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Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

As the Department of Justice slow-walks an over-redacted release of its files on Jeffrey Epstein, Harry convenes CNN's Aaron Blake, former Senator Heidi Heitkamp, and NOTUS White House correspondent Jasmine Wright to analyze the administration's ham-handed noncompliance. The trio also dig into Vanity Fair's explosive revelations about the White House and Trump's top aide Susie Wiles. They close by considering the administration's escalations in the Caribbean and the real motives behind them. And, late in the episode, Harry offers a reflection on Rob Reiner's passing. Mentioned in this episode: Aaron’s reporting: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cnn.com/profiles/aaron-blake Jasmine's reporting: https://www.notus.org/jasmine-wright The Vanity Fair story on the Trump White House: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-1 The New York Times story on Trump and Epstein's relationship: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump.html The New York Times story on how Epstein built his wealth and power: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-money-scams-investigation.html The Talking Feds episode with Rob Reiner: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-witness-has-left-the-room/id1456045551?i=1000445365427 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.9	Welcome to TalkingFeds, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests
1:14.1	for dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.
1:19.7	I'm Harry Littman.
1:21.6	A blockbuster Vanity Fair story built on interviews with Trump chief of staff, Susie Wiles, yanked back the curtain
1:29.5	on the president's inner circle this past week. Washington is still scrambling to make sense
1:35.8	of Wiles' sharp jabs at other top officials and her striking admissions, including about
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