The Megyn Kelly Show - Epstein Files Release Passes Congress, Nicki Minaj at UN Over Christian Persecution： AM Update 11⧸19

00:00:00.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Wednesday, November 19th, 2025, and this is your

00:00:08.480 AM Update. As far as the Epstein files is, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein.

00:00:13.620 In a major shift from just days ago, the House and Senate passed the Epstein Files Transparency

00:00:19.600 Act with President Trump's blessing. Will the president sign it? The Saudi crown prince visits

00:00:25.420 the White House as President Trump aims to redefine U.S. ties with the powerful

00:00:29.760 Mideast country. Churches have been burned, families have been torn apart, and entire communities live

00:00:36.640 in fear. Rapper Nicki Minaj, at the invitation of Mr. Trump's U.N. ambassador, speaks out against

00:00:43.300 the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Nigeria's government says there's no anti-Christian bias.

00:00:49.620 Congressman Riley Mora of West Virginia tells AM Update, that's flatly untrue.

00:00:54.600 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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00:02:05.020 The House and then the Senate yesterday passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, compelling the

00:02:13.580 Department of Justice to release all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative

00:02:19.440 materials in its possession, with limited exceptions, including information identifying witnesses and child

00:02:26.160 sex abuse material. After months of resistance that ran all the way into last week from President Donald

00:02:32.480 Trump and House GOP leadership, Mr. Trump earlier this week changing his stance entirely, saying,

00:02:39.020 quote, we have nothing to hide, and calling on the House to pass the bill in an effort to move on from

00:02:43.980 the issue. This after a major campaign from a few GOP representatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene and

00:02:50.580 Thomas Massey. Yesterday, now with the President's blessing, the House passing the measure 427 to 1.

00:02:57.900 Shortly thereafter, the Senate unanimously passing the bill, now sending it to the President's desk

00:03:04.020 for signature. Congressman Clay Higgins of Louisiana, a Republican, the only dissenting House vote.

00:03:10.780 Mr. Higgins posting his reasoning to X, quote, if enacted in its current form, this type of broad

00:03:15.940 reveal of criminal investigative files released to a rabid media will absolutely result in innocent

00:03:22.280 people being hurt. House Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday morning calling the petition hastily

00:03:27.400 written, outlining numerous concerns with the legislation.

00:03:30.960 As drafted, the discharge petition, it fails to fully protect victim privacy. It could be used to unmask

00:03:38.180 victims who have chosen to remain anonymous. It requires the DOJ to release information, even in cases

00:03:44.820 where the DOJ or the FBI has already reviewed it and determined it is not credible. The discharge in its

00:03:50.020 current form fails to prohibit the release of child sexual abuse materials. We've got to make sure

00:03:54.700 that we disclose the names of anybody who aided or conspired in any way with Jeffrey Epstein.

00:04:02.700 But at the same time, you've got to make sure that innocent people are protected.

00:04:06.200 Speaker Johnson attempting to convince Senate colleagues to offer amendments addressing his

00:04:10.660 concerns but failing. Senate Majority Leader John Thune telling reporters, quote,

00:04:14.920 When a bill passes the House 427 to 1 and the president says he'll sign it into law,

00:04:21.840 I'm not sure there's going to be a need for or a desire for an amendment process over here.

00:04:27.600 Over at the White House, President Trump asked about why he's waiting for Congress to vote on the

00:04:32.220 issue rather than simply ordering the files released himself.

00:04:36.340 It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude.

00:04:38.820 As far as the Epstein files is, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my

00:04:44.120 club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. And I guess I would turn out to be

00:04:48.780 right. But you know who does have Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, who ran Harvard, was with him every

00:04:54.560 single night, every single weekend. They lived together. They went to his island many times.

00:04:59.600 I never did. Andrew Westman are here. All these guys were friends of his. You don't even talk

00:05:04.600 about those people. You just keep going on the Epstein files. Over the weekend, President Trump

00:05:10.040 directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to open a probe into Epstein's Democrat ties. Some warning

00:05:16.340 that move could allow the DOJ to withhold certain materials since documents tied to an active

00:05:21.440 investigation cannot be released. The DOJ previously releasing thousands of documents to the House

00:05:27.280 Oversight Committee in connection with its investigation into Epstein. Oversight also obtaining

00:05:32.980 some 30,000 documents from the Epstein estate directly. On Monday, President Trump saying he

00:05:39.100 will sign legislation that comes to his desk requiring Epstein files disclosure. Exactly when that will

00:05:45.440 happen is unclear. President Trump yesterday welcoming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto

00:05:53.360 leader of his government, to the White House for the first time since 2018. The prince becoming an

00:05:59.580 international pariah following the 2018 murder of Saudi critical journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the

00:06:06.360 Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. MBS was appointed Crown Prince in June 2017, a 2018 CIA assessment

00:06:15.060 concluding the murder of Khashoggi was ordered by MBS. The prince denying involvement, though accepting

00:06:21.340 responsibility for the killing, as the head of his government. Under the Biden administration,

00:06:26.280 the Saudis largely getting the cold shoulder. President Biden in 2022 coming under intense

00:06:31.920 criticism for offering a fist bump to the crown prince during a trip to the country. President

00:06:37.720 Trump taking a different approach, instead seeking to stabilize relations in the Middle East,

00:06:42.780 including with the powerful oil-rich nation, through business deals and investment opportunities.

00:06:48.940 MBS hoping for progress on a deal for Saudi access to a civilian nuclear program, AI technology,

00:06:56.060 and a possible Saudi security agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. Earlier this year,

00:07:01.860 on a visit to Saudi Arabia, President Trump securing the country's $600 billion investment in the U.S.

00:07:08.640 Following yesterday's warm reception, including a military flyover, the prince and Mr. Trump taking

00:07:13.660 questions in the Oval Office. MBS announcing a significant increase in the planned Saudi investments in

00:07:20.020 America. Today and tomorrow, we're going to announce that we are going to increase that $600 billion to

00:07:24.520 almost $1 trillion dollar for investment, real investment and real opportunity by details in

00:07:29.980 many areas. The Saudis, controversial not only due to the Khashoggi killing, but also due to 9-11.

00:07:37.020 MBS was only 15 when the attacks occurred, but the 9-11 families still seeking accountability.

00:07:42.760 Fifteen of the 19 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, against whom the 9-11 families have an ongoing

00:07:48.920 legal case. That case in August was finally given the go-ahead for trial by a federal district judge.

00:07:55.720 As Mr. Trump extends an olive branch to the Saudis, some reporters offering tough questions,

00:08:01.360 like this one from ABC.

00:08:03.180 Ed, Your Royal Highness, the U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist.

00:08:08.960 9-11 families are furious that you are here in the Oval Office. Who are you with?

00:08:12.840 Washington Americans. Who are you with? And the same to you, Mr. President.

00:08:15.660 Now, who are you with? I'm with ABC News, sir. You're with who?

00:08:18.060 ABC News, sir. Fake News. ABC Fake News. One of the worst in the business.

00:08:23.060 As far as this gentleman is concerned, he's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning somebody that was

00:08:28.400 extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about.

00:08:33.440 Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happened, but he knew nothing about it.

00:08:37.920 And we can leave it at that. You don't have to embarrass our guests by asking a question like that.

00:08:42.160 Despite criticism in a sign of thawed relations,

00:08:45.340 President Trump last night hosting a formal dinner in honor of the prince.

00:08:50.800 Coming up, rapper Nicki Minaj speaks out against the persecution of Christians in Nigeria

00:08:56.540 and thanks President Trump.

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00:10:08.640 Rapper Nicki Minaj joining forces with the Trump administration to shine a light on the

00:10:13.460 plight of Christians in Nigeria, who reportedly face attacks from Islamic extremist groups.

00:10:19.380 President Trump reigniting the issue earlier this month, declaring Nigeria a country of particular

00:10:24.820 concern, a legal designation finding a country, quote, engages in or tolerates particularly severe

00:10:30.820 violations of religious freedom. The designation allowing the State Department to impose penalties

00:10:36.260 on the Nigerian government, including cutting U.S. aid and blocking U.S. loans.

00:10:40.940 Minaj expressing gratitude for the president's initiative on social media, then subsequently

00:10:46.300 speaking at the U.N. yesterday at the invitation of U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz.

00:10:51.260 It is an honor to stand on this stage to shine a spotlight on the deadly threat faced by thousands

00:10:57.940 of Christians in Nigeria. I would like to thank President Trump for prioritizing this issue and

00:11:04.980 calling for urgent action to defend Christians in Nigeria, to combat extremism,

00:11:10.360 and to bring a stop to violence against those who simply want to exercise their natural

00:11:15.400 right to freedom of religion or belief. Faith is under attack. Churches have been burned.

00:11:23.320 Families have been torn apart. And entire communities live in fear constantly, simply because of how

00:11:31.160 they pray. This isn't about taking sides. This is about standing up in the face of injustice.

00:11:38.100 It was quite a change of role for Minaj, who's known for hits like Anaconda, in which she sings

00:11:44.340 about the, quote, real country ass N-word, who let her, quote, play with his rifle, adding her, 1.00

00:11:50.740 quote, P-word, put his ass to sleep, and now he calls me NyQuil. Her latest turn is a good one, 1.00

00:11:56.760 however, as she is hugely popular, with about 229 million followers on Instagram alone,

00:12:03.000 and she has sold over 100 million records. An August report by the International Society

00:12:09.680 for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law finding in the first seven months of this year in Nigeria,

00:12:15.800 more than 7,000 Christians were killed. Between 2009 and 2023, that group estimating at least

00:12:21.820 52,000 Christians killed and more than 20,000 schools and churches attacked.

00:12:27.540 We spoke with Republican Congressman Riley Moore of West Virginia, a leading advocate in Congress

00:12:33.700 on the issue, and the lawmaker tasked by President Trump with compiling a full report

00:12:38.520 on the atrocities occurring in Nigeria.

00:12:40.940 It just so happens to have everything to do with Christians. And these Muslim militants, 1.00

00:12:46.800 if it were not religiously motivated, why would they be burning down and destroying churches,

00:12:51.380 burning people alive in churches, obviously to make a statement on all of this. So

00:12:55.380 it is very targeted. The ratios that, and the facts that we've gotten off the ground,

00:13:01.120 the ratio is about five to one. Five to one Christians to one of every non-Christians that 0.68

00:13:07.300 is being killed in Nigeria right now. And around the world, of all the Christians who are murdered for

00:13:13.820 their faith, 70 percent of them are in the country of Nigeria right now.

00:13:18.360 The congressman describing the key groups responsible for perpetuating the violence.

00:13:23.040 And then there's a lot of complexity to this, but in kind of broad brushstrokes, what's happening

00:13:28.480 here is that this has been going on since 2009, really the rise of Boko Haram. And now you have

00:13:35.200 Boko Haram, IS West Africa, ISIS affiliated, and then you have this Fulani tribe, which is in the 1.00

00:13:42.280 middle band of the country. So you have a lot of Christians being murdered and martyred in the middle 0.94

00:13:48.440 band of the country. It's really where about 80 percent of the attacks at this point are taking

00:13:53.160 place. We've seen how they operate, kind of Al-Qaeda, ISIS affiliated groups that are trying to take

00:13:58.580 territory, create caliphate. Only people standing in the way of that objective are Christians, so they 1.00

00:14:05.600 are trying to wipe them out. Since 2009, estimates range in between 50,000 of upward over 100,000

00:14:13.160 Christians have been murdered for the profession of their faith, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 0.82

00:14:18.920 The president of Nigeria denying accusations of anti-Christian bias, saying, quote,

00:14:23.900 the characterization of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality,

00:14:30.120 nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government

00:14:34.140 to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians. Congressman Moore strongly disagrees.

00:14:41.240 That could not be further from the truth. And all the organizations we talk to on the ground,

00:14:47.880 I contradict that statement in totality. And I get the position President Tanubo is in where he's

00:14:55.920 trying to strike this balance, but it's very clear that they have not been protecting the Christians.

00:15:01.500 I give you a great example. Earlier this month, there was a pastor who said,

00:15:06.560 we are an imminent threat. We are going to be attacked. Nigerian government, please come help 1.00

00:15:13.360 us. The Nigerian government not only did not show up to help them or protect them,

00:15:18.020 they actually issued a statement saying that this was hyperbole. It's overblown. This is fake news.

00:15:24.420 Nothing's going to happen. Within 24 hours, that pastor and 10 of his congregants were murdered.

00:15:30.620 That is what's going on here.

00:15:32.160 Moore says Nigeria's federal government controls security deployment and has simply not made the

00:15:37.560 protection of Christian communities a priority, but has allowed extremist groups to operate freely.

00:15:42.800 The Fulani tribe are Sunni Muslims, and they are radical extremists. And they're able to operate with 1.00

00:15:51.560 impunity in this. So in Nigeria, it is illegal for any citizen to bear arms, not like our country. 0.90

00:15:59.880 But I guess, you know, for whatever, if you are an Islamic extremist, like these Fulani militants, 0.99

00:16:06.840 you're allowed to have weapons. And so they are all armed. All the Christians are unarmed in this. 0.99

00:16:13.020 The stakes of Congressman Moore's report are high. President Trump posting to Truth Social earlier

00:16:18.400 this month, quote, if the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians,

00:16:22.920 the USA may very well go into that now disgraced country, guns a-blazing, to completely wipe out

00:16:30.040 the Islamic terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. More here on the report. 1.00

00:16:35.840 We're going to let the facts drive our conclusions. And so we're going to get to the bottom of it,

00:16:42.640 which is what President Trump has asked me to do. And we are going to provide him a report that has

00:16:48.880 ground truth from our perspective here in the legislative branch. So we can lay out to the

00:16:54.500 president the ground truth of exactly what is going on there. And then the president is going

00:16:59.000 to make decisions. The report expected to come out in December. And that'll do it for your AM update.

00:17:06.800 I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for The MK Show, live on SiriusXM's The Megan Kelly Channel,

00:17:11.900 111 at noon east on youtube.com slash Megan Kelly and on all podcast platforms.

The Megyn Kelly Show - November 19, 2025

Epstein Files Release Passes Congress, Nicki Minaj at UN Over Christian Persecution： AM Update 11⧸19

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