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Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Epstein Files and a MAGA Feud

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Once one of President Trump’s most strident allies, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now arguing the president is out of touch with his political base. Trump, in turn, has called her a “traitor” and unendorsed her. As WSJ’s Olivia Beavers reports, Greene was one of a few Republicans who broke with Trump this year over the release of the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Now, with those files set to be released, Greene is redefining her political identity. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Trump’s Letter to Jeffrey Epstein - The Healthcare Fight at the Heart of the Longest Ever Shutdown Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On this vote, the yeas are 427.

0:09.0

The nays are one.

0:12.0

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

0:19.0

The bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

0:28.6

Hours later, the Senate, via unanimous consent, also voted to approve it.

0:33.3

H.R. 4405, an act to require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession

0:39.4

of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein and for other purposes.

0:43.8

President Trump is expected to sign it.

0:47.9

It was a stunning moment in a month's long drama over these files, and it was also the culmination

0:53.1

of the first major rift between Trump

0:55.3

and members of his own party. Here's our colleague Olivia Beavers. She covers Congress.

1:00.3

Well, it's very unusual, especially in President Trump's second term, for Republicans to

1:04.9

completely buck him. But there were four Republicans who said, we're not going to back off on our fight to release these Epstein docks.

1:13.0

But there is only one who seems to be having a total foul out with President Trump that she claims as a result of it, and that is Marjorie Taylor Green.

1:20.9

And to hold what we consider a corrupt government accountable, watching this actually turn into a fight has ripped MAGA apart.

1:36.0

Marjorie Taylor Green, the firebrand congresswoman from Georgia, who's been a leading figure in the

1:41.6

Make America Great Again movement, and who until recently was also a fierce Trump loyalist.

1:49.1

How would you describe the arc of her relationship with President Trump?

1:54.5

Well, I think she went from his number one defender

1:58.0

to now being called a traitor by the president. I was called a traitor by a man that I

2:05.4

fought for five, no, actually six years for. And I gave him my loyalty for free. And right now we are in

2:14.7

split city. The implosion has happened.

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