Trump admin. facing MAGA backlash over Epstein case

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🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Trump-Musk cuts are still wreaking havoc on the federal government. Also, Donald Trump deregulates crypto while his family profits. Plus, U.S. munitions shipments to Ukraine resume after a pause. And Benjamin Netanyahu returns from Washington, D.C. without a ceasefire deal. Brandy Zadrozny, Rep. Robin Kelly, Ken Vogel, Rep. Eugene Vindman, and Noga Tarnopolsky join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	The last word with Alleyville.
0:02.1	She starts right now.
0:03.4	Hey, Ali.
0:03.7	I don't know if we have it planned because we're going to be talking about this Epstein stuff,
0:08.2	but those video clips you ran at the top were quite something.
0:12.6	The guys with the little foil hats.
0:15.7	Not even seeing the irony.
0:18.1	The guy who felt he was emotional because of his integrity.
0:21.4	You just can't make it up.
0:22.5	You cannot make that up.
0:24.6	The things that you and I end up talking about on the news that I absolutely would have bet lots of money against ever having to discuss,
0:32.9	I continue to be out of the losing side of these bets.
0:35.6	But thank you for your great reporting and get some rest this weekend. Thank you, Ellie, you too. Thanks, Sean. Well, there's a scandal in the
0:42.9	Trump government tonight, as you know, it may not be exactly the scandal you'd expect, because
0:47.3	tonight it's coming from conspiracists within MAGA world who are outraged about the Jeffrey Epstein
0:53.7	files.
0:54.9	Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, the man on the right, a man on the left, a former
0:59.7	right-wing podcaster with no law enforcement experience, is now considering resigning after a
1:05.1	heated confrontation at the White House with the Attorney General on the right, Pam Bondi,
1:09.9	over his frustration with how the Justice
1:12.0	Department has handled the Jeffrey Epstein files.
1:15.5	The New York Times reports that a meeting on Wednesday, quote, at a meeting on Wednesday,
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