0:05[music] >> Yeah.
0:12>> Good evening. Welcome [music] to the broadcast. We got a story that's been moving fast. Pull up a chair, sit down, [singing] pay attention. There's a lot of names and a lot of tension. We're not here to [music] argue, we're not here to fight. We're just reporting what came to light.
0:27>> [music] >> So, let's break it down piece by piece.
0:30Start it from the beginning, if you please.
0:32>> There's a law on the [music] books. It passed with a pen. Call the Epstein Files Transparency Act and then the people said release it, let the public see what's inside these documents, set the record free. Partial drops [music] came out, but something felt wrong. Too many black lines, the redaction's too strong. People started asking, [music] "Who made the call? WHO DECIDED THE PUBLIC SHOULDN'T SEE IT ALL?" NOW, here comes a voice from [music] the inside lane, a former ally stepping out of the campaign. Marjorie Taylor Greene sat down and spoke, and what she said next was no small [music] joke. She said she
1:06watched it happen from the floor. The floor. She said she SAW WHO WAS LOCKING THE DOOR.
1:10She said the order [music] came from the very top. SOMEONE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND SAID, "STOP."
1:15>> [music] >> He told Barr, "John, don't release those files." He said his friends could be hurt. In the meanwhile, he said [music] the people at Mar-a-Lago, they'll take the fall. So, we made the call. Made the call. Made the call. This is not a rumor. This is testimony given. Someone who was there.
1:31Someone who was driven [music] to speak up and say what she claims she saw. This is the story. This is the report.
1:38Now, the [music] reasoning given, according to Greene, >> [singing] >> was not about justice, if you know what I mean. He kept saying over and over again, "People are going to get hurt, people." Amen. Not [music] the victims who already carried the pain. Not the ones who came forward in the rain.
1:53[music] He said his friends, the ones he held dear, the ones down IN FLORIDA, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
1:59>> THE WAIT is more >> [music] >> because the story grew. The Department of Justice [singing] had some work to prove. The authors and the Inspector General stood [music] up, said we need to look inside this cup. They launched it April 23rd, examining the process, what we couldn't see. Was the record satisfactory, [music] collected right? Was the redaction fair or too tight?
2:20>> Now let's be clear about what this is.
2:22[music] And all it is a process, not a verdict. Quiz and allegation is a claim, >> [music] >> not a proven fact. But institutions checking institutions, that's the act of democracy working, doing [music] what it should. Asking hard questions the way we press what? The Inspector General isn't in a political game. It's a function of oversight doing the same.
2:42>> And somewhere in the middle is political wave. All the people who testified, the ones who were brave, between the self-mention [music] and let the record show that some of Epstein's victims said Trump helped the case go. So the [music] picture is complicated, LAYERED AND WIDE. THERE ARE different perspectives on every side.
2:58But the question remains [music] and it won't GO AWAY. WHY WERE SO MANY FILES BLACKED OUT TODAY?
3:04>> This isn't just one party pushing for release. Republicans and Democrats both want [music] the piece of knowing what's inside. The full unredacted truth.
3:12Senators from both sides have been asking [music] for proof. Murkowski and Blumenthal both raised their hand, said the audit was necessary, help [music] us understand. Because when the transparency law gets passed and the files come out [music] redacted, questions are >> Oh Parliament, Parliament.
3:27>> Please release those files.
3:28>> Those files.
3:31>> The Inspector [music] General IS WALKING THE MILES.
3:33>> THE MILES.
3:36>> The audit is open. The process [music] is live.
3:39>> It's live.
3:41>> The public is watching, waiting to receive.
3:44>> Receive.
3:46>> The public wants the truth.
3:48Like complete release.
3:49>> [music] >> The unredacted truth, the documented piece. This is the news, this is the report. I ran legal [music] with a message, bringing you the core.
4:03That's the broadcast, [music] that's the rundown tonight. 800 words, we kept it tight. No ins or stones, just the facts on the ground. Stay tuned [music] for more as the story comes around.
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