Why Is Trump Limiting Epstein Disclosure?

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Why is Trump now pushing for selective disclosure of the Epstein files but still resisting full transparency from the Justice Department? Correspondent Nick Harper weighs in.

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00:00Nick, why is Trump pushing now for the selective disclosure of the Epstein files,

00:05but still resisting full transparency from the Justice Department?

00:09Yeah, it feels as if this might just be a nod towards his base,

00:13the MAGA base, the Make America Great Again base,

00:16who seems to have been fractured in recent days over the Epstein incident.

00:21Many of them calling for the full transparency of the whole case,

00:26calling for files to be released,

00:28something that Donald Trump so far has said that he will not be planning to do.

00:33Here he seems to be giving them a little bit of information,

00:38asking for the grand jury testimony relating back to the 2019 prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein to be released.

00:45That is something that his Attorney General, Pam Bondi, must now try and secure.

00:49But that in itself will be difficult,

00:51because these grand jury testimonies are normally very secret.

00:55They remain outside of the public purview.

00:59And even if they are released, they will be limited in scope.

01:02They will simply be testimonies that came out of the grand jury

01:07ahead of a trial that didn't take place because Jeffrey Epstein died in prison.

01:11And they will not involve the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein

01:15that took place about 15 years earlier for soliciting a minor.

01:19There's plenty of information that will remain hidden,

01:22even if these grand jury testimonies are released.

01:25There's plenty of information that will be released.

01:27There's plenty of information about the real,

01:28that's going to be used in the past.

01:29There's plenty of information about the St.

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