Sen. Schumer to force Senate to vote on suing DOJ for full release of Epstein files
Way Too Early with Ali Vitali
MS NOW, Ali Vitali
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🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What this whole thing is with Epstein is a way of trying to deflect from the tremendous success that the Republican Party has. |
| 0:10.9 | They're asking me questions about Jeffrey Epstein. I thought that was finished. I believe they gave over 100,000 pages of documents. |
| 0:19.6 | Not quite so finished, President Trump attempting to dismiss the Epstein files and casting them |
| 0:24.2 | as a distraction from his own party's achievements. |
| 0:27.0 | The question is, what does this latest trove of file show? |
| 0:29.8 | And why did they disappear for a moment? |
| 0:32.1 | Plus, the U.S. military announcing another strike on an alleged drug boat in the Pacific |
| 0:36.2 | ocean, while President Trump said the strikes were not limited to Venezuela. |
| 0:40.3 | The question is, will the president expand his pressure campaign to other countries? |
| 0:45.4 | And the head of CBS News is defending her decision to pull a 60-minute story |
| 0:49.6 | on the notorious Seacot prison in El Salvador. |
| 0:52.4 | The question is, how did that segment end up online anyway? |
| 0:55.5 | It's way too early for this. |
| 1:06.5 | Good morning and welcome to way too early. |
| 1:08.7 | The show that is almost done with its holiday shopping. |
| 1:12.0 | Fingers crossed, but we're right up on that deadline. |
| 1:14.4 | I'm Ali Vitale on this Tuesday, December 23rd. |
| 1:17.4 | We'll start with the news. |
| 1:19.0 | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will force the Senate to vote on suing the Justice Department for the full release of the Epstein Files when the body reconvenes on January 5th. |
| 1:28.9 | It's part of a larger push from Congress to compel the DOJ to comply with the spirit and letter of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. |
| 1:36.4 | Schumer made that announcement on social media yesterday. |
| 1:38.8 | The Democrat accusing the Trump administration of breaking the law after the DOJ missed last Friday's deadline of releasing |
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