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with the firing of Pam Bondi as
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the Attorney General and with the apparent second passing over of Todd Blanche as the Attorney General because he's not going to get that job either, all touched the Epstein files in a certain way. And now we are back with a federal judge potentially having the ability, the right, the jurisdiction to decide whether the release of the Epstein files, those 3 million pages that none of us in the democracy ever believed were the complete and full files. Now it's going to be up to Judge Gardafy, a judge in the Southern District of New York, to decide in a little followed case called Radar Online, based on new direction and a mandate by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for Judge Gardefee to decide whether the release of the 3 million files was sufficient because Radar Online asked for everything related to the Epstein files by way of a Freedom of Information act request years ago, the government then the Department of Justice then led by Pam Bondi now out after being led kicking and screaming apparently out of the White House based on reporting, begging for a job. But we're back. So the reality is that this the comparison of the Epstein files, which the government took the position, satisfies foia, the Freedom of Information act request and whether it does or doesn't is up to Judge Gardafy. Now he might have to appoint a special master because there's a lot of pages and a lot of pieces of paper to decide whether it's complete or not. But the Second Circuit let me read to you from the Second Circuit ruling with with Judge Chin, Judge Minashi and Judge Low here I've been before Chin and Low here before in court they ruled the following the defendants appellees the Federal Bureau of Investigation moves for remand upon due consideration and it's hereby ordered that the June 26, 2024 order almost two years ago of the district court is vacated, the motion for remand is granted and the case is remanded with for the district court to consider whether plaintiff's claims for relief have been rendered moot by the government's release of documents pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency act and and the impacts if any of that statute and other intervening events on the claims. Now, let me just update you on Judge Gardefeet. Good judge, has always been one of the slower judges in making his decisions on the Southern District of New York. But I think he's going to have to appoint a special master here. Let me do a quick, quick tutorial of what's going to happen in the aftermath of the Epstein affair now that Pam Bondi's been fired. She was going to appear before on April 14 before an oversight committee hearing. James Comer has been trying to pull back that subpoena under pressure from the White House. We know that the White House did not want Pam Bondi to go under oath about the Epstein files and her handling of them. And so before they could get to that point, she's been fired. Another version of an Epstein cover up. Similarly, Alina Haba, like Donald Trump's personal lawyer, she was ordered to appear before a New Jersey federal judge to answer for whether she was continuing to run the New Jersey U.S. attorney's office after being fired. And rather than appear for her testimony, they gave in and appointed a new U.S. attorney in New Jersey. See, Donald Trump doesn't want to the lawyers in his life to get onto stands and give sworn testimony, especially Pam Bondi. But this doesn't end the story. The subpoena in my view, is still valid and not extinguished because Pam Bondi has been removed from office. In fact, former US Attorneys and former attorney generals like Bill Barr for Donald Trump have recently testified before the A committee. And just because they're no longer in the office doesn't stop at Jack Smith, special counsel testified. Former presidents have testified like Bill Clinton. Former attorneys general like Bill Barr have testified. Why not Pam Bondi? I'm going to have Representative Summer Lee from Pennsylvania with me for an interview. She's on that committee. I'm going to ask her exactly that. We need to keep up the pressure that Pam Bondi still come before that committee and give sworn testimony.