Will shutting down Congress kill the Trump-Epstein story?
The News Agents - USA
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🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In an unprecedented move, Mike Johnson - the Speaker of the House has just shut Congress for the summer and sent legislators home early to stop them passing a bipartisan bill calling for the release of files on Jeffrey Epstein. Mike Johnson is scared of Donald Trump. But what is Donald Trump so scared of? And why can’t he make this Epstein story go away? We’re joined by the reporter that’s followed all the twists and turns of the Epstein saga, scandal and conspiracy - The Bulwark's Will Sommer. And we ask why the late night Steve Colbert show has been cancelled.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson just announced the House will start its summer recess a day early |
| 0:18.6 | in an effort to stave off Democratic lawmakers' plans to force a vote |
| 0:22.4 | on releasing the Epstein files. This is quite the moment. Before the election, the MAGA elite, |
| 0:29.6 | those around Trump, were promising that they would expose everything about the Epstein scandal. |
| 0:36.5 | Six months into Donald Trump's presidency, with the scandal growing, |
| 0:41.1 | the Speaker of the House, ally of Donald Trump, says, no, you're going home early. We don't want to vote on any of this. |
| 0:48.5 | We don't want to reveal anything. Imagine literally shutting down Congress to avoid having a vote that could embarrass your |
| 0:58.2 | president. That's what the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, has just done. He sent everyone home so they |
| 1:05.2 | don't vote to open up the Epstein files. Welcome to the Newsagents USA. |
| 1:17.3 | It's John. |
| 1:18.4 | It's Emily. |
| 1:19.2 | And as of yesterday, Congress is firmly shut. |
| 1:23.5 | The speaker, Mike Johnson, has basically ended all legislative business and sent the House home early to start their summer holidays. |
| 1:35.1 | Nice. |
| 1:35.7 | Nice. What a kind man. What a curious creature. He is. He's basically trying to stop. |
| 1:43.5 | House Republicans voting with Democrats to pass legislation |
| 1:48.8 | that would demand the release of the Epstein files. It is so unusual to find any bit of cross-party |
| 1:59.1 | legislation in America right now. It pretty much doesn't happen. |
| 2:04.0 | Democrats vote for Democrat things. Republicans vote for Republican things. And suddenly, |
| 2:08.7 | you've got this extraordinary group of Democrats and Republicans all willing to get together to vote |
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