Trump’s pivot on the Epstein files and his polling plunge

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  There's kind of this push and pull with Trump throughout the story is that at one point he had to have known that he was going to lose this vote in the house Yeah,

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  he was willing to go about this about face and and backtracked on Epstein

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  because maybe worse for him is looking weak Inside the party.

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  He's had this you know hold on the Republican Party for years From the newsroom of the Washington Post,

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  this is Post Report's weekly Politics Roundtable.

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  I'm Colby Echoitz.

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  It's Friday, November 21st.

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  Congress voted overwhelmingly this week to release the Epstein files.

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  But does that mean that the Justice Department is going to let us see them anytime soon?

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  That's the question and more that I'll pose to my guests today.

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  Back of the table is Dan Merica.

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  He's the co-anchor of the Politics Newsletter, The Early Brief.

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  And we're thrilled to also be joined by Jeremy Robuck, the Post's Justice Department reporter.

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  Guys, thanks so much for joining me.

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  It's great to be here again.

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  Thanks for having us.

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  So guys, let's start with the latest in the Epstein saga.

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  There was months of buildup for this moment.

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  Congress votes this week to compel the Justice Department.

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  to release their files on Epstein.

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