress can subpoena Epstein birthday book from Epstein estate

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Bradley Edwards, an attorney for over 200 of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, joins Lawrence O’Donnell for an exclusive interview and reveals that he believes the Jeffrey Epstein birthday book with a letter bearing Donald Trump’s name as reported first by The Wall Street Journal is in possession of the Epstein estate. Rep. Ro Khanna and Andrew Weissmann also join to react to the breaking news.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence. Hey, Jen. Andrew Weissman is back.
0:07.2	He will be joining us. Oh, we love it. Yes, we need him, and he will be joining us tonight in our coverage
0:13.2	of the Epstein Files and the Justice Department's involvement on that. He, of course, is an expert on all of that.
0:18.4	And we actually have some breaking news to deliver during this hour on this, Jen.
0:24.8	So we have to get right to it.
0:26.7	Get right to it.
0:27.7	I'll be in my car listening.
0:28.9	Okay.
0:29.3	Thanks, Jen.
0:30.2	Thanks, Lawrence.
0:31.5	We're going to be breaking news during this hour about the Epstein files.
0:36.6	We will be joined by a guest who believes that he knows
0:41.7	where the birthday book is that contains a letter to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday
0:51.1	that bears Donald Trump's name. That is the same letter that the Wall Street
0:57.2	Journal published a story about for which Donald Trump is now suing the Wall Street Journal
1:01.5	and its owner, Rupert Murdoch. The Trump lawsuit calls it a non-existent letter.
1:15.7	So with Donald Trump claiming that the letter does not exist,
1:20.2	the birthday book that contains that letter would be very damaging to Donald Trump
1:23.6	if that book became available.
1:26.2	And we'll be joined by a guest tonight who believes he knows
1:29.3	where that birthday book is now and how it can be obtained.
1:38.5	The Trump lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal looks as absurd as most Donald Trump lawsuits look,
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