TITLE: The nightcap: Epstein survivors slam Trump claims that calls for transparency are a 'hoax'

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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It’s nightcap time. Epstein victims call for Congress to release all of the DOJ’s files related to the case in a powerful press conference on Capitol Hill. Then, a new report from the Federal Reserve shows U.S. economic activity saw “little or no” growth in recent weeks and nearly all districts in their survey noted "tariff related price increases." Plus, public health experts sound the alarm after Florida’s Surgeon General says the state will end all vaccine mandates. Symone Sanders hosts as Jon Allen, Philip Bump, Joel Payne, John Avlon, Brandy Zadrozny, Al Powell and Jim Place join The 11th Hour this Wednesday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Epstein victims make a public push for Congress to release all the DOJ's files related to the case.
0:08.2	Their powerful message as the White House tries to distract.
0:11.9	Then money, power, politics.
0:14.8	A new report shows little to no economic growth amid new concerns over inflation.
0:19.9	Plus, public health experts sound the alarm
0:22.9	after Florida Surgeon General said the state will end all vaccine mandates as the 11th hour
0:28.4	gets underway on this Wednesday night. Greetings, everyone. I'm Simone Sanders Townsend,
0:35.7	in for Stephanie Rule. And welcome to the midweek nightcap. It is day 227 of the second Trump administration. And tonight, the White House is under growing pressure to release the Epstein files. In an emotional press conference on Capitol Hill today, survivors shared stories of sexual abuse at the hands of Epstein and his co-conspirator
0:56.6	Gilane Maxwell. And they blasted Trump's recent claims that their calls for transparency are part of a hoax.
1:03.3	The bombshell presser was organized by a bipartisan duo, Democrat Rokana and Republican congressman
1:09.7	Thomas Massey. NBC's Hallie Jackson was there and has more.
1:15.1	A rally tonight and a rallying cry.
1:17.9	We will never be silenced again.
1:20.7	On Capitol Hill, pressure building on GOP leadership to back the release of more Epstein documents in a rare alliance between MAGA
1:29.3	allies and Trump foes.
1:31.4	What if this was your sister?
1:33.0	What if this was your daughter?
1:34.5	Republican Thomas Massey and Democrat Rokane, leading the effort to get enough signatures
1:38.9	to force a vote to compel the DOJ to release all files.
1:43.0	Three Republican women splitting with the rest of their parties so far to back it.
1:47.5	One, leaving a meeting with survivors visibly emotional.
1:50.7	Nancy Mace, who shared her own story of sexual assault,
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