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MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 08-08-2025-223940

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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4.412.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts thoughtful interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

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0:00.0

In just the last few weeks, we have seen a lot of attempts to force the Trump administration to release the Epstein files.

0:07.2

I mean, a lot, a lot of them.

0:09.1

And tonight we're learning about a brand new effort, one that might tell us a lot about why the administration has been so cagey for weeks.

0:18.4

Because so far, they've resisted nearly every push for more information.

0:22.6

They've resisted the bipartisan push for Congressman by Congressman Roecona and Thomas

0:26.7

Massey to force Congress to vote on releasing the files. They've definitely resisted that.

0:31.0

They've resisted the effort by Congresswoman Summer Lee to force the oversight committee to

0:35.1

subpoena the files. And they've resisted Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer's attempt to invoke a rarely used Senate rule to force the release of the files.

0:44.3

Points for creativity for Chuck Schumer on that one.

0:46.3

But they've basically the administration has stonewalled all of these efforts every single step of the way.

0:52.3

But they've never given us a credible explanation

0:55.6

as to why. It's almost weird sometimes. I mean, I'm not saying they've given us no explanation

1:00.8

for withholding the Epstein files. It's just that none of their explanations seem to ever make

1:06.5

that much sense. I mean, for instance, they told us that they wanted transparency on this

1:11.7

issue. They keep telling us that, actually, over and over. But that they couldn't disclose the files

1:16.0

out of concern for the people Epstein abused. That was one of the chief justifications the FBI

1:21.7

and DOJ cited in declining to release any more of those materials. But then, the thing is, some of those survivors

1:29.3

and their families started to speak out very bravely themselves.

1:33.3

And those survivors made it pretty clear

1:35.3

that they too wanted to see the Epstein files released.

1:39.3

What is your kind of key message right now to Donald Trump?

1:43.3

Prove everyone wrong. If you have nothing to hide, then please release this information that people are asking for.

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