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Mega Edition: How The Epstein Files Were Lost In The Bureaucratic Machine (6/12/26)
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The Epstein files were never sitting in one neat box waiting to be opened. They were scattered across years of court cases, law-enforcement investigations, civil lawsuits, sealed filings, grand jury materials, prison records, congressional...
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Foreign what's up, everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. One of the latest controversies to roil through the world of Epstein has to do with the DOJ and the files that were missing from the tranche of documents released in the Epstein files dump. And according to the Wall street journal and CBS, 47, 635 files appear to be missing from the trench. And now, of course, the DOJ says it was all just a big mistake and they had to be pulled down because, you know, some of the files contain fake or false material. That was their excuse. However, that is not something that's carved out in the law. That's not one of the reasons that, that they should be holding files back. The only reason they should be holding files back is for an ongoing investigation or to save the privacy of one of the victims or survivors who are named in the documents. Besides that, we should be getting it all. And of course, now that they've been called out, the reason that they give us for pulling these files down is for further review. And they say that they should be ready for reproduction by the end of this week. And I know it's just a coincidence that a lot of those documents have to do with President Trump. Today's article is from the Daily Mail and the headline, US to release nearly 50, 000 more Jeffrey Epstein files that may contain missing Trump claims. This article was authored by Sabrina penty. Up to nearly 50, 000 more files linked to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein will be released later this week and are believed to contain unverified claims about President Donald Trump. Don't they understand how bad the optics are for them when they do this? Especially when they're holding back files that have to do with Trump. And considering all the controversy, you would think that they'd be transparent. Hey, look, these documents, they contain President Trump's name. But here's why we chased them down. We investigated this and nothing came from it. Why is that so difficult to do? Unless, of course, you never investigated and you never even bothered to look into the claims, and now you're just saying that they're bunk. See, that's the big problem for the doj, right? They have a big credibility problem and nobody believes anything they say on its face. You need to show us the work. The files which were mentioned in the tranche released in January were withheld by the U. S. Department of justice, with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch insisting they were withheld to protect survivors. Todd Blanche is a liar, okay? And he should have to Pay the penalty for the he's up to right now because he's the point man, right? He's the one making these decisions, him and Pam Bondi. Of course, Donald Trump is the boss, so the buck stops with him. But the actual decision making on the ground is being done by Bondi and Todd Blanche. And both of them should be held accountable, but they won't be. And that's because Donald Trump's just going to pardon all these people before he leaves office. You know, one of those blanket pardons like Biden gave to Fauci and the rest of them, we're going to see that same thing. And that's the way it's going to be moving forward. All these elected officials, these bureaucrats, they're never going to be held accountable because whoever the President is is just going to pardon them. So that means the people you and I continue to get, and there's no mechanism to stop these people when they
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But in a perfect world, a guy like Todd Blanch would have to answer serious questions when he leaves office, starting with what's up with Glenn Maxwell? Because that whole entire thing stinks to high heaven. The documents are believed to contain unverified claims about the president, including FBI notes from 2019 interviews with a woman who made allegations against both Epstein and Trump. Look, the American people deserve to see it. We're not talking about a normal guy, right? John Blow from down the block, who is a plumber. That man has a right to privacy. He has a right to not have anybody dig into his life. Donald Trump, on the other hand, well, you chose to be a public figure. You chose to be the President, so you chose to have your life picked apart. And the American people, we demand transparency. It comes after. A Wall Street Journal and CBS analysis found that 47, 635 files appeared to be missing from the tranche of documents released to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Oh, just an oversight. We had to, you know, go through these and make sure they were cool coincidence that they all had Donald Trump's name on them. That had nothing to do with our decision. Nothing to do with it whatsoever. Yo, they really think you're stupid. That's what it comes down to. They think you're stupid as hell and that you're just gonna buy whatever they're pitching you. The department said they had been taken offline for further review and should be ready for reproduction by the end of the week. Officials previously stated some files contain fake or false material that were sent to the FBI by the public and may contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump. What about everybody else? Doesn't matter if they have sensationalist claims against them, huh? Just got to make sure that Donald Trump is taken care of, make sure the boss isn't brought up. I mean, could the COVID up be any more transparent? And you don't have to believe that Donald Trump was engaging in abusing people with Jeffrey Epstein to believe that there's a cover up happening right now. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Donald Trump could be covering this up because he doesn't want to be embarrassed or his friends to be embarrassed. So he has many motivations to keep this stuff on lock. And it's not just about him and any kind of criminality that might have happened with Epstein. It's about the donors, the people around him and the real movers and shakers that are the decision makers behind the scenes. Those are the people that he's trying to protect. And I don't even think there's any debate about that. Now we can talk about the other allegations made against them and if there's any merit to them, that's certainly a discussion that needs to be had. But what I'm talking about is right here, right now. I don't think there's any doubt that this DOJ led by Bondi and Blanche and directed by Trump has engaged in a cover up. And I think if there was a real investigation into it, there would be zero doubt. Files that are still public contain a 2025 memo in which federal officials wrote that the woman had said that Epstein introduced her to Trump and that she claimed the now U. S. President had assaulted her in a violent encounter when she was a minor in 1983. Trump has denied the allegations made against him and there was no assessment by the FBI about the credibility of her accusation. And that's the biggest problem you can't just ignore. You have to actually investigate, even if it's bunk. And you know why? Because a lot of this stuff seems bunk on its face. But once you get into it, you're like, okay, maybe there's something here. So you start digging and before you know it, there's a lot of there there. Does that mean that would be the case with Donald Trump and the allegations made against him? Of course not. But once again, all I'm calling for is an investigation. Is that too much for people to stomach? God forbid. And I find it crazy because if I was being accused of any of this, I'd want a full on investigation. And I would be as transparent as you could possibly imagine. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to hide. Do the actions of this administration make it seem to you like they have nothing to hide? The woman was also deemed ineligible for the Epstein Victim Compensation Program, which paid settlements to more than 130 Epstein victims. A Justice Department official said nothing has been deleted. But Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee investigating Epstein have criticized the redactions. It just looks bad. Even if there's nothing there, it looks bad. And optics is so important right now. They still don't get it. They're using a chainsaw when they should be using a scalpel. A Justice Department official said nothing's been deleted. But Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee investigating Epstein have criticized the redactions. The DOJ last month said it was reviewing whether it wrongfully withheld documents in the Epstein files containing allegations against Trump. Under the Epstein File Transparency act, the DOJ is required to publicize most documents related to the case against Epstein and and Ghislaine Maxwell. And have they done that? No, they haven't. Instead, they've played games, talk, and caused a scene when they've been called before Congress. And if you pay attention, it's the same stuff Carolyn Levitt does during the press conferences. But it was on steroids when it comes to Bondi, right? She had, like, a hit list. The whole thing. It was embarrassing, it was disgusting, and it showed just how unserious they are when it comes to this topic. Imagine if they put half the effort into actually being transparent, as they are into covering this up. The Department is only permitted to withhold files under the act if their duplicates fall under attorney client privilege, could hurt an ongoing investigation, or are completely unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell cases. Sure doesn't seem like these 47,000 fit into that category or those categories, does it? The law specifically prohibits the Department from withholding or redacting files because they could be embarrassing to public officials. Before releasing the tranche of files in January, the Department of justice deployed hundreds of attorneys to review the documents, giving them instructions on how to redact and determine whether whether the files needed to be released under the law, according to the WSJ. But what were they doing? All we heard about was all these attorneys were working the weekends, God forbid, and then they come up with this nonsense. Oh, well, we have to pull these down. Psych. Let's take another look at them. Who's buying that? Nobody's buying it. You took them down because they were damaging to you and it was destroying the narrative that you were trying to pitch.
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So save the bs. The reviewers, many of whom were not familiar with the Epstein case, were then expected to flag any government official and politically exposed person named or referenced in the release material. The blind leading the ignorant. That's what we had, that's what we still have. And unfortunately it doesn't seem like it's going to change anytime soon. Should any document be found to have been improperly tagged in the review process and in responsive to the act, the department will of course publish it consistent with the law, a spokeswoman for the department said in a statement. Deputy Attorney General Blanche, who has overseen the release of the files, has previously insisted the department complied with the law and does not withheld documents or adapted information because it could prove embarrassing for Trump or other public figures. This guy is such a BS artist. Good lord, this guy has done nothing but pitch fairy tales this whole entire time. I can assure you that we complied with the statute and that we did not protect President Trump, he said at a news conference on January 30. We didn't protect or not protect anybody. A review of the documents show the Department of Justice released an FBI summary of the woman's first FBI interview on July 24, 2019, in which he detailed the assault she faced from the financier on Hilton Head island beginning when she was around 13 in 1980s. The summary of the interview, which came shortly after Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, does not mention allegations about against Trump. And look, again, just to be clear, I'm not saying that Trump's guilty of what she's accusing him of. I don't know. What I am saying is that the administration as a whole led by Trump is guilty of a cover up. That is what I'm claiming. Okay, so let's just be clear. But the FBI apparently determined the woman's initial allegation against Trump were significant enough that the agents followed up with her for three more interviews on August 7, 2019, August 20, 2019 and October 16, 2019. Notes from all four FBI interviews with the woman were included on a list of material provided to Maxwell's defense attorneys in 2021 and were described as non testifying witness material, according to another file in the release. A source familiar with the investigation also told NBC News that the survivor is the same person who made an additional allegation that she was forced into a sex act with Trump when she was about 13 or 14 years old in New Jersey. Now look Even if that's embarrassing, and I'm sure it is for Donald Trump, it has to be released. The law states that that has to be released. I mean, it's pretty clear there's no carve outs for that. The accusation was summarized in a document prepared by the FBI last summer in a presentation on the prominent names mentioned in the Epstein and Maxwell cases. The FBI, though, has said that most of the claims were either deemed not credible or made by people who provided no contact information. At around the same time that she came forward with these allegations, the woman joined a civil lawsuit against Epstein's estate, claiming he sexually abused her around 1984. The suit claimed Epstein flew her to New York and trafficked her to prominent wealthy men. However, she was deemed ineligible for the Epstein Victims Compensation Program, and her suit was voluntarily dismissed in 2021, the Journal reports. So if you're Donald Trump, why do you want that hidden? Couldn't you just point to that and say, look, this was dismissed. This has nothing to do with me. I was being unfairly targeted. Doesn't that go to your claim and help prove it? But why are you trying to hide it? Why are you trying to sanitize the information that's coming out that shouldn't be sanitized? It's a bad look. And I'll tell you what, whoever is advising the president should be fired. President Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has said that his friendship with Epstein ended before he pleaded guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008. By the time Epstein was arrested again in 2019, Trump said that he hadn't talked to him in about 15 years. Seems like another lie, but okay. Ahead of the release of the new set of files, a White House spokesperson said, just as President Trump has said, he's been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein. Well, that's not true, unless you think that Bill Clinton can exonerate people who were in Jeffrey Epstein's circle. And if you think that, you should probably find a different topic to talk about, because nobody's been exonerated. Not Bill Clinton, not. Not Donald Trump, not anybody that was around. You want to be exonerated? Sit down with the FBI, sit down with investigators and spill the beans. But until that occurs, I don't want to hear anything about anyone being exonerated. All right, folks, that's gonna do it for this one. And just as a heads up, we're gonna finish off the Mark Epstein interview with the OIG investigators today, and then starting tomorrow, we're going to be taking a look at the Tova Noel deposition that was given in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's death as we continue to explore the circumstances surrounding the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death. Because there's a lot there and with all the depositions that I have my hands on now, it's really offering a lot more context. So over the coming weeks, we're going to continue to eat that elephant one bite at a time. Alright, folks, all the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. What's up everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. Over the holiday weekend, we learned that the FBI and DOJ had found over 1 million Epstein related documents that they say they didn't even know existed. And now of course, the process has to begin for all of those documents to be redacted and gone through and filtered and then approved for release. And with them missing the deadline, this only increases the pressure on the DOJ and the FBI and the Trump administration to get all these documents out. But at this point, does anyone even trust them if they say that it's all the documents? Considering what we've been through for the last, what, seven, eight months since this whole entire thing exploded once again. And what have they done? Absolutely nothing. They could have released all this information without there being this big ass congressional fight, without creating more division. But no, instead of just letting the chips fall where they may and holding whoever is responsible, responsible. We have to play these dumbass games. And you know what they say about dumbass games, right? You play dumbass games, you win dumbass prizes. And the DOJ is certainly in line for one of those. And real talk, the announcement that the FBI somehow found over a million additional Epstein related documents would be shocking if it weren't so perfectly predictable. This is the bureaucratic equivalent of discovering a dead body in your house you claim was empty after you sold it. Nobody with a functioning frontal lobe believes this was an honest oversight or or clerical mishap. It was a choice made deliberately, repeatedly, and made with complete contempt for the public. The only surprising thing is that they're still bothering pretending that these revelations are accidental. The theater is so tired that even the liars sound bored delivering the lines. At this point, the FBI's credibility on Epstein is not damaged, it's non existent. You can't erode something that's already been vaporized. And yet they keep talking as if words still matter. Now, for me, the real insult is not the number of documents, but the assumption that anyone still trusts the institution announcing them. Trust is earned through accountability, not press releases, and the FBI has offered none. Every new disclosure is framed as transparency while functioning as delay. And of course, delay is not neutral here. And the entire strategy, as you know, delay, exhausts public attention, dulls outrage, and buys time for memories to fade. We're not talking about incompetence here. That's just masquerading as chaos. Instead, it's control masquerading as process. They know that outrage has a half life, and they manage it like inventory. Give the public just enough to stop the bleeding, never enough to heal the wound, then act offended when people noticed the pattern. The Epstein transparency law was supposed to end this nonsense, at least on paper. Congress passed it, the President signed it, and the public was told this would finally force disclosure. Instead, the law has been treated like a polite suggestion slipped under a locked door. The FBI and DOJ have ignored it with open arrogance, daring anyone to stop them. And here's the punchline. No one can. There's no enforcement mechanism with teeth, no trigger clause, no automatic penalties for non compliance. The law relies entirely on the good faith of institutions that have demonstrated none, my friends. That's not a safeguard. It's wishful thinking. And this failure when it comes to teeth in the law begins and ends with Congress, which once again confused performance with power. Lawmakers love passing laws that sound strong while ensuring that they are functionally toothless. It allows them to campaign on outrage while avoiding confrontation with the agencies that actually will power. Writing a law without enforcement is legislative malpractice. It signals to the executive agencies that compliance is optional. It tells the public that accountability is conditional, and it creates exactly the environment. Now, drowning in Congress huffs, the agencies ignore them, and everyone pretends that this is governance. A properly written transparency law would have included a trigger clause with real consequence. Miss a deadline and subpoenas automatically issue obstruct compliance and criminal referrals follow. Destroyer concealed documents and prison time becomes a real possibility. That is how laws restrain power. Not by politely asking institutions to behave. Instead, Congress handed the FBI a suggestion wrapped in moral language and hope. Shame would do the rest. Shame only works on people, though, who feel it. And as the Epstein case has proven beyond a doubt, these institutions do not. They feel protected because they are. And this is why new revelations feel like insults rather than progress. The FBI is not uncovering new information. They're rationing old information. They're releasing facts the way a casino releases oxygen onto the gaming floor. Just an extra little boost to keep people awake. But never enough, though, to make them leave. Every single document dump is framed as a breakthrough while ensuring nothing. Fundamental changes, no charges, no consequences, no admissions of wrongdoing. Just another press cycle, another headline, another. Another week burned off the clock. Transparency delayed is transparency denied. And I'll keep saying it. And while we're at it, the phrase we recently discovered has become a punchline. These documents didn't wander off and hide behind the filing cabinet out of shyness. They were cataloged, indexed, and deliberately buried. Anyone who believes otherwise is being insulted in real time. The FBI is staffed by professionals, at least we think so, who know how to track paperwork, especially paperwork tied to a case of this magnitude. Pretending these files were misplaced is not just dishonest, it's insulting. It assumes the public is too stupid to understand how institutions actually function. That assumption has guided this entire saga. And what makes this worse is the complete absence of consequence for the behavior. No one gets fired. No one gets charged. No one even gets properly questioned along under oath. Everything is under review. Eternally pending, forever unresolved. The bureaucracy absorbs blame the way a sponge absorbs water and then squeezes nothing back out. Individual accountability disappears into institutional language. Mistakes were made floats through the air like a tranquilizer dart. Meanwhile, the people responsible retire, get promoted, or vanish into consulting gigs. The system protects itself with mechanical precision. And yo, this pattern is not unique to Epstein, but Epstein exposes it in high definition. When the stakes involve powerful people, accountability evaporates. When the victims are marginalized, delay becomes policy. The system's not broken. It's functioning exactly as designed. It prioritizes institutional survival over truth. It treats public outrage as a resource to be managed, not a warning to be heeded. And it assumes time will do what justice will not. Unfortunately for them, time has only sharpened public awareness. In this case, people are no longer confused. They're angry. And the idea that this is all theater is not cynical. It's accurate. Theater requires a stage, props, and an audience willing to suspend disbelief. Congress provides the speeches, the FBI provides the selective disclosures, and the DOJ provides the solemn tone. The audience is expected to applaud incremental progress while ignoring the absence of outcomes. But the script never changes, and the ending never arrives. Every act ends with promises of more transparency later. Later never comes, because later is not the point. The point is survival. The through exhaustion. The Epstein Transparency Law was supposed to change that dynamic, but it failed because it was written by people unwilling to truly fight. A law without enforcement is a press release masquerading as Reform. It allows lawmakers to claim victory while ensuring nothing actually happens. It protects agencies from consequences while pretending to restrain them. This is how accountability dies. Not loudly, but. But administratively. The paperwork is immaculate, the intent is praised and the results non existent. Meanwhile, the public is told to be patient once again. But the problem is patience has become the enemy of justice in this country. Every demand of accountability is met with calls for calm. Every criticism is reframed as cynicism. Every refusal to comply is defended as procedure. This is how power avoids scrutiny while appearing respectable. The Epstein case strips away that illusion because the evidence of delay is overwhelming. You can't find a million documents by accident. You can't ignore the federal law by mistake. These are choices. And choices demand consequences. This is why the only serious solution left is the appointment of a truly independent special prosecutor. Not a figurehead, not a political compromise, not someone who needs permission to breathe. This prosecutor must have full subpoena power and more importantly, the power to charge without charging authority. Investigations are just documentaries. The FBI and DOJ can't be trusted to investigate themselves on this matter. Their conflict of interest is structural, not hypothetical. Expecting them to police the own conduct is an insult to basic logic. A real special prosecutor would change the incentives overnight. Suddenly, obstruction would carry risk. Suddenly, delays would have consequences. Suddenly, lying to Congress would matter again. That is precisely why such an appointment is resisted. Accountability is terrifying to institutions that have never faced it. They prefer commissions, task force and and internal reviews, because none of those threaten careers. A prosecutor does. That is why this must become a central demand, not a side suggestion. The American people have been conditioned to accept half measures as victories. We're told to celebrate transparency while being denied access. We're told to trust institutions that refuse to earn trust. We're told that outrage is unproductive while corruption flourishes. This psychological manipulation, like I always tell you, relies on fatigue. If they wear people down long enough, they're going to stop demanding answers. But Epstein is different, because the pattern is too obvious to ignore. The gaslighting is too clumsy, the delays too blatant, and the excuses too recycled. Every time the FBI or the DOJ ignores the transparency law, they're not just breaking face with Congress.
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They're breaking faith with the public. They're telling working people that laws apply selectively. They're signaling that power insulates itself from consequence. That message is corrosive to the Republic. It teaches cynicism as survival. It rewards disengagement. And it leaves a vacuum where trust used to be. And the Real damage here is not just institutional, it's societal. When people stop believing accountability is possible, they stop believing participation matters. And that is how systems rot from the inside. The Epstein case has become a master class and how not to govern. It shows what happens when oversight lacks teeth and power lacks fear. It demonstrates how bureaucracy can smother justice without ever raising its voice. And it proves that transparency without enforcement is a lie. With better branding, and hopefully, at some point, the public stops accepting this choreography. Outrage can't remain episodic. Demands cannot remain abstract. The call for a special prosecutor must be loud, specific, and relentless. Again, this is not about revenge or spectacle. It's about restoring the basic idea that laws mean something. Institutions that refuse accountability should not be trusted with it. I don't think that's radical. I think it's common sense. Look, enough half stepping, enough procedural theater. Enough pretending this is complicated when it's simply corrupt. Either the system holds itself accountable, or it will be held accountable by the people it keeps lying to. The Epstein case has reached that inflection point. There's no credibility left to burn. The choice now is enforcement or a complete collapse of trust forever. So, in my opinion, this ends in one of two ways. And neither option is comfortable for the people in charge. Either the country admits out loud that federal law enforcement can openly defy Congress with zero consequence, or someone finally drags this rot into sunlight with handcuffs attached. The Epstein files are no longer just about Epstein or even just about sex trafficking. They're about who actually runs this country and this world, and who the laws are written for. Every buried documents proof that accountability in America is conditional and selectively enforced. The FBI and DOJ are not confused, overwhelmed, or understaffed. They're insubordinate to the public and loyal only to power. If a million documents can surface without repercussions, then. Then the rule of law is nothing more than decorative wallpaper. At that point, elections are pageantry, transparency is cosplay, and justice is a marketing slogan. So this is the line in the sand. Enforce the law with a real prosecutor who can charge criminals. Or stop pretending this system isn't rigged against the people it claims to serve. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in. In the description box.
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What's up, everyone? And welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. All of a sudden, on Capitol Hill, our congressmen and our senators, they seem like they care about what happened to Jeffrey Epstein's survivors. But is that really the case? Or are they just trying to score some more political points? Because Folks, none of this stuff is new. All of this stuff has been out there for years and years and years and years. Now all of a sudden, everybody on the Hill is so worried about what's going on, it's almost like it's an election year or something. Then on Wednesday, you have these buffoons acting like straight up morons inside of the esteemed halls of Congress. Thought it would be a good idea to bring up Jeffrey Epstein during a committee meeting about Hunter Biden. And the person who brought it up, which is hilarious if you ask me, is Jared Moskowitz. Now, Jared Moskowitz has no connection to Jeffrey Epstein, but the dude is a congressman from Florida. You know the place where Jeffrey Epstein molested all those little girls and got away with it? Yeah, that place. So maybe, just maybe, Jared Moskowitz, instead of making a mockery of what happened to the survivors and what Epstein was doing, maybe this dude could ask for accountability in his own state. Maybe he should start there. And I don't think it's a good idea for Mr. Moskowitz to run around and try and use Epstein as a political cudgel to, to smack his political rivals with, especially considering Virginia's credible allegations against George Mitchell and Bill Richardson. You know, two guys that were big shots in the Democratic Party. One guy ran the Senate, the other guy was part of Clinton's White House, etc. Etc. So is this really the road that somebody like Jared Moskowitz wants to go down? So here's my unsolicited advice to Jared Moskowitz. Stop being an idiot, buddy. Alright? Stop with the grandstanding, stop the stupidity. And since you're so interested in Epstein now, I expect you to be part of any sort of committee that's going to be put together if a committee's
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And if not, well, you'll be hearing from me. Today's article is from Fox News and the headline, jeffrey Epstein, FBI Records Targeted in Senate Judiciary Probe After Document Dumb. And that's laughable as well. You have Marsha Blackburn out here and these other Republicans acting like they care. Now this isn't new. This is stuff that's been out there forever. All we have now are some receipts. But this is not new. These allegations have been out there. The survivors have done numerous interviews at this point talking about what happened. We've had excerpts from these depositions come out before, but now, now the Judiciary Committee is gung ho to find out what happened. So believe me, it's not just Moskovitz that's playing politics here, it's certainly the other side of the aisle too. And the tragedy amongst all that is that with all the back and forth nonsense, nothing is going to get done. When in reality everybody should be wanting to work together here, no matter your party affiliation, to out anybody who is involved with ol scumbag Epstein. And if the two political tribes can't agree on outing people like Jeffrey Epstein and people who were associating with him, then how in the hell are they ever going to get along to make the nation move forward? Because if we can't agree on scumbags like Epstein, then there's no hope. This article was authored by Michael Ruiz, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has congressional oversight of the FBI pushing to subpoena the Bureau for all records pertaining to to sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. A day after federal court in New York finished unsealing more than 200 files regarding the pair, while redacted portions of Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs and Ghislaine Maxwell's black book have been released in various lawsuits. We need the complete and unredacted versions from his estate and the FBI. Senator Marsha Blackburn, who has spearheaded the effort to blow the lid off secrecy so surrounding Epstein's misdeeds, said in a statement Wednesday morning, I think that's giving her a bit of credit. No, she's spearheading it. She just started talking about it recently because of Hunter Biden. Come on, let's be honest here, okay? And for those of you who are new to the podcast, well, welcome to the party. I'm gonna call the balls and strikes like I see em and I'm not gonna get involved in any of that weird ass demagoguery that everybody seems to be involved in. This issue transcends politics, it transcends political parties, and it goes right to the heart of the matter. And the heart of the matter is the so called elite, the people that you're all fighting over. Well, they don't really care about you too much and they really don't care about your kids. And you can times that by about 10 if you're poor. And it's just like Sonny told Cologneau in Bronx Tale. Go and ask Mickey Mantle to pay your rent and see how that works out for you. It's the same with these politicians. They, they do not care about you. Oh, they'll get up here and they'll say this, that or the other thing because they think it moves the needle. But these clowns have had how long to do something about Epstein, but yet nothing has ever been done. And I'm willing to bet that nothing comes of this either. Remember, we're in an election year, so these officials, these politicians, they'll go to great lengths to tell you anything that they think you want to hear. Then, of course, they'll just renege on all of it. FBI agents raided properties including Epstein's New York City mansion and Little St. James, his private island in the U.S. virgin Islands. After his arrest in early 2019, his death in a federal jail cell was officially ruled a suicide, although his brother is among many Americans who have questioned that conclusion. And you notice they don't say that Zorro Ranch was raided, right? It is absurd that that Zorro Ranch was never raided. The whole entire situation around Zorro Ranch is absurd. And how Jeffrey Epstein avoided scrutiny by the authorities in New Mexico. If the feds want to open an investigation, that's a place they might want to start. The American people deserve to know what happened regarding Jeffrey Epstein and prominent American business and political leaders, said Lindsey Graham, the top ranking Republican on the committee. I fully support and very much appreciate Senator Blackburn's long standing efforts to bring transparency to the Epstein debacle. And again, look, I'm happy that somebody's talking about it. I don't want to be a Debbie Downer because, you know, if somebody's going to step up to the plate, hey, I'm here for it. But up until very recently, Senator Blackburn hasn't been talking about this. She hasn't been a champion of this. She. She hasn't been out here, you know, talking with survivors, putting a committee together, and like I said before, better late than never. But let's not ordain her as some sort of Epstein crusader. She has a long way to go before she finds herself amongst that company. On Tuesday, unsealed documents revealed Epstein's survivor, Virginia Roberts, had accused former Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson of trafficking her. She also accused the ex girlfriend of Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez of participating in Epstein's orgies. That is a fact. Gwendolyn Beck. I have some episodes about Gwendolyn Beck from back in the day, and I'm gonna dig into those archives and we're gonna make sure we get those bad boys added to the catalog very soon. But there's no doubt that Bob Menendez is a dirtbag. Epstein stuff withheld. Even though the guy's just a dirtbag, he's corrupt. He used his position to further benefit and to generate more wealth for himself. Meanwhile, the Rest of us are staring down tax season once again. Richardson died in September. That document was later stricken from the record. In more than 200 filings unsealed in the wake of a 2015 lawsuit between Roberts and Maxwell, none of them included Epstein's highly anticipated client list. Well, yeah, no shit. The closest you're ever gonna get to the client list is the black book. Are you guys paying attention yet over there at Fox News or in the legacy media? Some people are so far behind in the race that they actually think that they're winning. Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat from Illinois, has so far stalled a vote on Blackburn's subpoena request. Why would he do that? Hey, Dick Durbin just let the subpoenas go through, and then if Blackburn makes a fool of herself, more the better to you. But I don't know why anybody would want to try and hold up any sort of investigation into Jeffrey Epstein or what this scumbag was up to. And if you're somebody who's standing in the way, I'm gonna have some questions. I will be demanding a vote on these subpoenas whenever possible at Judiciary Committee meetings until the American people get the full truth and survivors get the justice that they deserve. Blackburn said Wednesday. I am ready for any sort of hearing on the Hill, and I'll go to D.C. for it. If they have some sort of Epstein related hearing, I will go to Washington, D.C. and I will sit in on that hearing. Other prominent figures accused of wrongdoing include Jean Luc Brunel, a French modeling mogul who, like Epstein, died in jail awaiting trial on trafficking charges, and the British Prince Andrew, who. Who was photographed with an underaged Roberts. Just photographed. Is it not alleged to have, you know, taken part in the abuse or anything like that? The highly anticipated release of the names comes as Republicans in Congress, led by Tennessee's Senator Blackburn and Representative Tim Burchett, have demanded an unredacted list of Epstein's associates who flew on his private jet. Portions of the flight log have been made public in Maxwell's criminal trial. Blackburn is also vying to subpoena Epstein's estate for his unredacted flight logs and communications records. You know how you can do all of this? Put together a nice RICO case and slap their asses silly with it. Put some powder on our collective hand and then slap the ever living shit out of them with it. Like we were participating in one of those power slap events. Enough is enough already. You really want to get to the bottom of this shit? RICO is the way to Go. The problem is they missed their chance. Maxwell should have been RICO'd the second she wasn't RICO'd. I knew the fix was in. I said it then, and I'll say it all the way to my grave. Them not using RICO was planned, and the plan was to make sure that none of their faves got caught up. Now, if you don't believe that, that's fine, but the evidence is right here in front of you. Last year, a group of Epstein survivors sent a letter to the FBI demanding an investigation into the Bureau's early handling of the investigation. A lawyer for the accusers said they flagged federal investigators to Epstein's crimes as early as 1996. Well, that's factual. Maria Farmer and Annie both told everybody what was going on in 96. Despite subsequent repeated red flags that Epstein trafficked girls and collected sexualized images of children, the FBI appears for years that have done little to to investigate and prosecute Epstein's sex trafficking and to date done nothing regarding reports of possible child sex abuse. The lawyer wrote. There is nothing not factual with that statement. Authorities eventually arrested him a decade later, and he got a controversially lenient plea deal in 2008. In 2019, after the Miami Herald exposed aspects of that case conducted behind closed doors, federal prosecutors sought new charges against them. Maxwell is serving a 20 year federal prison sentence for grooming and sex trafficking. She is appealing her conviction. Good luck with that. She can appeal until the next St. Genard. It's not gonna matter. Her tofu is cooked for at least the years that she was sentenced to. After that, she'll probably get out, if she's still alive. And we all know the scuzziest amongst us always stick around the longest, so I'm sure she will be. But for now, Ghislaine Maxwell is exactly where she belongs. As far as some sort of commission, some sort of committee being put together. Boy, I'd love to see it, but these folks have been pissing on my back and telling me it's raining for over four years now. And unfortunately, and maybe it's just the cynic in me, but I don't expect nothing to change when with these new developments. Either way, now that they said it, I expect it. So if they don't follow through with this, you better believe me and my fat mouth are gonna have a few things to say. But that's gonna do it for this one. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.