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MS NOW Highlights - Feb. 26

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "MS NOW Highlights - Feb. 26", an episode of MS NOW published February 27, 2026 (49 min, about 8,243 words). It mentions 37 people, works and ideas, including Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary Clinton, Ghislain Maxwell, Donald Trump, Sex trafficking.

What this episode is about

Former Senator and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before the House Oversight Committee, answering questions about the deposition and addressing topics from the session, including comments on the conduct and lack of a public hearing. The report notes interruptions, a later focus on questions about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and a disputed rule breach during the closed hearing.

Key takeaways

  • Closed-door deposition glitches: repetitive questioning and rule violations underscored how process can hinder clarity.
  • Epstein nexus dominates optics; Clinton pins emphasis on bills and public hearing preferences, not deflections.
  • Survivor empathy contrast: Clinton cites Epstein victims while noting personal limits on future public testimony.
  • Partisan dynamics on display: Republicans absent from some sessions; Democrats framing scope, questions, and access.
  • UFOs and Pizzagate aside, the endgame was accountability: Clinton praised Chairman's questions, sought truth, not theatrics.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary Clinton, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Pizzagate
  2. – 10:00: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary Clinton, 2016 election
  3. – 15:00: Jeffrey Epstein, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, James Wenshaw
  4. – 20:00: Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Sex trafficking, Cash Patel
  5. – 25:00: Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bill and Hillary Clinton
  6. – 30:00: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary Clinton, Sex trafficking
  7. – 35:00: Jeffrey Epstein, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Sex trafficking
  8. – 40:00: Warner Brothers, Paramount, The Washington Post, Donald Trump
  9. – 45:00: Donald Trump, MS Now, Cash Patel, Crooked Media
  10. – 49:20: MS Now, Cash Patel, Crooked Media, Alexis Wilkins

Notable quotes from "MS NOW Highlights - Feb. 26"

  • Here she is, Hillary Clinton. Good evening. Well, I have just finished testifying. I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could based on what I knew and what I…
    about Jeffrey Epstein · at
  • You spoke in your opening remarks about how heartbroken you have been for the Epstein survivors as these files have come out. Can you talk to us a little bit about how you have…
    about Bill and Hillary Clinton · at
  • But it was clear today that the secretary did not have information to provide. Yeah, I think I agree with all that. But I think we learned that most of the Republicans in…
    about James Wenshaw · at
  • Today did set a precedent for that. I don't know if you hear the same thing from your constituents, Yasmin, but in my district, this is something I hear about from Democrats…
    about Donald Trump · at
  • But Republicans on the committee decided they wanted to subpoena Hillary Clinton. Where is their subpoena for Melania Trump, who actually knew Jeffrey Epstein and Gain Maxwell?…
    about Melania Trump · at
  • A global scourge with an unimaginable human toll. My work combating sex trafficking goes back to my days as first lady. I worked to pass the first federal legislation against…
    about Hillary Clinton · at
  • Than 70% of the career civil and foreign service experts who worked so hard to prevent trafficking crimes. The message from the Trump administration to the American people and…
    about Sex trafficking · at
  • Changes to CBS. They wanted more change. Trump has posted about that very blatantly and they want that change at CNN. here we go. We have an exciting programming note. In just…
    about MS Now · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Jeffrey Epstein — Person · Core topic (alleged crimes / investigation target) · 30 mentions · first at
    His sex-trafficking crimes and the release/withholding of related investigative files drive the deposition, the political conflict, and calls to subpoena additional witnesses.
  • Hillary Clinton — Person · Core subject / referenced speaker · 12 mentions · first at
    The episode centers on her closed-door House Oversight deposition and her public remarks denying any connection to Jeffrey Epstein while criticizing the committee's conduct and conspiracy-focused questioning.
  • Ghislain Maxwell — Person · Core topic (Epstein associate) / referenced figure · 26 mentions
    Discussed as Epstein's convicted co-conspirator; Clinton describes her as a casual acquaintance and the show contrasts scrutiny of Clinton vs. alleged ties between Maxwell and Trump-world figures.
  • Donald Trump — Person · Primary political target of criticism · 16 mentions · first at
    Discussed as central to alleged cover-up dynamics, 2016 relitigation, and as someone Democrats argue should be deposed/subpoenaed regarding Epstein-file allegations and Russia interference narratives.
  • Bill and Hillary Clinton — Person · Referenced figure (Epstein-file mentions; upcoming deposition) · 24 mentions · first at
    Raised by reporters as being referenced in Epstein files; Hillary Clinton asserts his contact ended before Epstein's crimes became publicly known and that he will testify similarly.
  • Melania Trump — Person · Referenced figure (contrast target for subpoena) · 5 mentions · first at
    Raised as someone Republicans are not subpoenaing despite claims in the episode that she met/communicated with Epstein/Maxwell, used to argue the investigation is politically selective.
  • James Wenshaw — Person · Guest (Oversight Committee member; name as transcribed) · 2 mentions · first at
    Appears as an on-air guest criticizing Republicans' approach, discussing subpoenas (e.g., Howard Lutnick), and emphasizing alleged cover-up concerns.
  • Aziz Ansari — Person · Guest (Oversight Committee member) · 1 mention · first at
    Appears as an on-air guest describing the deposition as unproductive and arguing Republicans are not serious about a bipartisan Epstein investigation.
    One of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet. Joining me now are two members of the House Oversight Committee who were in the room for…
  • Leslie Wexner — Person · Referenced witness (productive deposition) · 8 mentions
    Democrats argue his deposition was more substantive and note Republicans did not attend; a key claim is that Wexner said he was never interviewed by FBI/DOJ.
  • Congresswoman Lauren Boebert — Person · Referenced committee member (rule violation) · 6 mentions
    Accused of taking and releasing a photo of Clinton during the closed deposition, framed as a breach of agreed rules and committee procedure.
  • Secretary Howard Lutnik — Person · Referenced potential subpoena target · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a Trump administration commerce secretary whose email allegedly invited Epstein to a Clinton fundraiser; framed as a test of whether the chair will subpoena Trump-aligned figures.
    Come to light until that deposition took place. This deposition today produced no new information that's actionable, that can help our investigation move forward. It was a…
  • Cash Patel — Person · Referenced official (cover-up claim; later scandal segment) · 3 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as testifying under oath that no one else was involved in trafficking (criticized), and later as subject of a separate controversy about travel to the Olympics.
    In the government here that I always feel like every show there's like nine things that happened with personnel in the Trump administration that we didn't get to. And one of…
  • William P. Barr — Person · Referenced witness (prior deposition) · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as one of the few Trump-era officials questioned by Republicans, with questioning pivoting to Russia and the 2016 election rather than Epstein/Maxwell.
    For the deposition of Less Wexner. And when I said that, I had to point out that the only questions that any Republican member asked of any of the people they deposed was of…
  • Elon Musk — Person · Referenced figure (Epstein-file mention; rhetorical subpoena target) · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as appearing in Epstein-file communications (asking about the 'wildest party' night), used to argue Republicans should subpoena powerful figures beyond political opponents.
    Full release of all the files. It would get to the bottom of reports that DOJ withheld FBI interviews in which a survivor accuses President Trump of heinous crimes. It would…
  • Alexis Wilkins — Person · Referenced commentator (clip played) · 1 mention · first at
    Quoted defending Kash Patel's Olympics trip, providing a contrasting/criticized justification that the hosts mock as implausible.
    Listen. What do you think Elon Do's opinion would be on spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of same cash to drink beer with hockey players? So, I really am not going to…

Books & papers

  • Trafficking Victims Protection Act — Paper · Referenced legislation (policy credential) · 1 mention · first at
    Cited by Hillary Clinton to establish long-running anti-trafficking work and to contrast policy priorities with alleged Trump-era cuts.
    A global scourge with an unimaginable human toll. My work combating sex trafficking goes back to my days as first lady. I worked to pass the first federal legislation against…

Companies & orgs

  • Crooked Media — Company · Partner organization (content syndication) · 2 mentions · first at
    MS Now announces a new weekly series featuring moments from Crooked Media podcasts, including Pod Save America and Pod Save the World.
    We will debut some new programming here on MS Now. Starting this Saturday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, you can catch the premiere of Crooked on MS Now. It's a new special weekly…
  • Warner Brothers — Company · Referenced company (media consolidation) · 3 mentions · first at
    Discussed as part of a major consolidation/ownership change that includes CNN and broader concerns about journalism and entertainment diversity.
    That Co Bear has been fighting with, the folks who've been gutting, according to many longtime independent journalists, what CBS and 60 Minutes means. Tonight, knew as of the…
  • CNN — Company · Referenced news organization (ownership implications) · 1 mention · first at
    Raised as a potential target of political pressure and editorial shift under new ownership, compared to perceived changes at CBS.
    Crossing the wire right now in the ongoing debates over who should own media. This is something that Donald Trump wanted. A Trump allied billionaire family. The Ellison's who…
  • Paramount — Company · Referenced company (media consolidation) · 3 mentions · first at
    Appears in the breaking-news segment about ownership battles involving CBS and bids affecting Warner Brothers Discovery and CNN.
    Files almost more than any other person next to Gain Maxwell and that's Donald Trump. We have news crossing the wire right now in the ongoing debates over who should own media.…

Concepts & topics

  • Sex trafficking — Concept · Core topic (policy + crimes) · 7 mentions · first at
    Used to frame Epstein as part of a broader global crime problem; Clinton cites legislative and State Department program work and criticizes alleged Trump-era cuts to anti-trafficking capacity.
  • Pizzagate — Concept · Referenced conspiracy theory (criticized) · 4 mentions · first at
    Clinton says committee questioning veered into Pizzagate, presented as evidence of unseriousness and politicized spectacle rather than fact-finding.
    Here. And if you have this kind of conversation behind closed doors, then they're going to come out and spin it any way they want. But she wants to be able to stand up for…
  • Conspiracy Theories — Concept · Framing concept (critique of questioning) · 4 mentions · first at
    Used to characterize parts of the deposition (Pizzagate, UFOs) as unserious and politically motivated rather than evidence-based oversight.
    Last week and they were the reason it went on for so many hours today is also because they've taken the time to come out here. They also kind of need something to show for it…
  • 2016 election — Concept · Referenced political backdrop · 1 mention · first at
    Discussed as an ongoing political wound tied to Russia interference narratives and Trump grievances; also referenced as a topic Republicans raised with Bill Barr.
    Deposition in her own words. Interesting color there about how it ended with some questions about 2016. Yeah, look, I think so much of what we've discussed on this show and…
  • UFOs — Concept · Referenced off-topic line of questioning · 3 mentions · first at
    Used as an example of questioning drifting away from Epstein-related oversight into sensational topics, supporting the 'clown show' framing.
    So it's on the record numerous times. it then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most…

Places & events

  • Texas — Place · Referenced political battleground (primaries) · 4 mentions
    Appears in a later segment about upcoming primaries and early vote turnout, shifting the episode from oversight/Epstein to electoral politics coverage.
  • Chapa Performing Arts Center — Place · Event venue (deposition location) · 1 mention · first at
    Identified as the site where Clinton's House Oversight deposition took place.
    We believe former Senator, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodm Clinton, who has been behind closed doors in a deposition with the House Oversight Committee at the Chapa…
  • Chappaqua, New York — Place · Geographic context (near Clinton home; deposition area) · 2 mentions
    Mentioned as the area near Clinton's home where the deposition was held and where she spoke to reporters afterward.
  • Virginia — Place · Guest identifier (district/state) · 2 mentions · first at
    Used to identify Congressman James Wenshaw as being from Virginia.
    Secretary can I ask James Matthews from Sky News can I ask why was Colleen Maxwell invited to your daughter Chelsea Clinton 's wedding in 2010. She'd already been mentioned in…
  • Arizona — Place · Guest identifier (district/state) · 1 mention · first at
    Used to identify Congresswoman Yasmin Ansari as being from Arizona.
    One of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet. Joining me now are two members of the House Oversight Committee who were in the room for…

Media & podcasts

  • MS Now — Podcast · Primary program / platform · 3 mentions · first at
    The transcript is from MS Now segments covering the Clinton deposition, media consolidation news, and a partnership announcement with Crooked Media content.
  • Pod Save America — Podcast · Referenced partner show (Crooked Media) · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as part of the new 'Crooked on MS Now' weekly series and as the show co-hosted by the guests later in the transcript.
    You can catch the premiere of Crooked on MS Now. It's a new special weekly series that brings you the most talked about moments of the week from Crooked Media's chart topping…
  • The Washington Post — Media · Referenced media outlet (and guest affiliation) · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as covering the media consolidation story; also tied to guest Eugene Robinson described as a longtime Washington Post veteran.
    Overseeing CBS. Now we're learning moments ago has won a bid for Warner Brothers Discovery, including CNN. They're beating out Netflix, which had all but tried to close this…
  • NPR — Media · Referenced reporting source · 2 mentions
    Cited alongside The New York Times for reporting about alleged DOJ withholding of investigative materials.
  • The New York Times — Media · Referenced reporting source · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as publishing reporting (with NPR) alleging DOJ withheld investigative materials related to allegations involving Donald Trump.
    The fact that the Epstein files issue is the main issue. Trump is underwater more than anything else on this front because the cover up is so clear and egregious. And the…
  • The Wall Street Journal — Media · Referenced reporting source (media consolidation story) · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as covering the breaking news about a bid involving Warner Brothers Discovery and CNN ownership implications.
    Overseeing CBS. Now we're learning moments ago has won a bid for Warner Brothers Discovery, including CNN. They're beating out Netflix, which had all but tried to close this…
  • Pod Save the World — Podcast · Referenced partner show (Crooked Media) · 1 mention · first at
    Listed among Crooked Media podcasts included in the MS Now partnership programming.
    You can catch the premiere of Crooked on MS Now. It's a new special weekly series that brings you the most talked about moments of the week from Crooked Media's chart topping…

Full transcript with timestamps

We believe former Senator, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodm Clinton, who has been behind closed doors in a deposition with the House Oversight Committee at the Chapa Performing Arts Center since about 11:20 this morning, is expected to exit um and head to the podium and perhaps field some questions about the substance of that 6 and 1/2 hour deposition. breaks were taken, but she has been with the oversight committee today with Democrats and Republicans on that committee. Um, news that has been released since she's been in there includes a photo that was taken and released by Lauren Boowbert. Um, reports that they had turned to asking her questions about UFOs. Um, here she is, Hillary Clinton. Good evening. Well, I have just finished uh testifying. I answered every one of their questions as uh fully as I could uh based on what I knew and what I knew is what I said in my statement uh this morning. I never met uh Jeffrey Epstein, never had any

uh connection or communication with him. I knew uh Galain Maxwell um casually as an acquaintance. But whatever they asked me, I did my very best to respond. Um, it was disappointing that they refused to hold uh a public hearing so I wouldn't have to be out here characterizing it for you. You could have seen it for yourself. Uh, we had asked for that. We think it would have been better for the committee uh and its efforts to uh uh gather whatever information they are seeking. Uh we had uh a bit of a challenge in the beginning because we had agreed upon rules based on the fact it was going to be a closed hearing uh at their uh demand and one of the members violated uh that rule which was uh very upsetting because it suggested that they might violate other uh of our agreements. So, we had to cease the hearing for a period of time until we could get asurances that uh no rules would be uh broken going forward. And we returned to answer questions repetitively,

literally over and over again. I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his homes. I never went to his offices. Uh so it's on the record numerous times. Uh it then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet. uh that was serving as the basis of a member's uh questions to me. So I can only say that the best exchange that I had came at the very end when contrary to every other deposition they have uh taken. No Republican member asked any questions about Jeffrey Epstein or Galain Maxwell to anyone else they have deposed. And in fact, the Republican members didn't even show up for the deposition of Less Wexner. And when I said that, I had to uh point out that the only

questions that any Republican member asked of any of the people they deposed was of former Attorney General Bill Barr when Chairman Comr asked him about the allegations in his view about Russia's uh involvement in my election in 2016. So at the very end of this hearing after I made that point, I want to commend Chairman Comr for raising a series of significant questions that I uh responded to about the nature of the investigation and the areas that I thought should be explored. Uh so I appreciated that. I uh want to see the truth come out. Uh so that was uh a reassuring way to end uh a very long repetitive uh deposition. Madam Secretary Madam Secretary, you spoke in your opening remarks about how heartbroken you have been for the Epstein survivors as these files have come out. Can you talk to us a little bit about how you have processed and reacted to uh the fact that the former president, your husband, Bill Clinton,

is referenced in the Epstein files numerous times, including in some photos uh featuring women? And how have you been personally preparing for the deposition that is coming tomorrow? Are you 100% confident that uh there isn't anything that the former president knows about Epstein's crime? I am and I think the chronology uh of uh the connection that he had with Epstein Epstein um ended years several years before uh anything about uh Epstein's uh criminal activities came to light and and that he was charged and sadly given a sweetheart deal which as I said in my statement had that not happened perhaps his predatory behavior could have been stopped earlier.

Um, but I think it is fair to say that the vast majority of people who had contact with him before his criminal please in ' 08 uh were like most people. They did not know uh what uh he was doing. Uh and I I think that that is exactly what my husband will testify to tomorrow. Madam Secretary, Mad Mad Secretary, can I ask Secretary Madame Secretary, do you believe this was a fair do you believe this was a fair hearing and do you still want to testify publicly even though you gave this deposition? Oh, I'm not going to do it again. Uh, you know, they had a chance to do it in public and I wish they had done it in public and I think uh they're making uh the wrong decision avoiding doing it in public. Um, I thought it was very repetitive.

I thought that uh uh they asked literally the same questions over and over again. Uh, which didn't seem to me to be very productive. Uh, and then as I said toward the end, you know, there were other questions that were totally off off uh subject. Uh so if if they are going to fulfill their responsibilities uh to literally investigate the investigations which is what they originally said was the scope of their uh work uh I think they could have uh spent the day more productively secretary can I ask James Matthews from Sky News can I ask why was Colleen Maxwell invited to your daughter Chelsea Clinton 's wedding in 2010. She'd already been mentioned in a civil lawsuit by Virginia Duprey before that. Jeffrey Epste already been convicted before that. She came as the plus one, the guest of someone who was invited.

Thank you all. In the hot tub, in the swimming pool, what message does it say that? I I don't know when the video will be out. I don't know when the transcript will be out. We've asked that they be out as quickly as possible and then you can see you can see everything. Thank you. We heard from Bill Gates concerns about Epstein trying to blackmail him. Hillary Clinton describing today's deposition um in her own words. Interesting um color there about how it ended with some questions about 2016. Yeah, look, I think so much of what we've discussed on this show and what America has been discussing seemingly endlessly is because we're constantly relitigating 2016. Trump still throws tantrums in almost every press conference about the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered on his behalf. He has somehow rewritten history and painted the Mueller investigation as a quote hoax, despite the fact that almost everybody from his circle who was

charged either plead guilty or was convicted often times of lying to Congress or lying to federal agents. Um, this is a wound that will never heal for him and rightly so because it does call the legitimacy of his initial election into question. Hillary Clinton describing her relationship with Gla Maxwell as quote casual and saying that she was at her daughter's wedding because she was the plus one of an invited guest. Yeah, I got to tell you, when she walked out, having worked for her, when she walked out, I could tell I was like, yeah, she's going to she's tired of people playing in her face. Uh, and she she's ready. she was ready for the for the BS that was coming. I take her at her word and we should that she wanted this in public. She said that she wanted it in public because she doesn't want it to be asked cuz she doesn't want it to be a circus for that reason that there are legitimate concerns that people should have uh because they were they're victims

here. And if you have this kind of conversation behind closed doors, then they're going to come out and spin it any way they want. But she wants to be able to stand up for those victims and and and she consistently says that. But then it if it goes into the UFOs and Pizzagate, it's Benghazi all over again. That 11 hours where or whatever it was where she's like, "Give me a give me a good reasonable question. So, let's get to the bottom of it." And I I gather she did not get that today. After today's deposition, Secretary Clinton decided that she would take it upon herself to speak to the press and let them know what exactly took place in that deposition. We returned to answer questions repetitively, literally over and over again. I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. I never went to his island.

I never went to his homes. I never went to his offices. It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet. Joining me now are two members of the House Oversight Committee who were in the room for that deposition with Hillary Clinton today. Congresswoman Yasman Ansari of Arizona and Congressman James Wenshaw of Virginia. It is good to have you both here today. What did you learn today about Jeffrey Epstein? Oh my gosh. Um, unfortunately, uh, I said it earlier today, but it was a clown show. Um, we did not learn anything new. The secretary repeated what she had already put forward towards the committee, which is that she didn't know Jeffrey Epstein. She never flew on his plane. She never went to his island. And as she stated, she really just emphasized that over and over and over again.

We learn nothing new about what we are actually looking to understand which is who else may or may not have been involved with Jeffrey Epstein's crimes who may have enabled it or been part of uh perpetrating these crimes against children. So it was I think an absolute waste of resources. We have always been supportive of bringing anyone forward who may have information but it was clear today that the secretary did not have information to provide. Yeah, I think I agree with all that. But I think we learned that most of the Republicans in Congress, certainly on our committee, are not serious about this being a bipartisan investigation that gets to the facts and the truth. You mentioned Lauren Boowbert releasing or uh sending that photo to a right-wing influencer. The other thing I saw on their social media earlier today was as they were arriving to the hearing, they were taking these photos together, smiling, gleeful,

very excited. They look like a overdressed group headed to Disney World. They were so happy about this hearing because it was their opportunity to fulfill their long fever dream of locking up Hillary Clinton. And they thought this was the time they were really going to get her. And they got absolutely nothing because the truth is she never met Jeffrey Epstein, had no real relationship with Maxwell, never went to the island, and has no knowledge about his crimes that could help our investigation. Today you had Robert Garcia say that he hopes this sets a precedent. the fact that you have a former first lady, former secretary of state, uh former president, all agreeing to a deposition that would of course take Republicans agreeing that this sets a president. Can you give me a sense of what it's going to take to get your Republican colleagues there? I think the public pressure will continue to mount. Americans are appalled by this. I mean,

the fact that the Epstein files issue is the main issue. I mean, Trump is underwater more than anything else on this front because the cover up is so clear and egregious. And the reporting that came out this week from the New York Times and NPR that demonstrated very clearly that the Department of Justice literally withheld investig investigative materials from the FBI as it pertains to allegations against the president from a minor or from a woman who was a minor at the time. This is going to change everything. I mean, this news just broke in the last 48 hours. I think that as more and more information continues to come out, it's going to become impossible for Republicans to ignore this. I saw this evening that some of the Congress women, who I will say, I think are unfortunately some of the most theatrical ones uh when it comes to how they were approaching this uh deposition today. You had, I think, Anna Paulina Luna tonight tweeting

that you should have the death penalty for anyone who is a child rapist. So, it's very interesting that she is tweeting that, which is a quite a bold stance. Um, and you have very serious allegations against the president. So, he should absolutely come forward in front of this committee and it today did set a precedent for that. I don't know if you hear the same thing from your constituents, Yasmin, but in my district, this is something I hear about from Democrats, independents, and a lot of Republicans. So, congressional Republicans are out of step with their own base. Donald Trump is out of step with his own base. And, you know, I think Marjorie Taylor Green is reflective of that, depending on the day. Uh, Congresswoman Mace and Bob are reflective of that. But if congressional Republicans continue to back up Donald Trump and his administration as they hide these files and especially the information Yasmin referred to this recently revealed information about this

allegation against Donald Trump, they're going to have problems with their own base. If they are in fact hiding these documents that we now have reporting about in the past 48 hours, what else are you concerned that they're hiding? I mean, I think we've been concerned that they are hiding a lot. I mean there are still millions of files that we our understanding is we only have 50% of the files and in what has been released there's already such appalling horrific information. So imagine what they have not released. I think that there's two parts to this investigation right it's an investigation to the horrific crimes the child sex trafficking operation who else was a part of it figuring out all of those details and making sure people are held accountable. The second part is the cover up that is underway. And every day there's more information that comes out about the cover up. And I think this is so damning. I you know I think back a lot to the fact that Cash

Patel went in front of the uh Senate Judiciary Committee and testified under oath that nobody else was involved in the child sex trafficking and nobody else committed the crimes when the interviews that we know the Department of Justice has withheld from us came from the FBI. There were multiple interviews that the FBI conducted with this individual who's making these credible allegations. And where are they? Why are they not revealing this? And I think I I mean I think I've seen everything that I need to see and that's why we I've been calling for Pam Bondi's impeachment.

She's you know it's it's unacceptable. I think um maybe I'll be the first to quote Donald Rumsfeld on this show but you know there are known unknowns and there are unknown unknowns. Some of the known unknowns are the survivors statements, the victim statements that they have told us the FBI has. So I had Jess Michaels as my guest for the State of the Union. She knows that there is her 302, her statement documenting her experience of being raped by Jeffrey Epstein. That hasn't been released. It's not in the files. Either it's not in the files or it was redacted. That's a known unknown. And then there are the unknown unknowns, right? These recent revelations about the accusation against President Trump and those missing files. We didn't know that until recently.

What else is out there like that? Whether it's related to Donald Trump or other wealthy, powerful men, we just don't know. I was thinking about Jess Michaels and the other survivors today as this was all unfolding. Um the the indignity of having Pam Bondi refused to acknowledge them. The indignity of having the president of the United States who campaigned on this issue refuse to acknowledge them. And then the indignity today of having Republicans take time that was ostensibly supposed to be about actually extricating information about Jeffrey Epstein.

asking about UFOs and pizza. Should I be surprised they didn't ask about Whitewater? Like they they were digging so deep into the archives. It feels like time wasted. Yes. It feels like not taking the process seriously, but also to me is disrespectful to the women who are demanding justice and accountability. They are they have been deeply deeply disrespectful. What we've heard from when we've talked to the victims is that I mean they have worked really hard to make this bipartisan. They have gone to many members of the Republican party, sat down with them, explained, you know, their cases, and what they've shared with us is that what the Republicans will essentially tell them is they they feain empathy and they feain compassion, but essentially say there's nothing more that they can do. And it is such a slap in the face to them. Um, and it's just just just heinous. That's that's actually what upset me the most. And you know, you talked in

your introduction about the fact that all of these Republicans showed up today. They didn't show up last week and they were the reason it went on for so many hours today is also because they've taken the time to come out here. They also kind of need something to show for it, right? And so they were asking the same questions over and over again. Some of them went into these conspiracy theories, but it's it's just embarrassing. who do not show up to take part in the deposition of literally the one person who is responsible for there being a Jeffrey Epstein. There would not be a Jeffrey Epstein or an island or a plane, all of that vast wealth and connections without Les Wexner.

And we were the only ones there. And that Wexner deposition was was productive in that there was a critical piece of information that came out of it, which is that Wexner, according to him, was never interviewed by the FBI or the DOJ. That is an astounding revelation that didn't come to light until that deposition took place. This deposition today produced no new information that's actionable, that can help our investigation move forward. It was a waste of time. There is one connection um to Epstein here. There was an email in the Epstein files showing that Trump's commerce secretary Howard Lutnik invited Jeffrey Epstein to a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. Either of you, your sense of why it has taken Chairman Comr um this long to decide whether to subpoena Lutnik.

First of all, I don't think Chairman Comr is very smart. I just do not think he has a strategy whatsoever. I don't think he has a plan. And I think they wanted to make this big show of Hillary Clinton with no real idea of how they would take it forward. They have been reluctant about all of the subpoenas that have anything to do with this administration or even with the financial institutions. So I think until they only act when we continue to call for it, when there's so much public pressure that there's absolutely no way to back out of it. I mean, the subpoena that came out of the oversight committee to begin with, I think only really happened because there was so much public pressure and it just looked so it would have been so damning for none of them to have voted for it. So, I mean, he said he made some vague commitment today, but it's on his list or he's thinking about it or maybe it will happen. I mean, thinking about a lot of things. Yeah. He

talks about the, you know, Trump administration officials that have come before the committee. What he doesn't say is the two of them um Bill Barr and Alex Acasta are for from Trump's first term and had falling out with Trump, right? So they're no longer in Trump's good graces. So it was easy for Comr to bring them in. The challenge, the question, the question of courage for Chairman Comr is, is he willing to bring in someone like Howard Lutnik who is still in the good graces of Donald Trump who operates under the protection of Donald Trump and will chairman Comr incur the wrath of Donald Trump in doing that? And Lutnik is tricky because Lutnik's story parallels Trump because Lutnik lied and said he didn't really have a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The files have revealed he did have a significant relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump has lied for many years saying he didn't have a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The files in

our investigation have revealed he had a long and significant investigation. So Trump can't throw Lutnik overboard because Lutnik has done precisely what Trump did. So he has to continue to protect him. I don't think Chairman Comr will have the courage to overcome that. Well, there is exactly one first lady in history who met sex trafficker and raper of children and good friend of Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epste. And today, Republicans on the House oversight committee decided to question a former first lady who never met Jeffrey Epstein. Instead of the first lady currently occupying the White House, who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted sex trafficking co-conspirator, Gileain Maxwell, Donald Trump's third wife was friends with both of them. The Epstein files contain emails from Melania Trump to Gain Maxwell complimenting Galain Maxwell. The Epstein files contain no communication at all between Hillary Clinton and Jeffrey Epste or Gileain Maxwell,

but Republicans on the committee decided they wanted to subpoena Hillary Clinton. Where is their subpoena for Melania Trump, who actually knew Jeffrey Epstein and Gain Maxwell? Why aren't they asking Melania Trump? Did Donald Trump introduce you to Jeffrey Epste? Or did Jeffrey Epstein introduce you to Donald Trump? Why aren't they asking Melania Trump what she knew about Jeffrey Epste? The Epstein files show the Palm Beach police chief saying that Donald Trump told him in 2006, quote, "Thank goodness you're stopping him. Everyone has known he's been doing this." If true, that would mean that Donald Trump's wife at that time, Melania Trump, knew he was doing this. She would be included in Donald Trump's term. Everyone, Melania Trump might have no useful information to provide to the committee, but she did meet Jeffrey Epstein.

She was friends with Jeffrey Epstein. She was friends with Colleen Maxwell. And it is possible that she knew something. According to her husband, everyone knew Hillary Clinton in a written opening statement to the committee today made the point that not everyone who has been subpoenaed by the committee has been actually required to testify to the committee. The former Secretary of State, who was also a lawyer and worked on the Congressional Committee investigation of corrupt Republican President Richard Nixon at the beginning of her career, reminded the committee, quote, "You subpoenaed eight law enforcement officials, all of whom ran the Department of Justice or directed the FBI when Epstein's crimes were investigated and prosecuted. Of those eight, only one appeared before the committee. Five of these six former attorneys general were allowed to submit brief statements stating they had no information to provide. Hillary Clinton should have been offered

exactly the same option. Secretary Clinton did provide the committee with a statement stating she had no information to provide. But the Republicans on the committee refused to accept that statement from her. the same kind of statement they accepted from other former cabinet officials. Secretary Clinton's opening statement was a masterful and thorough condemnation of the Republicans on the committee. She said, quote, "You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files. And when you did, not a single Republican member showed up for Less Wexner's deposition. The institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official." Secretary Clinton identified that public official by name repeatedly in her opening statement, saying, "You have compelled me to testify fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation in order to distract attention

from President Trump's actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers." Ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files. Ask him directly under oath. That's right. Ask Donald Trump directly under oath about the accusation in the Epstein files that he assaulted and raped a child. Secretary Clinton, as a former senator, knows how congressional committees should do their work. She told the Republicans on the committee, quote, "A committee run by elected officials with a commitment to transparency would ensure the full release of all the files. It would get to the bottom of reports that DOJ withheld FBI interviews in which a survivor accuses President Trump of heinous crimes. It would subpoena anyone who aked on which night there would be the wildest party on Epstein Island. The Epstein files revealed that Elon Musk asked Jeffrey Epstein that question. When When are the Republicans going to subpoena

Elon Musk and ask him if he ever went to the Wildest Party on Epstein Island and ask him under oath, make him answer that question under oath. And Secretary Clinton spoke authoritatively on the larger issue of sex trafficking, including the sex trafficking of children. She said, quote, "If you are new to this issue, let me tell you, Jeffrey Epstein was a heinous individual, but he's far from alone. This is not a one-off tabloid sensation or a political scandal. It's a global scourge with an unimaginable human toll. My work combating sex trafficking goes back to my days as first lady. I worked to pass the first federal legislation against trafficking and was proud that my husband signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which increased support for survivors and gave prosecutors better tools for going after traffickers. Let's hear from Melania Trump about what she has done in her position as first lady about sex trafficking

or anything else. Hillary Clinton described what she did as Secretary of State. I oversaw nearly 170 anti-trafficking programs in 70 nations and directly pressed foreign leaders to crack down on trafficking networks in their countries. Every year, we published a global report to shine a light on abuses. The findings of those reports triggered sanctions by countries failing to make progress. So, they became a powerful diplomatic tool to drive concrete action. I insisted that the United States be included in the report for the first time ever in 2011 because we must hold ourselves not just to the same standard as the rest of the world, but to an even higher one.

Sex trafficking and modern slavery should have no place in America. None. Infuriatingly, the Trump administration gutted the trafficking in person's office at the State Department, cutting more than 70% of the career civil and foreign service experts who worked so hard to prevent trafficking crimes. The message from the Trump administration to the American people and the world could not be clearer. Combating human trafficking is no longer an American priority under the Trump White House. That is a tragedy. It's a scandal. It deserves vigorous investigation and oversight. A committee endeavoring to stop human trafficking would seek to understand what specific steps are needed to fix a system that allowed Epstein to get away with his crimes in 2008. It would demand that Secretary Rubio and Attorney General Bundy testify about why this administration is abandoning survivors and playing into the hands of traffickers. it would put forth legislation to provide more

resources and force this administration to act. But that's not happening. Donald Trump, who was called a pedophile protector by an autoworker at a Ford factory, is running an administration that has eliminated the jobs of most of the people who were working every day to prevent sex trafficking crimes. The people who were working to stop the next Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump fired them. Even though we all know that in Washington the rules don't apply to Republicans, Republicans continue to find ways to shock by breaking rules that have never been broken before. Today, it was Republican Lauren Boowbert's turn to do something that has never been done before and is and always has been completely against the rules. Lauren Boowbert took a photograph of Secretary Clinton during the deposition and immediately released it publicly to a Trumpupporting media clown. Secretary Clinton had every right as soon as that happened to leave the deposition to just

walk out. The Republicans would have no ability at all to prevent Secretary Clinton from leaving the deposition after one of their members violated the rules of that deposition and the rules of every congressional committee procedure in the history of Congress. Secretary Clinton upon learning of the violation decided not to leave, but instead told the chairman that the news media should now be allowed in the room to cover her testimony now that the Republicans have broken the seal of that room. After half an hour, Secretary Clinton decided to resume her testimony and further humiliate the Republicans who were afraid to question the two people who were friends of Jeffrey Epstein, Donald and Melania Trump. Secretary Clinton spoke to reporters after the deposition which was held near her home in Chapaquan, New York. I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. I never went to his island. I never went to his homes.

I never went to his offices. Uh so it's on the record numerous times. Um, it then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate, one of the most vile, bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet. Uh, that was serving as the basis of a member's questions to me. And here's what some of the Democrats in the deposition had to say. One of the things that's been confirmed today is that in addition to having no relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Secretary Clinton had has no relationship with Galain Maxwell. But there are important questions we should be asking the Trump administration about Galain Maxwell. And I hope that our Republican colleagues will join us in asking these questions.

Why is it that Donald Trump has refused to rule out the pardon, the clemency that Glain Maxwell is campaigning for? House Republicans need to get serious about this investigation. Uh I understand now fully why uh Secretary Clinton wanted to make this deposition and her hearing public. Uh because the reality is we are talking to the wrong person today who we should be talking to instead of people who are actually mentioned in the files. People who have made misleading statements about their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. We should depose the person that is mentioned in the Epstein files almost more than any other person next to Gain Maxwell and that's Donald Trump. We have news crossing the wire right now in the ongoing debates over who should own media. This is something that Donald Trump wanted. A Trump allied billionaire family. The Ellison's who owned Paramount overseeing CBS. Now we're learning moments ago has won a bid for Warner Brothers Discovery,

including CNN. They're beating out Netflix, which had all but tried to close this deal, but they have dropped out after Paramount raised its bid. This is a huge media story from the Wall Street Journal to the Washington Post on the politics of it to how you will watch Warner movies or HBO and who will own CNN. The Netflix CEO was at the White House today discussing their interest in closing their deal. They'd put up many billions, but they've been beat out. This is an outcome that Donald Trump and many MAGA allies view as favorable. It continues on the clashes over Colbearer and CBS. The folks who own CBS now are winning and gearing up to take control of Warner Media Empire, including CNN. Back with us is someone who knows all about a free press, Eugene Robinson, the Polish Prizewinning uh longtime Washington Post veteran. Uh Jean, I want to put this in plain English, then we can always get into the weeds. Um, the folks

that Co Bear has been fighting with, uh, the folks who've been gutting, according to many longtime independent journalists, what CBS and 60 Minutes means. Tonight, knew as of the last 5 minutes, they're going to get control of the Warner Brothers media empire, including CNN. Uh, your view of this big development. Well, um I think uh many of us who are in the news business, who are journalists, are are worry and are concerned about what might happen uh to c to CNN uh and whether they get the CBS treatment essentially um a a clear tilt uh in a in a in a rightward direction. Um I think that's that's one big question. The other big question is just the larger story about consolidation. H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Hollywood consolidation and I think this is a this is a this is a huge story for H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Hollywood in general.

These these were like two huge independent um movie studios u movie and television studios um first Paramount uh and now Warner. These are huge Hollywood institutions. Oh yeah, they now have been swallowed by the Ellisons. They've been swallowed by the Ellison's. Um Larry Ellison's one of the richest people in the world and has been close to Trump. You mentioned what's happened at CBS. Uh defenders of these kind of deals say this is what the quote market wanted that there was going to be consolidation and not every product will be treated the same. That's sort of the defenders and I want to quote that and that's been discussed at length uh including in DC and on Wall Street. Uh critics, and we've hosted both sides on here. We've had experts about this story the last several weeks. Critics say, "Look, there's a reason why monopolies and duopolies are disfavored, whether that comes to freedom of thought and speech or the actual politics." And

they say that you should expect CNN to get the CBS treatment. Um do you have a view on that or is it too early to tell? Well, of course, it's it's too early to tell for sure, but I think in general, uh, this sort of extreme consolidation is is is a bad thing. I think it's a bad thing for the for the country. It is it is good to have, you know, let let a thousand lights shine. Let let a thousand voices be heard. You lose a sort of diversity of voices. inevitably there's going to be cost cutting and consolidation um because uh you know recall what happened um David Ellison Larry Ellison's son started with a small company called Sky Dance ate a much larger company in Paramount and now you know Paramount is eating this huge company Warner Brothers and and the first order of business is going to be uh cutting everything. They're going to be huge cuts just as there are cuts um coming at at CBS News. That will be that will be serious. Uh and and again,

I think that is not good uh for um for the public in terms of of what it does to the journalism. I I think it's not good for the public in terms of of of what it does to the to the variety of entertainment um offerings that that we get. I think uh I think this sort of consolidation tends to deaden uh the whole media space uh in a way that is uh that is harmful right and it it comes uh with a backdrop of a lot of government pressure. It's a complex story. There were folks who said hey the Netflix side might not get through European regulators and other things. It's not all about us in America. Uh but it comes on a day when as reported uh you had Netflix leadership at the White House. You had Trump and some of his allies saying, you know, they like the changes to CBS. They wanted more change. Trump has posted about that very blatantly and they want that change at CNN. Um here we go. We have an exciting programming note. In just two days,

we will debut some new programming here on MS Now. Starting this Saturday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, you can catch the premiere of Crooked on MS Now. It's a new special weekly series that brings you the most talked about moments of the week from Crooked Media's chart topping podcast. You see one there right there called Strict Scrutiny. My wife co-hosts that. Also includes Pod Save America and Pod Save the World. And joining me now are two co-hosts of Pod Save America, Dan John Fabro and Dan Feifer. Uh gentlemen, good to have you on board both on the show and uh I'm excited about this partnership. Um, let me start with some politics talk on the topic we were just talking about uh in the last block with Spencer. I I still feel like everyone is sleepwalking in into this. I mean, just, you know, both the sort of political establishment, the Democratic party, the Republicans, the Pentagon. Do you have that feeling, too? Like, I I just am like, is everyone

just This seems like a disaster both substantively and politically. Am I getting something wrong here, John? Uh, no, you're not. I felt the same way. Dan and I just talked about it. that we recorded at the pod a couple hours ago. Um I saw Politico today, an administration source said that uh their hope is that maybe the Israelis go first and launch a strike against Iran and then if Iran retaliates against US interests and perhaps kills Americans, then they'll be able to sell the war to the American people because then Iran retaliated. So that is the just insane lengths to which they are going um at last minute to try to sell this war which seems like it's very likely to happen.

The the polling on this uh Dan uh is interesting too. I mean not just on specifically on on the war which is unpopular as we just showed but just even on people's like trust of Trump on this stuff. He's underwater on everything. He's disapproved but he's underwater specifically in foreign policy. This is a a recent poll about from AP uh NRC. How much do you trust Trump's decisions on military force abroad? Just like in a general sense, little to not at all coming at 56% uh 70% a moderate amount, 27% a great deal. And among independents is even worse. 60% say little to not at all. Like it's not like this is a person who has the benefit of the doubt right now. Yeah.

Like I heard you and Spencer talking about the parallels to 2003. The big difference between now and 2003 is that George Bush's approval rating was in the mid60s. He was still riding a wave of national consensus after 9/11. Donald Trump is a lame duck with a 38% approval rating. As you mentioned, he's underwater on every issue. People do not trust him to do just about anything. And it's just notable. They're not even trying to sell this to anyone. It really does feel like a war that the neocons have won for a long time in search of a reason. Right. Yeah. And that the other point the other big difference is like they really did try to sell that war in 2003. They made an affirmative argument. It was a false argument that there were weapons of mass destruction and you know they were going to come for the US. But like there's there's no John. I mean there's no argument that they can't get they can't get through three sentences. You

know that they have some conception of wanting to do it. But it also seems like if they do it, it's a it's a declaration, John, of like a complete unconstrained by public opinion sort of mo from here on out. Yeah. They don't they don't care, which is why they're sort of making the case at the last minute by just throwing things against the wall that are sort of obvious lies or that they're not backing up with any kind of evidence like, oh yeah, the ballistic missiles might be able to hit the US sometime soon and they still have a desire for enrichment and they're a week away from this after they told us that they already obliterated Iran's nuclear program when they made the first strike uh last year, last summer. So yeah, I think I think they feel unconstrained by public opinion. I think Trump feels like every time he has gone on one of these military adventures, he lobbs in a couple of missiles, he takes a strike.

He tries to capture Maduro and no Americans die and everyone moves on afterwards and so it's fine. And so he keeps pushing his luck on this and the challenge is like one of these times his luck's going to run out and so is all of ours. Yes, it's well said. Well, let's just fly a little closer to the sun. It hasn't it hasn't melted yet. Um there are so many sort of such a rogues gallery in in in the government here that I always feel like every show there's like nine things that happened with personnel in the Trump administration that we didn't get to. And one of the stories that we have not done is the Cash Patel flying on a private jet to the Olympics which aside, you know, there's a million reasons why it was so messed up aside from the fact that it like toxically tainted this like beautiful awesome triumphant victory where the men and women both won and then he's in the locker room and then Trump makes this stupid piggy sexist joke that has now like,

you know, sort of put a cloud over everything. But Dan, I do have to get your reaction to a brief defense from his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins, who uh who like all of us is a podcast is is doing podcasts because that's what everyone does. It's 330 million podcasts in America. Uh and here she is defending Cash Patel uh for going to the Olympics. I want to get your reaction. Take a listen. What do you think Elon Do's opinion would be on spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of same cash to drink beer with hockey players? So, I really am not going to dip too much into this because this is kind of my my whole point, but what I will say is the bureau has long been in charge of providing security for the Olympics. And that's what was happening. So, I think that we should be probably more concerned with the fact that, you know, the Democrats were trying to spend millions of dollars to see if mice can be transgender and the fact that that has stopped.

Dan, that was uh that was security that was security provision you saw in that locker room. Yes, that is he'd do a great job. Debbie, he was definitely securing that beer he was chugging. Uh looking incredibly awkward as he does in every public setting Cash Pat Mattel's ever been in for his entire life. Uh I mean, you're right. This is the sort of scandal that in a different administration would be dominate the news for weeks would be the end of this person. You'd have members of the party calling for them to resign and yet it's just one of, you know, just one more beat in a parade of horribles happening. We got uh the Texas we got the first primaries of this very packed midterms coming up uh next week. We're going to do special coverage here on uh MS Now. Texas is the sort of big state. There's a few states, North Carolina, I think Arkansas and Texas uh on Tuesday if I have that correct. Are there things you're looking for? The two big

the sort of big marquee races, John, are the two Texas Senate contested primaries um on both the Democratic and Republican side, which is a very high stakes. What are you looking for? The one thing I've been watching so far is the early vote in Texas. And of course, it's tough to know from the early vote like which candidate is winning. But when you compare how Democrats are voting versus how Republicans are voting, um, Democrats are just blowing the doors off the early vote. um not only in comparison to the Republican party, but in comparison to how Democrats have voted in past elections. Um I just saw that in Star County, which is like a small county in in southern Texas, uh very heavily Latino county, um there were 10,000 early votes on the Democratic side.

There was like which is like, you know, a couple hundred thousand% higher than it's ever been. There's been like a few hundred votes uh in past, right? Even in the 2024 presidential primary. So just unheard of um voting in Texas right now. You know, I think Republicans are voting too, but I I just think that the the turnout is especially on the Democratic side early so far is is pretty impressive. Also, I think, you know, that that race has gotten pretty nasty in some ways between James Tarico and and Jasmine Crockett, Dan. But it's also I think there's a there is an argument that like contested races create a lot of investment and turnout, which is maybe not the worst thing. No, I think it's a really good thing in Texas in particular. Like obviously we're going to have to come together and unite behind the winner to have a chance here. But think how long it's been since there's been an exciting Democratic primary

at the Senate level in Texas, a state where we had Democrats have not won a Senate race for 38 years. And so the fact you're seeing this turnout, 160% of the early vote turnout from 2022 just it speaks to the enthusiasm advantage Democrats have. And you know these races are getting people engaged and that's the upside of these primaries for sure. Yeah, I think I think that's a thing to keep keep eyes on. and John Favro, Dan Feifer. Great to have you gentlemen both. Thank you. Thanks for having us. Crooked on MS Now premieres Sunday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. Be sure to check it out.

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Former Senator and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before the House Oversight Committee, answering questions about the deposition and addressing topics from the session, including comments on the conduct and lack of a public hearing. The report notes interruptions, a later focus on questions about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and a disputed rule breach during…

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