Trump Says Comey, Obama “Made Up” Epstein Files

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress aren’t satisfied by his decision to not release additional files from the Jeffrey Epstein case, and it’s threatening to deepen the MAGA divide he now faces from his base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	slash setup tonight calls to release the Epstein files are morphing into calls to have
0:37.1	galane maxwell testify in a major new escalation calls to release the Epstein files are morphing into calls to have Galane Maxwell testify.
0:40.2	In a major new escalation of the controversy, the president can't shut down.
0:44.6	Plus, a 25-year-old Gen Zier trying to upset the Democratic establishment in Arizona.
0:51.0	Live election results are just a few moments away and later Trump eyeing a controversial move
0:56.4	to make Texas redder just in time for the midterms. Congressman Jasmine Crockett is in studio
1:02.3	to respond tonight on Laura Coates Live. So President Trump appears to be unable to put that Jeffrey Epstein genie back in the bottle.
1:17.2	If anything, the controversy is it's heating up and more intense even tonight.
1:22.1	Because get this. There are now calls for Epstein's convicted accomplice, Galane Maxwell, to testify before Congress.
1:30.6	Republican Congressman Tim Burchett tonight wrote a letter to the House Oversight Chair demanding as much, saying,
1:37.0	quote, I respectfully respect, you invite Ms. Galane Maxwell to testify in a public hearing before the committee.
1:46.7	Should Ms. Wax-Wexwell refuse the invitation, I encourage you to use subpoena powers.
1:52.6	Now, Birchett is not alone in this.
1:54.9	And Trump's attempts to have people move on don't appear to be working, which is much to his dismay.
2:01.5	I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody.
2:06.8	It's pretty boring stuff. It's sorted, but it's boring.
2:10.5	And I don't understand why it keeps going.
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