The Takeout with Major Garrett, 2/2/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Survivors are calling on the Department of Justice to take down the published Epstein files, citing that the agency has failed in their redactions. Scott MacFarlane is at the desk with more, and Major interviews Spencer Kuvin, an attorney for Epstein survivors. Congress is in the midst of a partial government shutdown, since both houses have yet to pass their appropriations bills. Caitlin Huey-Burns breaks it down at Capitol Hill. After flipping a Texas State Senate district that has historically been Republican for more than 30 years, Taylor Rehmet's victory worries members of the GOP. Rehmet joins "The Takeout" on the strategy that led to his win. Plus, South Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace provides her reaction to the release of the Epstein files, and a new profile from New York Magazine, quoting former staffers saying she mistreats her employees and has become erratic in her behavior. Join us right here for the full episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Your favorite true crime series, 48 Hours, is back for a new season, and so is the official |
| 0:05.5 | after show podcast, Postmortem. Every Monday, listen to a new episode of 48 hours, and then join |
| 0:11.5 | me, 48 hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green on Tuesday for a new episode of Postmortem, where we bring |
| 0:17.8 | you a closer look at each case. This case was eye-opening on so many different levels. |
| 0:24.0 | Follow and listen to 48 hours on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.5 | The Epstein files. |
| 0:31.8 | After a weekend of sifting millions of pages and thousands of images, what more do we know? |
| 0:37.6 | An attorney for several Epstein survivors gives us his take. |
| 0:42.2 | Later in the show, Representative Nancy Mace on whether the Justice Department is doing |
| 0:46.9 | enough to live up to the law and investigate Epstein accomplices. |
| 0:51.8 | What does the first Democratic victory in a state Senate district in Texas |
| 0:56.7 | since 1978 mean for the midterms? A lot? A little? We ask the winner. Taylor Remen. |
| 1:15.8 | Hello, everyone. I'm Major Garrett in Washington. |
| 1:17.1 | Welcome to the takeout. |
| 1:21.1 | The Epstein files remain an enigma, possibly by design. |
| 1:28.2 | It's been three days, and the sifting of documents, emails, text messages, videos, and still photographs continues. |
| 1:33.7 | Some items that should have been redacted, like information identifying survivors, wasn't. |
| 1:38.8 | And items that should not have been redacted, like a picture of President Trump, was. |
| 1:45.4 | We also know this. About Epstein's actions and those who were aware of them are very much in his orbit, the Brits are taking it all much more seriously than we are. You have doubtless made |
| 1:50.8 | note of the serial demotions and royal stature visited upon one we used to call Prince Andrew, |
| 1:56.0 | but now referred to as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and think of, when we do think of him, as a barely |
| 2:02.9 | attached and now Epstein tarnished appendage of the monarchy. |
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