Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks alongside Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, March 9, 2024 (Elijah Nouvelage/AFP)

EA-Times Radio VideoCast: Trump “Cornered” by His Epstein Scandal

EA-Times Radio VideoCast: Trump Named in Epstein E-Mails; Showdown in Crazytown — Marjorie Taylor Greene v. Trump

UPDATE, NOV 18:

EA’s David Dunn spoke with BBC Scotland on Monday about the politics around Donald Trump’s retreat over the Epstein Files.

Trump realized that he was going to lose. Rather than having a public division within the Republican Party, with large numbers voting against him to release these files, he realized he had to embrace it and roll with the punches.

To listen, you need to be in the UK or to use a VPN:

Listen to Discussion from 56:10

UPDATE 1724 GMT:

I joined LBC’s James O’Brien on Monday to set out Donald Trump’s difficulties over revelations of his proximity to late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

I also consider other revelations from Epstein’s e-mails, including his relationship with white nationalist and former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Listen from 2:21.09:

An extract from the discussion:

UPDATE, NOV 17:

I joined Germany’s DW News on Monday to explain Donald Trump’s sudden reversal, calling on Republicans to support the release of the case files of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

That’s the easiest question of the day. Donald Trump knew that Tuesday he would lose the vote in the House over the release of the files, and he might lose it by an embarrassing margin.

I analyze why the reversal is unlikely to relieve the pressure on Trump after Epstein’s e-mails established that he was lying about the extent of his involvement with the paedophile.

UPDATE 1702 GMT:

Former US federal prosecutor Shan Wu and I join LBC’s Matt Frei to discuss further the difficulties for Donald Trump from Jeffrey Epstein’s e-mails.

Listen to Discussion from 1:07.36

I explain how Trump — showing desperation after failing to block a House vote on release of Epstein’s case files — has ordered the Justice Department to investigate Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

Remember Donald Trump has tried to make political capital for years out of the Epstein Files by saying, “Oh, it’s Democrats that are implicated.”

That’s all well and good was Trump is in opposition. Once he’s back in power and your supporters believe it’s only Democrats in the files — “Let’s see them” — he carries the responsibility for bringing the files out.

And that’s what he and his Attorney General Pam Bondi have refused to do for months.

ORIGINAL ENTRY, NOV 15: I joined Times Radio’s Alexis Conran on Saturday to analyze two linked developments: Donald Trump’s attempt to intimidate the BBC and his fury over being named in the e-mails of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

I explain how Trump’s latest threat to sue the BBC over a clumsy edit — about his call on supporters to block the confirmation of President Joe Biden, contributing to the Capitol Attack of January 6, 2021 — is part of a scheme with his ally, the hard right UK Reform Party, to break the broadcaster.

EA on UK Outlets: Trump-Reform Party Assault on the BBC

Then I examine Trump’s overnight fury at his former diehard backer and conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her a “raving lunatic”, because she supports disclosure of Epstein’s case files.

You have this serious possibility that even as Trump tries to divert, including with the attack on the BBC, he cannot stop the news cycle over the next few weeks being led by Epstein.

That may alienate some of his supporters upon whom he has depended for years.