Overview
- President Trump attacked Jimmy Kimmel and ABC on Truth Social early Thursday, calling Kimmel "NO TALENT" with "VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS" and writing, "Get the bum off the air!!!"
- Kimmel joked about a "Hurricane Epstein" in his Wednesday monologue and suggested the president could feature in forthcoming disclosures, framing the segment as satire.
- The House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427–1 and the Senate sent it to the president by unanimous consent, and Trump announced he signed it Wednesday night.
- Kimmel said on his show there was only a 12 percent chance Trump would sign the bill requiring release of federal records tied to Jeffrey Epstein.
- The show posted the monologue to YouTube and Kimmel also referenced Trump’s reported "Quiet, piggy" remark to a reporter when asked about Epstein.