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The disgusting crimes that Epstein and his cronies committed against little girls is spectacular. But something else that the Epstein files have shown me and I think have made clear to everyone is there is a different standard in the United States, especially in the Trump administration, between elites and everybody else. Because if this were a cabal of plumbers that had been running this sex trafficking ring, in my mind, the Department of Justice would take it a lot more seriously, which is why we have a Congresswoman calling the Trump administration the Epstein administration.
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Seeming to many of us now as we go deeper into these files, it feels like this is the Epstein administration. There are so many people in here who had ties to this man, who wanted to continue their dealings with him even after he had been a sex offender, you know, a registered sex offender, and they continued to have their interactions with him. And I think this is why we think there's a cover up, why we believe that the President is not actually interested in getting to the bottom of this because it's all so intertwined. And so we have to keep asking these questions. And if this secretary, excuse me, I almost called her secretary again. You see what's happening to me now? I'm so frustrated with her. If the Attorney General will not ask these questions, we're going to keep track of all of the ways in which this administration has been lying to us. And when we get subpoena power, we're going to use them.
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And what's interesting is you have an article that came out that over half of high ranking Trump administration officials have ties in the Epstein files, not to mention that he's mentioned over a million times.
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I think that's great messaging for them to keep linking because it is the Epstein administration and it is the Epstein class, and it is so demoralizing that we see the rest of the world moving on and there are consequences. And even in the United States, there is a guy who owns a talent agency in Los Angeles. He's having to sell the talent agency. But within the government, where there should be really high standards, Trump has been able to come in and as a convicted felon, he was voted in. And that is something to me, that everything can go back to that everything. All of the hand wringing that we do, I can always go back to. Okay, we all saw with our own eyes and ears what happened on January 6th. We knew who ordered it, because we saw that the help didn't come. We saw that he was found guilty by a jury of his peers for 34 felonies. Despite all of that he still won. So we have a cultural problem in America, and it is a deep, a deeply broken, socially Balkanized culture that we have here. And I believe nefarious forces are the architects of that. And you can look no further into the Epstein files, and you can see. See how Jeffrey Epstein, the government of Israel, the government of Russia, and these oligarchs were all colluding and that they have a grand master plan, not only to rape children, but also to tear down the world order of democracy and the advancement of marginalized people, the advancement of women. I read this article from this psychologist, and it said what these men, these elite men fear more than anything are grown women, grown mature women. So they predate on the inverse of that, and they are predators towards these younger women. So they break them, and they're completely broken so that they can't ever come to be fully autonomous women with their agency. And this is what predators do to little girls, they intentionally break them. So the depravity in this. Looking also at Donald Trump's own relationship with his own daughter and on television shows, talk sexual, evangelizing her in the American public knew that. And this, to me, is an American cultural problem that it's. We're really gonna have to dig into. But we need an opposition party that keeps hammering it. So good on that congresswoman, because I think that is excellent messaging out of the Democrats.
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Yes. And when you hear, like, the former Prime Minister of Norway, they have filed charges against him for corruption because of the links to Epstein. France has put together an elite unit to investigate people with ties to Epstein. And here's what our DOJ is doing with Pam Bondi at the helm. Breaking the DOJ announces they do not plan on releasing any additional Epstein files to the public. And I just want to remind everybody, there's one person in jail for all this. Ghislaine Maxwell. That's it. That's the list. There's coconspirators that haven't been charged. You can just look at the files and see who he was involved with, that you could open investigations. And this DOJ is not going to do it. Nor is the most transparent. Didn't Pam Bondi say, oh, Trump's so transparent, that's a big buzzword. They're done. They're not any longer going to show the American people what's in those files. And in my mind, it is for one reason, protect the elites. Right.
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And also the way this administration has used women and these really diabolical women that come out, women that Pam Bondi in her case, she's seen videos of little girls getting raped and tortured. She's seen all of this evidence, and she walked out like an immature, indignant twat to the Oversight Committee. And she has seen videos. She knows that these men are predators. She knows that Howard Lutnick and his wife sent their teenage kids to dine with a pedophile. I mean, the rot of this administration, which is backed up by the moral Christians, you know, the MAGA Christians and the mega churchers, the moral rot has been completely exposed. And it's an opportunity for the Democrats to really keep hammering how morally depraved they are, that we are the party of law and order, they are the party of crime and disorder and pedophiles and making sure that their really rich friends don't pay any more in taxes and that you're wound up about drag queens. And the hammering of this should just be so intense. But my frustration with being an American right now is there's such a thirst for an opposition, but the Democratic leadership at the top is so disjointed from the base. And you. We get no Kings marches, and we get some, you know, isolation. But there hasn't been a unified resistance because of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. And they are completely beholden to aipac. And what's so interesting about her deciding to not release any more of this is it coincided with Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States of America. And something that Western media is failing, absolutely dropping the ball and failing to report is what an integral role Jeffrey Epstein's compromising information that he had on these elites and that he was a Mossad agent for Israel. And this is wholly ignored and wholly underreported. And so I just think when you put all of these things together, not to be a conspiracy theorist, he came over here, he shut down, don't release any more of it, because Israel did not look good in any of this. And that should be okay. I understand America doesn't look good in any of this, and it needs to be exposed. Any nefarious deeds that Israel did need to be exposed. But the days of Israel, in the days of the Israeli government, in the days of the MAGA government, acting like the rules don't apply to them is just maddening. And that is what is also linked to our very disjointed resistance. Because Hakeem just said yesterday that he would continue taking AIPAC money. And Chuck Schumer said two weeks ago that his number one job as a senator, was to make sure that Israel got every bit of money and support from the United States government that they need. So how on earth can these people help in our resistance when they are on the same payroll of all of these people that wanted Donald Trump elected and all of these people that are in the Epstein files?
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Yeah, I mean this is, this has been the Republican Party's wet dream for a long, long time. And that's something that we need to realize when we assess this. All of our problems didn't appear with Trump. He exacerbated them. He made them more impolite. Now, I will say that Trump has done things that other Republicans wouldn't do. This flagrant that he didn't even do in Trump 1.0.
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Right.
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Let me just put it that way. That's how bad this is. But then you would think that maybe there would be some Republicans. You just mentioned Thomas Massie as a form of the resistance. I want to remind the viewer that Thomas Massie is a Republican. And so you see Republican fissures. And if the, if the Democrats will keep beating the Epstein drum and beating it as loud and consistent, as inconstant as they can, the there's going to be some Republicans that are not going to be able to continue to ignore the voices of these survivors. Because here's what's so sad about the whole thing. They told everybody decades ago, decades ago. And now their stories are being used originally from QAnon and then now, you know, it's a whole national scandal. And just like with the Catholic Church and that, you know, horrific decades long rape and rape, cover up, abuse of children, you know, little Catholic children. This needs to be exposed. And if Israel's involved, if Russia is involved, if heads of state are involved, if Democrats are involved, if Republicans are involved, the whole Epstein class, to quote Ro Khanna and as he so aptly named it, the whole Epstein class needs to be exposed. But to the point of the New Republic article, the Republicans have always felt like, well, we can drive up deficits but we should get a tax break. They've always lived in that hypocrisy. And you talk to these fiscal Republicans and they're like, oh, well, these Democrats just spin, spin, spin, right? Which actually when you look at it, Republicans always add more to the deficit and they always cut taxes for the richest. And so all these fiscal, I'm a patriot and I love the USA and I'm a God fearing American with my gun and my 401k. They want the rules to not apply to them. And Donald Trump is just as morally depraved as he can be that he's like, let it rip. I'm going to lower your taxes. That's what he says it is $1 million a plate, lunches. He goes up to the podium, tells everybody, I'm going to lower your taxes. So this is just this is depressing as I'll get out. And the fact that the, the Democratic leadership is not doing a press conference every single day, every single day, like Andrew Cuomo did during COVID saying, okay, now it's day this many and Pam Bondi is a pedophile protector, Donald Trump is a pedophile protector every single evening. They could go on offense and they could change this news cycle. And the ones that are fighting it, like Robert Garcia, like Ro Khanna, are doing an bang up job. They're doing an excellent job, but without Hakeem Jeffries really guiding this thing and making whipping votes and getting everybody into shape, you know, but he's too busy tending to, you know, yeah, I'm a Democrat, but I also have to tend to these APAC people. And how can you be of service to the people when you take money from the organization that sent Trump $200 million and that works for the country? That is all in the Epstein files and the Western media refuses to report it. So, I mean, I just think our Democratic leadership is bought and paid for.
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Well, I don't think we can dispute that because just look at the response to this. Zero. All right. Please like this video, subscribe to our channel. We will be back with more news.
Episode Title: Trump's DOJ Caught Lying About 'No More' Epstein Files, Other Countries Take Action
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Date: February 17, 2026
In this episode, Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan dissect the latest developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case and its political fallout, focusing on the Trump administration's connections and the Department of Justice's recent decision to halt the release of Epstein files. The hosts critically compare the U.S. response to sex trafficking with actions taken abroad, lamenting corruption, elite impunity, and the lack of effective political resistance within current Democratic leadership. Throughout, they blend biting commentary, candid frustration, and humor, making a complex and dark topic accessible and provocative.
The hosts open by highlighting a persistent double standard in the U.S., especially during the Trump administration, regarding crimes committed by elites versus ordinary citizens.
Angie:
“If this were a cabal of plumbers that had been running this sex trafficking ring... the Department of Justice would take it a lot more seriously…” (00:04)
The term "Epstein administration" is coined and echoed as shorthand for the perceived protection elites enjoy. When referencing a congresswoman using this terminology, they agree it's "great messaging" for Democrats to relentlessly associate Trump with Epstein (01:48).
Jennifer draws a painful comparison:
"Within the government, where there should be really high standards, Trump has been able to come in and as a convicted felon, he was voted in. And that is something to me, that everything can go back to that..." (02:06)
The contrast is drawn sharply between the U.S. and other countries’ responses:
Angie lists actions abroad:
“…the former Prime Minister of Norway, they have filed charges against him for corruption because of the links to Epstein. France has put together an elite unit to investigate people with ties to Epstein.” (04:44)
By contrast, the U.S. DOJ, under Pam Bondi, has announced that it will not release more Epstein files—reinforcing the idea of elite protection.
“Breaking: the DOJ announces they do not plan on releasing any additional Epstein files to the public… there’s one person in jail for all this. Ghislaine Maxwell. That’s it. That’s the list.” (04:44)
The hosts sharply criticize Pam Bondi for overseeing a DOJ that halts transparency and, more viscerally, for her personal actions:
Jennifer blasts Bondi for her role:
“She’s seen videos of little girls getting raped and tortured… and she walked out like an immature, indignant twat to the Oversight Committee… She knows that these men are predators.” (05:49)
The "moral rot" of the administration is discussed, including complicity among "MAGA Christians" and wealthy backers.
They highlight the missed opportunity for Democrats to hammer the GOP on this moral ground and lament the lack of a unified, energetic opposition within Democratic leadership.
Jennifer discusses Epstein's global dimension:
“…you can look no further into the Epstein files, and you can see... Jeffrey Epstein, the government of Israel, the government of Russia, and these oligarchs were all colluding and… have a grand master plan, not only to rape children, but also to tear down the world order of democracy and the advancement of marginalized people...” (02:06)
She ties this to allegations that Epstein was an asset for Israeli intelligence, with information weaponized for leverage.
“Something that Western media is failing... is what an integral role Jeffrey Epstein’s compromising information... and that he was a Mossad agent for Israel. And this is wholly ignored and wholly underreported.” (05:49)
Both hosts repeatedly return to their disappointment in Democratic leaders, particularly Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, accusing them of prioritizing AIPAC interests over true resistance.
Jennifer:
“…there hasn’t been a unified resistance because of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. And they are completely beholden to AIPAC… [Schumer said] his number one job as a senator was to make sure that Israel got every bit of money and support... So how on earth can these people help in our resistance when they are on the same payroll of all of these people that wanted Donald Trump elected and all of these people that are in the Epstein files?” (05:49)
She draws the conclusion:
“Our Democratic leadership is bought and paid for.” (12:07)
The hosts discuss the findings of a New Republic article, arguing the GOP has become “a single issue party” with the issue being “elite impunity.” (12:07)
Angie summarizes:
“You look at the Republican agenda, it’s all about protecting the elites, whether it’s with Epstein or tax breaks or consumer protections, aka regulations.”
They argue Republican fiscal hypocrisy and Trump’s open moral depravity have only made matters worse.
Jennifer, referencing Ro Khanna, calls for full exposure of “the Epstein class”—regardless of party, nationality, or status. (12:31)
She expresses frustration that the Democratic Party has failed to mount a daily, coordinated messaging assault, contrasting this with the effectiveness of the Cuomo COVID briefings.
On elite impunity in Trump’s circles:
"Over half of high-ranking Trump administration officials have ties in the Epstein files, not to mention that he's mentioned over a million times." – Angie (01:48)
On cultural rot and predators:
"[These] elite men fear more than anything are grown women... So they predate on the inverse of that, and they are predators towards these younger women. So they break them, and they're completely broken so that they can't ever come to be fully autonomous women with their agency." – Jennifer (02:06)
On U.S. vs. global responses:
“France has put together an elite unit to investigate people with ties to Epstein. And here's what our DOJ is doing: they do not plan on releasing any additional Epstein files to the public.” – Angie (04:44)
On Bondi and the moral deficit:
“She walked out like an immature, indignant twat to the Oversight Committee. And she has seen videos. She knows that these men are predators...” – Jennifer (05:49)
On Democratic leadership's failings:
“There hasn’t been a unified resistance because of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. And they are completely beholden to AIPAC.” – Jennifer (05:49)
On what Democratic leaders should do:
“The Democratic leadership is not doing a press conference every single day, every single day, like Andrew Cuomo did during COVID saying, okay, now it’s day this many and Pam Bondi is a pedophile protector, Donald Trump is a pedophile protector every single evening. They could go on offense and they could change this news cycle.” – Jennifer (12:07)
Jennifer and Angie deliver a raw, unapologetic critique of both parties’ roles in enabling elite impunity, focusing especially on the Epstein scandal’s tentacles in American political life. They draw strong parallels between media failures, pro-Israel lobbying, and political corruption, and demand that Democrats seize the moral high ground in defense of victims and justice.
Final Call:
The episode concludes with a frustrated demand for real opposition, transparency, and accountability—especially from Democratic leaders—while reminding listeners to support the show for ongoing coverage.