ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir was back at the helm of the news desk on Monday evening and wasted no time in getting stuck into the latest breaking news and updates
It appears that President Donald Trump has made a significant reversal regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files, and ABC’s David Muir was among the first to report the development to the nation.
Following his weekend break, the 52 year old journalist returned to the anchor desk and immediately dove into the latest breaking news and updates, including coverage of President Trump’s shift in position on the Epstein files.
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Speaking to viewers, David stated, “Good evening. We begin tonight with President Trump’s sudden reversal when it comes to the Jeffrey Epstein files. It comes with the house set to vote tomorrow. It appeared many Republicans were going to join Democrats in voting to release the files.
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Dramatic reversal
“The president now calling on lawmakers to make the documents public. President Trump, who for some time had tried to convince some Republicans not to support this.
“In fact, one member of Congress was brought into the Situation Room in the White House, where the FBI director and the Attorney General were waiting to try to convince her it didn’t work,” David added, reports the Mirror US.
“The vote comes after the house obtained 1000s of documents from the Epstein estate last week, including multiple emails with references to Donald Trump tonight survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse delivering new messages, pleading with members of Congress to finally make this happen,” the journalist reported. He wrapped up by saying, “And tonight, President Trump is pressed, if the bill passes the House and then the Senate, will he sign it?” before handing over to his ABC colleague, Mary Bruce, who was reporting live from the White House.
Mary then started her report, explaining in a voiceover, “Tonight, under intense pressure from his own party, President Trump suddenly reversing course, telling House Republicans to vote yes on a measure to release the FBI files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and saying, if the Epstein bill passes the House and Senate, he will sign it.
“For months, Trump fought to prevent this, even though he promised during the campaign to release the files. First, his close ally, Speaker Mike Johnson, kept the House out of session for 54 days, effectively stalling the vote,” she went on.
Mary highlighted how the White House “tried to pressure Republican congresswoman Lauren Bobert to block the vote from happening, even summoning her to the Situation Room to meet with Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.
She added, “But Boebert didn’t back down. It came as the House Oversight Committee released a trove of documents from Epstein’s estate. Trump’s name mentioned again and again in emails [with] Epstein writing, ‘I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body. So, yes, dangerous’ in a 2018 text to an unidentified person. Epstein claiming ‘I am the one able to take him down.’
She continued, “By the weekend, dozens of House Republicans were gearing up to defy the president and vote to release the files, including his close ally, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.”
A clip was then played of Greene speaking on the news, stating, “I have no idea what’s in the files. I can’t even guess, but that is the question everyone is asking: why fight this so hard?”
Muir wraps up by speaking with some alleged victims
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The ABC reporter wrapped up her report by speaking with some of Epstein’s alleged victims who were resolute in their pursuit of justice. Mary then concluded her report by handing back to David in the studio.
A snippet of the segment was posted on ABC World News Tonight’s Instagram account, where followers shared their thoughts on the breaking update. One user wrote, “We have everything we need. Believe women!
“Over 1,000 girls!!! 1,000!!!!!” a second pointed out, with a third pointing out, “He could just release the files without the vote. Simple.” Someone else added, “Thank you for this story and for showing a clip from the survivors’ PSA. We must protect all of America’s children. We must stand behind all survivors.”
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