Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Extended) | Signing Off

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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No cameras were present when President Trump signed the bill requiring the release of the Epstein files, Attorney General Pam Bondi glitched while defending the DOJ’s new stance on investigating Epstein’s crimes, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to remember their manners. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren returns to The Late Show to discuss many of the challenges facing the country, including the bill to release the Epstein files and why she wants Congress to continue to investigate the matter. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome friends and neighbors, citizens of all sizes to the late show.
0:09.8	I'm your host, Stephen Colbert, folks.
0:16.4	Ladies and do, hold on. Are the Epstein files out yet?
0:20.3	No? Okay. How about now? Are they, uh...
0:24.6	All right, just checking. You'll let me know. Stop me in mid-sentence if anything happens over there.
0:31.6	Because I'm a little excited. Because yesterday, after months of Trump fighting tooth and canckel
0:38.4	to hold back
0:39.9	the Republican Party from doing the right thing,
0:43.1	he just went ahead and gave up
0:44.7	and signed the bill to release the Epstein files.
0:50.6	Yeah.
1:00.4	One day you're going to have a very complicated conversation with their grandchildren about why you just cheered.
1:12.5	This is such a difficult moment for Trump. We don't know if he actually signed the bill himself.
1:17.8	He might have just used his mechanical signature machine, the auto-pube.
1:24.2	Because even though Trump told Republicans to all vote for this,
1:25.8	he was clearly furious that they did. He signed the bill after the White House issued a so-called photo lid,
1:29.3	which shut down any on-camera
1:31.3	opportunities. He signed it off
1:33.3	camera, and he'll sign anything
1:35.3	on camera. Executive orders,
1:37.3	sneakers, lady parts,
1:40.3	wall parts, a toddler.
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