Trump signs the Epstein files bill

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On our nightcap: The President's signature is now on the Epstein files transparency bill. Then, DOJ’s case against James Comey faces a roadblock after a major development. Plus, Trump continues to poll poorly, as the shutdown leaves a very incomplete picture of the economy. Evan McMorris-Santoro, David Litt, Paul Reickhoff, Berit Berger and Walter Isaacson join The 11th Hour this Wednesday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Trump signs the Epstein bill, but questions still remain on what exactly we'll get from those files, as AG Pambondi teases new information.
0:10.0	Then the DOJ's case against Jim Comey could be in serious trouble after a major development.
0:15.0	Plus, money power politics, more bad polling for Trump as the shutdown leaves an incomplete picture of the economy
0:22.4	as the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.
0:31.5	Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl, and welcome to the first midweek nightcap in Times Square with MS now. We are now
0:39.4	348 days away from the midterms, and President Trump has officially signed the bill to release
0:45.7	the Epstein files. Trump announced the news on Truth Social just a few hours ago. With a bill now
0:50.5	signed into law, the Epstein issue has been kicked into the hands of the Justice
0:55.4	Department. The law gives the DOJ 30 days to release the files. During a press conference today,
1:00.6	Attorney General Pam Bondi said only that the DOJ will, quote, follow the law. She also appeared
1:06.5	to tease, quote, new and additional information related to the files, but did not offer any more details.
1:12.7	Meanwhile, executives from major companies like Chevron, Qualcomm, and Pfizer gathered in Washington, D.C.,
1:18.3	where Trump and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman touted billions and billions of dollars in new investments in deepening ties between our two countries.
1:27.4	Trump also said he'd
1:28.4	been working with Arab nations to, quote, stabilize Sudan at the encouragement of the Crown Prince
1:33.6	and other Arab leaders. It is all happening as new polling shows Donald Trump's approval
1:38.1	rating plunging to a new low of 38% this term, thanks to, you guessed it, affordability in the Epstein files.
1:46.8	This is the lowest rating from his first term. This is the lowest rating this time around.
1:51.1	His first term, it was 33%. All right, now let's bring in our nightcap. Evan McMorris,
1:55.7	Santoro is here, reporter for notice. David Litt, former presidential speechwriter. You can find
2:00.2	his newsletter, Word Salad on Substack, and my dear friend Paul Rehnkoff, founder and CEO of the Independent
2:05.8	Veterans of America and host of Independent Americans podcast. I'm going to be joining him there soon.
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