Trump’s U-turn on the Epstein files and his bust-up with Marjorie Taylor Greene

In an incredible U-turn, Donald Trump this week <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/trump-sign-bill-epstein-files" rel="nofollow">signed a bill</a> directing the justice department to release more files from the investigation into the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It comes amid a huge bust-up with his former firebrand loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has led the calls for him to release the documents. Is this the start of a Maga breakdown? And where will this increasingly hostile row between them go? Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Rolling Stone reporter Nikki McCann Ramirez about how the former allies fell out and what will happen next with the Epstein files