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Political Commentator
Panicking right now as the release of the Epstein files is reverberating throughout Washington, D.C. and now we've learned from Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, that in the unredacted files, which have not been released yet by the Trump regime, there's millions of more files that haven't been released. Donald Trump's name appears over 1 million times. That's not hyperbolic. From the redacted files that have been produced, Trump's name appears 38,000 times. In the other batch, it is 1 million times. Just think about the sheer number right there. So how are they reacting in the White House right now? Well, there was a press conference that was held moments ago. Donald Trump's chief propagandist, Caroline Levitt, does what propagandists do. They're going to propaganda. Here's what she does. When she's asked by a reporter, is Trump going to rule out a pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell? She goes, I don't even really want to talk about that. We're not even thinking about that right now. So you can't just say, no, that he's not going to pardon a convicted child sex trafficker. Play the clip.
White House Press Secretary
And if they don't want to, that's their loss. Ghislaine Maxwell, is the president going to rule out a pardon for her? In her testimony deposition yesterday, her legal team seemed to be making a case again for a pardon from the President. Again, this is not something I've discussed with the President recently because, frankly, it's not a priority. He's focused on many of the issues that the American people are dealing with and providing solutions to those issues. So I haven't spoken with him recently. Last time we did speak about it, you said it's not something he's considering or thinking about.
Political Commentator
And then a reporter asked Caroline Levitt, what do you think about Lutnick lying, that he never spoke with Epstein since 2005? And, and it was just one time. And now we know that he visited the island with his children where the sex trafficking took place. Listen to what Caroline Levitt says. Play this clip.
White House Press Secretary
Caroline, Secretary Litnick today was testifying on the Hill, and he said that he had visited Epstein's island in 2012 with his wife and children. And that's after he said that he had cut ties with Epstein. And Justice Department documents show that he was in contact with Epstein through 2018 over messages. So does the White House stand behind Secretary Lutnick right now, or given what he has said today, has there been any shift in how the White House is viewing Secretary Lutnick's performance. No, Secretary Lutnick remains a very important member of President Trump's team and the president fully supports the secretary. I will just point out that there are a lot of wins in the news this week that people in this room have not asked about because you continue to ask questions about the same subject. So let me point them out for you.
Political Commentator
Next, another reporter asks Caroline Levitt. Donald Trump had previously stated that he had no knowledge at all that Epstein was having sex with under, was raping underage girls, that he had no knowledge of what was taking place. He wasn't aware of anything that Epstein was doing. But now there are police reports where Donald Trump was saying back in 2006 that he was aware and that Delane's an evil person. So then why, if that was the case, would he be moving Elaine to a Club Fed in Texas? And why is he? What is going on? Caroline Levitt, can you explain that? Cuz it seems to just be more lies from this dastardly regime here. Play this clip several days again regarding.
Interviewer/Reporter
A separate topic in the Epstein files. According to newly release files, the president had a conversation with the Palm beach police chief in the early 2000s. According to the police chief in 2019. The president has gone on record before and he's told reporters that he said that Jeffrey Epstein, he had no idea about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes during this conversation with the police chief. However, he did say, according to this recounting of it, that thank goodness you're stopping him. He also called Ghislaine Maxwell evil. My two questions are did that conversation with the Palm beach police chief happen? And can you explain explain the discrepancy?
White House Press Secretary
What I will say is that the president has always remained consistent and that he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club at Mar a Lago because frankly, Jeffrey Epstein was a creep. And unlike many other people who are named in these files, President Trump cut off his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and was honest and transparent about that for years and years. And so I think what the President has said all along has always remained true. And the release of more than 3 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and his heinous, disgusting crimes just shows the level of transparency that this president and administration has committed to in bringing these files to light.
Interviewer/Reporter
But did he call the chief of 2006, Caroline, did he call the chief?
White House Press Secretary
Look, it was a phone call that may or may not have happened in 2006. I don't know the answer to that question. What I'M telling you, is that what President Trump has always said is that he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his Mar A Lago club because Jeffrey Epstein was a creep. And that remains true in this call. It, if it did happen, corroborates exactly what President Trump has said from the beginning. And I'm sure many of you, when you read that, that alleged FBI report, probably thought to yourself, wow, this really cracks our narrative that we've been trying to push about this president for many years. So we're moving on from that. Reagan.
Political Commentator
And then next you have Caroline Levitt asked questions about another topic. So the Governor's association conference set to take place and now it has to be canceled because Donald Trump has not invited any Democratic governors. This is normally a bipartisan event, and now he's saying only Republican governors can show up. Let's play this clip.
White House Press Secretary
Sure. Tamara, thank you. The National Governors association is removing a meeting with President Trump from his agenda because only Republicans were invited. Is the White House reconsidering inviting Democrats, or do you think Republicans are still.
Political Commentator
Going to show up?
White House Press Secretary
Like, where does that stand now? No, look, I just spoke with the president about this. It is a dinner at the White House. It's the People's House. It's also the president's home. And so he can invite whomever he wants to dinners and events here at the White House. I believe Governor Moore was invited last year and he did not show up to the dinner last year. Nobody reported on it. But again, the president has the discretion to invite whomever he wants to the White House and he welcomes all those who received an invitation to come. And if they don't want to, that's their loss.
Political Commentator
And again, you can call it the People's House, but it's now become the Pedo House, or that's what it's been since Donald Trump moved in. The heart of the cabal is right there in the Oval. That's the core of where the predators fester. More from this disastrous press conference. A reporter asked Caroline Levitt about Trump threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Ontario. What do you make of that, Caroline? Here, play this clip.
White House Press Secretary
John.
Interviewer/Reporter
Thanks a lot, Caroline. Yesterday, the president on social media threatened to block the new Gordie Howe Bridge, which would connect Detroit to Canada. This is a bridge that was fully paid for by Canada. It used American labor to construct it. It used American steel to construct that bridge. The president in 2017 was actually in favor of this bridge, part of a joint statement that he put out when he met with The Canadian Prime Minister. Why has the President changed his mind as it relates to this bridge?
White House Press Secretary
I think the President was very clear and direct in his truth, John. But just to reiterate, the fact that Canada will control what crosses the Gordie Howe Bridge and owns the land on both sides is unacceptable to the President. It's also unacceptable that more of this bridge isn't being built with more American made materials, even more so than what President Barack Obama committed to with the Canadians at the time at the start of the project. He also believes that the US should own at least half of the bridge, have shared authority over what passes across it, and participate in the economic benefits generated by its use. This is just another example of President Trump putting America's interests first. And so he made that very clear in his call with Prime Minister Carney earlier today.
Political Commentator
You better come correct with the facts because Canada paid for the entire bridge. It's actually partially owned by Michigan as well as Canada. And this is important to the economic development both for Michigan and Canada. So what, what, what do you make of that? Caroline Levitt? And then Caroline Levitt is asked, can you explain why Donald Trump is asking Schumer to rename Dulles Airport and Penn Station after Trump in order to get money to fund critical infrastructure projects where thousands of New Yorkers are now losing their jobs. And this will cost New York and New Jersey and the Tri State area billions of dollars in economic damages because of what Trump's doing. Play this clip.
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Interviewer/Reporter
Station in Dulles Air Airport after himself? Why is he interested in having his name on those two buildings? And why are the Gateway Tunnel funds the proper point of pressure to get that to happen?
White House Press Secretary
To your first question about the renaming, why not? It was something the President floated in his conversation with Chuck Schumer. As for the funding, the President has addressed that separately.
Political Commentator
It's all a game to them. This is what the Epstein class does. This is the Epstein class versus the rest of everybody else in the United States. They're predators and we're seeing their behaving as such right here. The Epstein class.
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Political Commentator
A reporter asks about Pence JD Vance Pence JD Vance deleting posts post JD Vance Pence JD Vance deleting posts where he called what took place in Armenia a Armenian genocide, which is what it was. And then JD Vance posted he's visiting Armenia. He went to the genocide memorial and then Turkey told Donald Trump to take it down. So JD Vance took it down because the Trump regime doesn't view it as a genocide. Okay, so this also follows Donald Trump posting photos of former President Obama and Michelle Obama with their faces photoshopped on apes and then taking that down and they just blame this all on staffers. So do you have a posting problem in the White House? Carolina? If you think they have a. Of course they have a posting problem. They're maniacs. And by the way, in Trump's post with Canada, he said that China is going to take away ice hockey. It's like we just accept that this guy makes psychopathic posts every day. Anyway, play this clip himself.
White House Press Secretary
Danny, thanks.
Interviewer/Reporter
Today the vice President's account posted and then deleted a tweet about the Armenian genocide. And then last week, President Trump's Truth Social account posted and then deleted a racist video about the Obamas. And the White House again blamed that on staffer. I wanted to ask you a, does the White House have a social media problem? Do you have an auto posting problem that's leading to these mistakes?
White House Press Secretary
No. As for the Armenian tweet that you're referring to, I would just refer you back to the White House's message that was issued on Armenian Remembrance Day and there's been no change of policy at this time. Mary. Thanks, Caroline.
Political Commentator
When Caroline Levitt then says beef prices are coming down, that's, that's not true. And this is why she's going to screw over American farmers and now start drastically importing from Argentina. Farmers play this clip.
White House Press Secretary
So some Republican lawmakers from Nebraska have said they're worried that the Argentinean beef executive order will sideline some American ranchers. How will Trump administration make sure prices go down for consumers without harming those ranchers? Of course. Well, both things can happen at the same time. That's the President's belief. He wants to see prices come down. In fact, I just overheard him on the phone with Secretary Rollins. They were talking about something different, but he's always saying we got to make sure that prices continue to come down. As you know, Secretary Rollins successfully did that with respect to ice egg prices. Cattle, beef prices are coming down slightly and the president wants to see that continue. He believes that a minor import to the country with cattle might be a short term solution with respect to bringing down prices. But of course, protecting our American cattle and rancher industry is a priority for the President and he's in touch with those stakeholders. We've had them here at the White House a few times in the, in recent months to discuss this issue directly.
Political Commentator
John, she does it with such a smug Epstein class face. Right? That's like, called the Epstein class face. Right? It's her. Treasury Secretary Besson.
Interviewer/Reporter
Okay, okay.
Political Commentator
Howard Lutnick, the Epstein class face. Speaking of, Peter Navarro went on State Regime Media before as well. He goes, we're going to get. He does this thing with his hands, too. We're going to get really bad job reports, but they're really good. They're bad in a good way. The new reality is we're just going to do 50,000 jobs. That's what we're doing. That's the new reality. Because of immigrants. The hell are you talking about? Here, play this clip.
Interviewer/Reporter
One thing I want to note. The jobs report is going to come out tomorrow. Yeah. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like. When we were letting in 2 million illegal aliens. Just they're coming in. Coming. We had to produce 200,000 jobs a month for Steady State. And by the way, all of the jobs that we were creating in Biden years were going to illegals. Americans were going to the unemployment lines. That's totally reversed. And now 50,000amonth is going to be more like what we need. So Wall street, when this stuff comes out, they can't. They can't rain on that parade. They have to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals. That's a good.
Political Commentator
And then you have MAGA Mike Johnson running away when he's asked about Howard Lutnick now admitting that he went on Epstein's island with his little children after knowing Epstein was a grotesque sex trafficker. And MAGA Mike's like, it's okay, man. That's just what we do. That's what we do here now in the Republican Party. Pro sex trafficking. That's your agenda. Okay. There are a bunch of sickos here. Play this clip.
Interviewer/Reporter
Mr. Speaker, in. Howard Lutnick had said that he had cut up ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2005. And the documents that came out contradict that. Democrats and Thomas Massey say he should resign. Do you think that Howard Lutnick should resign? Of course not. It's absurd. Howard Lutnick is a. A great Commerce Secretary. He's done an extraordinary job for the country. And Thomas Massey should stop playing political games. Do you have any concerns about Ludnick's ties with. I don't know anything about that. I know Howard as an individual and I trust his word on it. I mean, I don't know of the timing and all that. I'm not sure you have to ask.
Political Commentator
Others at least in the New York Times every front page stories on Epstein right now. Look at this Epstein. Epstein has at least seven or eight stories on Epstein. That's good. So what they should be focused on? They should be focused. They should be focused on the truth. There you have it. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million. Thanks for watching.
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Episode: Trump Panics after Shock Finding in Unredacted Files
Date: February 11, 2026
In this high-energy episode, the Meiselas brothers dive into the aftermath of the latest “Epstein files” revelations and their political reverberations across the Trump White House. Ben, Brett, and Jordy dissect key moments from a chaotic press conference with Trump’s Press Secretary, Caroline Levitt, and give their unsparing analysis of the administration’s scramble to contain the fallout—including a series of evasions, contradictions, and political stunts affecting everything from pardons and economic policy to bipartisan traditions. Their signature mix of brotherly banter, dark humor, and hard-hitting commentary keeps the episode sharp and engaging.
[02:33 – 03:50]
“Donald Trump’s name appears over 1 million times. That’s not hyperbolic.”
— Political Commentator [02:34]
“This is not something I’ve discussed with the President recently because, frankly, it’s not a priority.”
— Caroline Levitt, White House Press Secretary [03:50]
[04:22 – 05:29]
“Secretary Lutnick remains a very important member of President Trump’s team and the president fully supports the secretary.”
— Levitt [04:43]
[05:29 – 08:13]
“What I’m telling you, is that...he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out...because Jeffrey Epstein was a creep. And that remains true… If [the call] did happen, [it] corroborates exactly what President Trump has said from the beginning.”
— Levitt [07:38]
[08:13 – 09:22]
[09:22 – 12:28]
“Why not? It was something the President floated...As for the funding, the President has addressed that separately.”
— Levitt [12:18]
[14:53 – 16:26]
“Do you have a posting problem in the White House? Of course they have a posting problem. They’re maniacs.”
— Political Commentator [14:53]
[16:40 – 18:03]
[18:03 – 19:16]
[19:16 – 20:13]
“Howard Lutnick is a...great Commerce Secretary. He’s done an extraordinary job for the country.”
— Mike Johnson [19:40]
[20:13 – 20:31]
“Donald Trump’s name appears over 1 million times.”
— Political Commentator, [02:34]
“It’s not a priority.”
— Caroline Levitt, [03:50]
“This is just another example of President Trump putting America’s interests first…”
— Caroline Levitt, [10:26]
“Why not? It was something the President floated…”
— Caroline Levitt, [12:18]
“Do you have a posting problem in the White House? Of course they have a posting problem. They’re maniacs.”
— Political Commentator, [14:53]
This episode offers a rapid-fire, highly critical overview of the Trump White House’s fraught response to mounting revelations from the Epstein files. The Meiselas brothers spotlight evasions and contradictions from administration officials, connect these to broader issues of corruption and accountability, and juxtapose serious allegations with the White House’s penchant for diversion, spectacle, and self-promotion. The hosts’ edgy commentary and memorable one-liners make for an engaging and illuminating listen, particularly for those following ongoing investigations into political and personal misconduct at the highest levels.