00:00The more time passes, the less we all know about the truth behind Trump's relationship with the late billionaire predator.
00:07Donald Trump promised he would release the Epstein files while he was on the campaign trail.
00:12He made that promise. He has yet to do it.
00:16Speaker Johnson quite literally preferred to shut Congress down and send everyone home on an Epstein recess
00:21rather than risking a vote on the Epstein files to take place.
00:25Americans are right to be angry over the lack of transparency.
00:30But this isn't just about getting the truth.
00:32This is also every bit about our national security.
00:37Whatever may be in the Epstein files is clearly troubling enough that Donald Trump doesn't want to touch this issue with a 10-foot pole.
00:46So it's natural to ask, what happens if America's adversaries use cyberattacks or other means to access investigative material into Jeffrey Epstein
00:55that are embarrassing or worse for the president and or the people around him?
01:01What happens if Epstein materials end up in the hands of the Chinese government or Russia or North Korea?
01:08Unless the Epstein files are released and made fully transparent to the public,
01:12could our adversaries use that information to blackmail someone like the president or other senior leaders in government?
01:19What kind of risk could that pose to our national security?
01:26So today I'm calling on the FBI to immediately conduct a counterintelligence threat assessment
01:32to ensure we understand the risk posed if a foreign adversary were to gain access to anything connected to the Epstein files.
01:41Specifically, I'm calling on the FBI to do three things.
01:45First, we must determine if foreign intelligence agencies could gain access to the information
01:51the president does not want to release in the Epstein files through methods that include cyber intrusion.
01:57Second, the FBI must identify any vulnerabilities that could be exploited by foreign intelligence agencies
02:04with access to non-public information in the Epstein files,
02:07including being able to gain leverage over Donald Trump, his family, or other senior government officials.
02:14And third, I'm calling on the FBI to publicly show they're developing mitigation strategies
02:20to counter these threats and safeguard our national security.
02:24The idea of foreign adversaries hacking into agency files to collect information
02:29that could be leveraged against our government is not at all a remote possibility.
02:33Just last Thursday, it was reported that DHS and HHS were among several government agencies hacked
02:39as part of a breach to Microsoft's SharePoint service.
02:45This hack, Microsoft confirmed, was carried out by Chinese actors.
02:49Hacks like this could very well be an attempt to exploit federal systems to get access to Epstein files
02:55and potentially use it to influence those names in the files, those named in the files.
03:00Whatever is in the Epstein files is concerning enough that Donald Trump's running scared.
03:07If that is, in fact, the case, our adversaries could certainly be interested in trying to use this information
03:14to hurt America and Americans.
03:16We must ensure that that can never happen, and that the FBI must immediately conduct a risk assessment
03:26so we're not caught flat-footed if our adversaries have already seen these files.
03:32National security, Mr. President, is not, should never be, a partisan issue.
03:36We need to do everything we can to make sure we're protecting the U.S. and American families every single day.
03:42This report is imperative to do just that.
03:46And there is one more thing Donald Trump could do to quell people's anger, confusion, frustration,
03:53and fears over the national security ramifications.
03:57Stop running away from this issue.
03:59Tell the truth.
04:00And if there's clearly no national security risk, release the Epstein files, President Trump.
