Buck Sexton (3:17)
The Buck Sexton show podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podc here's what we know and don't know about the Epstein case. A lot of you sending me questions and want more analysis on this. So I figured we'd keep going and work through this together. First of all, there seems to be this movement now to believe among some people that not just the FBI director and the Attorney general, so Kash Patel and Pam Bundy, but even Trump himself have been compromised. That is to me, not in the realm of reality. I don't see that at all. And I want to explain why some of you are going to be annoyed at me on this. But let me get to There's a lot of stuff we still don't know and this is not case closed, as I said in the other earlier podcast. But here's why I don't believe this, that people are feeling as though they've been, well, there's the feeling of whiplash from what was promised versus what is delivered. That is valid. There was an overpromising of information and action around Epstein from the top of the doj, whether it was the binders, influencer event, statements made on Fox News. There was overpromising and that has caused problems of perception on this issue. That is true. That is true. And that people feel rightly so that they were and I mean maga, I mean Trump supporters, some of them feel like they were misled on this issue. There was an exaggeration at work here and that this should not have, this is not the way it should have gone down. All of that is valid. I think all of that is true and all of the frustration that is being felt right now as a result of that makes sense to me, I get it. Right? People are told. Now, I just want to say on the JFK files and the MLK files, some people were promising a lot on that and people were having these big podcasts about all the revelations. And I told you, there's nothing in those files. Okay? There's nothing in those files. That doesn't mean that there's stuff about jfk, MLK Jr's assassinations that I don't know or that other people don't know. Fine. But I did know that there was nothing in the, the declassified files coming out that was going to shake anyone's world. And I told you that. And I've said that on the radio, I've said that on podcast, okay? On the Epstein stuff. I also knew that there was going to be this disconnect between the revelations and what was being said because to me, there would be no way that if they had hard evidence of people doing the crimes, the sex crimes that were believed to be occurring, not Epstein specifically, we know he did sex crimes. I'm talking about other people, right? The so called client list that I don't believe they had the hard evidence of that and suppressed it. Now, this is where things get nuanced and this is where I need people to follow me here. That doesn't mean that I don't believe it happened. I do believe it happened. Here are things that have to be kept in one's head at the same time. And I do not believe any of this requires a cognitive dissonance or is self refuting or anything like that, that there's any contradiction in this thinking. Say we work through this piece by piece. Were people in MAGA led to believe that there'd be much bigger revelations and there would be accountability with regard to Epstein than what we have been shown here and what has happened? Absolutely, yes. And is that, is that a mistake? Is that a blunder? Yes. Yes. Was the way this was handled by Pam Bondi with that memo on a Sunday night and then the somewhat dismissive attitude about it the next day or the day after that in the cabinet meeting, was that adding fuel to the fire? Yes. Was it a blunder not to address the 60 seconds of video in the suicide video stuff with Epstein ahead of time instead of waiting for people to notice that there were 60 seconds missing? Yes. Okay. So all those things I view as absolutely true is this whole thing, this whole Epstein saga of, of the demonic, is this whole thing deeply depressing from the perspective of one just humanity and what was done to these young Girls and everything. Yes. Also the failures of the Justice Department early on and the justice system early on, to hold this man accountable and to. And to get some measure of justice, and very importantly, to stop him from doing more of this, because it didn't stop him from doing more of this. Is that a massive failure of our justice system? Yes. Okay, now we get to where people disagree with me, or rather, there's a little more friction. I think everyone can agree with me on all of that, and I believe all of that is true. I'm not always right, but I always say what I think is true. And I'm almost always right. I'm just saying, not always right, almost always right. But I always tell you what I think is true. And I try very hard to be really devoted to that principle, whether it's here on this podcast or on the radio show or on TV or any. Anything that I do. Okay, now here's. Did the FBI, or is the FBI suppressing information that it has about individuals who committed sex crimes in the Epstein Ring? I don't believe that. And here's why. I don't believe they're doing that. And here's why. I don't believe that the people who have access to that information, including President Trump himself, would do that. I don't believe that they would do that. Now, you can disagree with me on that, but that means that you would think that Cash Patel and Dan Bongino, Don Dan Bongino and Donald Trump and others are willing to protect child predators because of some other agenda. And I fundamentally reject that. I know these people. I've known them a long time. And, you know, I understand you could say, well, you never really know somebody totally. But I do not believe that. And I don't think a lot of the people that are lobbying these accusations on the Internet right now about Cash and about Dan and about others, whatever, say it to their face. And I don't mean, oh, because they would get their asses kicked. And in the case certainly of Dan, no offense, Cash, that's probably true. But I think it's because this has now become an outlet for the outrage of people about the whole thing, to direct those individuals. And I don't think that that's fair. I don't think. I think. Now you can point to some of their earlier statements, both Cash and Dan and AG Bondi, I think, has made a lot of errors in this regard. They weren't on the inside. They were just like me and you. They were going on the news stories and they thought As I thought, I truly thought and still think that there is a broader conspiracy with Epstein. Now they're looking at the evidence. They're saying, look, we don't have evidence to prove the following. Ok, so the blame going on them I don't agree with and I think that that's unhelpful at this point in time. I also think that there should be a willingness administration to give further clarification about some areas where there's remaining to be. There remains open questions like how did Epstein get all of his money? And we need to have that memo they put out was way too skimpy, not nearly enough. And the people, and particularly maga, who supported Trump once again and delivered this huge victory and were promised transparency on this, should have more information. Where did this guy's money really come from? And have they tracked down every financial lead they have on this and give us that information? Because if it exists, it has not been made accessible enough. It has not been made clear enough. Because again, I think this goes to do I think there were other men in Epstein's orbit who committed serious sex crimes? Yes, I do. Do I think the FBI has evidence of that in their possession now? No, I don't. Do I think that that evidence was destroyed, you know, tapes eliminated, erased earlier before this administration came in? Yes, I do. Now I'm going on belief here based on my analysis. I don't know. Okay, I'm just like you. I read the news, I read what's going on. Well, I talk to some of these people personally so I have some insight into what they're dealing with, what's going on and I've known some of them for a long time. But in terms of the facts of this Epstein case, I have never been privy to any non public information. But I'm telling you what I believe and where we are now and I'm hoping that this will help all of us, you know, take a beat, continue to ask some questions about this. Cuz I think there need to be questions asked. But also let's not get the torches and the pitchforks out for the administration on this one. All right, so there's that. Now the, so that's on the blame portion. There's the what we agree on portion, there's the blame portion. Now we get to. And also people are saying, oh they're flipped or you know, people are telling me like Israel got to you or something. Come on. Honestly, people who say stuff like that just need to me grow up. Israel got to me. What does that even Mean, or maybe Russia got to me, right? That's what the Democrats used to do with Trump all the time. This is nonsense. No one got to me. I'm telling you what I believe, all right now. And no one got to. A lot of the other people out there who are trying to tell you what they think is that have there been some screw ups in this. Yes, there have been screw ups. So people's frustration is understandable and warranted. I'm not dismissive of this and it was not helpful that the administration put out that memo and then was dismissive. Ok? That was a bait and switch. It was. There was whiplash. That's not good. They screwed up. Sometimes even, you know, the people that you think are doing the best job or the right people for the job, they screw up. They screwed up on this, all right? And you know, you hold them to that account, fine. But you know, Cash and Dan are covering for an evil global pedo ring. No, that is not. That is not how. Those guys are not doing that. All right? Those guys are not doing that. In my opinion, based on everything that I know. And if I'm wrong on this one, you know, I mean, I'm not going to be wrong on that. But you know, if there's some part of this that I'm missing, I'll address that later. Okay? And now we get to the part where I think also some of you who are mad at me right now, also some of you are mad that I'm even talking about this. But I gotta tell you, there's a lot of passion in MAGA about this right now. Overwhelming comments, emails, everything on this issue. I'm trying to talk about illegal immigration enforcement. I'm trying to talk about the economy. I'm trying to talk about. I want to talk about Maha, make America healthy again and the move. No, no, no, no, no. A lot of people say, sorry, we're not just moving past this, this Epstein thing, so you better dig in and explain to the best of your ability what's going on. So I'm trying to. I'm responsive. I work for you. I work for those who listen. I work for those who spend their time with me. You are my bosses. So I'm trying to cover this as best I can. And then I get into the areas of this where, where I think you'll. A lot of you who are frustrated with me right now will agree with me, which is, I think that there are people who are getting away with very serious sex crimes as a result of this investigation ending with no prosecutions beyond Epstein. I do. I believe that I will never name people because I don't know, and I don't have evidence. And that's. That's. That would be wrong, because I don't know. But I do know. But here's why I think that there's more stuff going on. Epstein was procuring illegally for different individuals, Women trafficking them, taking them across state lines or even international lines who are under 18 for illicit purpose. And we know of one person on the record by a victim who alleged that this had happened, and she had also alleged that there were other men, too. So I do not believe that everybody who's guilty here has been found at all. I don't believe that. So don't tell me. Oh, but Buck, you're saying that. No, I don't believe that everyone who committed crimes here has been held to account at all. And that's very frustrating, and I can respect that frustration. I do believe that there was a blackmail operation underway. I have not changed. I've seen. I have seen nothing to change my mind on that. The DOJ saying they don't have evidence of that is them just saying what they have in their possession. But I am an analyst. I'm a person who thinks through what is out there and tells you what my opinion is. I remember now they're saying that the only stuff that Epstein had that was on the sort of. The videos or, you know, the. The footage is child pornography he downloaded off the Internet. That's what they are saying. Meaning that there is no video of him or other people engaged in illegal sex acts themselves. Right. The possession of that underage pornography is. That's a very serious federal crime, and it's heinous and would send him to prison alone for 25 to life.