The latest on DOJ's partial release of the Epstein files

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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DOJ says it will release more documents related to the Epstein investigation even as it faces backlash for partial disclosures so far. Plus, Turning Point USA's flagship event puts an unwelcome spotlight on the splits inside MAGA. And, Paramount doesn't back down from the Warner Bros. Discovery rejection as it raises the stakes with a "personal guarantee" form Larry Ellison. Susan Glasser, Peter Baker, Daniella Diaz, Tim Miller, Dan Nathan, Rohit Chopra, and Joseph Kahn join The 11th Hour this Monday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, awaiting a new release from the Epstein files, the Justice Department is expected to make more evidence public as lawmakers launch accusations of a cover-up and threatened legal action.
0:12.5	Then the mag of civil war, the battle over extremists and conspiracy theorists in the conservative coalition.
0:19.8	And a news organization in Trump's crosshairs
0:22.1	suddenly shelves a report on deportations. The growing pressure on independent media today is the
0:28.6	11th hour gets underway on this Monday night. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rule. thrilled to be back with you because we are now 315 days away from the midterms.
0:44.5	And tonight we are expecting another batch of Epstein documents to be made public anytime now.
0:50.5	As the Justice Department faces mounting backlash after their handling of this situation,
0:55.6	yesterday Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the decision to pull some images from the
1:01.2	initial release, including one of President Donald John Trump, right off the site, saying that it was
1:06.7	due to concerns from the victims and adding that the suggestion that the move had anything
1:11.9	to do with Trump himself was in Blanche's words, laughable. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle
1:17.9	are worried that the White House is slow walking things and hiding critical information.
1:24.4	They've not shown any deference or respect for the victims at all, for the survivors of this
1:30.3	nightmare.
1:31.4	And it's all about covering up things that, for whatever reason, Donald Trump doesn't want
1:36.3	to go public, either about himself, other members of his family, friends, Jeffrey Epstein.
1:42.9	The administration has struggled for months and months with
1:45.7	something they initially ginned up and then sort of tried to tamp down. So any evidence or any
1:52.1	kind of indication that there's not a full reveal on this, this will just plague them for months
1:57.3	and months more. So my suggestion would be give up all the information, release it.
2:03.9	House members, Rokana and Thomas Massey, sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, are
2:09.2	considering holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in inherent contempt for this delayed production.
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