Lemon LIVE at 5 | House Votes to Release the Epstein Files! - November 18th, 2025
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The next morning I woke up and I thought, all right, I'm good. No fog, no dragging myself out of bed. I felt ready to get up and do the show. So with the holidays coming, the parties, the toast, the dinners, you want to feel your best the next day. So make Z Biotics your first drink of the night. Go to zbiotics.com slash lemon. Use the code lemon for 15% off of your first order. And if you don't love it, they'll refund your money. No questions asked. That's zbiotics.com slash lemon. Use the code lemon. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5. We're on time because this morning we had trouble because of the outage for the internet and all that, right? Connectivity. Welcome, Lemon Nation, to Lemon Live at 5.
Appreciate you joining us this evening. We have an incredible show for you. I just want to say, if I sound a little weird and I look a little weird, like... it's because I went to the dentist today and he shot me up and I had a crown or whatever. Anyway, TMI. But everything is swollen. So if I'm like running nose and I don't know, just somebody tell me. Okay? And thank you whoever said the hoodie is awesome. This is brand new in the Don Lemon store. Go to donlemon.com and click on merch, okay? But we have some serious stuff that we want to talk to you about. The House voted today, not long ago, to... Overwhelmingly, they passed the bill seeking the release of the Epstein files. It was a discharge resolution.
Republican leaders had dismissed the measure as a political showboat driven by Democrats seeking to politically damage President Trump, even though this was not a Democratic initiative. This was a Republican Trump MAGA initiative. It was Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. And so they approved it. 427 to one vote. It came after Democrats joined by a tiny group of Republican defectors succeeded in forcing the legislation to the floor over the vehement opposition of President Trump and GOP leaders. And so this is a reflection of how the Epstein affair and the president's handling of it has fractured Mr. Trump's political coalition and suggested a slip in his iron grip on his party. As I said, this is when the spell is breaking.
427 to 1. 427 to 1. The only one that opposed was Clay Higgins. Did not vote for it. In the House, the sole lawmaker to vote no was Representative Clay Higgins, a far-right Republican from Louisiana. It would be from my home state. Let's discuss and get everything we need to know about the day. Tara Palmieri is here, a veteran journalist, the author of The Red Letter on Substack, and the host of The Tara Palmieri Show right here on YouTube. Tara, thanks for joining. How are you?
I'm good, Don. You still sound wonderful, even with the Novocaine.
You can hear and see it a little bit, can't you? A little bit.
That's a pro. A television pro could do that. I'd have to be here for like a week.
I look like a bunch of bees stung me.
You look like a woman on the Upper East Side. Without a few too many lip injections.
My forehead wouldn't move if I was that woman on the Upper East Side.
Yeah, exactly. You'd be completely frozen. So, no, you look great.
Today's a big day. Thank you.
Oh, my God. It's a wonderful day for the survivors who have been screaming into the void. finally a moment for them to be heard and to see something.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–7:13
2
What happened in the House vote to release the Epstein files and what was the final tally?
7:13–8:18
3
Why did many Republicans suddenly support releasing Epstein materials and how did Trump react?
8:18–25:10
4
How could redactions or 'protecting victims' be used to block full disclosure of the files?
25:10–33:13
5
What are the possible pathways for the Epstein files to reach the public (whistleblower, journalism, legal obstacles)?
33:13–47:08
6
How did the hosts and guests explain the political significance of the 427–1 vote?
47:08–54:37
Speakers
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