00:00Tyler, President Trump says the Democrats have been using these Epstein emails to distract the American public from the shutdown that they created.
00:08That's his accusation.
00:10But I wonder what we're going to get in terms of actual file releases.
00:17There was another representative finally sworn in yesterday.
00:21She added her signature to, I guess, a document that's going to push the release of the Epstein files towards the Senate.
00:31Are Republicans going to allow this information to come out to the public?
00:35Right. So, Matt, there are two tranches of files that we're talking about here.
00:39There's one, the 20,000 emails that we saw released yesterday from the House Oversight Committee.
00:45And then there are these other files that we are seeing a push for their release from the Department of Justice.
00:51As you mentioned, there are now enough signatures on that discharge petition which would force a vote in the House.
00:57It does look likely that that vote could ultimately go through.
01:00We've already seen many Republicans come out and say that they would support the release of these documents.
01:05But you're exactly right.
01:07After that passes, it would then go to the Senate.
01:09And it's hard to see how this would pass the Senate.
01:11There are 53 Republicans.
01:13It would need 60 votes ultimately for that to happen.
01:16And then it would have to go to President Trump's desk for final approval.
01:20And he would very likely veto it, not sign it.
01:24So it's unclear if we're actually going to see the release.
01:26But it's definitely adding and mounting the political pressure on this White House,
01:31considering that President Trump had campaigned during the election that we would see the release of these files.
01:36Of course, Matt, we should say that the White House and President Trump maintain that he has had no knowledge or involvement in any of the wrongdoing connected to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
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