Trump tries to shift attention away from the Epstein files, as the House grinds to a halt amid backlash

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

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Trump tries to shift attention to the MAGA hits and away from Jeffrey Epstein as House Republicans move to avoid a vote to release all the Epstein files. Then, Texas Republicans focus on the Trump-inspired push to redraw congressional maps to help the GOP gain seats in the House. Plus, the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for a full review of the Fed. Luke Broadwater, Leigh Ann Caldwell, David Drucker, Ernie Tedeschi, Justin Wolfers, James Carville, and David J. Goodman join The 11th Hour this Monday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Speaker Mike Johnson punts on the Epstein files.
0:05.0	House Republicans make moves to dodge a floor vote on a bill that would force the release of all the Epstein materials.
0:12.0	Then a political power play.
0:14.0	Texas Republicans are answering Trump's demands to help the party keep control of the House in the midterms.
0:20.0	Plus, a new report suggests the Fed Chair may have an unlikely ally inside the White House
0:25.9	as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:33.9	Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Buhl, and it is day 183 of the psychic Trump administration. And the president has been celebrating the past six months of the second administration, from his immigration crackdown to slashing the federal workforce to enacting widespread tariffs and passing a massive domestic spending bill that is estimated to add trillions of dollars to the debt.
0:57.0	But the outrage over the Jeffrey Epstein case is still hanging over this presidency.
1:01.9	Here's what the president's press secretary had to say about the current backlash.
1:06.5	Is the president satisfied that his own supporters are not heeding his call to let it go and to move on?
1:15.1	I know the president would reject that, Kelly.
1:17.0	In fact, he cited over the weekend some polls showing that his approval rating with the Republican Party is actually at an all-time high.
1:23.7	He knows what his supporters want.
1:25.1	It's transparency.
1:26.4	And he has given them that on all accounts when it comes to everything this administration has done.
1:30.9	Will he call on Cash Patel to do more? Again, as I just answered, the president has told the Attorney General and the FBI director to release any credible evidence that they find.
1:42.3	But Trump also posted that he wants all of the Epstein grand jury transcripts released.
1:48.7	Meanwhile, House Republicans, and this is important, scrapped plans on several votes that were
1:53.9	planned this week in order to avoid a bill that would force the release of all the Epstein
1:59.3	files and not just the grand jury transcripts.
2:01.5	At the same time, the president is keeping up his attacks against guess who, the Wall Street Journal.
2:07.2	And the White House removed the journal from the press pool to cover the president's Scotland trip over the weekend,
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