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Host
Since the three Dark Horsemen of the apocalypse went to Union Station yesterday and were booed and heckled mercilessly and Donald Trump is on his hands and knees kissing Putin's ass, we've kind of lost the plot on the Epstein matter. So I want to bring that back into refocus because on Friday, tomorrow, the Justice Department is supposed to release the documents subpoenaed by the Oversight Committee. But we had a judge ruling yesterday and I think it's super important that we hear what the ruling was in.
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News Reporter
The Jeffrey Epstein controversy. A federal judge has just rejected the Trump administration's request to make grand jury documents in the case public. The judge had this to say in his ruling, quote, the information contained in the Epstein grand jury transcripts pales in comparison to the Epstein investigation. Information and materials, including in the hand of the Department of Justice.
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Host
And also the judge went on to say, if the Justice Department is so busy worried about unsealing the grand jury testimony, the judge says in his ruling, this is a diversion. This is a diversion because here's the deal. Ask the victims, look at the records that he already referred to in his ruling. Justice Parva doesn't need the grand jury testimony. This is just a distraction. And I love, I love that he got called out. And so the amazing Oversight committee chair, Robert Garcia, this is what his plans are. Play the clip.
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Robert Garcia
Democrats already forced the vote. Remember, none of these files would even be coming to the public or to the committee had Democrats actually not forced Republicans to release the files in a vote where we got bipartisan support. So this is only happening because we forced it. We are planning to do the Same thing. If Republicans refuse to bring Alex Acosta in front of this committee, then we're going to need to force that vote. How is the one person that put together this deal for Jeffrey Epstein that knows the case inside and backwards, that knows every single piece of those documents that oversaw much of the case, is not testifying in front of us. That, to me, is something that's very concerning, first of all, and should create for us all this concern across the country.
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Host
Okay, and here's a couple points about Alex Acosta. He was in charge of the sweetheart deal where Jeffrey Epstein basically got to do whatever he wanted all day and got immunity for all the people that he named in the immunity agreement and slept at jail but was out all day. Alex Acosta, the attorney, I'm sorry, the district attorney in charge of that case, guess what? He went to work in Trump 1.0 or 1.0 as the Secretary of Labor. And do you know who his boss was in Florida during that time? Oh, I don't know. Pam Bondi. So let me just tell you guys something. People in this world, in the legal Jeffrey Epstein world, they know how deep Trump is into this. And we know that Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche told lying, lying, who lies a lot, Donald Trump, that he was in the files in May and then turned around and said, oh, we don't have any files. We're not releasing anything because they're covering it up. And I'm not the only person that thinks it's a cover up Again, Robert Garcia.
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Political Commentator
Well, when Donald Trump spends years campaigning on releasing the Epstein files, his entire campaign team, his supporters are all obsessed about ensuring these files are released, that he gets into the White House and completely flip flops after. We know, by the way, that Pam Bondi, his ag, has told Donald Trump as reported, that he's in the files and then tries to stop the release. That is the beginning of a major cover up. And that continues now. Republicans on the Oversight Committee and across the Congress are trying to hide for Donald Trump. They're trying to create excuses for Donald Trump. They're lionizing people like Elaine Maxwell, who is a sex predator and has caused horrific harm, as we know, to young women and girls. And now after Democrats force a subpoena vote to get the files, we force that vote on Republicans. They're now intending to slowly release the files. We want all the files right now. And Pam Bondi and Donald Trump have the power to do so.
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Host
Here's something I want to point out. The Justice Department says they're going to Start releasing the files. It's the digital age. Send over a Google Drive, send over a Dropbox. There is no reason that these files should be cherry picked. And I asked Robert Garcia, how are you going to ensure that you get everything? Well, remember, folks, there's a whole network of FBI agents. It was reported that over a thousand FBI agents worked around the clock, taken away from criminal investigations to flag every time Donald Trump's name was in these files. So Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche are not the only ones that know what is in these files. And I believe that Rober Garcia will not rest until he gets all of the information. And one thing I just want to point out, the victims of F sting, some of whom have never spoken out before for, are going to speak out publicly on this matter. And that's something that Donald Trump and his ridiculously incompetent and corrupt administration failed to remember. These people are still alive. These victims have suffered trauma their entire life. And now you can't silence them. You can't send them to a sweetheart prison in Texas with extra privileges so that Ghislaine Maxwell, who testified for nine hours with just Todd Blanch can tell us, oh, Donald Trump wasn't in the records. Really, Ghislaine, because during the Biden administration, you were pushing a story that Trump was all over the investigation and oh, by the way, you're convicted perjurer. But that doesn't matter to these people. So they're wanting to unseal worthless grand jury testimony because it does nothing to harm Donald Trump. And then they send the one person that knows the truth but is incapable of telling the truth. They sent her to a posh prison in Texas, which, no surprise, that's under, you know, Texas, which is MAGA country. But something else I think it's super important, important to point out, as I said, Pam Bondi and Todd Blanch are not the only ones that know what's in these files. So Robert Garcia took a deposition of Bill Barr. If you remember, Bill Barr is the one that gaslit the public and said the Russia investigation was a hoax while completely leaving out all of the facts that came out during that. Please support our show by supporting our sponsors. And today our sponsor is Babel. And there is nothing I find more attractive and makes me think people intelligent than when they can speak more than one language. And with Babel, it they make it possible when learning a new language, engaging in interactive dialogue to practice conversation skills is so important. And speech recognition with Babel helps to ensure that you're pronouncing correctly. They have a personalized review system based on your progress designed for long term memorization. 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Attorney General Barr, who had his lips plastered on Trump's ass, who completely gaslit the public, who did Trump's bidding to a point, not as far as Pam Bondi, but he did it to a point, could not clear President Trump of wrongdoing. Chairman Comer should release the full unedited transcript of his interview for the public. I agree. I do not think that Jim Comer will, you know, come out and actually do something moral and ethically correct. I think he'll, you know, try to push this back. But the reality is this is going to come out and it must be bad if we're rolling out the red carpet for a murderous dictator, Vladimir Putin, if Trump is bitching about windmills, if he's doing all this sending out, you know, Hegseth, Stephen Miller, J.D. vance, front facing. How bad are these files? How deep is Trump in it? And we know Maria Farmer is a victim who reported Jeffrey Epstein the very first time decades before he was arrested. Talked to the FB FBI two times about Donald Trump and his involvement. So hopefully we'll hear from her. And I just want to make one more note. Remember, Melania Trump sent a very strongly, strongly worded letter to Hunter Biden that she would sue him for defamation for what he said about her in regard to the Epstein file. Well, the deadline was August 7th. Well, it's well past August 7th. No lawsuit has been filed. Do you know why? Because truth is the defense to defamation. And we are seeing reports from Michael wolf who has 100 hours of Jeffrey Epstein's testimony. He is the one that is reporting about the involvement of Trump and Epstein and Melania and Epstein. So the reason she is not suing Michael Wolf is because he has recorded conversations with Jeffrey Epstein. The reason she's not suing Hunter Biden after her big, strongly worded letter is, is because Trump is in this up to his eyeballs. And Melania, despite sending letters to Vladimir Putin, also has some culpability and perhaps some nefarious behavior. So please like this video, subscribe, stay tuned. We're going to be all over this as it keeps going. And if you want to have some fun, buy our book. Life is a Lazy Susan of Sandwiches. You can get it everywhere. You can get it on audiobook and hear our lovely voices. And we will be back with more news.
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Sam
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