President Trump says he has not been briefed on whether his name is in the Epstein files.

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These files were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by the

Biden and, you know, and we went through years of that.

Okay, so none of that is true, but President Trump is obviously attempting a course correction

with this Frankenstein monster of conspiracy theories that he helped create.

Jeffrey Epstein, for the record, was arrested and died in prison in 2019 during Trump's first term.

Trump back in office, he could release whatever he wants, whenever he wants.

And just in, House Speaker Mike Johnson says the Justice Department should release everything

they have on Epstein.

Plus, this hour, President Trump is in Pittsburgh pushing the potential power of artificial intelligence,

as the Senate Democratic leader slams the administration for giving a lucrative defense contract

to an AI chatbot that just a few days ago was going full Nazi.

And flooding to the extreme, stranding drivers, swapping a New York subway, even creating deadly scenes.

Is all this rain unusual?

We're going to talk to the experts.

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi

today facing even more questions over their complete 180 on whether or not all the Epstein

files should be released. President Trump was asked directly if the Attorney General has told

him whether his name is in these files related to the sex trafficking investigation into

Jeffrey Epstein.

Did she tell you at all that your name appeared in the fight?

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