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Mega Edition: The United States Government And The Self Inflicted Epstein Problem (5/21/26)
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The DOJ’s Epstein failures compounded because each bad decision created the conditions for the next one. The original Florida investigation had the ingredients for a sweeping federal trafficking case: multiple victims, recruiters, properties, travel...
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Visit your nearby Lowes Foreign what's up, everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. If you listen to the DOJ and the Trump administration, they'll tell you that they're the most transparent administration and DOJ in the history of the country. And that as far as Jeffrey Epstein goes, there is nothing left to see here and it's time to just move on. And in fact, the whole entire thing is nothing but a hoax. But at the same time, the DOJ and the administration is not only withholding files that are related to President Trump, they're deleting files that have already been released that are related to President Trump. And if you're wondering why people are calling it a cover up, this is why. The DOJ and the administration, they're not doing themselves any favors. Every time you turn around, it looks like they're advancing their cover up a little bit further and laughing at us the whole entire time. So in this episode, we're going to dive into an article from NPR discussing how these files have been withheld and some of them removed. Headline Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump. This article was authored by Stephen Fowler. The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mentioned Trump. Now, look, I've said from the jump that we haven't seen any real evidence here, anything that would hold up in court that point us to Bill Clinton or Donald Trump actually engaging in abuse. Now, there have been some allegations against Trump that have been made and frankly, I don't trust the FBI when they say they investigated because how can you at this point? But that said, it's about what we can prove in court. And certainly there's nothing here that we've seen so far that we could use in court and say, hey, look, so and so was doing this at this time at this place to this person. But there's certainly a bunch of allegations and there is no way that those allegations should be hidden, especially if it's a Court case, a court document, something that was, you know, set under oath, or if it was a statement given to the police or the FBI, certainly something that should be looked at. Now, does that mean I believe everything that comes in? Most certainly not. I've told you from the beginning not to fall for side quests, but the DOJ and Donald Trump himself, they're not doing themselves any favors when they hide documents, when they pull things down, all you do is further the suspicion. Right. Because the biggest problem for Trump right now is that this is an act of COVID up. And how many times have we seen people go down for the COVID up instead of the crime? So that's certainly something that Donald Trump needs to keep in mind and everybody in the administration, honestly. Because if you think that this is going away and that questions aren't going to be asked of people that were in the middle of this during this cover up, you're crazy. This is only just beginning. And I know that Donald Trump and the administration and all the stands want it to be over and want us to move on, but we're not going to. Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release. These include what appears to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews and notes from conversations with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor. Well, according to the law, that should be released. Her name should be redacted and it should be released. But the DOJ thinks they can do whatever they want. Oh, we'll just, you know, go in here and we'll get rid of Trump's name every single place we possibly can. Did they think they were going to get away with that? No, they knew they wouldn't. They didn't care. That's what it comes down to. And I think that's what makes me so mad. These MFers are literally looking us in the face and giving us the double middle finger. NPR reviewed multiple sets of unique serial numbers appearing before and after the pages in question stamped onto the documents in the Epstein database. FBI case records, emails, and discovery document logs. In the latest tranche of documents published at the end of January, NPR's investigation found dozens of pages that appear to be cataloged by the Justice Department but not shared publicly. And they'll have some explanation, right? Oh, it's national security. Oh, we couldn't tell you about this or that. But that's not what the law says. And at some point, the people who decided to do this are going to be held accountable. The Justice Department declined to answer NPR's questions on the record about these specific files, what's in them, and why they are not published. Why would they, why would they give you any kind of inside look, especially in the middle of a cover up? The last thing they want to do is talk about it. Other files scrubbed from public view pertain to a separate woman who, who was a key witness for the prosecution in the criminal trial of Epstein's co conspirator, Glenn Maxwell, who was serving a 20 year prison sentence for sex trafficking. Maxwell is seeking clemency from Trump. What I thought would never happen probably will now with the way Trump is going and how there is some support for his nonsense amongst his most ardent supporters. I wouldn't be shocked to see Trump released Glenn Maxwell followed directly by a PR campaign by the very same people who were given those white binders. That's the kind of life we're living. That's the kind of reality that we're living in. And these people are shameless. How many of those people that got those binders give a God damn about any of this? How many of them have ever talked to any of the survivors, have read court documents, have. Have done anything that would warrant them being given those binders in the first place? And I told you at the time, it was a psyop. I knew it was the beginning of the end. And those will be the people that come out the loudest, the strongest, and with the most passion in their voices to defend Donald Trump if he pardons Glenn Maxwell. And I wouldn't even be shocked to see Glenn Maxwell hit the circuit and get on the podcast. Benny Johnson's new co host, Ghislaine Maxwell. It would be fitting, right? Or maybe Ghislaine Maxwell can head out with Nick Shirley on his next investigation. And I'm only half kidding when I say that some of those documents were briefly taken down and put back online last week, while others remain hidden. According to NPR's comparison of initial data set from January 30th with document metadata of those files currently on the Justice Department's website, NPR does not name victims of sexual abuse. Well, that's a good idea. Maybe the DOJ should take some notes from npr. When asked for comment about the missing pages and the accusations against the president, a White House spokeswoman told NPR that Trump has done more for Epstein victims than anyone before him. Yo, this is just too much. What exactly has Donald Trump done? I mean, he sent out Luna to drop a hand grenade in the middle of everything and call all the survivors, traffickers and she still hasn't clarified her statement yet. She's out here talking all kinds of crazy about this, that the other thing, she has no idea what she's talking about. Then again, we shouldn't expect anything from somebody who thinks that there is quote unquote, interdimensional beings that are aliens. Literally what she believes. But sure, she's going to get us to the promised land. When it comes to Epstein and this investigation, it's truly bizarre. This lady has no idea what she's even talking about. And she's out here framing everybody as a human trafficker. And she made those comments not on the congressional floor. So she opens herself up to a lawsuit if these survivors want to sew her. And I'll tell you what, if I was a survivor, I think about it because her commentary has led to a bunch of morons running with it and saying a bunch of reckless bullshit. Just as President Trump has said. He's been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told NPR in a statement. Yo, if you believe that, you're dumb as the day is long. All Trump has done is implicate himself in the COVID up. Is Abigail Jackson okay? Did she fall and hit her head before giving this interview? Was she hanging out in the sauna with Hillbilly Vanilli, I mean, Kid Rock and rfk, rocking some jeans and taking a dip? Because I don't know where you come up with this kind of ludicrous statement unless you're suffering from CTE and by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein's Democrat friends. President Trump has done more for Epstein's victims than anyone before him. Meanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacy Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender. Well, she's not wrong about that. Stacy Plaskett needs to answer some questions. I mean, there's no doubt that Stacy Plaskett and Jeffrey Epstein were very close and, and that Jeffrey Epstein was giving her a ton of money. And that's just reality, folks. So it has to be uniform, right? If we're going to go after one person, everybody, every single person that was involved, every person that enabled this, every co conspirator and everybody covering it up, all those people have to be outed. And I assure you, nobody has been exonerated. The White House has previously appointed to a statement from, from the Justice Department that says Epstein files contain untrue and sensationalist claims about the president. Well, yeah, I'm sure there are some. No doubt about it. Donald Trump isn't, you know, Satan himself. And this isn't all about Donald Trump, but the COVID up portion is he's the one behind the sticks, right? He's in control of this whole coverup. And in my opinion, that's gonna be Donald Trump's undoing. When all is said and done and there's a real investigation into this, there is no doubt that it's going to find that this has been covered up. But make no mistake, this isn't just Trump's cover up. This goes all the way back to Clinton. Clinton knew what Jeffrey Epstein was. I don't care what he says now, we can't prove that, but he knew. Maria Farmer told everybody in 96. So don't tell me they didn't know. They knew, they didn't care. That's what it comes down to. And that's my biggest problem. The federal government has never done the right thing here. They've never stepped up, they've never investigated, and they've never held anyone accountable. So nobody, including President Trump, is exonerated. In a letter to members of Congress on February 14, first reported by Politico, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche insist that no records were withheld or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure or foreign dignitary, which is a lie. Like they just continue to lie to us at this huge clip and there's no repercussions. Nobody can do anything, nobody can stop them. And they just have unchecked power, I guess, and I know people don't want to hear that, but it's true. Not only are they breaking the law, they're laughing at us.
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In the last two weeks, as lawmakers have begun to view unredacted copies of the Epstein files, members of both parties have criticized the way the Trump administration has handled the release of the files. They have also continued to accuse the Justice Department of violating the law and operating without transparency in redacting information. And I think all of that's true. I think all of that's true. And the fact that they keep hiding it and they keep obfuscating the actual truth just adds more credence to the fact that in my opinion, this is nothing but a giant cover up. According to the newly released files, the FBI internally circulated Epstein related allegations that mentioned Trump in late July and early August of 2025. The list collected from the FBI's National Threat Operation center included numerous salacious allegations. Agents mark most of the accusations as unverifiable or not credible. And look, I'm sure the vast majority were not verifiable or credible. I'm sure of it. But why are you redacting the information? Why aren't you releasing it to the American public? That's the question. That's what the law called for. Not for you to hide, not for you to obfuscate, and not for you to tell us what we can and can't see. But one lead was sent to the FBI's Washington office with the purpose of setting up an interview with the accuser. The lead was included in an internal PowerPoint slide deck detailing prominent names in the Epstein and Maxwell investigation last fall. The woman who who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13, Epstein introduced her to Trump, who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis, which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out. Now, look, I have no idea if any of that's true. No clue. But what I will tell you is this. If it's part of the files, we should have seen it. There's no excuse for keeping that out. Out of more than 3 million pages of files released by the Justice Department in recent months, this specific allegation against Trump only appears in copies of the FBI list of claims and the DOJ slideshow. But a review of FBI case file logs and discovery documents turned over to Maxwell and her attorneys in the criminal case against her point to one place the claim that could have come from and how serious investigators took it. The FBI interviewed this Trump and Epstein accuser four times. That is according to an FBI serial report and a list of non testifying witness material in the Maxwell case that were also released under the Epstein files Transparency Act. Only the first interview, conducted July 24, 2019, is in the public database. And that interview doesn't name Trump. Of 15 documents listed in a log of the Maxwell discovery material for the first accuser, only seven are in the Epstein files database. Those missing also include notes that accompany three of the interviews. The discrepancy in the file for the Trump accuser was first reported by independent journalist Roger Sollenberger. According to NPR's review of three different sets of serial numbers stamped onto the files, there appear to be 53 pages of interview documents and notes missing from the public Epstein database. Oh, I wonder why. I bet you if those documents named Bill Clinton, oh, we'd have them. Right? But since they named Donald Trump, forget it. You can't even see it. In the first interview document, the woman discussed ways Epstein abused her as a girl and end in identifying him to. Investigators showed a crop photo of the disgraced financier. Her attorney said it was cropped because she was concerned about implicating additional individuals and specifically any that were well known due to fear of retaliation. Well, yeah, that's been something that's been on the table. How many of these women were retaliated against? A whole lot. How many had their lives ruined? A whole lot. The FBI agents noted it was a widely distributed photograph of Epstein with Trump, a woman whose biographical details and descriptions of Epstein's abuse found in the FBI interview also line up with details from a victim lawsuit. In the December 2019 filing, Jane Doe for does not mention Trump. And the woman voluntarily dismissed her claims against Epstein's estate in December of 2021. Attorneys for this accuser declined to comment. So, look, is it verifiable? No. Is it something that could have happened? Maybe. But I'd say that this is one of those side quests. There's not enough here, certainly not enough for us to dig our teeth into, at least from the perspective of what the law allows. But as far as the COVID up, I think it proves it. At the very least, it gives a lot more ammunition. You have all these documents that are not good for Trump and they just magically disappear. They just end up. Not in the file case. I mean, come on, it's obvious that this is a cover up. Now, with that said, there's a lot of salacious information in here that is not verifiable and probably just not true. But that's all part of the psyop. And I told you that from the beginning. You have to be able to discern what's real and what might be fantasy. And my suggestion is lock into the stuff that we can prove or the stuff where there's evidence that leads to a certain destination, and then from there the walls will fall in because people will start talking, people will start rolling, and before you know it, you're getting to the meat and the potatoes. But there's no doubt that a lot of this is added as side quest missions to confuse people and make people think that everything's just a bunch of bs. And it's been very effective. There's a lot of people that point to these kinds of allegations in the drop as evidence that everything inside this drop is bunk. Which is wild, because as outlandish as this allegation might sound, we don't know how it ended up. And that's because, well, there's a cover up. So if people have questions and people don't believe the official narrative, then that's cool, too. I get it. And that's also on the doj. They created that nonsense when they tried to confuse people by dumping all this stuff together and not giving any kind of context about what's what. And they know that it causes confusion. And that was the whole point, right? To confuse everybody and, and make it seem like this is just absolutely asinine, that this is all just made up. And like Trump said, it's a gigantic hoax. But I think they've done the opposite. And I think the vast majority of Americans have reached their tipping point. It's one thing to lie to us about, you know, politics. It's another thing to steal from us on a regular basis, like every politician does. But this is the step too far. Hurting children, hurting women, trafficking people, God knows what else, and then covering it up. That's a step too far, and I don't think the people are going to accept it. Elsewhere in the release files, someone in the FBI wrote on July 22, 2025, before the list and slide presentation were compiled, that Trump's name was in the larger case files and that one identified victim claimed abuse by Trump but ultimately refused to cooperate. Well, I wonder why. Is it that she wasn't telling the truth? Or. Or was she intimidated? What? That's out of the realm of possibility, dealing with these people. The other woman whose mention of Trump made the DOJ's presentation appears in Maxwell discovery files released last month in what's known as testifying witness 3500 material list, the first interview of six with the FBI conducted between September 2019 and September 2021. The second woman detailed how Epstein and Maxwell's abuse began while she was around 13 years old, attending the Interlocan center for the Arts and described how at one point Epstein took her to Trump's Mar A Lago club to meet him. Epstein told Trump, this is a good one, huh? The interview report reads. In a 2020 lawsuit against Epstein's estate in Maxwell, the the second woman added that both men chuckled and she felt uncomfortable, but at the time was too young to understand why, so her testimony was used to put Maxwell in prison. My guess is she's a reliable witness. Do with that as you will. The interview was removed from the DOJ's public files sometime after initial publication on January 30 and was republished February 19, according to document metadata. The Justice Department told NPR the only reason any filed has been removed is because it has been flagged by a victim or their counsel for additional review. Multiple FBI interviews with other people refer to the second woman's meeting with Trump while she was a minor and being abused by Epstein. One interview with a fleeting mention of Trump was removed from the public database and and subsequently restored last week, while another interview with the woman's mother is still offline. In that conversation, the mother recalled hearing that a prince and Donald Trump visited Epstein's house, which made her think that if they are there, then how could Epstein be a criminal? According to NPR's copy of the file that was first published. That was part of it. Epstein wanted to build that respectability, build that nexus around them so nobody suspected anything, right? Send your kids to Epstein. No big deal. And unfortunately a lot of people fell for it. The possible omission of files that mention these women particular allegations against the president come as the Justice Department has warned about other documents it has published in full that include what it calls untrue and sensationalist claims about Trump. So there were only sensationalist claims about Donald Trump, nobody else. Okay, good to know. At the same time, the Justice Department has removed and re uploaded thousands of pages in recent weeks to fix improperly redacted victim names. That includes documents related to the allegation from these two women who separately say they were around 13 years old when Epstein first abused them. Robert Glassman, who represents the woman who testified against Maxwell, sharply criticized the Justice Department's handling of of the Epstein files. This whole thing is ridiculous, he told npr. The DOJ was ordered to release information to the public to be transparent about Epstein and Maxwell's criminal enterprise network. Instead, they released the names of courageous victims who fought hard for decades to remain anonymous and out of the limelight. Whether the disclosures were inadvertent or not, they had one job to do here and they didn't do it. I think that really sums it up. They had one job to do and they didn't do it and now they want to cry that this is just a big nothing burger that nobody has anything to see here, that we should just move on. No way. Not going to happen. A DOJ spokesperson told NPR that the department is working around the clock to address concerns from victims and handle additional redactions of personally identifiable information that has been flagged. In view of the congressional deadline, all reasonable efforts have been made to review and redact personal information pertaining to victims, other private individuals, and protect sensitive material from disclosure, the statement read. That said, because of the volume of information involved, this website may nevertheless contain information that inadvertently includes non public personally identifiable information or other sensitive content to include matters of a sexual nature. Look, I don't believe anything the DOJ is telling us about this situation. And I fully believe that we're watching maybe one of the biggest cover ups in American history. And the wildest part is we're watching it in real time. And not only that, but they're doing it in such a brazen manner that it certainly doesn't look like they going to deviate from this course anytime soon. In fact, it looks like they're going to double down. So like usual, we'll keep an eye on this one as well as that. Swim through all the muck Continues
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All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. What's up everyone? And welcome to another episode of of the Epstein Chronicles. Whenever the name Jeffrey Epstein gets brought up, the federal government is quick to have an explanation for what Jeffrey Epstein actually was and what he was up to. The only problem with that is that the official narrative, their official explanations very rarely if ever are true. And the more information that comes out via the files and people coming forward, the more obvious it is to anybody paying attention. And as I was making my way through the files, I stumbled upon a very interesting document that memorialized the analysis of a pen register and trap and trace on one of Epstein's telephone numbers. And according to this warrant, according to this analysis, Jeffrey Epstein and numbers associated with him were in touch with a lot of people in organized crime. And of course, we know that Jeffrey Epstein was moving money and bundling money. And we know that people in the world of organized crime always need somebody like that to help them out. So was Epstein also bundling money for various transnational criminal groups? Very possible. Very, very possible. Because remember, when you're somebody like Epstein, you're operating in a world filled with scumbags, so it makes sense that you're associating and doing business with other scumbags. So yesterday evening when I saw this article from cbs, it caught my attention. Mainly because it connects to this trap trace analysis that I was looking at. And when you start putting it all together, it certainly looks like this story that we're about to read from CBS has some legs. So let's dive into the article from CBS and let's see what they have for us. Headline, Newly Earth DEA document from Epstein files raises question Did Epstein facilitate drug trafficking? This article was authored by Daniel Rootnick, Pat Milton and Kara Tabichnick. Jeffrey Epstein was the subject of a previously undisclosed U. S. Drug Enforcement agency investigation. A five year plus probe targeting him and 14 other individuals for suspicious money transfers possibly linked to illegal narcotics. A newly uncovered document in the Department of Justice Epstein files reveals. Now you take that with what we know about him being active in Afghanistan, and it makes me wonder if he had anything to do with those poppy fields. You know, the ones that we defended and protected so vigilantly and so diligently while we were in Afghanistan. Yeah, those poppy fields. I mean, we know that Prince Andrew was passing sensitive information about Afghanistan to Jeffrey Epstein. So what was the purpose? What kind of interest could a man like Jeffrey Epstein have in a place like Afghanistan? Can't be too many, right? I mean, it's not like Afghanistan has some incredible financial sector that all these guys have to get in on. So what would motivate Epstein to want to be in Afghanistan? Unless of course, he was there moving arms, which is very possible as well. DEA reporting indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire transfers which are tied to illicit drug and or prostitution activities occurring in the U.S. virgin Islands and New York City. The 2015 document says. Well, I wonder why nothing happened. Could it possibly be that Jeffrey Epstein's protected? I mean, who would have ever guessed? Who would have ever jumped to that conclusion? Oh, that's right. Anybody who's sane. Anybody who's following along because Let me tell you, if the DEA has you under investigation for five years, chances are you did something wrong and they're going to nail you. But of course, Jeffrey Epstein, well, no problems for him. One phone call and it's all good. The 69 page memo was marked law enforcement sensitive and remains heavily redacted, concealing the names of the 14 other targets and much of the substantive detail surrounding the investigation. Now look, I'm not going to tell you that Jeffrey Epstein was out here selling packs down in Battery Park. That's not what, what they're talking about. He was financing something, being involved as a money guy, putting money up for this to happen or that to happen, and then benefiting on the back end. That's how it works. It's just like any other investment. Puts up some money, the job gets done and he gets paid. Now obviously that's a simplified way of thinking about it, but, but that gives you a basic idea of how a money man is involved in drug trafficking. Then of course, we always have to consider that he was bundling money and he was coloring it up and laundering it for insert criminal organization here. That's very possible too. And this is what I mean when I tell you that Jeffrey Epstein had his fingers in many pies. There's a lot of stuff that we haven't even begun to figure out yet. And when you have somebody with this kind of money, this kind of power, this kind of vast reach, it's inevitable that they're going to be involved in a lot of bad things. The document appears to stem from a request made by the DEA to an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force fusion center in Virginia seeking information from other agencies related to Epstein and the other targets as part of an active case. How quick do you think his handler popped up and said, yo, leave this dude alone. Under no circumstances are you to charge Jeffrey Epstein in any kind of drug case. And that's how they do it. And for a guy like Jeffrey Epstein, knowing he has that kind of protection, it leads to all kinds of horrible things. The task force is a Reagan era creation to combat a surge in cocaine trafficking. And the fusion center was opened in 2009 as a clearinghouse for intelligence sharing between federal law enforcement agencies. Every time you turn around, there is another clue, another hint about Jeffrey Epstein being some sort of asset. I'm sure that Mandelson and Prince Andrew just passed him that information for fun, right? Had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein collecting that information to benefit from it or for insert other person to benefit from it, right? And then you look at all these investigations that Jeffrey Epstein was part of, and you look at the fact that he was never charged in any of these cases, and you have to ask yourself what the hell's really going on here? And how come somebody like Jeffrey Epstein was able to operate in plain sight, even with this cloud hanging over him for so long? Do you know how quick your ass would be swooped up if you were a part of this ordeal? If you were involved in some DEA phone trace or whatever, forget it. You would be getting a colonoscopy like you couldn't believe. For the DEA to open a case, there would have to be a drug nexus, a law enforcement source told CBS News, adding that the request to the Fusion center indicated the matter was part of a significant investigation rather than a routine information inquiry. So there was probably some kind of serious, you know, criminal organization that was under the microscope, and Epstein was probably bundling money for them and got caught up. That seems to be the likeliest scenario here. The document includes a DEA case number and lists the case opening date as December 17, 2010 in New York. It notes that the matter is judicial pending, indicating that the investigation remained active at the time the memo was drafted. Five years later, one law enforcement source told CBS News that the designation suggests investigators may have been awaiting court approval for search warrants or other legal action. Yeah, that never came because Epstein's handler, whoever that is or was, probably stepped in and said, look, no way this guy's working on X, Y and Z for the government right now, and we can't have you guys getting in the way. Sorry. Find somebody else to arrest. We don't care if he diddled kids. We don't care if he's involved with drug organizations. The means certainly justifies the ends, and that's the way they go about their business. Even if that means nurturing and protecting a man like Jeffrey Epstein. Another law enforcement source said it likely meant an arrest of someone associated with the case and had been made. CBS News could not confirm that because the names of other targets were redacted from the document. Why? Why are other names redacted? There's no survivors here. There's nothing here that should be redacted. Is it national security? I doubt it. So why do you have the names redacted? Oh, that's right. You don't want people to be able to trace this and follow the money, because if they do that, you know where it ends up, and so do the people in Langley. And that's why you see all this Pushback. And that's why you see this being the issue that it is. A different case launched in 2018 by the U. S. Attorney's office for the southern district of new york ultimately landed epstein in a lower manhattan federal jail after he was arrested in July 2019 on charges of sex trafficking. Sources involved in that case told cbs news the prosecutors were not aware of the earlier DEA investigation. Of course not. That information was segregated from the regular system. And why would that occur? Well, because Jeffrey Epstein was an asset. Pretty simple. Epstein was awaiting trial in the sex trafficking case when he died behind bars in August of 2019. His death was ruled a suicide. The DEA document also reveals the existence of of other previously unknown investigations with some linked epstein. Those include an ICE investigation in West Palm beach opened in 2006 and closed in 2008. An ICE investigation in Las Vegas opened in 2009 and listed as pending as of 1 27, 2010. An ICE investigation in Paris opened in June of 2013 and closed months later titled operation angel watch. And an FBI investigation opened in 2006 that still remained active in 2015. The ice stuff has to do with their immigration. All those fake immigration scams they were running, that's what they were being looked at for. I mean, how obvious is it now? And when I tell you that epstein was up to all kinds of wild. This is what I mean. It wasn't just sex trafficking and he was getting help. Somebody in those immigration offices was helping Jeffrey Epstein out. The question is who? The document also lists prior law enforcement contact and identifies bank accounts linked to epstein, including accounts in Switzerland, France, the Cayman islands and new york. It details approximately 50 million in suspicious wire transfers from from 2010 to 2015. Although the names of the individuals linked to those transactions are redacted, the doj appears to have accidentally neglected to redact the name of a polish fashion model who was identified in connection to approximately 2 million in transfers and named as a target in the investigation. Yeah, Adriana Ross. They don't hammer here, but that's who it is. One of the core four, baby. All these people out here talking about, oh, these women who helped Epstein, no where you been? And furthermore, roughly 43% of human traffickers are female. Who do you think ropes in the vast majority of these girls?
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Emails between that woman and Epstein were included in the release indicating that they had a personal relationship. CBS News is not identifying the woman at the request of her attorney who said she was a survivor of Epstein's. Her attorney did not reply to inquiries about whether she was aware she was a DEA target. Now look, anyone who's trying to call the Core four victims is crazy. The only one you could possibly say that about is Nadia Marcinkova. And that's because she was sold, allegedly to Epstein when she was 14. But the other girls, the other women, they came in with eyes open. They knew what was up. And still to this day, none of them have come forward. The memo also lists several businesses associated with Epstein that have come under scrutiny in the past. One of those companies was redacted. The other two are SLK Designs and Hyperion Air. Hyperion Air was used by Epstein as a holding company for his aircraft. And SLK Designs was run by two women who were included in Epstein's so called sweetheart non prosecution agreement with the federal government and. And as potential co conspirators. Potential, huh? Okay, sure. Potential records show those companies were formed and controlled by. By Epstein's attorney, Darren Endyke. Huh. Where have you heard that name before? Interesting, isn't it? CBS News has reached out to an attorney for Indyke and has not received a response. In a prior statement, his attorney, Daniel Weiner, told CBS News the lawyer did not socialize with Mr. Epstein and rejected his categorically false. Any suggestion that he knowingly facilitated or assisted the Mr. Epstein in a sexual abuse or trafficking of women, or that they were aware of Mr. Epstein's actions while they provided legal and accounting services to Mr. Epstein. He added that no judge or court found Epstein's attorneys committed any wrongdoing of any kind. Well, that's because there's never been a real investigation, stupid. There is plenty of evidence that Darren Indyk is dick deep in all of this, including structuring. So let's just cut the bullshit, okay? And if there's ever a real investigation, you can guarantee that your client, Mr. Indyke, will be a target. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon who's been pursuing the Epstein investigation as a ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, told CBS News that following the money is key to learning more about Epstein's crimes. It appears Epstein was involved in criminal activity that went way beyond pedophilia and sex trafficking. Which makes it even more outrageous that Pound Bondi is sitting on several million unreleased files. Wyden said neither the DEA or the DOJ responded to requests by CBS News for more information or comment. Well, look, I think it's rather obvious, folks, Epstein most certainly was being protected. And the more evidence that comes out, the harder it's going to be to deny that for the federal government. Now they're going to continue to do so, but I don't think it's going to be effective. And I think the further this moves, the more information that comes out, the more people are going to be convinced that not only was the DOJ and the federal government lying to them about Epstein, but when caught and called out, they doubled down and tried to cover it up. Because at some point even people who were like, oh, this is all just a coincidence, are going to say to themselves, how can it all just be a giant coincidence? Because I think at this point it's obvious that there was something deeper and darker going on. And at the very least, some people in the government were aware of what Jeffrey Epstein was and they continued to utilize him as an asset. And that's why they're fighting tooth and nail to keep all this private. They don't want anybody to know that they were actually running this dude, that he was an asset, that they were using him and all the while protecting him while he was abusing kids, laundering money and God knows what else. But unfortunately for them, I think that the pieces are starting to fall into place and you're starting to get a better picture of what went on here and why they're so hellbent on making sure that nobody knows the truth. And the more documentation like this that I see, the more I'm convinced that we're being lied to and that there's a cover up happening in real time. So like usual, we're going to keep pounding away and over the next couple of days, I'm going to add that Trap Trace document that I stumbled across so all of you can get a look at it as well. And it's very interesting. I mean, we're talking about all kinds of criminal organizations that are being talked about in this Trap Trace. So it's going to be interesting to see how this one plays out. And like usual, we'll be here every step of the way. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.