Meet the Press NOW — December 23

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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Department of Justice releases another tranche of Epstein documents. The Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Illinois. Tensions increase between the U.S. and Venezuela as President Trump issues a warning to President Nicolas Maduro. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) discusses her reasoning for entering the Texas Senate race as she looks to unseat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hi there. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, where the White House is facing more fallout from the release of new files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, including new documents that mentioned the president by name.
0:23.2	It comes as the administration is trying to focus the spotlight on the economy after a blockbuster
0:28.5	GDP report showed the nation's economy is growing faster than expected. The president reacting,
0:34.3	saying, quote, the Trump economic golden age is full steam ahead. But the good
0:40.0	economic headlines for the White House threatened to be overshadowed by bad headlines from the
0:44.9	release of more Epstein files. This batch is the largest since Friday's statutory deadline to release
0:51.2	all the files. And this batch contains the most direct references
0:55.1	to Donald Trump, including a 2020 email from an assistant U.S. attorney to an unknown person
1:01.6	citing flight records the Southern District apparently received as part of the Maxwell
1:06.7	prosecution, saying, quote, Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than
1:13.0	previously had been reported or what we were aware, including during the period we would expect
1:19.0	to charge in a Maxwell case. It goes on to say that on two of the flights, two of the passengers
1:25.3	respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses
1:29.5	in a Maxwell case. Both the name of the sender and recipients of that email have been redacted,
1:36.0	and the email does not accuse Mr. Trump of any wrongdoing. Other documents released in this
1:41.4	latest batch include a report from an anonymous call to an FBI line from
1:45.9	October of 2020 late in the first Trump administration and while the president was running for
1:51.6	re-election from someone claiming to be a limo driver for Mr. Trump in 2015. That tips are claiming
1:58.0	during one ride Trump continuously stated the name Jeffrey while on the phone and made references to, quote, abusing some girls.
2:06.5	The Justice Department downplaying some of the allegations made against the president in today's release, saying, quote,
2:12.5	some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump
2:17.6	that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.
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