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BREAKING: Trump FLIPS on Release of EPSTEIN FILES-- BUT WHY?!?!


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In this episode, Elizabeth unpacks Donald Trump's abrupt flip in support of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and what the legislation actually does. She explains how the bill would require the DOJ to release Epstein-related documents on a tight timeline, with only limited carve-outs—such as excluding child sexual abuse images and narrowly defined materials tied to ongoing investigations—and why that does not mean the files have been scrubbed or destroyed. Drawing on her litigation background, she breaks down how redactions and "privilege logs" work in practice, and pushes back hard on the idea that Trump and his allies are playing "5D chess," framing this instead as a panicked attempt to control a story that's slipping away from them.

Elizabeth then zooms out to the political fallout: MAGA infighting over the files, Trump's escalating feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene (and her unexpected public support for Epstein survivors), and Jamie Raskin's pointed comments clearly designed to get under Trump's skin. She sets realistic expectations about criminal accountability given statutes of limitation, while emphasizing other forms of consequence—political, professional, and reputational—for powerful figures tied to Epstein. She closes with a clear call to action: keep the pressure on by contacting your senators to demand a yes vote on the Act, and don't give in to doom narratives when public organizing is visibly forcing cracks in the Trump regime.

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