All right, welcome already to the Jim Acosta show.

It is Wednesday, and as you can see, my big guest on the program today is Democrat of Congressman Robert Garcia of California.

It's now the new ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee and Congressman.

I'm just going to tell folks,

you know, we've got a couple of headlines to get through here. We're now into day three of

the Trump administration's cover up in the Jeffrey Epstein case. Epstein Gate drags on,

and there are more signs that Attorney General Pambani is increasingly on thin ice.

Trump confidant Laura Lumer is just one of several MAGA influencers calling

for Bonnie to be fired. Elon Musk, Trump's one-time ally turned political enemy posted this.

How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if we won't release the Epstein files?

A little later on in the program, I'll speak to the authors of the book,

Character Limit, how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter. That's Kate Conger and Brian Mack at the New York

Times. I'll join me for that conversation. And Congressman, as you know, meanwhile,

questions are mounting over the Trump administration's plans for disaster response in this country

after the deadly flooding in Texas so far as of this recording,

as of this live newscast, 119 people have died and more than 170 people are unaccounted for.

I guess, Congressman, a lot of places to start first, you're going to be the ranking Democrat,

or you are the ranking Democrat now on the House Oversight Committee.

Are you concerned at all about the way the White House, the Department of Justice have handled this Epstein case?

It used to be sort of like something on the far right that they concerned themselves with.

But clearly it looks like Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, is trying to sweep this under the rug.

And so is Trump.

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