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Congress Orders Trump to Release the Epstein Files
Wednesday, 19 November, 2025
Congressional Republicans on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to release all of the files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a bill that President Trump spent months trying to kill.The Times correspondents Anni Karni and Carl Hulse explain how a rebellion started by a handful of Republican lawmakers became a partywide mutiny, and Representative Thomas Massie talks about his role in bringing about the vote.Guest:Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent at The New York Times.Carl Hulse, the chief Washington correspondent for The Times.Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky.Background reading: The vote to approve was a stunning turn for an effort that Republican leaders had worked for months to block.For Mr. Trump, the Epstein scandal is the story that won’t go away.Photo: Tierney L. Cross/The New York TimesFor more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
