On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart riffs on the Trump administration's response to mounting questions about Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. He credits pressure from the MAGA base, then shows the director of national intelligence releasing 230,000 files on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., not the Epstein files.
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- Who
- Jon Stewart
- Where
- monologue - The Daily Show
- Original footage
- The Daily Show · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 52 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
And as the temperature rises on the unanswered questions about Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration was forced to respond. Breaking news. Moments ago, the director of national intelligence, Telsey Gabbard, releasing the 230 ,000 files... Oh, my God. That's from this afternoon. It worked. The incessant public pressure, mainly from, I'll give credit, the MAGA base has finally forced Trump's hand. Let's hear what's in those files. 230 ,000 files related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Epstein killed Martin Luther King Jr.? What the fuck? Why are you releasing that? What?
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