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Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Raskin: Not releasing Epstein files ‘dangerous to public health and safety'
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday doubled down on his push for the Trump administration to release all of the files and names associated with late financier Jeffrey Epstein's case, saying failing to do so is 'dangerous' to the public. 'If there are literally other people on this list who are somehow implicated in these actions, it is dangerous to public health and safety not to release the names publicly,' Raskin said during an appearance on MSNBC's 'Deadline: White House.' His request comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi released binders earlier this year to conservative influencers called 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1.' She later signaled more information would be released, as the binders included details that were previously released. She also suggested during an interview with Fox News in February that a full client list was sitting on her desk for a review. Bondi sought to clarify those comments last week during a Cabinet meeting, saying she was referring to the files — not a list of names. Criticism of the administration's handling of the case came into full view earlier this month after the Justice Department and FBI issued a joint memo concluding Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell in 2019 and that there was no evidence pointing to a client list. Democrats and some MAGA supporters have lashed out over the memo, urging the administration to release the files in full. In his comments Monday, Raskin pressed for more transparency. 'If all of it is a concoction and an invention, then I think they need to come clean about that and say they don't have such a list or it's made up or what have you,' the Maryland Democrat told host Nicolle Wallace. 'But I think it's very dangerous just to leave these things hanging out there.' He also suggested President Trump is the one who made the decision to withhold files. 'Clearly, it's Donald Trump who's making the call here for whatever reason,' Raskin said. 'He said he was going to release it, and now he's saying there's nothing to see here and appears to be wanting to sweep the whole thing under the rug.' 'And I think that's an irresponsible way to proceed after having inflamed millions and millions of people in the country and raised all kinds of doubts about our law enforcement commitment to prosecuting child sex abuse,' he added. Trump has defended his administration in light of the controversy. During Tuesday's Cabinet meeting the president reprimanded a reporter who asked questions around the Epstein files and on Saturday, he said Bondi was doing a 'fantastic job.' The Hill reached out to the White House for comment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
15-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Raskin: Not releasing Epstein files ‘dangerous to public health and safety'
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday doubled down on his push for the Trump administration to release all of the files and names associated with late financier Jeffrey Epstein's case, saying failing to do so is 'dangerous' to the public. 'If there are literally other people on this list who are somehow implicated in these actions, it is dangerous to public health and safety not to release the names publicly,' Raskin said during an appearance on MSNBC's ' Deadline: White House.' His request comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi released binders earlier this year to conservative influencers called 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1.' She later signaled more information would be released, as the binders included details that were previously released. She also suggested during an interview with Fox News in February that a full client list was sitting on her desk for a review. Bondi sought to clarify those comments last week during a Cabinet meeting, saying she was referring to the files — not a list of names. Criticism of the administration's handling of the case came into full view earlier this month after the Justice Department and FBI issued a joint memo concluding that Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell in 2019 and that there was no evidence pointing to a client list. Democrats and even some MAGA supporters have lashed out over the memo, urging the administration to release the files in full. In his comments Monday, Raskin pressed for more transparency. 'If all of it is a concoction and an invention, then I think they need to come clean about that and say they don't have such a list or it's made up or what have you,' the Maryland Democrat told host Nicolle Wallace. 'But I think it's very dangerous just to leave these things hanging out there.' He also suggested that President Trump is the one who made the decision to withhold files. 'Clearly, it's Donald Trump who's making the call here for whatever reason,' Raskin said. 'He said he was going to release it and now he's saying there's nothing to see here and appears to be wanting to sweep the whole thing under the rug.' 'And I think that's an irresponsible way to proceed after having inflamed millions and millions of people in the country and raised all kinds of doubts about our law enforcement commitment to prosecuting child sex abuse,' he added. Trump has defended his administration in light of the controversy. During Tuesday's Cabinet meeting the president reprimanded a reporter who asked questions around the Epstein files and on Saturday, he said Bondi was doing a 'fantastic job.'
The Hill
10-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Brennan on reported DOJ scrutiny: ‘I've had no contact'
Former CIA director John Brennan on Wednesday commented on reported scrutiny he has faced from the Justice Department (DOJ), saying he's 'had no contact' with federal officials. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the DOJ saud that former FBI director James Comey and Brennan were facing a 'criminal investigation.' 'I don't know whether or not there's any, you know, validity to it. If there is — it was a referral,' Brennan told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on 'Deadline: White House,' in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. 'If there is an investigation, presumably, if there is an investigation, that people will be questioned, I would be questioned about it. But again, I've had no contact from them,' he added. Fox News first reported Tuesday that according to Justice Department sources, a criminal investigation faced by Comey and Brennan was connected to their 2017 investigation into President Trump's ties with Russia. According to the Post, a source familiar said CIA director John Ratcliffe referred Brennan for criminal investigation over allegedly being dishonest during congressional testimony. 'I know nothing about this reported investigation or referral to the DOJ, other than what I've read in these press reports, these leaks, which are not really supposed to happen if there is an investigation going on,' Brennan said Wednesday. The Hill has reached out to the CIA and DOJ for comment.
The Hill
30-06-2025
- Health
- The Hill
Booker calls Trump megabill a ‘moral obscenity'
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Monday that President Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' is a 'moral obscenity.' 'I think it's a moral obscenity, and it is violence in the sense of what it will do to many families by denying them health care when they're sick, by denying them food when their children are hungry, denying our seniors critical care in their latter years, denying the disabled the kind of support that they need,' Booker said on MSNBC's 'Deadline: White House.' Democrats have vehemently opposed the 'big, beautiful bill' as it has made its way through Congress, with Booker saying in a post on the social platform X Monday that members of his party in the upper chamber were 'standing up right now for our constituents who will lose their health care, who will face rising energy costs, and who will lose access to SNAP benefits.' 'We have to do whatever we can to stop the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' Booker continued in his post. House moderate Republicans and hard-line conservatives have recently expressed rising opposition to the Senate's version of the 'big, beautiful bill' only days before they are set to consider the legislation. 'This bill is a moral obscenity, and I'm stunned that only a few senators on their side of the aisle have even been willing to speak to the impact it will have on their states, their constituents,' Booker said Monday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Monday that the 'ONE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, is moving along nicely!' 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!' the president added, using his trademark phrase.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Charlie Sykes: What happened to Padilla was shocking. And the MAGA response has been ominous.
This is an adapted excerpt from the June 12 episode of 'Deadline: White House.' On Thursday, Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles. The Democrat was pushed to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents. The scene was appalling. The thugification of the Trump administration is not a new phenomenon, but it has rarely been so graphically on display. What happened to Padilla was shocking, but what has been far more shocking and more ominous has been the response. It was certainly possible that there was a misunderstanding and that the FBI agents accompanying Noem simply didn't know who the senator was. In a normal universe, those agents and Noem would admit they got it wrong and apologize. But they didn't. Because, in this administration, not only do they never apologize, they continually escalate. Noem said Padilla was lunging forward and did not identify himself during the news conference — video of the incident shows Padilla did, indeed, state he was a U.S. senator. Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino defended his agents, writing on X that they 'acted completely appropriately.' Bongino also said he was 'grateful for their professionalism and service.' Then there's House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said Padilla should be censured. 'I think that that behavior at a minimum ... rises to the level of a censure,' Johnson told reporters on Thursday. 'I think there needs to be a message sent by the body as a whole that that is not what we're going to do, that's not how we're going to act.' The fact that they are embracing and celebrating this shocking episode and making Padilla appear like the one who took things too far tells you the direction that we're heading. They are trying to desensitize us, they are trying to numb us, and they are trying to normalize these kinds of abuses. Remember, this is an administration that not only threatened to arrest a sitting Democratic governor but has already arrested a state judge and a Democratic mayor. After Thursday's incident, Padilla stressed an important point: If this is how the administration treats a sitting United States senator, how will they treat the average citizen? This article was originally published on
