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The Rich Zeoli Show

Mike Johnson Says Epstein Transparency Act Should Have Been Amended

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 134 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Show (11/19/2025): 3:05pm- The Epstein Transparency Act: On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that directs the Justice Department to release all the files in its possession related to its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The final vote was 427 to 1—with only Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) in opposition. In a post to social media, Higgins explained his decision—citing concern that the bill does not do enough to protect the identities of victims and witnesses. Later in the day, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requested that the Senate pass the bill with unanimous consent—no Senator objected and the bill will now head to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed. 3:15pm- After passing the Epstein Transparency Act, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson expressed frustration with the Senate’s decision to bypass the amendment process. But, as Rich notes, why didn’t Republicans amend the bill before passing it and sending it to the Senate? Speaker Johnson, like Higgins, is concerned that the bill doesn’t do enough to protect the identities of victims, witnesses, and those not guilty of any crimes. 3:20pm- On Wednesday, the House of Representatives held a vote to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) for a text exchange she had with Epstein during a House Oversight Committee hearing. During the exchange, Epstein coached Plaskett on how to question Trump Organization officials. 3:30pm- Kennedy—Fox News Host & Author—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her MTV days, BBQ/smoking tips, and why commies are ruining everything! Kennedy will be performing at SoulJoel’s in Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania on Saturday, November 22nd at 6pm. You can find tickets here: https://souljoels.com/shop/tickets/kennedy/. 4:00pm- Did California’s embrace of far-left policies (specifically high taxes and excessive regulations) destroy Hollywood and the filmmaking industry? More and more films are being shot in Texas and other parts of the country. It’s no surprise actor Glen Powell’s new production studio is based in Austin, Texas. 4:30pm- Pennsylvania State Treasurer, and Republican candidate for governor, Stacy Garrity is calling for an investigation into how a suspected Uzbekistani terrorist obtained a CDL driver’s license—issued by PennDOT under Gov. Josh Shapiro’s leadership. 4:50pm- What’s occurring on the show sheet? (Not to be confused for “what’s on the cut sheet?”) A group of doctors sang songs about climate change and danced awkwardly at COP30. The clip is somehow even worse than you’re imagining. 5:05pm- After passing the Epstein Transparency Act, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson expressed frustration with the Senate’s decision to bypass the amendment process. But, as Rich notes, why didn’t Republicans amend the bill before passing it and sending it to the Senate? Speaker Johnson, like Higgins, is concerned that the bill doesn’t do enough to protect the identities of victims, witnesses, and those not guilty of any crimes. 5:30pm- Gerlad Posner—Award-Winning Investigative Journalist & Author of the book “Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Secret Saudi-U.S. Connection”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss President Donald Trump’s meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office. During a contentious moment, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked about the September 11th terror attacks and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. 6:00pm- Penn State Basketball

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0:00.0

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0:05.4

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0:15.8

Big show for today. Kennedy is going to stop by. I am in New York. I am at Jimmy Phelis Studio for Fox Across America.

0:22.6

And Kennedy and I were both on America's Newsroom this morning. And so I said, hey, can you pop in? And she said, yeah, so she'll be in here at about 3.30. And Gerald Pazer is going to be on a little bit later today. We're going to talk about Saudi Arabia. but you know just right off the top about

0:37.7

Epstein let me just say you know this has been so bungled uh badly bungled by the

0:44.5

republicans i don't i don't know what the hell they were thinking here and they put the

0:49.7

president in a bad position the attorney general put the president in a bad position everybody put the president in a bad position i don't General put the president in a bad position. Everybody put the

0:55.0

president in a bad position. I don't get it. I don't know what was happening here. And I don't

1:00.9

really understand because Speaker Mike Johnson is angry today that the Senate just went forward

1:06.4

with the bill because he had concerns about people who might be connected to Epsom, but did nothing

1:13.1

wrong. And yet they didn't take the time in the House to fix that. And they had months and

1:18.0

months to do it. And now you're putting the president in this bad position where it's like,

1:22.4

well, either you sign this bill knowing that it's possible that people who were whistleblowers

1:26.6

or victims or did nothing

1:28.1

wrong could be exposed and have their life ruined or just guilt by association or you could veto it,

1:34.5

in which case then you're going to have incredible outrage and look like you're protecting.

1:38.4

And I don't know what is happening here, but you talk about an issue that should have been something that the Republicans were in charge of and in control of.

1:47.8

And you let the Democrats lead with this on the talking points.

1:52.7

And the only upside to this is right now the Democrats look foolish.

1:56.4

And Hakeem Jeffries is so dumb that he has not figured out that he needs a new talking point now.

2:02.5

His talking point is that this is the Republican and Trump cover-up, but the Republicans just all but one voted to pass it.

2:09.9

And the one who didn't vote to pass it had legitimate reasons around due process and people who, like I just mentioned, could be caught up in all this who did

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