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I would just say that I cannot believe that the president of the United States is now being tied pretty dramatically not only to a conversation with Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the world's most notorious pedophile at this point, and now Larry Nassar is involved. And there was basically what amounts to a suicide note sent to Nassar with President Trump's name in it. That is about as big of a headline as I can think of.
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Let's be as clear there. We don't want to just make sure he that letter was sent to Nasser. It mentions the president, but it doesn't have his name in it. We need to make clear it says the president. Correct. And we also need to make clear that there's nothing we have seen that suggests any criminal behavior, criminal activity, or any suggestion that the president was under investigation. Now that we've got that out of the way, Robes, the point you are making, I think, might be the headline. We have what appears to be Jeffrey Epstein's suicide note that he wrote to a fellow pedophile.
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Yes. And it just says our president.
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What?
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And at that time it was President Trump. Now. Yes. That is shocking that the two were even conversing. And the fact that this was a note that he sent that actually ended up where it I guess he was at a different address. So it got returned to sender but by the time it was postmark, Jeffrey Epstein was already dead. And for anyone who had questions, and I will admit I was in that camp, I was not convinced that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. I haven't been. But when I read this note, I said, wow, it's true. Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide.
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All right, well folks, those are the two. We, there's gonna be plenty more throughout the day. Really, we're talking tens of thousands of documents and you have journalists all over the country trying to pour through this stuff. So let's, we just wanted to hop on and give you what everybody is talking about right now. Two things in particular. One, the letter we're talking about I guess looks more like a postcard that he wrote on.
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Yes.
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All right. Jeffrey Epstein wrote to Larry Nassar. Larry Nassar, yes, the infamous Larry Nassar who is spending 100 years in prison essentially right now for sexual assault for child pornography for. Was it decades.
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It was abuse. He was charged with sexual assault for more than 265 women and girls over a 22 year period. Yes, he was a prolific sexual predator, that guy.
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So yes, Jeffrey Epstein wrote to him in what is now being interpreted as a suicide note. We are going to read that full text in just a second. The other big thing jumping out is an email that, that shows, appears to show Trump was on Epstein's plane quite a bit in a three year period. We will explain. This is an email that came from an a U.S. assistant District Attorney talking to someone but explaining. We've reviewed these file, these logs and it appears he was on the plane a lot and they lay that out. Those are the other two big headlines. There's also a Prince Andrew headline we will definitely get to in this one as well. But let's stay focused with this Nasser letter Rose reminder of who this guy is. We, I don't remember the names in particular but he, he was worked for the U.S. olympic team. He worked for Michigan State for a long time. But there are a couple of Olympians who came out publicly, stood up, testified, said, yeah, this guy abused me.
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He was the U.S. gymnastics Olympic team's doctor. These are young girls who are taken away, not taken away, but they live away from their family to solely focus on becoming elite Olympians. And so yes, they are separated from families at young ages to focus on their gymnastics career. And he had full access to them as their doctor and he betrayed their trust and abused them repeatedly.
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So that's the guy we were talking about. And a lot of you all remember that story. Again, he has state charges, federal charges, the equivalent of. I really do think it's 150 years plus is what he ended up being sentenced to. So go ahead.
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Yes. No, I can tell you because I just actually looked 60 years in prison initially, then an additional 40 to 120, 25 years to be served consecutively. So it was a de facto life in prison without parole sentence.
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Yes, a lot of years.
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100. He will die behind bars.
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So the text of this, again, it looks like a postcard. They have the actual image, not just the text of it, but Jeffrey Epstein, days before he died, composed this thing to send to Larry Nassar, who was at another prison at the time. Why? We don't know. And I want to make sure. Rhodes, I didn't see anywhere but them having a previous relationship. Why he reached out to this guy, we will never know. But he wrote this thing, he sent it. But because of the delays and it's prison mail, it's not exactly known to be on time. So there was a delay. So the thing didn't actually get postmarked till after Jeffrey Epstein was dead. So the text of this is going to be interpreted, is going to be analyzed, going to be talked about for quite a while.
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Babe, I have chills. I have chills reading all of this that's just come out. Which proves the point that everyone was saying, this isn't everything. This can't be everything. Who's hiding something? These emails and text prove that. Okay, here is the text of the letter that Jeffrey Epstein wrote to Larry Nassar. As you will know by now, I have taken the short route home. And he put short route in quotes. Good luck. We shared one thing. Our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by, he loved to grab snatch, whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system. Life is unfair. Yours, Jay Epstein. Holy moly. I want to use an expletive, but I'm not. That is insane.
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Okay, couple of things. One, if he doesn't know this man, why is he writing this man? Why would you write a fellow like to commiserate. Only he can understand. Really. The. There might be some people in our lives. You might reach out to another breast cancer survivor. People do that all the time. Do people? Is he really thinking he's looking for someone who has gone through what he's gone through and just reached out to what he thought was a friend, there.
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Are a couple of theories. Either they did know each other. Do we know whether or not they did? I don't know. Okay, so they could have known each other. They could have admired each other's work. Like murderers and serial murderers and people who are deviants, maybe. All fine.
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That's interesting.
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Companionship with one another or shared experiences or shared deviances and obviously wanting to be with young girls. And that's. They're a pedophile. So do all pedophiles. Do they feel like they share a, a love of the same thing? But to me, it seems as though obviously he knew he was going to kill himself. At this point, it clearly states, I'm you. By now you'll know I've taken the short road home. So, short route home. So he was planning to kill himself. So was this a way also to take Trump with him? Was this a way to. Did he hope that someone would find this and then go after Trump? Was this also a kind of final fu to Trump?
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Who knows?
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Because they had fallen out.
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This man is sitting in prison. Who knows? We will never know what's in this man's head. It. I don't know. He could have, he could have buried this guy a long time ago, it seems like, and he chose not to. But there is even here. He could have been more direct, he could have been more accusatory, he could have been more clear. I don't know if he had intentions. I don't know. We, of course, we won't know. This is what it is and it looks awful. It is one of the most awful things to have come out about the relationship between these two men.
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It's. I mean, you might, I think you could call this a smoking gun because he was about to die and he knew it and he wanted to send this letter. This was what he wanted to send. This is how he wanted to go out. He wanted this to be known, but also he wouldn't have known that Larry Nassar, Imagine if Larry Nassar was at the address he sent this to and Larry Nassar received this postcard, this note would we have ever seen. Just so happens that he was moved, was no longer at that address, and it got returned to sender. And that is why we're all aware of this right now.
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But they read mail, they read your mail in prison. Now, at the time this was sent, 2019, did everybody piece it together? And was well aware if A prison guard read this and said, our president, would they really think much of it, say, oh, I got something here.
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It depends on the guard.
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Larry Nassar would have received it. Would he immediately understood and ran out and said, hey, check this out and try to make a deal?
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Probably not.
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Probably not. Who knows? Did he ever expect this to go out? So if he didn't expect it to go out, what was his intent in sending it to this man? I have no idea. But this is fascinating in Robes, isn't this the day. You know what? Before I say that statement, I'm going to save that statement because it's going to make more sense when we go through this next headline that people are talking about. And this is an email. Now, this email is dated January 7th of 2020. This is from a US Attorney for the Southern District, an Assistant Assistant US Attorney who has apparently reviewed call, excuse, not call logs, flight logs of Epstein as a part of putting together and trying to go after Ghislaine Maxwell and trying to build a case. Now, we don't know. I think that's right. Robes. We don't know who this was sent to.
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It's blacked out, it's redacted.
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There we go. So we know it came from the U.S. attorney. Assistant Attorney. Damn. Go right ahead.
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This is dated on January 7, 2020 at 7:56pm for your situational awareness, wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported or that we were aware, including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case in particular, he is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was also present. He is listed as having traveled with, among others and at various times, Marla Maples, his daughter Tiffany and his son Eric. On one flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers. One on another, the only three passengers are Epstein, Trump and then 20 year old, name redacted. On two other flights, two of the passengers respectively were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case. We've just finished reviewing the full records, more than 100 pages of very small script and didn't want any of this to be a surprise. And down the road, and it is signed, the name redacted. But then you see Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York. How did this not get out sooner?
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This is solid as it gets in terms of. So, okay, There we go. All right. Now, I believe Trump said he never went to Epstein Island. I'm not sure if he's all the time has denied ever setting foot on that plane. I don't know if he has. I don't think he has, but I don't think we knew this. This is as solid as it gets. Now you say smoking gun again. He is not accused of any criminal activity. There's been no investigation. No one has said that. But Robes, I don't know how you explain this away. How do you explain being on this man's plane that many times? Again, this. So this isn't really being disputed. Nobody can dispute this, right?
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No, this seems pretty factual.
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Again, U.S. attorney, they're looking into this and they're actually trying to build a case against somebody else and say, hey, just heads up, I'm looking at this law.
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Who did they send this to? That's the interesting thing. Why was that person's name redacted? Why shouldn't we know? Who? The U.S. it's the Assistant U.S. attorney to the Southern District of New York. Why don't we know their names? They're not victims. They're not potential victims. And they could potentially be held accountable for some sort of. Not cover up, but certainly trying to keep certain information on the down low. Is that okay? Is that acceptable?
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He was the president at the time. Right. So 2020, he lost and then 21. Yeah. So he was president still at the time. First term this appears. Again, this is not. How do you be speculative? I don't like doing that.
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I don't either.
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The point here being this is written as if it's a. Hey, heads up.
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Yeah.
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So it would be somebody in the president's circle. Hey, just want you to know I'm looking into this thing and I found this stuff.
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Don't you think that we as Americans should know who this was sent to? I do.
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Who? In a second. Maybe it was his lawyer. And that's why we shouldn't know that. I don't know that. Why they chose to redact, I don't know. But this is as damning as anything that we have seen in these files. This is as damning damning as anything that's been out there. Because this is not speculation. These are facts. These are written. These are set in stone. My heart is some con crete wording about at least the relationship. But again, we always have to be careful. Hill ropes that he is not accused of anything criminal. And nothing wrong. Excuse me. Nothing criminally wrong, I should say. And we have to say that. But this is the day that we've had so far. And trust me, folks, as we are speaking, folks are pouring through these things. Now, Robes, I said this to you first, before some of this stuff came out. I said, they are already defending themselves before we even know what the hell's in there.
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You said, there must be something really sensational going on because we were out running errands early in the morning before the snow hit New York, and you said, babe, the Department of Justice just put out a tweet that makes me think something big is about to happen. And you were correct. Here was the Department of Justice's tweet earlier this morning. The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false. And if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly, certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already. Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency. That's hilarious, because you were forced to. Sorry. Well, that's a fair laugh. The DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein's victims.
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Yes. Before we even started reading anything from the files today, they sent that out and we knew something had to be coming. And much more might be coming. Robes. Because by all accounts, President Trump's name appears multiple times and the people are just trying to find the right context for it. But, folks, stay here. You didn't think we were going to get through all these pages without a Prince Andrew reference, did you? Stay here. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop? Voted PCMag's reader's choice. Top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere. And Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag Reader's Choice used with permission. All rights reserved.
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Hey folks, we continue on this. Yeah, Christmas Eve Eve and a lot of journalists are spending their Christmas Eve Eve not out shopping, not online shopping, but staring at a screen and going through tens of thousands of pages that robes. Quite frankly, even the fact that the pages came out today is mean. They broke the law because they were supposed to be out Friday and what are we getting? A trickle. This is the third dump they have done. So I guess maybe they feel as. I don't know. I mean Chuck Schumer is trying to go after them. He wants to pass legislation now to force. What is it he what's the thing he wants? Chuck Schumer the resolution we've Talked about this before.
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He wants to enforce the act, which said that they had to. The Department of Justice had to release all of the Epstein files. And because they didn't, now he wants to put more legislation forward that would actually create a punishment for not actually delivering on the law that was set in place for them to be transparent.
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And what was the other one? The two sponsors, they all contempt.
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They want to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt. Actually something specifically that would. That hasn't been actually done in modern times, but would actually put her in prison until all of the files are released.
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All right, folks, you all know the name Balmoral. People know that name by now?
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I think so Especially royal followers know Balmoral.
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You know Balmoral. I only bring that up because you're going to need to recognize that as.
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We go into Queen Scottish residence that she spends her summers in Balmoral. It's gorgeous.
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It's their Hamptons for the summer, right?
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They're Scottish Highlands Hamptons. Okay.
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Where they hang out. Well, I only say that because it's. There's a reference to it in this email we're about to let you hear now. This is an email between what is believed I say that robes. I think most are reporting it as fact that this was Prince Andrew. Former Prince Andrew Andrew Bat.
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The former Prince Andrew.
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What is his friend first and last name?
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I don't know.
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I always want to call him Bat Mitten.
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This is. It's something close to that. But this is interesting because when you see the. From Andrew, Former Prince Andrew's actual email is creepy, right? The invisible Man.
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So creepy.
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God, that's creepy. And then it's to Ghislaine Maxwell and the subject is summer camp.
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You know, it sounds fun. Sounds innocent enough.
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This is disgusting. It was sent on Thursday, August 16, 2001.
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Oh, it's anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. I'm sorry, it was just a random fact I saw from August 16th because I'm trying to lighten the mood before people get pissed about what they're about to hear.
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This is disgusting. Oof. Okay, you know what?
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Everywhere I think is this the one? This is the one that a lot of people, a lot of journalists, they actually gave you a warning before you read this. They said, hey, you're gonna have a difficult time or warning. This could be triggering a graphic graphic or something. This is. I actually did that.
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I told you. Like it literally feel emotional reading this because it's so disgusting. So this is reportedly from the former Prince Andrew to Ghislaine Maxwell he writes, I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family. I don't know how that isn't Prince Andrew. Sorry. Activities take place all day and I am totally exhausted at the end of each day. The girls are completely shattered and I will have to give them an early night today as it is getting tiring splitting them up all. All the time. How's la? Have you found me some new inappropriate friends? Let me know when you are coming over as I am free from 25 August until 2 September and want to go somewhere hot and sunny with some fun people before having to put my nose firmly to the grindstone for the fall.
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And this was Ghislaine Maxwell's response to that. So sorry to disappoint you. However, the truth must be told. I have only been able to find appropriate friends. Now this on. On their own ropes, they don't. There's not an admission, there's not a confession, there's not a smoking gun necessarily. But as we peel this onion and piece that together with the rest of the story, we know that paints a very clear picture of what they're talking about.
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Inappropriate equals underage Appropriate means age appropriate.
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That's awfully.
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That's my. That's most people. And it's fair too. That's most people's understanding of what that means coming from the invisible man. So their jargon isn't exactly indiscernible. I think. Yes. We can't say for sure. Legally it wouldn't. It wouldn't be enough. But common sense will tell you we can understand what that code word actually insinuates or means.
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Folks, this is going to be a day and it might be a couple of days, but these are a lot of pages to go over. And what we can tell you that independent agencies are going through it and they're all coming out with the same headlines, they're seeing the same stuff and they are finding the same stuff that is newsworthy. New headline making, jaw dropping even in some cases. But I think this robes today. This might be the worst Epstein file day that the President has had.
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Oh, without a doubt. And I actually was just imagining the mixed emotions that the victims must feel. This must feel so validating and at the same time so infuriating that it has to be both of those feelings. But they're powerful. And look at the end of the day, the truth is coming out.
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This will not be the last day. No doubt of this, folks. We will hop back on if needed. We didn't expect to be doing this, but this is absolutely a story that is ongoing as we speak. Top right corner of your Apple Podcast app where you see our show page. That button that says follow you hit that. You can always get our updates as we put them out and there might be another Epstein one today. But as always, we appreciate you spending the time here with us. I'm TJ Holmes on behalf of Amy Robot. We'll talk to you all soon. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10? Upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop voted PCMag's Reader's Choice Top Laptop Brand for 2025. Thin and ultra light lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere, and Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit lgusa.com iheart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag reader's choice used with permission. All rights reserved.
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Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present
Episode: “Our President Also Shares Our Love Of Young, Nubile Girls”: Jeffrey Epstein To Convicted Pedophile Larry Nassar
Date: December 23, 2025
Hosts: Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes
This urgent episode, recorded in the immediate aftermath of a major release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, finds Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes reacting in real-time to shocking new material implicating prominent figures—including the President of the United States and Prince Andrew—in the Epstein scandal. The episode’s main theme is the dissection and discussion of newly-released evidence, including a so-called “suicide note” from Epstein to Larry Nassar, damning flight log revelations, and eerie correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell. The hosts wrestle with the implications, express personal reactions, and trace developments as the story continues to unfold.
Robach: “We did not... We had a whole other plan for episodes... and this stuff started coming out.” (02:47)
Background:
Key Quote from the Note:
“As you will know by now, I have taken the short route home. 'Short route' in quotes. Good luck. We shared one thing—our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by, he loved to grab snatch, whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system. Life is unfair. Yours, J. Epstein.” (09:04–10:09)
Discussion Highlights:
Context Noted:
Documents Reveal:
Key Quote from Email (Read by Robach):
“For your situational awareness, wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported or that we were aware, including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case...” (14:03–15:40; direct reading)
Discussion Highlights:
Robach’s Take: “That's hilarious, because you were forced to... Well, that's a fair laugh.” (19:00–19:32)
Context:
Andrew’s Email Excerpt (Read by Robach):
“Activities take place all day and I am totally exhausted at the end of each day. The girls are completely shattered and I will have to give them an early night today as it is getting tiring splitting them up all the time... Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?” (24:38–26:35)
Maxwell’s Reply:
“So sorry to disappoint you. However, the truth must be told. I have only been able to find appropriate friends.”
Discussion:
Holmes: “This might be the worst Epstein file day that the President has had.” (27:37–28:07)
Robach: "This must feel so validating and at the same time so infuriating... At the end of the day, the truth is coming out." (28:07–28:32)
Robach and Holmes approach the episode with urgency, shock, and a strong sense of responsibility to report the details accurately and without sensationalizing beyond the source material. They repeatedly clarify the difference between damaging associations and formal criminal accusations, insisting on fairness but also expressing deep moral revulsion at the contents of the new documents.
This episode documents a watershed moment in the Epstein saga, as substantial new records open up further questions about the relationships between Epstein, high-profile associates, and government institutions. While insisting on legal distinctions (no criminal charges against the president), the hosts emphasize the gravity and “jaw-dropping” nature of what’s been uncovered—and signal that more explosive revelations may be imminent as journalists continue to process the document trove.
Holmes: “This will not be the last day...” (28:32)