Joe: Trump loyalists drop decade of rage over Epstein files. Why?

Morning Joe

NBC News

Politics, Washington, Giest, Government, Election, Issues, Nbc, Campaign, Brezinski, President, News, Congress, Scarboro

4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

High-profile Trump loyalists, including conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who voiced concerns over the lack of transparency regarding the Epstein files, are falling in line and moving on from talking about Epstein for the time being. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The American people deserve to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth as it relates to this whole sordid Jeffrey Epstein matter.
0:09.9	Democrats didn't put the Jeffrey Epstein thing into the public domain. This was a conspiracy that Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and these MAGA extremists have been fanning the flames of for the last several years.
0:24.2	And now the chickens are coming home to roost.
0:27.8	House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries weighing in on the Jeffrey Epstein saga that continues to be a major focus for President Trump's MAGA base.
0:38.3	The president wants everyone to move on, but are prominent right-wing voices willing to let it go?
0:45.0	Yep.
0:45.3	We'll dig into that.
0:46.6	Meanwhile, President Trump is taking a tougher stance with Russia.
0:49.9	Threatening sanctions and promising critical military aid for Ukraine will We'll look at what's behind this move.
0:56.4	Plus, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is not giving up.
1:00.6	I'm becoming mayor of New York City.
1:03.4	We'll have more about his run as an independent.
1:07.0	And speaking of New York, a rough night for commuters after storms, slam the area. Look at this, causing
1:13.8	flash flooding. Oliver, New York City, also parts of New Jersey. We'll have more on that as well.
1:19.9	Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe. It is Tuesday, July 15th, with us. We have the co-host of
1:26.4	our fourth hour contributing writer at the
1:28.7	Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire, U.S. special correspondent for BBC News, and the host of The Rest
1:34.5	is Politics Podcast. Katty Kay and co-founder of Axis. Mike Allen is with us this morning. A lot to get to,
1:42.8	and we begin this morning with the Trump administration
1:45.6	trying to portray a United Front as the president continues to face the threat of revolt from
1:52.8	his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein files. After telling his supporters not to waste time and
2:00.0	energy on the deceased, convicted sex offender,
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 10 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NBC News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NBC News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.