Good day. It's Friday, July the 18th, 2025, and this is the Daily Article podcast from Denison Forum.

Welcome. I'm narrator, Chris Elkins, voicing today's daily article written by our co-founder, Dr. Jim Denison.

Last night, President Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to ask a court for the release

of all relevant grand jury testimony from the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.

Bondi responded that she is, quote, ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury

transcripts.

Mr. Trump has been under intense

pressure after the DOJ, Department of Justice, released a two-page memo last week stating that Epstein

left no client list of those involved in his abuse of underage girls. The department also stated

that no further evidence would be released and no additional

charges would be brought against third parties. However, only 3% of those surveyed are satisfied

with the amount of Epstein information that has been released. In another survey, 63% disapprove of

the Trump administration's handling of the issue.

House Republicans agreed last night to lay the groundwork for a potential vote calling for the DOJ to release material from its investigation of Epstein.

In totalitarian countries, this wouldn't be an issue.

But people want to know about their government

doesn't affect their government. According to a recent report, 72% of the world's population of

5.7 billion people live under authoritarian rule. When I traveled in Russia and China, I was told

to assume that the government was bugging my hotel room and listening

to my conversations. In my many trips to Cuba, I had to be careful never to criticize the Communist

Party or the pastors and churches we serve there would face persecution after we left. But America is

founded on the belief that, quote, all men are created equal and that our

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