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The Epstein Chronicles
The Epstein Files Were Released—The Truth Was Not
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The Justice Department’s latest release of Epstein-related files has only reinforced suspicions that transparency is being managed, not delivered. While the DOJ claims it complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act by publishing more than three...
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what's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. I don't think there is any doubt at this point that there is a cover up underway and that we're only getting a portion of what the law requires the government to turn over. And even though they just released 3 million files, there's a lot that has been left on the table. And if the DOJ thinks this is going away and that people are just going to shrug their shoulders and say, you know what, maybe next time they're crazy because that's not going to happen. And I've never seen people more fired up ever about this subject. And I'm talking about people from all walks of life, people that are Gen Z all the way up to my 93 year old grandmother. So if the DOJ is waiting for everybody to get tired of this, to get exhausted, to get frustrated, and to move on, they're making a big mistake. And I think that people that work at the DOJ right now have to understand that they're not always going to be in power. And at some point there's going to be a reckoning. There's going to be inquiries, and hopefully there's going to be a special investigator because that's what's needed. We need a special prosecutor to come in and have the power to really get things done, to investigate it the proper way, because the DOJ has been given ample time and plenty of space to do the right thing and they failed every step of the way. So is it any shock that the Epstein Dump has failed to quell the outrage. Today's article is from the Guardian and the headline new Epstein files failed to quell outrage as advocates claim documents are being withheld. Well, that's not just a claim. It's a fact 100 fact that documents are being withheld. And it's also a fact that unfortunately there's not much that we can do about it. That's why it's important that we keep the heat on and we make sure that our elected officials understand and that this topic, this problem, isn't going away and that until they deal with it, it's going to be like an albatross hanging around their neck. This article was authored by Victoria Be Kempis. The release of about 3 million Jeffrey Epstein investigative files has failed to quell outrage over Justice Department officials handling of the disclosures, with advocates claiming potentially millions of documents are still being withheld. Yeah, that's not a claim, that's a fact 100 effect. And they're going to rely on the ass protections they have of saying that it's an ongoing investigation or it's confidential due to national security or whatever other BS they can come up with. And that's why at the time of the law being drawn up, I said that it should have some kind of function that holds people accountable if they're not in compliance with what the law says, because we all knew the DOJ was going to play games. They're going to do whatever they want because they know that nobody's going to hold them accountable. Donald Trump's Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files by December 19th under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. While the Justice Department did release some documents on on that date, last week's disclosure came nearly six weeks after the deadline. And it's wild that the Justice Department of all institutions treats a deadline like it's not mandatory. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch, who served as Trump's criminal defense lawyer, told reporters last week that this disclosure marked the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and and compliance with the act. Literally neither of those things occurred. There's been no real transparency and you missed the deadline. What are you even talking about right now, baby? Billy Blanche, has there ever been a bigger in his position, I mean, he might be the worst deputy Attorney general in the history of this country, and that's saying something. After submitting the final report to Congress as required under the actual and publishing the written justification for redactions in Federal Register, the department's obligations under the act will be completed, blanche said. In other words, you're getting nothing else. In other words, nobody's going to prison, nothing's going to happen, and we just got to deal with the fact that the curtain's been open now, you've been given a look in the room, but there's nothing you can do about it. Do they really think that things are ever going to go back to the way they were? Do they think that this is just going to go away and people are going to forget? Nobody trusts the institutions and certainly nobody trusts the doj. And unfortunately for them, it's all their own fault. And the craziest thing is instead of trying to fix the problem, they just keep doubling down. They just keep making things worse. Usually when you find yourself in a hole, you stop digging. But not the Justice Department. No, instead they accelerated the process. He also said that while the Justice Department had found more than 6 million pages being identified as potentially responsive, that was because we erred on the side of over collection of materials from various sources to best ensure maximum transparency. He's literally lying again, and I'm getting real tired of baby Billy Blanche lying to me. If this guy is qualified to be the deputy attorney general, then I'm qualified to fly one of those new Stealth bombers. The missed deadline and up to 3 million files that remain unreleased have prompted criticism and calls for further disclosure to answer how Epstein sexually abused girls with impunity for decades and landed a sweetheart plea deal about 20 years ago that allowed him to avoid federal prosecution. And nobody's asking for too much here. People are asking for basic answers. And you know what? If you idiots would have done your job in the first place, we wouldn't even be here. Epstein would have been behind bars in 2008 for decades and you would have saved all those girls who came after the abuse. But no, instead, Jeffrey Epstein of all people had to get the sweetheart deal of a lifetime. But sure, we need no explanation about how that occurred. The government continues to avoid accountability and has argued that they are not responsible for Epstein's abuse of hundreds of victims, said Jennifer Plotkin of Merson Law, which represents more than 30 victims. The release of the files proves the government failed the victims over and over again. There needs to be a class action suit like there was with Larry Nassar. That has to happen because the government refuses to do the right thing. They're not going to hold anybody accountable and they're going to continue to try and make it out like there is nothing that can happen here like there's no ramifications for the people who are involved in this. And I say that's every single person who was involved in the npa, from the state level to the federal level should be held accountable. And if it's found that you did anything untowards, you should have your pension ripped from you. And if there's some kind of indictment that you can be hit with, then that should happen too. But the big problem here is there was never a real investigation, and that's why we keep coming back to where we are. You can't push something under the rug for decades, and then when it's exposed, say, hey, you know, this is old. We don't need to worry about this. Nah, we do. And you should have been worried about it while it was happening When Maintaining
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Epstein Chronicles Host
a woman's rights attorney and founder of law firm McAllister Oliviaris, said the disclosures have not lifted the veil on Epstein's ongoing evasion of justice until his 2019 prosecution. We have plenty of files on Epstein's depravity. What we're missing are the files on his immunity, she said. The question isn't just who was on Epstein's plane, but who made the phone call that stopped the 2007 investigation. Bingo. That's the real question. Don't get caught up on the salaciousness. I've told you that a million times. That's a side quest. The biggest issue here is the systemic corruption and the systemic protection that he's had for decades. That infrastructure needs to be dismantled and the people that were involved, they need to be held accountable. A disclosure is not complete if it tells us something about the criminal, but but nothing about the Shield. Olivias also pointed to the dramatic difference between how many documents were identified as possibly pertinent versus how many were published. The DOJ initially identified over 6 million pages of interest, yet we have seen roughly half of that they claim. The rest are duplicates or non responsive, oliviera said. As an attorney, OH has spent my career fighting for transparency in cases of systemic abuse. I'm suspicious of this because the determination of what is responsive is made by the party holding the documents. It's ripe for tactical misuse. And then we get back to the trust issue. Do you trust Pam Bondi? Do you trust Todd Blanch? Do you trust Cash Patel? Do you trust Donald Trump? I most certainly don't. So I'm not giving you the benefit of the doubt. You haven't earned it. In fact, you've earned the opposite. I distrust everything you have to say because you've proven yourselves to be liars time and time again. And unfortunately, that trend is not only continuing here, it accelerates. News website Radar Online, which filed a lawsuit more than eight years ago after the FBI failed to disclose Epstein files under an April 2017 public records FOIA request, also said last week's disclosure was insufficient. In addition to the many questionable redactions the public has identified, the DOJ has acknowledged that millions of Epstein's records were fully withheld. A spokesperson for Radar said, we have asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to to send our FOIA case back to the District Court so we can directly challenge any efforts to undermine transparency. Well, good for them, and kudos to Radar for taking the fight to the doj. Jennifer Freeman, the Marsh Law Firm attorney representing Maria Farmer, has said these disclosures have been a mess from the start, filled with missed deadlines and ham fisted redactions while exposing the identities of of survivors. And there's no doubt that that's happening. I've pointed that out numerous times now they really missed the boat. If the job was to get redactions, right, boy, they up. This fight isn't over. We won't allow the federal government to simply dump a couple million documents, wash their hands of one of the largest law enforcement failures in US History, freeman said. At this point we have more questions than then answers. Where's the rest of Maria Farmer's FBI file? Where are the records of complaints that so many other women made to the FBI and how the FBI investigated those complaints? And why is the DOJ hiding the names of perpetrators while exposing survivors? Top Democrats, meanwhile, have slammed the handling of these files as Blanche doubled down on the Justice Department's work with him, telling ABC News on Sunday, this review is over. Imagine, imagine having the audacity to look the American people in the face and tell us that we're witnessing a full blown cover up, congressman Jamie Raskin, the Maryland Democrat, said on CNN's State of the Union. And yo, I really don't like to agree with Jamie Raskin, but he's not wrong. He's telling the truth. This is a cover up. I called it out the day it started and will continue to call it out until it ends. They've said there are 6 million potentially responsive documents there. They only released 3 million with more than 10,000 redactions. What about the other 3 million files? Said Raskin, who's a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. We're just getting the dribs and drabs of, of information coming out, the stuff they want us to see. The Guardian contacted the DOJ for a comment about criticism. A DOJ official said in an email, this is a tired narrative. Just because you wish something to be true doesn't mean it is. The department produced more than three and a half million pages in compliance with the law and has disclosed to the public and to Congress what items were not responsive in in accordance with the act. They're so confrontational with everything they do, whether it's ICE operations or whether it's talking to the American public like this that needs to end. They need to understand they work for us. Not for maga, not for Donald Trump, for the American people as a whole. And it's going to be very interesting to watch all this hubris turn into fear when the reckoning comes. Because I'm telling you right now, there's gonna be questions that need to be answered. And if the Republicans lose the House and Senate during midterms, yo, it's gonna be a maelstrom. And guess what? I'M here for it. The official also said, I assume all members of Congress read the actual language before voting on it, but if not, our press release and letter to Congress clearly spells this out. So in other words, what they're saying is you, you didn't put any kind of teeth in the law, so we're not going to follow the law, and then we'll throw the law back in your face. That's what they're saying, and they're saying it with impunity. They really believe that this is the end of it, that they're not going to have to answer any more questions about Epstein and their failure to comply with the law. But they're making a big mistake because nobody's buying their nonsense, and we're certainly not moving on. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.