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CNN 5 Things

WH on Epstein Files, ICE Release Order, Last Penny and more

CNN 5 Things

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News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The White House is pushing back against newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails that mentioned the president’s name multiple times. The House is taking a key step toward ending a record-setting government shutdown. A federal judge dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago. The mom of a girl who disappeared nearly a month ago appeared in court today. Plus, it’s curtains for the penny after more than two centuries in circulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, from CNN. I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, November 12th.

0:08.3

These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.

0:14.2

That's White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt today on 20,000 more documents the House Oversight Committee released from Jeffrey Epstein's

0:21.3

estate. Democrats on the panel earlier today released the late convicted sex offenders'

0:26.2

private emails with an associate and an author in Trump's orbit that mentioned Trump's name

0:31.0

multiple times over the last 15 years. Shortly after, the committee led by Republicans released

0:36.9

an additional 20,000 documents.

0:39.3

The panel subpoenaed the estate earlier this year as part of its congressional investigation.

0:44.3

Levitt told reporters Trump, quote,

0:46.3

"...was always extremely professional and friendly to Virginia Jufre

0:50.3

when asked if the president ever spent time at Epstein's house with one of Epstein's victims.

0:55.1

Joufrey never implicated the president in any wrongdoing.

0:58.5

She died by suicide earlier this year.

1:01.2

What President Trump has always said is that he was from Palm Beach and so was Jeffrey Epstein.

1:06.7

Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Maralago until President Trump kicked him out because

1:11.5

Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep.

1:14.7

Leavitt accused lawmakers of selectively leaking certain emails to embarrass the president,

1:19.5

but Congressman Robert Garcia, a top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, denied

1:23.9

those accusations.

1:26.0

Trump didn't receive or send any of the messages, which largely predated his time as president,

1:31.0

and he hasn't been accused of a crime in connection to the late convicted sex offender

1:34.9

or Epstein's accomplice Galane Maxwell.

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