Joining us now, Democratic Senator from Arizona, Ruben Ggo, who just introduced a resolution calling on the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files. Uh, Senator, good to have you. Uh, explain why you felt you needed to get involved in this.Well, look, uh, clearly there is something going on in the White House where they do not want to have transparency after almost eight years of a campaign that vilified government workers, politicians, accusing them of being supportive of pedophiles uh, on the e ...

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epste would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff. It's sorted, but it's boring. And I don't understand why it keeps going. Uh I I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like like that going. But credible information, let them give it. Anything that's credible, I would say let them have it. Also calling for more clarity is House Speaker Mike Johnson, who pressed the administration for more visibility on the case. ...

Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Eric Swallwell of California. Welcome back, Congressman. Trump says it's highly unlikely that he's firing Powell, even though he said something different apparently in a room full of Republicans.Do you believe him. He can't fire Pal and Powell has said that he will not allow himself to be fired because the law protects Pal uh from being fired. So this is just Trump upset that he cannot uh you know control somebody who is supposed to otherwise be independent and and so ...

And our top story this hour is the fallout. House Speaker Mike Johnson now calling for more transparency over the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein case. It comes as the president continues to urge his supporters to move on.NBC News Chief Justice and National Affairs correspondent Kelly O'Donnell has the latest. The MAGA movement's push for public disclosure of the Justice Department's files on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein now includes a high-profile Trump ally. I'm for transparency.H ...

It seems the far right, much of it, digging in on finding answers and justice as it pertains to uh sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. Yeah. And some people who had decided to let this go came back to it again yesterday.There is no letup now in the drum beat for more information about that Jeffrey Epstein case despite, as we just heard, President Trump's repeated efforts to put the issue to rest. The controversy continues to plague the administration, driving a chasm among MAGA supporters. The president spoke to ...

Donald Trump and his MAGA extremist allies have fanned the flames of this conspiracy theory for years. And so there's only two options at this point. Either Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and that whole crew have been lying to the American people over the last several years about what is actually in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Or alternatively, Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and his allies in the Trump administration are hiding something from the American people right now.So, we're determined to get to the bottom of thi ...

New tonight, the MAGA movement's push for public disclosure of the Justice Department's files on notorious sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, now includes a high-profile Trump ally. I'm for transparency. House Speaker Mike Johnson.It's a very delicate subject, but we should we should put everything out there and let the people decide it. A push for damage control from the president's own daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. I do think that there needs to be more transparency on this and and I think that that will happe ...

Political Commentary & Public Opinion - The report highlights a perceived failure of Donald Trump to quell the Epstein story, leading to a revolt among MAGA pundits and influencers [1] - It notes the growing MAGA anger and demand for the release of the Epstein client list, suggesting this is a key motivating issue for Trump's base [1] - The analysis points out a shift in Fox News' coverage, downplaying the Epstein controversy in favor of other topics [1] - The report suggests Trump's base may feel betrayed if they perceive a cover-up related to the Epstein case [1] Transparency & Accountability - The report criticizes the lack of transparency from the Trump administration regarding the Epstein files [2][3] - It mentions accusations that the administration is behaving like the "deep state" by refusing to be transparent [2][3] - The report references Trump's past vows to declassify the Epstein files and questions his current reluctance [2] Cognitive Dissonance & Conspiracy Theories - The analysis discusses how Trump's followers manage cognitive dissonance regarding his personal behavior by embracing conspiracy theories about sex trafficking and a "deep state" [3] - It suggests that some followers may be avoiding the idea that Trump is protecting himself in the Epstein case [3][4]

There's a psychology to this and we we don't want to do the thing of taking millions of people and saying they all have the same motivation, but political scientists study this um paranoid style in American politics. Um pre-in um emphasis on the political potency of conspiracy theories, particularly when they dovetail with a wider kind of extreme rabbit or messianic view of things. The problem for a lot of Trump followers is they've had to spend a lot of time minimizing everything from him saying on tape th ...

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