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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt avoided directly answering questions about an alleged phone call between Donald Trump and the Palm Beach police chief mentioned in the Epstein files. When pressed by reporters, she said she did not know the details but argued that any such call would support Trump’s long-standing claim that he distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein and even removed him from Mar-a-Lago.

Leavitt rejected suggestions the administration was hiding Trump’s name in the records, insisting the president has been transparent about his past dealings. Critics say the refusal to clarify fuels suspicions, while the White House maintains the files show Trump acted against Epstein rather than protecting him.

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00:00According to newly released files, the president had a conversation with the Palm Beach Police
00:05Chief in the early 2000s, according to the police chief in 2019.
00:11The president had gone on record before and he's told reporters that he said that Jeffrey
00:15Epstein, that he had no idea about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
00:18During this conversation with the police chief, however, he did say, according to this recounting
00:26of it, that thank goodness you're stopping him.
00:28He also called Delaney Maxwell evil.
00:30My two questions are, did that conversation with the Palm Beach police chief happen and
00:36can you explain the discrepancy?
00:38What I will say is that the president has always remained consistent and that he kicked Jeffrey
00:43Epstein out of his club at Mar-a-Lago because, frankly, Jeffrey Epstein was a creep.
00:48And unlike many other people who are named in these files, President Trump cut off his
00:52relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and was honest and transparent about that for years and years.
00:57And so I think what the president has said all along has always remained true.
01:01And the release of more than three million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and his
01:06heinous disgusting crimes just shows the level of transparency that this president and administration
01:11has committed to in bringing these files to light.
01:15But did he call the chief in 2006?
01:17Caroline, did he call the chief?
01:19Look, it was a phone call that may or may not have happened in 2006.
01:23I don't know the answer to that question.
01:25What I'm telling you is that what President Trump has always said is that he kicked Jeffrey
01:29Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club because Jeffrey Epstein was a creep.
01:33And that remains true.
01:34And this call, if it did happen, corroborates exactly what President Trump has said from
01:39the beginning.
01:39And I'm sure many of you, when you read that alleged FBI report, probably thought to yourself,
01:45wow, this really cracks our narrative that we've been trying to push
01:48about this president for many years.
01:50So we're moving on from that.
01:52Reagan.
01:53Thanks, Caroline.
01:54I want to ask you about the SAVE Act.
01:56NBC reported that there's some hesitation among House Republicans
01:59on adding absentee ballot restrictions into the SAVE Act.
02:04Can you explain what the hesitation is among House Republicans and also just
02:08provide a status of negotiations with Congress on the legislation?
02:12I can't speak for House Republicans, Reagan.
02:14I can obviously speak for the president, who is quite possibly the strongest supporter
02:19of the SAVE America Act, which, as you know, would require proof of citizenship
02:25to register to vote.
02:26It would require proof of identification, a photo identification before casting a ballot.
02:32And it would also ensure that there are exceptions made.
02:36I think that's what you're alluding to with these conversations with House Republicans
02:39for reasonable requests, of course, for our military, for individuals who are disabled and
02:44cannot make it to the polls.
02:45Those are reasonable, common sense things that I believe House Republicans are discussing
02:49amongst themselves.
02:50But as for the president, he's been very clear.
02:52He wants House Republicans and Democrats, too, if they were politically wise,
02:56to pass this legislation, for the Senate to pass it, to send it to the president's desk
03:00so it can be signed into law.
03:02I'm wondering when the last time the president spoke to Leader Thune was,
03:05and if he discussed using the standing filibuster to pass legislation.
03:09The president has given his position on the standing filibuster.
03:12As for his most recent conversation with Leader Thune, frankly, I'm not sure.
03:16I do know they speak very frequently.
03:18The president's in constant communication with both Leader Thune and the House Speaker,
03:22Mike Johnson.
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