It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated by the Democrats.

And some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net.

And so they try and do the Democrats' work. I call it the Epstein hoax.

Will you ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to release more documents to finally put this controversy to that?

Whatever's credible, she can release it. If a document is credible, if the documents there that is credible, she can release.

I think it's good.

But it's just really, it's just a subject.

He's dead, he's gone, and all it is is the Republican, certain Republicans got duped by the Democrats.

And yet certain Republicans, including this administration, kept this alive.

That was President Trump yesterday, continuing to dismiss the outrage from some of his base over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files,

even going so far as to say he doesn't want their support anymore.

The question is, is the president at risk of losing substantial support from his MAGA coalition?

Also ahead, we're going to get the latest from the Middle East after Israel hit Syria's capital

with airstrikes. The question is, what prompted this action from Israel amid its war in Gaza and

recent attacks on Iran? Plus, we'll go through

conflicting messages from President Trump about the future of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The question is,

did President Trump really forget that he was the one who appointed Powell in the first place?

It's way too early for this. Welcome to way too early, the show that never forgets a familiar face. I'm

Ali Vitale on this Thursday, July 17th, and we're going to start with the news. President

Trump is now directly disavowing

his own supporters who are calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. In a lengthy

social media post yesterday, the president blasted anyone who continues to talk about Epstein,

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