A new CBS News poll found that most Americans want the files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation released in their entirety. Instead, on Monday, President Donald Trump's administration announced files around the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Speaking about the matter on CNN to Kasie Hunt, New York Times reporter and podcast host Lulu Garcia-Navarro noted that the public is infatuated with the story. The Netflix documentary and books on Epstein have gained significant attention over the month of July, CNN reported Sunday.
"So I think exactly this, the narrative arc has broken containment," said Garcia-Navarro. "I'm going to bring you two together and use those things. The other thing I will say is just this one thing, as we were speaking, The Associated Press just sent a news alert saying that the FBI miraculously is just handing out all these files on the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., and so suspicious timing, I mean, it's all I'm going to say. I'm sure it's very welcome, but strange that the FBI would be releasing those files at this particular moment, isn't it?"
Indeed, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard claimed to be releasing the MLK files in April.
Hunt recalled reporting over the weekend that the FBI was told to "scrub" the Epstein files.
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