Trump Does About-Face On Epstein In The Face Of GOP Revolt

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Trump does a 180 on Jeffery Epstein and now says he’ll sign into law a bill that forces the release of the Epstein files after fighting it tooth and nail. Will those files see the light of day? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:16.8	Out front next, breaking news, Trump's mind-boggling 180 on Jeffrey Epstein, now saying he'll sign into law a bill that forces the release of the Epstein files after fighting it tooth and nail for months.
0:30.2	But will those upstein files actually see the light of day?
0:33.5	Plus, breaking news, new video into Outfront tonight of what just happened at a Charlotte laundromat
0:38.6	when federal agents showed up.
0:40.5	The latest city to be targeted and the top sheriff in Charlotte is out front tonight.
0:45.6	And the DOJ's James Comey case on really thin ice.
0:49.6	A judge tonight finding evidence of possible government in his conduct.
0:53.4	Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb says he's never seen anything like it.
0:56.7	He'll be here.
0:57.4	Let's go out front.
1:00.6	And good evening.
1:01.6	I'm Aaron Burnett on this Monday.
1:03.3	Out front tonight, the breaking news.
1:04.9	Trump throws his hands up in defeat tonight telling reporters that when it comes to the Epstein files,
1:13.0	he'll sign the bill for their release. Now, if you think that you're living in some alternative universe, it's understandable.
1:19.6	This is one of the most mind-boggling 180s ever. Trump just this weekend saying that Republicans
1:25.5	are stupid, his word, stupid to fall into the trap of voting for the bill.
1:30.8	And in a lengthy post, he tore into his one-time most loyal of loyal allies, Marjorie Taylor Green of her. He said,
1:38.6	wacky Marjorie Trader Brown. Remember, Green turns to Brown where there is rot involved.
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