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Friday, November 14, 2025

Trump faces an Epstein rebellion

Washington is still reeling from new stunning emails released on Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee written by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and their associates in the halls of power.

At the center is Donald Trump, now seemingly implicated directly in the unsavory side of a dead, convicted sex trafficker's social circle.

The White House and Trump continue to deny that he had knowledge of any illegal activities.

But after Wednesday's release revealed Epstein saying Trump knew "about the girls," this thing is officially spiraling out of control.

On the Hill, any semblance of Trump's ability to keep the House GOP caucus in his shadow seemed absent this week.

The president even summoned his advisers to the White House Situation Room on Wednesday to deal with the fallout — after failing to bully Reps. Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene into line and off the discharge petition.

Is this a measure of Trump's strength as a lame-duck president? Probably not.

Instead, it's more likely a sign of just how intensely Americans of all political stripes are watching this play out.

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By John Bowden

Reading list

Brendan Rascius and Alex Woodward: Stunning emails reveal what Epstein thought about Trump
Rhian Lubin: Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys a perk her fellow inmates in prison don’t get as critics speculate Trump will commute her sentence

Daily briefing

How Trump could still prevent release of the Epstein files

Trump's veto pen could be the next test for a growing Republican rebellion over the Epstein files. What will happen if Trump forces Congress to play hardball for the files?
James C. Reynolds reports.

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