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Republicans have just one vote to spare with their razor thin majority in the House.

But one Republican has drawn more ire from President Trump than any other.

This was Friday at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

No matter what we do, this moron, no matter what it is, will get 100% vote.

Thomas Massie, a libertarian minded conservative, has represented Northern Kentucky since 2012.

A perennial no vote on spending bills and now a leader in pushing for the full release of the Epstein files over the President's furious objections.

He joins me now live from his farm in Kentucky.

Congressman Massie, thank you so much for being here.

I do want to ask you about that comment from the President of the United States, insulting you like that at the National Prayer Breakfast.

Well, first of all, I'm glad to know I'm in the President's prayers.

But second of all, you know, on the Internet, some people have suggested that MIT should take my degree away.

And my response is, which one should they take away?

I have two degrees from mit and I'm sorry, you booked a moron today on your show.

I do want to talk to you about your fight to release the Epstein files in a minute, but

first I want to get your reaction to the news about how the President posted, then deleted this racist video depicting the Obama as apes.

Do you think he should apologize to the Obamas?

I mean, he's attacked my wife recently online and I do think there are limits if for a while it's kind of funny, but

once you pass certain, certain guardrails, like attacking a man's spouse or getting into racist tropes, I think it's somebody at the White House, maybe Susie Wiles needs to go to the President and just ask him for his phone and maybe ask him just to show him the tweet before he sends it out.

Just to follow up on your wife because it is alarming.

He's multiple times he has gone after her in social media posts.

It doesn't make me angry, but it's unfair to my spouse.

I mean, look, Donald Trump was giving to Democrats when my wife was working for Right to Work and Campaign for Liberty.

And Rand Paul, in fact, worked in Rand Paul's office over a decade ago, back when Donald Trump was still a Democrat.

Fortunately, everything he says about her is untrue, but it's beyond the pale.

And people recoil when he goes to those racist tropes or when he attacks spouses.

Okay, so let's talk about the Epstein files.

Of course, it was your legislation that requires the Trump administration to have released all the Epstein files by last December.

The Justice Department now has released more than 3 million documents.

And it says the Justice Department is saying that they have fully complied with the law.

Is the Trump administration complying with the law?

The two worst parts are they're releasing victims information.

And beyond that, they are withholding the perpetrators names.

Those are the forms that the FBI fills out after they interview witnesses and victims, and

And they're over redacting the documents that have, you know, they relate to some really sketchy emails, but

And so they really need to come off some more information.

Monday, Todd Blanche said that members of Congress can come and start viewing those redactions.

Ro Khanna and I are very interested in going and reviewing some of those redactions.

But there are also files that we need to see.

And finally, Pam Bondi will be in front my committee.

I serve on the Judiciary Committee this coming week, on Wednesday.

And so I'll have some questions for her related to the Epstein files.

Well, where are the rest of the documents?

And, you know, what are these redactions now we may get to see those redactions.

Hopefully we can go to the DOJ before she shows up on Wednesday and see how responsive they are to us in person.

But, you know, she's really, she's not, if you notice, they don't put her out in front anymore.

They put Todd Blanche out in front because she's been all over the map.

She said there are a bunch, there's a ton of files.

And then she said, there's nothing but, you know, child sexual abuse material and nobody wants to see that.

And then she said, oh, we found a whole bunch more and there are going to be more investigations.

But what are those investigations, for instance?

And so there's A whole host of questions for her.

But I'm glad that she's coming to Judiciary.

She hasn't been there since she's been Attorney General.

How are you going to respond if they don't fully comply with the law?

You had told me before that you may go to the floor and actually read the, the names of people on the alleged Epstein client list.

I'm ready to do that if the victims want me to.

They believe that the best way to get justice is to force the DOJ to release these names.

I've already read one name in a committee with, with the FBI director there, that's Jess Staley.

And again, he may or may not be guilty, but he's been accused by these victims.

there are other names, I don't have them in my possession, but

if the victims want to give them to me, I've expressed that I'm willing to do that.

But again, the best way is to force the DOJ to release those names on those 302 forms.

Trump's Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, said that he and his wife decided around 2005 to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein.

But the latest release shows that there was some correspondence after that, even after Epstein pleaded guilty to, to sex crimes in 2008.

What questions do you have about Lutnick's ties to Epstein and should he come before Congress and testify?

I mean, there are three people in Great Britain that have resigned in politics.

The ambassador from Great Britain to the United States, the prince lost his title for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about.

Look, Howard Lutnick clearly went to the island.

If we believe what's in these files, he was in business with Jeffrey Epstein.

And this was many years after Jeffrey Epstein was convicted.

You know, lightly sentenced, but was convicted for sexual crimes.