President Trump has bowed to pressure from US lawmakers, including those in his own Republican party, to release files related to the investigation into the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. As leading MAGA figures start to rebel, we ask whether Trump has lost control over his base? 

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Guest: George Grylls, Washington correspondent, The Times. 

Host: Luke Jones. 

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Olivia Case. 

Read more: Marjorie Taylor Greene: Americans won’t tolerate Trump’s Epstein files ‘bulls***’

Further listening: The new Epstein emails about Trump

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