Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in the east. Donald Trump might at this point have better

luck stopping a freight train, but he's trying anyway this afternoon to turn the page to move on from

what has become the most enduring debacle of his second term as president. That is, of course, the Epstein Files

ordeal, which Politico reports has entered a new stage. Quote, if it wasn't a crisis already,

it is indisputably one now. And it threatens to swallow the news cycle and drastically

complicate the GOP's push to enact Trump's agenda. As we speak, Donald Trump is in

the midst of what amounts to an arm-waving look-over-here mission. He's at the headquarters of the Federal

Reserve following repeated ceaseless criticism of Fed Chair Jerome Powell over myriad things, especially

over his refusal to lower interest rates and the

cost of renovations to that building.

Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks from the Fed.

We'll watch them for you.

If news is made, we will report it to you immediately.

But it's the story that the administration can't quite escape at this point.

And there are developments to tell you about because we understand

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Galane Maxwell,

in a Tallahassee courthouse. That meeting appears to be over. Maxwell's attorney said as much,

adding that her client answered all the questions. If Blanche emerges at any point in the next couple hours and

speaks to cameras, we'll monitor that for you as well. The Trump administration framed Blanche's

visit to Maxwell as a search for answers, a position complicated by a couple of factors. First,

Maxwell appears to be an unreliable witness among her charges was perjury.

And a July 2020 Department of Justice filing, while Trump was president, continued her

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