And why did the Trump administration, and namely Trump, seem to completely do a 180 with respect to the Epstein files? It's very simple. The President told me himself on that phone call, our last phone call, he told me that his friends would get hurt. What does that mean, though? Because that is like scary for someone to say when the Epstein files suggest that these individuals were engaged in the most morally reprehensible acts possible, and then he's saying, don't release them because my friends will get hurt. (48:58–49:05)
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Asserts that [the President] indicated his friends would be harmed by the release of the Epstein files.
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