Will Epstein Files Release Put Out The Political Firestorm?

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Both the House and the Senate have overwhelmingly passed the Epstein File Transparency Act, launching the process to release long-sealed Justice Department records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. This is a move that could expose powerful figures and trigger major political fallouts. Republican strategist Colin Reed joins the Rundown to break down how the disclosures may reshape the political landscape ahead of the midterms and why both parties are bracing for what comes next. The Restore Trust in Congress Act seeks to strengthen ethical standards and safeguard public confidence by prohibiting members of Congress from leveraging non-public, insider information for personal stock trading by members of Congress. Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN), a leading advocate for banning stock trading in Congress, joins to examine the proposed legislation’s real potential to curb the practice, the unusual bipartisan momentum behind the effort, and his views on UFOs—including his conviction that the government has not been fully transparent about what it knows. Plus, commentary by FOX News Contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Charles Payne.
0:01.0	I'm Martha McCallum.
0:01.9	I'm Ashley Webster, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.4	Wednesday, November 19th, 2025.
0:11.5	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:12.9	The Epstein Files will be released after the process kicked off with a historic House vote.
0:17.7	Nearly every congressional representative wants the public to see what the
0:21.8	Justice Department has. There's this idea that there's some sort of lurking scandal below the
0:27.1	shadows that a lot of wealthy and powerful and connected people got away with, and that's something
0:32.3	that connects with the everyday voter right now. I'm Dave Anthony. There is a push in Congress to stop lawmakers from being moneymakers by making the stock
0:42.6	market off limits.
0:44.6	I mean, do you honestly think members of Congress day in and day out make 600% return
0:49.8	on their investments?
0:51.2	You know, they're beating Warren Buffett, man.
0:53.7	If they're this good at it,
0:55.5	they ought to leave Congress and go to Wall Street. And I'm Joe Concha. I've got the final
1:00.6	word on the Fox News rundown.
1:06.5	Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. House voted to pass the Epstein filed transparency act.
1:12.1	The yeas are 427. The nays are one. Two-thirds being in the affirmative. The rules are suspended. The bill is passed.
1:23.5	This will require the Justice Department to release what it has on late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, as long as the information is unclassified.
1:31.9	This would not include sensitive victim information, anything pornographic.
1:36.5	It would not include documents requiring judicial approval like grand jury records.
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