Jake Tapper Plays Footage Of Markwayne Mullin Arguing Against Bill Calling For Epstein Files Release

On Sunday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) spoke to CNN's Jake Tapper about the Epstein Files.

Transcript

00:00Something you said on the Senate floor a couple days ago gained a lot of attention.

00:05You were arguing against a push by Democrats who were calling to release the Epstein files in full.

00:12Let's play what you said.

00:14I'm sure this would be handled just like any other thing,

00:17that they've tried to go after, like, the baseless impeachments

00:22or the unbelievable amount of charges they've tried to file against the president.

00:27I'm sure this would be handled the exact same way.

00:30What we're simply wanting to do here is give them cover.

00:35Can you explain what you meant when you talked about giving cover there?

00:41Well, Jake, what you're doing is you're taking a 30-second clip from about a six-minute debate.

00:47And, by the way, we also put forth a resolution to allow the judges to release the information from these grand juries.

00:56So this is political theater.

00:57If you listen to the whole debate, you would clearly understand what we had been talking about

01:02was Pam Bondi and the president and Congress wants transparency.

01:08We want them to release the files.

01:10However, we can't make them release it because of separation of power.

01:14The judges, the judicial branch, have the files and they have the documents.

01:19Every document that Pam Bondi has, every document that Kash Patel has, they have been heard by a grand jury.

01:25We saw the judge in Florida say, no, she's not releasing it.

01:29We're waiting on the judges in New York to say, are you going to release it or do you not?

01:33But we all want transparency.

01:35And what's funny about this is the Democrats want it too.

01:38But when I put forth my resolution calling on them to do the same thing,

01:42which is what I was meaning by that term,

01:45is that we're trying to agree with Pam Bondi and with President Trump

01:49that we want transparency, we want the files released.

01:52But when I put my resolution forth, guess what?

01:54The Democrats also denied or denied the request.