Is the Epstein Scandal Trump’s Kryptonite?

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The Washington Roundtable discusses the trove of Jeffrey Epstein correspondence launched by Congress this week, the fractures it has prompted within the Republican Occasion, and the potential political ramifications for President Trump. Their visitor is the investigative reporter Michael Isikoff, who has spent a long time reporting on main scandals in American politics, together with the affair between President Invoice Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, and Russian interference within the 2016 election. The panel considers the components that made different scandals up to now, resembling Watergate, break via the general public consciousness and alter the course of Presidencies.

This week’s studying:

“The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Persistent Illness of the Trump Presidency,” by Susan B. Glasser

“Did Democrats Win the Shutdown After All?,” by Jon Allsop

“Socialism, However Make It Trump,” by John Cassidy

“Governments and Billionaires Retreat Forward of COP30 Local weather Talks,” by Elizabeth Kolbert

“Laura Loomer’s Limitless Payback,” by Antonia Hitchens

“J. B. Pritzker Sounds the Alarm,” by Peter Slevin

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