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The Epstein Chronicles
One Year In, The Epstein Inquiry Still Has More Questions Than Answers (7/8/26)
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Congress’s Epstein inquiry has now been running for nearly a year, but the investigation has produced far more frustration than accountability. Lawmakers have interviewed major figures, pushed for file releases, questioned former officials, and leaned...
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What's up, everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. One of the major issues that people are concerned with when it comes to the commission that's looking into Epstein's crimes is the fact that the commission itself has no teeth. And now that we're a year on, there really hasn't been much movement. And unfortunately it looks like everything I thought that was going to happen is happening. The whole entire idea of the committee was to control that blast radius. They never wanted to get close to the truth. That was never the goal. They wanted to do enough that they can come back to you and say, look, we did our best. This stuff is still buried, it's still hidden and we're just never going to get to the bottom of it. That was the plan and the discharge petition through chaos into that plan. And we now know that it left them scrambling so much to the point that they had high level meetings at the White House. So, you know, they were panicking behind the scenes and they should have been. But of course, now comes the distractions. And the biggest distraction obviously was the war in Iran. And I have to tell you, it did its job because the vast majority of people, they pivoted right. There's a war, people are going to follow that. There's a lot going on. You have the Israeli issue, just a whole lot going on. So of course people are going to tune in, they're going to look at what's going on in the war. They're going to look at this, that the other thing. And that's what they've always counted on, exhaustion and people being so confused and tired by this topic that they just keep it moving. And look, I understand this topic is not for the faint of heart. It's depressing, it's not fun, and frankly, there's nothing enjoyable about it. But I feel like this conversation has to happen after all these years and all these failures. I think we owe that to the survivors. Today's article is from the National Post and the headline, one Year in Epstein inquiry has found few answers. One year try about four decades. This article was authored by Swakar ali. As the U.S. house Oversight Committee's inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein approaches its one year mark, the witness list has included some of the highest profile figures ever to appear before the panel. And they were all there voluntarily. Nobody showed up there with any kind of threat of actually being in trouble. And that was all part of it. Billionaire moguls, members of Epstein's inner circle, and a former US President have been among the dozen plus witnesses. All have sought to distance themselves from the deceased sex offender's crimes. None have had much to say to help lawmakers bring charges against any wrongdoers. Yeah, because they're the wrongdoers themselves. Breaking news. People aren't ratting on themselves. Not unless you threaten them with. With serious jail time. And wouldn't it be nice if the government had a tool to do that? Oh, wait, they do. They chose not to use it. Imagine going after Jeffrey Epstein in any regard and not using rico. Tell me the fix is in without telling me. In the UK Ties to Epstein caused a leadership crisis, led to the former Prince Andrew losing his honors and princely title and triggered police investigations and Andrew getting arrested. Kind of significant. Senior officials in Norway, Sweden, France and Slovakia have all faced a reckoning for their associations with the disgraced financier. In the U. S. Prominent figures have been forced to resign, while some have been grilled by lawmakers. Oh, grilled, is it? More like praised? Oh, he answered all the questions. Oh, he's such a nice guy. Bill Gates, thank you for all of your philanthropic work. Thank you for helping people with vaccines. I don't give a about any of that. If you want the truth, I have one question and one question only. Why were you associating with Jeffrey Epstein? And I want the truth, not your answer. I want the truth. What were you guys doing together? And if you tell me philanthropy, I'm going to tell you you're a liar. How about that? But a group of Epstein survivors say the truth is still hiding. They have criticized committee interviews for having largely been voluntary and not under oath. Well, who does that sound like? Almost like me and the survivors are on the same page. Huh? Billionaire investor Leon Black took a stance shared by many of the witnesses when he said at his closed door testimony, I knew Jekyll. I didn't know Hyde. Did they all get together to come up with that defense? That line? Leon Black and Leslie Groff both used it. Look, I have a lot of doubts about what's going on here and I certainly have a lot of doubts about the people that are in charge of the whole process on both sides of the aisle. Like people can play their politics all they want. I'm so far away from that and so removed from that that I don't even care if people want to run around and think they're a party gives a about them. Cool, great. Have at it. There is nothing I can say that's going to change someone's mind. So for me, all I care about is that we agree about this topic here. We can have our disagreements later on. But about this topic, I don't give a shit what side of the political aisle you're on. I really don't care what your beliefs are as long as you want justice and you want the people who are responsible for this held accountable. And if that's you, then we're allies, at least right now. Later on down the road, well, we can discuss what we don't agree on. But for right now on this topic, I think we should all agree that these powerful people should be held accountable. And I think that most Democrats and Republicans and anything in between shares that view Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 and spent 13 months in jail. He died in August of 2019 and the Manhattan jail cell a month after being indicted on federal sex trafficking charges. Black, the co founder and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, had paid Epstein more than 150 million from 2012 to 2017. The private equity firm commissioned a report that found the payments were for bonafide tax, estate planning and other related services. $150 million. Here's an idea. Just pay your taxes. I know, crazy idea. Mr. Rich Guy Leon Black. Gotta get an extra penny. Gotta make sure he has an extra dollar. If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm disgusted by all of them and I've had enough. I've literally had enough. Republican Chairman James Comer told reporters Black cut the meeting short after being asked about the non disclosure agreements had signed with women. Of course he did. He's a coward, he's a chump and he's a pussy. The NDAs are between him and other women, comer told reporters after Black walked out about an hour into the voluntary interview. We want to know was Jeffrey Epstein involved in the NDAs? Was he involved in writing? Was he involved in awarding funds to the women for the NDAs? What was the reason for the NDAs? Was he involved in intimidating going Gazelle Ganieva? Did he reach out to the FSB to have people in Russia press her and flex on her. Yeah, he most certainly did. We saw the email. So what the are we talking about here? Black was issued two subpoenas for him to appear at another hearing, which will be held under oath on July 16, and to divulge information about any NDAs. Look, I hate to throw some rain on the parade here, but I have my doubts that we're going to get the truth from Leon Black. Do you really think a guy like Leon Black isn't scheming and conniving behind the scenes right now? Oh, he most certainly is. Richard Kahn, who worked as Epstein's accountant for more than a decade, testified in March that he received money from Black, along with billionaire retailer Les Wexner, hedge fund magnate Glenn Dubin, former Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky, and and members of the prominent Rothschild family. Comer said Wexner, who was alleged to be behind much of Epstein's wealth, told committee members in February Epstein was a con man who duped him out of millions of dollars. Oh, you mean the conversation that the Republicans didn't bother having? That's. I'm never going to let that down. I'm never going to let it die, and I'm never going to let them off the hook. How don't you go and talk to Les Wexner? When you say you're serious about justice, it is so absurd that it's hard to wrap my mind around. Democratic Congressman Suhas Submaranium described Khan as a fixer who played a central role in Epstein's financial activities. He made payments for tuition and to girls directly, and his name appeared on shell companies used to channel Epstein's money, Submaranium noted. Khan said in prepared remarks shared with the media that he was not aware of. Of the terrible and unforgivable things that he did to women and girls. Nah. Had no idea. I was just around for all of it, paying these girls off, but I saw nothing. I did nothing. How dare you even question me? Today we heard from Mr. Khan a lot of inability to recall, inability to recall emails, text messages he was involved in. Democratic Representative James Walkinshaw said if he was ignorant of Mr. Epstein's crimes, he. He was willfully ignorant. Well, I can agree with that. Not a lot I agree with, with Mr. Walkinshaw, but I agree with that. If you say you're ignorant here, it's woeful. Sorry. Nobody could be around this dude like they were and not know. The congressional probe was spurred by public pressure and appeals from survivors over the U.S. department of justice handling of the case against Epstein and his associate, Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell is the only other person besides Epstein to be charged by the Justice Department. She's serving a 20 year sentence for her role in recruiting some of the underage victims abused by Epstein. She should be under the prison, by the way, not at Camp Ryan under the prison. The Justice Department review into the Epstein investigation concluded last year that it did not uncover evidence that would predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties. The same memo also noted that Epstein had harmed over 1,000 victims. Being associated with Epstein does not imply criminal culpability, the department has said. Yeah, what if he got money from him while he was running a criminal enterprise? That kind of makes things murky, you know. While the interviews have fallen short of uncovering criminal activity, they have revealed damaging information about powerful men. Bill Gates admitted that he had three affairs, including one with a Russian bridge player and another Russian nuclear physicist that Epstein became aware of. Based on emails released in June. Epstein may have been considering ways to blackmail him, gates told the committee. Well, that definitely tracks.
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And for all the people out there who think that Epstein was not blackmailing people, he most certainly was. Maybe not to the level, some people say, but don't think for a minute he wasn't collecting Kompromat and dossiers. He was Melinda French. Gates has said her husband's affairs and associations with Epstein contributed to her seeking to end their 27 year marriage. Meanwhile, a prominent member or members of US President Donald Trump's second administration have also been called before the committee. Pam Bondi, who was ousted as attorney general in April, told lawmakers that the release of the files was under the purview of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Has there ever been a bigger failure as an attorney general than Todd Blanche? This dude is an absolute clown, not qualified, and certainly not somebody that should be in that position. During the questioning, Ms. Bondi invoked Mr. Blanche's name more than 30 times, but pointing to him as the person responsible for the DOJ's actions involving the review, withholding and botched release of Epstein related records, Garcia said. Well, that's true. Threw him right under the bus. And that's right on brand for Pam Bondi. For his part, Blanche briefed the committee in March, but has since been called on by survivors to testify under oath. A New York Times investigation revealed that Blanch was was in the Situation Room with Trump and other administration officials to discuss how to contain the political fallout from the release of the Epstein files. Trump, whose name appears thousands of times in the files, has not been accused of criminal misconduct. Well, unless you start talking about the COVID up, then there might be some problems. Survivors released a joint statement that said they were deeply disturbed by the Times report and came out against Blanche's nomination as Trump's permanent attorney general. Blanche failed to deliver transparency and he has gravely failed survivors, they wrote. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who was Epstein's next door neighbor in New York, testified in May that he had met him three times, once during a tour of Epstein's house with his wife in 2005, another brief conversation about scaffolding on on their property, and a meeting with Lutnick's family on Epstein's private island for lunch in 2012. He denied having any close relationship with Epstein. The testimony was criticized for being voluntary and not under oath. Of all the issues where you let people come in voluntarily, this is it. I mean, come on, they've never told the truth. What makes you think they're going to tell the truth now that you're letting them come in voluntarily? Bill Clinton, whose well documented relationship with Epstein went back more than two decades, was sworn in. He said his relationship with Epstein ended in 2003 after he learned that Epstein didn't seem interested in his global health initiatives. Was that before or after he donated to your initiative, Mr. Clinton? And if you think for a minute I believe what Clinton said, I don't. He perjured himself, him and his wife both. If he had been aware of Epstein committing any crimes, I would have turned him in myself, clinton said last week during testimony. Doug Band, a longtime Clinton aide, contradicted a previous statement to Vanity Fair that Clinton had visited Epstein's island. Lawmakers noted, well, what about Virginia? I believe what she said. That's it. That's the whole statement. And she said that she saw Bill Clinton on the island. Do with that as you will. Emails exchanged between Band and Maxwell in the early 2000s included pet names such as Babycakes and Boo Boo, the Epstein files have revealed. Band reportedly said he had taken steps to take Clinton out of Maxwell and Epstein's orbit. The former Prince, Andrew and Trump, whose names appear in the file thousands of times, should also appear before the committee, survivors have said. Following closed door meetings with survivors in June, Comer has said he will also call Alan Dershowitz to testify. Look, everybody should be called in and everybody should be sworn in. None of this should be on a voluntary basis. That should have never even been an option, but unfortunately it was. And when you're dealing with something like this that's been buried in secrecy, it makes people wonder. And I think people are right to wonder. Because if you want to be trusted, you have to be trustworthy. And this committee is anything but. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.
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