It's Epstein all over again on Trump and the boat strikes video
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The question from there becomes: What would be so sensitive about the portion that shows a second set of strikes that wasn’t sensitive about the initial strikes? And why has it taken nearly a week to review that release, when it took just hours to review the release of the initial strikes?
Democratic Rep. Adam Smith offered a theory this weekend: The administration is worried the full video will undercut its defense of the strikes. (Some Republicans have argued the second strike was legitimate because the survivors could have gotten help or continued their mission, somehow.)
“If they release the video, then everything that the Republicans are saying will clearly be portrayed to be completely false,” the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week.”
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So why are lawmakers increasingly calling for this transparency? It’s not clear, but there is bipartisan interest in this issue and even some concern among high-ranking Republicans like Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker and former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner. Turner recently suggested the administration had concealed information about the second strike.
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/boat-strike-video-trump-epstein-transparency