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Major developments this morning as the Trump administration is launching one of its greatest First Amendment attacks to date, subpoenaing journalists who are looking into the President's Qatari Air Force One jet, trying to silence journalists ahead of critical Epstein hearings next week, all while Iran is vowing revenge against the assassination that the United States conducted on the late Ayatollah in Iran. Trump is fearful of his own life and Iran is vowing to avenge the death of the late Ayatollah. It all comes amid the major Epstein hearings next week regarding Todd Blanche. And I speak with an Epstein survivor Today, Laura Blum McGee from Arkansas, about the hearing, about the silencing and more. Make sure to like comment, Share get the word out because people need to see this and if you can subscribe to my substack link below to support my work even on a Saturday, we're working around the clock and I told you I will never stop talking about the Epstein files and so I will never stop. I promise you. I want to begin and tell you what happened in the dead of night as Donald Trump is fearful of his own life and making plans for his possible death in the event Iran assassinates him. The Trump administration quietly issued subpoenas on several journalists in the New York Times after the outlet reported security concerns involving Donald Trump's new Qatari donated Air Force One jet. The subpoenas, which seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday, are an extraordinary escalation in Trump's efforts to threaten and intimidate news organizations. Federal agents even showed up at reporters homes. The New York Times in a statement writes, our journalists report the facts and advance the American public's right to know how their government is operating and their taxpayer dollars are being used. This brazen attack should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs. And it comes ahead of critical Epstein related hearings regarding Todd Blanche's nomination next week where the DOJ and the Trump administration is actively silencing anyone, anyone within the government who wants to help the New Mexico attorney general pursue criminal charges and a criminal investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch. That is the only criminal investigation currently ongoing in the United States of America. And as it currently stands, the administration, the DOJ is actively impeding it. And I talked to Laura about that. Now I do want to tell you that at the same time we have this whole assassination back and forth happening and overnight Trump said that 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow should the Iranian government act on its threat pronounced in many corners of the globe to assassinate or attempt to assassinate the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME. Orders have already been given and the US Military is ready, willing and able for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran. Praise be to Allah. What's interesting to me about the statement from the President is not just in the event of an assassination, it's in the event of an attempt to assassinate Trump. And he could theoretically claim that anything is an attempt on his own life and therefore launch thousands of missiles at Iran over a year long period in an effort to try to destroy all areas of Iran. And while Iran is not bowing down, the new Ayatollah Khamenei, whose father and family were killed in U.S. airstrikes, put this statement out today to our martyred leader. I say we pledge that we will avenge your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of those two wars from the criminal disgrace murders. This revenge is the demand of our nation and it will be certainly be carried out. These criminals, whose names are known from top to bottom, will carry to their graves the unfulfilled hope of a peaceful death in their own beds. They must know that this matter does not depend on my presence or that of any other officials. Whether we are here or not, this will be accomplished and soon individuals from among the freedom loving people across the world will each carry out a point part of this divine mission. So the new Mujtaba Khamenei, the new Ayatollah, is pledging to avenge the death of the late Ayatollah and is vowing revenge against the President of the United States and against American officials. And it comes, like I said, ahead of a critical week for the Epstein files. And it's something we need to keep talking about, which is why this morning I had the opportunity to speak with Laura Blum McGee, an Epstein survivor, about what has happened and, and what's to come. Make sure to like, comment, share and if you can subscribe to my substack link below, here's my conversation with Laura. I am so excited and truly honored today to be joined by Laura Blue McGee, who is an Epstein survivor. Laura, it is so great to be here with you. I really just want to get started. For those of you, for those who out there who don't know who you are, could you tell a little Bit more about your story and who you are.
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Sure. Thank you. First of all, thank you, Erin, for everything that you are doing for the survivors and to keep the story alive. And we appreciate you. So my name is Lara Blue McGee, like Aaron said. And I was a model many, many, many moons ago in New York City. And my dream since I can remember was to be a Victoria's Secret model. And I was in New York modeling and with an agency at the time. And I was introduced to Epstein. I was introduced to him on the. The realm of. He's very close to the owner of Victoria's Secret. And as we know with any industry, it's about who you know. So I met him. And the first time that I met Epstein, it was. It was really a situation where I was very excited. He asked a lot of questions. I don't think that I've had a man other than my father ask me this many questions. He was really interested in my life, my dreams. And again, Victoria's Secret was something that I wanted to model for, really. That was. That was the biggest of my dreams if I was working in the modeling world. So he promised me a modeling contract. And that's how. That's how the introduction began. The abuse didn't happen the first time I met him. A couple days later, I was called back to his home, and that was the first time that I was abused and raped by Jeffrey Epstein. And at the time, I didn't know this, but everything was being recorded. And when he called me after the abuse a couple days later, after I was already feeling confused and shamed and really just like blaming myself for going there because I wasn't a minor. I've struggled with this for years, but I was a very young woman, and I was alone in New York City. So I. He called me, and me being green and saying, oh, he's calling to apologize. This was a misunderstanding. He called, and he was normalizing the situation, basically saying, I really excited because the footage I have of you is great for Les Wexner to. To see for your casting. And I'm like, what footage? You know, not knowing that there's cameras. But he had recorded the sexual assault and sent it to Les Wexner. Wow.
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Now, correct me if I'm wrong. You also met Ghislaine Maxwell, is that correct?
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Yes. Yes. She made the introduction. I met her in. During Fashion Week in New York City
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and Bryant park now.
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And she was a big part of
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the recruitment and grooming taking us now, years later, we're now 200 days after the Epstein files deadline was supposed was passed and the files were supposed to be released and we still don't have justice or accountability or any of that. How do you feel in this moment today?
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You know, it opens up so many wounds because we've not been heard for years and now we're trying to be silenced and the same government that's trying to, that should be protecting us is not. They're protecting the perpetrators. So it's opening all of these wounds and it's very hurtful to all of the survivors. We are holding on to hope that there's going to be accountability at some point. But right now under this current administration, I don't see it happening.
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Well, you talk about the current administration and one, the person leading the charge behind all of that is Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch. How do you feel seeing him being nominated to be the Attorney General of the United States, knowing his role in all of this?
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I feel like he's unfit, he's unfit to be our Attorney General. He, in a healthier political climate, I don't think we would ever see a former attorney for the President, a personal attorney for the President, the be in charge of the DOJ and then to protect, you know, the President's enemies, it's, he's unfit for the job. He's not, he's not someone that is going to protect the survivors American people and do what's right.
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He says that he has had an open door policy to you all, to the survivors, to your attorneys. Is that true?
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It is not. We've, we've asked for, we've heard that many times, Aaron. We've asked for meetings over and over again and that is an untrue statement.
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Now ahead of Todd Blanche's confirmation, what do you want the world to know about where you stand on Blanche and what the people should know, what senators should know when they're considering his nomination next week?
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Well, I have a lot of questions. One of my main questions is about Ghislaine Maxwell, specifically because of all the young women that she recruited and abused and groomed. And I, I feel like without her the majority of the abuse would not have occurred. She enabled it. And because she's a woman, that manipulation it was, it was easier for her to make introductions and to meet people because we trusted her. And so the fact that he has already met with her and moved her to a lower security prison, that's gut wrenching to us because there's a chance, a possibility that she could get out. And that's also still very scary to many of us.
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Now, before she was moved, were you notified, Were you told as a survivor?
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No, we weren't told anything.
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Were you told or notified ahead of even his meeting with Maxwell?
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No, we were not told.
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Now, knowing that she could get out, I mean, I think she's in her 70s and she has about a decade left on her sentence. But with good time, anything's possible. In the federal system and with the Trump administration, anything's possible.
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Right.
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How does that make you feel?
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That's not a good feeling. She can't get out. If, if, if she gets out. This administration is saying that we are protecting perpet perpetrators, child molesters. It's, it's, it's, it's not possible. It would, it would be, it would be so gut wrenching and hurtful to so many survivors and not just, you know, not just Epstein survivors, but survivors were lied. It says that our stories don't matter.
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Now. I see the shirt you're wearing. It has redactions on it. Do you feel as though the Justice Department has released all of the files as it relates to you in your case?
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No. So, so as I was mentioning before that everything was recorded in the house in the town home in New York City. We know that there are videos. Those videos have not. I have not seen the videos and they haven't been released, obviously, you know, redacted. But, but those videos are out there of the abuse and that's, those are crimes that are being committed and that's evidence. So, yeah, there's about 3 million files that have not been released, and we want all of those files released.
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And have they even given those videos to you, maybe behind the scenes, not released publicly, or said, hey, maybe come in, you can take a look at some of the files that we won't release publicly?
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No, we've requested them. And word of mine, nothing.
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I do want to briefly ask you about Zorro Ranch and the news that came out this week is that the New Mexico Attorney General's having a criminal investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch. He's accusing the administration of, of impeding the investigation, hearing that the DOJ will not give them even unredacted files. What does that tell you?
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I mean, they're continuing to break the law over and over again. And, you know, right now everybody has a choice of being on the right side of history, and people are making their choices. Are you going to be on, you know, the right side or the wrong side? Because eventually this is all going to
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come to a head Now, Laura, I want to ask you a question that oftentimes I see online and I think it's an unfair question, but I want to get your thoughts on it. The people say, how come you, as a survivor, don't come out and start naming names? What do you say to that?
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Thank you for asking that because that's in our comment section over and over and over again. So the names are in the files. The government has the names. We've been going to the FBI and I say we collectively are survivor sisters. Since 1996, we've met with the FBI, we've met with local law enforcement, and so the names have been given. I do not feel like it's our responsibility as survivors to have to name names and worry about death threats, being sued, all the things that may come with it. We have families now, and it's, it's not worth it. It's the government's job to do their job and to protect us and prosecute. Well, because if you investigate and prosecute.
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Yes, right. And I think that makes a lot of sense because if you released names and someone sues you for defamation, the government's not going to be protecting you. They're not going to be hiring lawyers for you. Right. You're on your own.
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Yes. And we've given them evidence. They have evidence. It's. They're just not doing, they're not moving. They're not doing anything with what we've given them. So thank you for asking that because it's in our comments sect over and over again. And, and I, I hope people understand that. But unless you're in this situation, because it does sound easy, why don't we just say all of the names? It's not very safe for us to.
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Now, before I let you go, I also, I just want to give you the floor a bit because I think a lot of people are also generally getting tired of saying, well, I want the files released, I want them out. I'm pushing this narrative. Nothing is happening. But I want to hear it from you and your survivor sisters who have been doing this now for decades, not for 200 days like many Americans, but rather for decades. Why is the continued push important?
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The continued push is important because all I'll say, I don't know if it's all, because I'm sure there's other evidence, but there's a lot of evidence of crimes in those files and there's perpetrators that are still walking free all over. And we, we want accountability, and the American people should want accountability as well,
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Laura, thanks so much.
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Thank you so much.