President Trump Was Told in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files

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🗓️ 23 July 2025

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P.M. Edition for July 23. Attorney General Pam Bondi also told the president that the Justice Department had decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and to protect victims. Plus, as President Trump hails the trade deal the U.S. struck with Japan, American automakers have criticized it. WSJ autos reporter Ryan Felton discusses their reasoning, and why the companies’ stocks are rallying anyway. And as the Trump administration pledges to stimulate the use of artificial intelligence in the U.S., companies are already scrambling over the rising popularity of AI search. We hear from WSJ marketing reporter Patrick Coffee about what marketers are doing about it. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.3	The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name was among many in the Epstein files.
0:24.5	Plus, as Trump announces moves to stimulate AI use in the U.S., brands that have built their business around Google are worried over the rise of AI search.
0:33.2	When you go through LLMs like Chat Chepti, you get one answer.
0:38.1	There may be links within, but we have to ask how many people actually click on those
0:43.1	links.
0:44.2	And that's opposed to the traditional tin blue links, Google results.
0:49.3	And U.S. automakers are not happy about the trade deal with Japan.
0:53.7	Why then are their stocks rallying?
0:56.1	It's Wednesday, July 23rd. I'm Alex Oscella for the Wall Street Journal. This is the PM edition
1:01.6	of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:10.1	We've got a new exclusive related to the Epstein files.
1:13.8	According to senior administration officials, in May, Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy
1:18.9	informed President Donald Trump at a meeting in the White House that his name was in documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
1:25.4	Many other high-profile figures were also named, Trump was told.
1:28.9	Being mentioned in the records isn't a sign of wrongdoing. The officials said it was a routine
1:33.6	briefing that covered a number of topics and that Trump's appearance in the documents wasn't the focus.
1:39.3	The officials also told Trump that senior Justice Department officials didn't plan to release
1:44.0	any more documents
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