HOT TOPICS | Today Is the Epstein Files Deadline, Will They Be Released? - December 19th, 2025
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And, you know, I really want to start simply here because sometimes the simplest question is the one that nobody really wants to answer. We'll get to that. But Make sure you hit the like. Make sure you hit the thumbs up because it does affect the algorithm. Good morning. Also, where are my manners? Where are you guys streaming from? Let me know, please, exactly where you are streaming from. Oh, wait a minute. I think I had the wrong microphone on. How about that? Let me know exactly where you're streaming from because I would like to know. I want to know where the folks are. And so, look, sometimes the simplest questions is the one that nobody wants to answer. Stuttgart, Germany. Wow, I once dated someone from Stuttgart.
Amazing. so if these files were so harmless right why tucson arizona annabelle kentucky why don't they want to release them why are we still waiting on them why are they making the american people wait on them seriously that is the question this morning and also the question is are they going to release them now by the way i got to tell you i'm doing all of this i've had no coffee no nothing right So it's going to be a rough morning for me. Look, if there's nothing explosive in them, why isn't Donald Trump releasing these today? If there's nothing embarrassing, if there's nothing damaging to people with power, then this would have been a done deal already, don't you think? But instead, we have been waiting.
We started a clock a while back. Everyone thought, well, here's the thing. Not everyone thought Because this was like a Republican thing that Republicans cared about, that Democrats really didn't care about. And then all of a sudden, Donald Trump said, you know what? I don't think these things should be released. We should stop talking about it. By the way, someone please email me the notes. Did not come in my email. Thank you very much. And then Donald Trump said, you know, stop all this mess. So we know the file should be released just because of that. Just because of that, because in all of that, it is something that is suspicious at this point. Once you get to the point where you're saying nothing is in there and you have had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, that is problematic.
That is a big issue. you get to that point so i don't know do you guys think that they're gonna we're actually going to see these files today i'm not so sure i'm not so sure we're gonna see these files and um look let's put it this way i'm not holding my breath i would like to hold my breath but i'm not holding my breath because if i held my breath i could be holding my breath until midnight
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–5:47
2
What deadline is today and why does the Epstein Files matter?
5:47–12:04
3
Why is there skepticism that the Justice Department will fully release the files?
12:04–25:31
4
What did Congressman Ro Khanna claim would happen by 11:59 p.m.?
25:31–53:25
Speakers
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