Overview
- Both the House and Senate approved the measure to compel release of Epstein-related DOJ files, and it now awaits the president’s signature.
- Video posted of an Air Force One gaggle shows Trump telling Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey, “Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” after she pressed him on the records.
- During an Oval Office session with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump called ABC’s Mary Bruce “a terrible person and a terrible reporter” and said regulators should “look at” ABC’s broadcast license.
- The White House defended Trump’s remarks, calling the Bloomberg reporter’s conduct “inappropriate and unprofessional” and saying, “If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take it.”
- Bloomberg News backed its reporter as press groups and commentators criticized the president’s treatment of female journalists and raised press-freedom concerns.