GOP revolt pushes Trump to back down on Epstein files

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The "Epstein Files Transparency Act" is passed.

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0:00.0	Tonight on All-Aid.
0:03.0	The yeas are 427.
0:06.0	The nays are one.
0:08.0	The Epstein Files Transparency Act is passed.
0:12.0	No way. We're not going to allow this cover-up to go on for one day more.
0:18.0	Tonight, Congressman Jamie Raskin and Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva on today's big vote
0:22.8	and what just happened in the Senate. The DOJ is protecting pedophiles and sex traffickers. Do not let
0:30.5	the Senate muck this up. Plus, Epstein survivors demand accountability. I am traumatized. I am not stupid.
0:40.4	And they have a scathing indictment of the president.
0:44.7	I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.
0:51.4	And what this remarkable defeat for Donald Trump means for American politics going
0:56.0	forward. Let me tell you what a traitor is. A traitor is an American that serves foreign
1:04.3	countries and themselves. What all in starts right now.
1:19.0	Good evening from New York. I'm Chris Hayes. Both chambers of Congress have voted nearly unanimously to release the Epstein files, handing Donald Trump the biggest political defeat of his
1:24.4	second administration. Only one Republican voted against the bill in the
1:28.1	House. It passed by what's called unanimous consent in the Senate. They didn't even take a vote.
1:32.2	They said, sure. And so the Epstein-Files Transparency Act, and it is formally known, now goes to the
1:38.3	White House. The president has grudgingly admitted he will sign it. It's a head-snapping victory for the people who've been pushing for this, especially the
1:49.2	survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, who are on Capitol Hill today lobbying for full disclosure.
1:55.8	To the president of the United States of America who is not here today, I want to send a clear message
2:02.8	to you. While I do understand that your position has changed on the Epstein files and I'm grateful
2:08.1	that you have pledged to sign this bill, I can't help to be skeptical of what the agenda is.
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