Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Epstein Files and a MAGA Feud

玛乔丽·泰勒·格林、爱泼斯坦文件以及一场MAGA纷争

The Journal.

2025-11-20

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Once one of President Trump’s most strident allies, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now arguing the president is out of touch with his political base. Trump, in turn, has called her a “traitor” and unendorsed her. As WSJ’s Olivia Beavers reports, Greene was one of a few Republicans who broke with Trump this year over the release of the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Now, with those files set to be released, Greene is redefining her political identity. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: - Trump’s Letter to Jeffrey Epstein - The Healthcare Fight at the Heart of the Longest Ever Shutdown Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • On this vote, the yeas are 427, the nays are one.

  • Yesterday, the U.S.

  • House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

  • The bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

  • Hours later, the Senate, via unanimous consent, also voted to approve it.

  • H.R.

  • 4405,

  • an act to require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein and for other purposes.

  • President Trump is expected to sign it.

  • It was a stunning moment in a months-long drama over these files.

  • And it was also the culmination of the first major rift between Trump and members of his own party.

  • Here's our colleague Olivia Beavers.

  • She covers Congress.

  • Well, it's very unusual,

  • especially in President Trump's second term, for Republicans to completely buck him.

  • But there were four Republicans who said,

  • we're not going to back off on our fight to release these Epstein docs.

  • But there is only one who seems to be having a total fallout with President Trump that she claims is a result of it.

  • And that is Marjorie Taylor Greene.

  • And to hold what we consider a corrupt government accountable,