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<v Speaker 1>Look, I can't get over the fact that Jeffrey Epstein's

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<v Speaker 1>videotape is missing. How did it get deleted? Why is

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<v Speaker 1>it deleted? Who deleted it? And who was in charge

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<v Speaker 1>of the chain of command? These are questions that the

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<v Speaker 1>media is not asking. These are questions that need to

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<v Speaker 1>be asked. How in the world does something like this

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<v Speaker 1>happen with such a high profile inmate? You understand that

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<v Speaker 1>Things happen in prison. We all get that. We know

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<v Speaker 1>that prison's a dangerous place. We understand that it's even

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<v Speaker 1>more dangerous for people like Jeffrey Epstein. To remedy that situation,

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<v Speaker 1>the government had him put away in his own wing, basically.

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<v Speaker 1>But yet, in their great infinite wisdom, they put him

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<v Speaker 1>in a jail cell with Nicholas Tartaglione, a big, gigantic man...

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<v Speaker 1>who was being charged with three homicides in connection to

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<v Speaker 1>a drug deal gone bad. And somebody, in their infinite wisdom,

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<v Speaker 1>thought that it would be a good idea to put

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey Epstein in the cell with this guy. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you wonder... Did Jeffrey Epstein really try to kill himself

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<v Speaker 1>that first time? According to everybody that knows Jeffrey Epstein,

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<v Speaker 1>that was talking to him and around him, said that

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<v Speaker 1>he was upbeat, ready to fight the case, thinking that

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<v Speaker 1>he might get another plea deal. Nobody said he was suicidal.

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<v Speaker 1>All of a sudden, he's in the cell with Tartaglione.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets attacked or he tries to attempt suicide. He

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<v Speaker 1>says he was attacked. We don't know. Nobody's come forward

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<v Speaker 1>and told us the truth. And now, all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>when that video is supposed to be provided, the video

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<v Speaker 1>of that attempt, that alleged attempt, and what happened in

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<v Speaker 1>that cell is gone. Now, how can anyone trust what

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<v Speaker 1>the government has to say when we see everything that

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<v Speaker 1>we have seen in this case? The government has done

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<v Speaker 1>nothing but lie and obfuscate the whole entire time. And

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<v Speaker 1>I honestly believe that the reason they charged those two

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<v Speaker 1>guards is simply so that they could have the smoke

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<v Speaker 1>screen and they could have it so that nobody could

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<v Speaker 1>really get any questions in this case because of the

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<v Speaker 1>ongoing investigation. I think it was a calculated move and

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<v Speaker 1>we all know how shrewd they are. We all know

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<v Speaker 1>how the government rolls. So to think that they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>do something like that, well, I think that's a bit naive.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're going to jump into an article tonight from

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<v Speaker 1>the Washington Post, and I think it's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a good one. It's by Cheryl K. Chumley, and the

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<v Speaker 1>headline is, Jeffrey Epstein's demise was not at his own hands.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's very rare we see an outlet like the

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Times dip their toe into those waters, right, saying

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<v Speaker 1>something like that. But in this opinion piece, Cheryl K.

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<v Speaker 1>Chumley looks to do exactly that. So we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>dive right into this article, but first... If you'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to contact me, you can do that at bobbycapucci at protonmail.com.

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<v Speaker 1>That's B-O-B-B-Y-C-A-P-U-C-C-I at protonmail.com. Alright, let's get into the article,

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<v Speaker 1>shall we? Of course Jeffrey Epstein was murdered. And there's

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<v Speaker 1>no reason to whisper around that. It's impossible to conclude otherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>Especially in the face of the latest announcement about the

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<v Speaker 1>final hours of the jailed convicted sex offender's life. That

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<v Speaker 1>video footage of his first suicide attempt had been advertently destroyed.

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<v Speaker 1>It no longer exists, said federal prosecutors. That's just not curious.

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<v Speaker 1>It's beyond the pale, outrageously suspicious. Absolutely 100%. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>the same exact way. There is no way that this

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<v Speaker 1>evidence should not have been preserved. And if it wasn't preserved,

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<v Speaker 1>then everybody who was involved with this evidence, whoever was

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<v Speaker 1>involved in the chain of custody, needs to be arrested

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<v Speaker 1>and needs to be investigated. Because this is egregious, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>This is absolutely unacceptable. That's not just curious. It's beyond

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<v Speaker 1>the pale, outrageously suspicious. Let's just take a look at

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<v Speaker 1>the facts. Epstein was arrested in July on sex trafficking

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<v Speaker 1>charges and jailed at the MCC in New York City.

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<v Speaker 1>That was after a long and wildly horrible life that

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<v Speaker 1>included a guilty plea of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution,

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<v Speaker 1>for which he served time. A plea deal tied to

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<v Speaker 1>sex offense accusations from dozens of females that led to

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<v Speaker 1>his registration as a sex offender. More allegations of sex offenses.

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<v Speaker 1>More reported links to the seedy underbelly of the sex

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<v Speaker 1>trade world. And ultimately, a July 6, 2019 arrest at

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<v Speaker 1>an airport in New Jersey on sex trafficking charges. And,

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<v Speaker 1>oh yes, ties to some of the world's best known,

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<v Speaker 1>most recognized, most powerful faces. And about him getting arrested

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<v Speaker 1>at the airport, I'm not a fan of that. I

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<v Speaker 1>really wish that they would have kicked in his door

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<v Speaker 1>and they would have perp walked him correctly the way

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<v Speaker 1>they do everybody else. I think they gave him too

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<v Speaker 1>much dignity. Why is there no pictures of Jeffrey Epstein

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<v Speaker 1>getting arrested? Every time there's somebody high profile getting arrested,

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<v Speaker 1>we have pictures of it. We have no pictures of

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey Epstein in the perp walk, do we? I wonder why.

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<v Speaker 1>While they're While there, in jail, on July 25th, Epstein

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<v Speaker 1>reportedly attempted suicide. So jail authorities placed him on suicide watch.

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<v Speaker 1>That meant jail authorities were supposed to watch him, survey him,

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<v Speaker 1>walk by him on a regular basis, just to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that he didn't commit suicide. Weeks later, on August 10th,

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein was found dead in his cell of what authorities

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<v Speaker 1>of the New York City Medical Examiner's Office reported as

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<v Speaker 1>suicide by hanging. Well, we all know how that looks, right?

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<v Speaker 1>We all know that without evidence, nobody is going to

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<v Speaker 1>believe this, okay? Nobody is believing it. Not the penguins

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<v Speaker 1>in Antarctica, not the polar bears in the great Arctic North,

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<v Speaker 1>not the camels in the desert or the fish in

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<v Speaker 1>the sea. Nobody believes it. Except, a forensic pathologist hired

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<v Speaker 1>by Epstein's family said in a 60 Minutes interview that

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<v Speaker 1>physical evidence, i.e. strange fractures in Epstein's neck, indicate murder,

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<v Speaker 1>not suicide. There were fractures of the left, the right

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<v Speaker 1>thyroid cartilage, and the left hyoid bone, said forensic pathologist

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Bodden. I have never seen three fractures like this

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<v Speaker 1>in a suicidal hanging. This guy's been doing this for

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<v Speaker 1>a long time, folks, and he has never seen three

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<v Speaker 1>fractures like this in a suicidal hanging. Going over 1,000

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<v Speaker 1>jail hangings, suicides in the New York City state prisons

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<v Speaker 1>over the past 40 to 50 years, no one, that

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<v Speaker 1>is no one, folks, zero, squat, squangilly, nobody had three fractures.

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<v Speaker 1>Except the attorney for Epstein's cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, a former

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<v Speaker 1>police officer accused of killing four, said he specifically asked

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<v Speaker 1>jail officials to preserve all evidence from the July 23rd

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<v Speaker 1>attempted suicide, alleged attempted suicide, including video, which they didn't. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder why they didn't. They didn't preserve the video

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<v Speaker 1>because they didn't like what was on it. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm working off of, all right? That's my theory. That's

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<v Speaker 1>my hypothesis at this point. And it's up to them

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<v Speaker 1>to prove it differently, all right? The burden is on

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<v Speaker 1>them at this point because all they've done is lie.

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<v Speaker 1>All they've done is obfuscate. All they've done is throw

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<v Speaker 1>up smoke screens. And I'll tell you what, I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 1>tired of it. I am pretty tired of their deception.

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<v Speaker 1>I am pretty tired of their outright lies. And I

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<v Speaker 1>am certainly tired... of Ghislaine Maxwell still walking the streets.

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<v Speaker 1>FBI agents raiding Epstein's homes in Manhattan and the U.S.

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<v Speaker 1>Virgin Islands for evidence of sex offenses and, undoubtedly, trails

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<v Speaker 1>that could implicate others in these crimes, confiscated computers, pictures,

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<v Speaker 1>and computer disks. A vast trove of lewd photographs of

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<v Speaker 1>young-looking girls, including hundreds of meticulously labeled nude pictures, locked

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<v Speaker 1>in a safe, according to federal court documents, as USA

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<v Speaker 1>Today reported it. All right, so are we ever going

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<v Speaker 1>to get to see this stuff? I highly doubt it.

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<v Speaker 1>Hundreds of other people could be implicated in Epstein's offense,

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<v Speaker 1>CNBC wrote. Except the files were sealed, as Courthouse News notes.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't that funny? Isn't it just another coincidence that these

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<v Speaker 1>files were sealed? Why are they sealed? Jeffrey Epstein's dead.

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<v Speaker 1>Unseal these files. Everybody wants to know what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>And while you're at it, you bunch of sick, depraved bastards,

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<v Speaker 1>while you're at it, we want you to unseal the

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<v Speaker 1>congressional files as well to see which one of them

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<v Speaker 1>used money, public money, to pay sexual harassment suits, okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Can we see all of it? Can you get on

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<v Speaker 1>top of that? Or no? One set of rules for them,

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<v Speaker 1>another set of rules for us, folks. The mystery ratchets. Epstein,

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<v Speaker 1>in 2008, received such a curiously light 13-month jail sentence

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<v Speaker 1>that put an end to a federal sex abuse investigation

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<v Speaker 1>into allegations made by 40 or so females that members

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<v Speaker 1>of Congress widened eyes in surprise. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska,

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, he wrote, Jeffrey Epstein is a child rapist,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's not a single mom or dad in America

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<v Speaker 1>who shouldn't be horrified by the fact that he received

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<v Speaker 1>such a pathetically soft sentence. Good for Ben Sasse. Now

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<v Speaker 1>let's see your words go into action, Senator Sasse, okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Because words are wind. We're going to need to see

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<v Speaker 1>some action behind that. Epstein, by any other name, wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have gotten off so lightly. Then we come to this,

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<v Speaker 1>the latest. The surveillance video from outside Epstein's jail cell

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<v Speaker 1>from the day of his first alleged suicide attempt and

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<v Speaker 1>it's and the fact that it's non-existent because authorities inadvertently

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<v Speaker 1>preserve video from the wrong tier and as a result

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<v Speaker 1>video from outside the defendant's cell no longer exists what

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<v Speaker 1>does that even mean how in the hell do you

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<v Speaker 1>preserve video from the wrong tier Okay, that means they

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know what cell he was in. How could you

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<v Speaker 1>be watching him to make sure he doesn't get hurt

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't even know what cell he's in? Another except,

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<v Speaker 1>another hmm moment. There are more curiosities, more improprieties, more

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<v Speaker 1>red flag moments dotting all along the paths of Epstein's

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<v Speaker 1>life and death, including, but not limited to, ABC's Amy

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<v Speaker 1>Robach's hot mic moment released by Project Veritas, in which

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<v Speaker 1>she expressed frustration at the killing of her investigative report

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<v Speaker 1>into Epstein. But here's one that really zings from the

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<v Speaker 1>New York Post just hours after reports that the video

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<v Speaker 1>of Epstein's cell area was erroneously wiped from existence. A

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<v Speaker 1>bit more news. Photos obtained by the Post on Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>show former President Bill Clinton posing aboard Jeffrey Epstein's private jet,

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<v Speaker 1>dubbed the Lolita Express, with the sex fiend's alleged procuress,

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<v Speaker 1>Ghislaine Maxwell, and one of his alleged accusers. Procurus? No,

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<v Speaker 1>how about... mastermind, fellow mastermind, and fellow rapist, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>what Ghislaine Maxwell is. Epstein's been connected to everyone in

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<v Speaker 1>positions of high power from presidents to princes. A pertinent detail? Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>Especially when considered in the light of all the other

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<v Speaker 1>curiosities surrounding his death. For sure. For sure, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to consider his associations. You have to consider who he

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<v Speaker 1>paled around with. And the most important thing to consider, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>is that he was running a blackmail operation where he

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<v Speaker 1>had dossiers and obviously a treasure trove of information on

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<v Speaker 1>all of these people. The fact that Epstein died by

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<v Speaker 1>suicide in his jail cell after a failed first suicide

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<v Speaker 1>after they had placed him on suicide watch doesn't justify logic.

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<v Speaker 1>It strains even the most tortured logic. There's just no

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<v Speaker 1>way this guy died at his own hands. Bravo, Cheryl Chumley. Bravo.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. There is no way that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself,

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<v Speaker 1>not with the evidence that has been presented. I am

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<v Speaker 1>more than willing to be convinced that he did kill himself, however.

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<v Speaker 1>If the evidence points that way. So far, the only

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<v Speaker 1>evidence we have, folks, is evidence that points us directly

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<v Speaker 1>to criminal homicide by strangulation. Look, I'm no examiner, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>no medical examiner, I'm no doctor, okay? But Dr. Bodden is,

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<v Speaker 1>and some of these other doctors that have talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this are, and from what they say, from what they

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<v Speaker 1>have seen, this looks like a murder, not a suicide.

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<v Speaker 1>So the official narrative, let's go ahead and throw that out.

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<v Speaker 1>The government's going to need to do a better job, folks, okay? Mr. Barr,

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of your henchmen, you're going to need to

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<v Speaker 1>right now, we do not believe anything that you're telling us, okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Point blank, period. Folks, I don't know about you, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is just enough to make my head spin. This

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<v Speaker 1>whole entire non-preservation of the video footage is such, such

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<v Speaker 1>but to the victims. It is such a slap in

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<v Speaker 1>the face. And the government should apologize publicly to each

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<v Speaker 1>one of these girls because of this. And I mean that.

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<v Speaker 1>If you'd like to contact me, you can do that

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<v Speaker 1>at bobbycapucci at protonmail.com. That's B-O-B-B-Y-C-A-P-U-C-C-I at protonmail.com. If you

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<v Speaker 1>would like... What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode

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<v Speaker 1>of the Epstein Chronicles. If there's one thing that Americans

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<v Speaker 1>can agree on these days, it's that they don't agree

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<v Speaker 1>a pass when they commit crimes. And according to a

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<v Speaker 1>way things are going. And I think that the only

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<v Speaker 1>place where there's support for the way the administration's handling

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not talking about people with Trump derangement syndrome.

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<v Speaker 1>And those people certainly aren't happy that Donald Trump and

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<v Speaker 1>something that we should exploit. I think that we should

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<v Speaker 1>be working to build a gigantic coalition of people who

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<v Speaker 1>are disgusted by this and who are demanding justice. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it should matter what your political affiliation is.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're disgusted by what's going on, and you're disgusted

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<v Speaker 1>by the lies being told to us by the current administration,

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<v Speaker 1>then welcome to the team. Because at this point, we're

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<v Speaker 1>bullshit and the narratives that are being pitched by the

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<v Speaker 1>White House and their allies. So that signals to me

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<v Speaker 1>that it's time to turn up the heat. And according

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<v Speaker 1>to these poll numbers and according to the eye test,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that we have the numbers on our side.

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<v Speaker 1>And at this point, we might have to think about

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<v Speaker 1>organizing in one way or the other. And that's coming

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<v Speaker 1>from somebody that doesn't even like to collaborate with people.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is not a battle that one person's going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue pushing for full transparency and for justice. And

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<v Speaker 1>anybody who's standing in the way of that obviously has

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of motivation to keep what Jeffrey Epstein was

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<v Speaker 1>up to secret and private. So the question is, what

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<v Speaker 1>is that motivation? Is it money? Is it status? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it you were involved? It can only be one of

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<v Speaker 1>a few things, right? Because most normal people take a

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<v Speaker 1>look at this and they are absolutely disgusted. So today

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<v Speaker 1>we have an article from Reuters and the headline, Americans

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<v Speaker 1>believe Epstein files show the powerful get a pass according

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<v Speaker 1>to a Reuters and Ipsos poll. This article was authored

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<v Speaker 1>by Jason Lang. Americans believe that the wealthy and powerful

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<v Speaker 1>are rarely held accountable according to a new Reuters poll

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<v Speaker 1>found after the release of millions of records on the

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<v Speaker 1>late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's connections in elite U.S. business

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<v Speaker 1>and political circles. I think most people knew this But

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<v Speaker 1>this is a little bit different, right? Because you can

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<v Speaker 1>see it for yourself. It's one thing hearing me blab

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<v Speaker 1>about it for years. It's another thing to see the receipts.

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<v Speaker 1>Because when something is this devious, when people are this evil,

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to wrap your mind around it. I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not like I had some kind of, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>inside track here. I just did the legwork. I've looked

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<v Speaker 1>at all the court documents, I've looked at the testimony,

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<v Speaker 1>and you start putting it together. And when you start

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<v Speaker 1>putting together all the circumstantial evidence, what you have is

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<v Speaker 1>a gigantic case. And that's how every single investigation in

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<v Speaker 1>history has been put together and has been run. But

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<v Speaker 1>you don't see that here. You don't see the circumstantial

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<v Speaker 1>evidence piling up. In fact, what you see is people

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<v Speaker 1>trying to discount that circumstantial evidence and and act like

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<v Speaker 1>it's not a smoking gun. Well, I have news for you.

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<v Speaker 1>There's not going to be a smoking gun, so it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be up to you to put everything together,

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<v Speaker 1>weigh the evidence for what it is, and then decide

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<v Speaker 1>if you believe the allegations that Jeffrey Epstein was a

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<v Speaker 1>human trafficker and somebody that was engaging as a middleman

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<v Speaker 1>and fixer for a lot of powerful people around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you don't want to believe that, that's cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not here to convince anybody of shit. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the evidence speaks for itself. And I see all these

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<v Speaker 1>people out here talking about, oh, debate me. Oh, Michael

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<v Speaker 1>Tracy and Dave Smith should have a debate. About what?

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<v Speaker 1>What is there to debate? This isn't the topic for that.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys want to debate fucking Iran? Cool, go for it.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to debate some culture war bullshit? Great. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about real people here. Young ladies whose lives were destroyed.

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<v Speaker 1>And I also want you to keep in mind that

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<v Speaker 1>the women that you see coming forward, they're only a

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<v Speaker 1>small representation of the women who were abused. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of women and girls that are never going to

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<v Speaker 1>come forward. So you can't look at one survivor's story

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<v Speaker 1>and transpose that to the next survivor. It's all unique.

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<v Speaker 1>They all had their own experiences, their own nightmares. And

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<v Speaker 1>what one might have went through, the other might not have.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's why I find it so disgusting when you

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<v Speaker 1>see people out here saying, Oh, these survivors were a

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<v Speaker 1>part of it. Oh, they were human traffickers themselves. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you have the documentation on over a thousand girls. You

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<v Speaker 1>can prove that. Oh, no, you can't. Right. So shut

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<v Speaker 1>your yap. And isn't it interesting? The same people that

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<v Speaker 1>are so worried about these disgusting ass. perverts and their

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<v Speaker 1>identities being sprayed across the media they don't have the

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<v Speaker 1>same concerns about the survivors right now those girls are

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<v Speaker 1>all grifters now they're all just looking for a bag

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<v Speaker 1>none of this happened Jeffrey Epstein great dude anybody talking

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<v Speaker 1>like that Anybody who is being contrarian just to be

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<v Speaker 1>contrarian is an absolute dickhead. There's no debate needed. You

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<v Speaker 1>have no idea what you're talking about. You're just popping

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<v Speaker 1>off at the lip because it's driving some engagement and

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<v Speaker 1>because you think you're going to score some points with

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<v Speaker 1>the Epstein administration. Because look, it's one thing to have

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<v Speaker 1>serious questions and to pursue a serious investigation and try

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<v Speaker 1>and punch holes in what people have been putting forth.

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<v Speaker 1>And I totally agree with that. People should be punching

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<v Speaker 1>holes in what we're talking about. Every angle should be covered.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's a way to do that without being an

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<v Speaker 1>absolute piece of shit. I mean, we're talking about real

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<v Speaker 1>people here. And when you just start labeling people all

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<v Speaker 1>across the board as this, that, or the other thing,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not going to end up working out well for you.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I was one of these survivors and these

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<v Speaker 1>dickhead pundits were out here talking all kinds of stupid,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd sue them. Everybody loves to sue, right? I'd sue them.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine what kind of jerk-off you have to be to

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<v Speaker 1>try and put these girls who were abused in the

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<v Speaker 1>same category as somebody like Sarah Kellen Vickers or somebody

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<v Speaker 1>like Adriana Ross. It is just absurd. Some 69% of

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<v Speaker 1>responders in the four-day poll, which concluded on Monday... said

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<v Speaker 1>their views were captured very well or extremely well by

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<v Speaker 1>a statement that the Epstein files show that powerful people

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<v Speaker 1>in the U.S. are rarely held accountable by their actions.

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<v Speaker 1>Another 7% said that statement described their views somewhat well,

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<v Speaker 1>while 11% said it didn't reflect their thinking. Among Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>and Democrats, more than 80% said the statement described their

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<v Speaker 1>thinking at least somewhat well, I think this is one

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<v Speaker 1>of those topics that transcends politics for the most part. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, there is going to be people who are

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<v Speaker 1>find the forest through the trees. So they're just going

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<v Speaker 1>And there's always a group of people such as that.

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<v Speaker 1>And it happens on both sides. Those are the loyalists, right?

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<v Speaker 1>The base. And that's what, roughly 20% or so? No

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<v Speaker 1>matter what we say, no matter what evidence is produced,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not going to believe that Donald Trump is covering

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<v Speaker 1>this up, no matter what. But I think that the

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<v Speaker 1>vast majority of Americans, no matter their political affiliation, are

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<v Speaker 1>disgusted by what's going on here. And they know for

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<v Speaker 1>a fact that the Epstein class gets away with all

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of bullshit all the time. Under congressional orders, the U.S.

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<v Speaker 1>Justice Department has released trove after trove of documents that

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<v Speaker 1>tie the late financier, pedophile, to prominent people in politics, finance, academia,

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<v Speaker 1>and business, both before and after he pleaded guilty in

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<v Speaker 1>2008 to prostitution charges, including soliciting an underage girl. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all that happened. One girl. And this is where

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<v Speaker 1>people are intellectually dishonest about this story. oh, yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it was only one girl. No big deal. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>serial predation going on. But if you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>documents and you know the story, you know that that's false.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know that there was over 40 young girls,

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<v Speaker 1>high school age, who came forward. And of course, people

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<v Speaker 1>will say, well, a lot of those girls, they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to prosecute Epstein. Yeah, they got paid off or

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<v Speaker 1>their families got paid off. We have to be honest

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<v Speaker 1>about what happened here. What, you think we're just going

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<v Speaker 1>to sweep it under the rug and act like Epstein

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<v Speaker 1>really wasn't guilty of what he was doing? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>come on. If that's what you're looking for, you're in

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong place. The scandal has proven a persistent political

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<v Speaker 1>headache for President Trump, who long fanned the flames of

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<v Speaker 1>suspicion around Epstein, and has been dogged by criticism that

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<v Speaker 1>his administration was failing to fully disclose Epstein's All the U.S.

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<v Speaker 1>government knew about the case. Well, that's because they were

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<v Speaker 1>and are and continue to cover this up. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>not even a debate, at least not in my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>What we're seeing here is a cover-up in real time.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's wild to behold. And the fact that so

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<v Speaker 1>many people are willing to go along with it is crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>The disclosures started to cause the downfall of prominent people,

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<v Speaker 1>executives at Goldman Sachs, and Hyatt Hotels have resigned. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>others have retained powerful posts. Trump's Commerce Secretary, Howard Nutlick,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, Lutnick, apparently visited Epstein's private island for lunch

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<v Speaker 1>in 2012 and invited him to a fundraiser in 2015

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<v Speaker 1>for Hillary Clinton, Trump's Democratic rival in the 2016 presidential

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<v Speaker 1>election email show. How much more evidence do you need

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<v Speaker 1>that it's a big-ass club and you're not invited. The

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing is rotten, both sides of the aisle. Dr.

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<v Speaker 1>Mehmet Oz, Trump Administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare

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<v Speaker 1>and Medical Services, emailed an invitation to a Valentine's Day

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<v Speaker 1>party in 2016 to Epstein, the Justice Department document show. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you know, another reality TV star in our government. Boy,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't that nice. Imagine thinking that Dr. Oz... is an

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<v Speaker 1>authority on anything, maybe we should have Jerry Springer as

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<v Speaker 1>social media manager. Neither Nutlick nor Oz is accused of wrongdoing.

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<v Speaker 1>The Republican president, who socialized extensively with Epstein in the

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<v Speaker 1>1990s and 2000s, has denied any knowledge of the financier's

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<v Speaker 1>crimes and says he broke off ties in the early

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<v Speaker 1>2000s before Epstein's plea deal. While Americans generally have low

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<v Speaker 1>expectations that elites will be held accountable, they are somewhat

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<v Speaker 1>split among partisan lines on how much longer the nation

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<v Speaker 1>should dwell on the Epstein affair. Asked if the views

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<v Speaker 1>were well described by the statement that it's time for

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<v Speaker 1>the country to move on from talking about the Epstein files,

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<v Speaker 1>67% of Republican respondents in the polls said that they

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<v Speaker 1>captured their thinking at least somewhat while only 21% of

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats said the same. Well, because Republicans feel like it's

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<v Speaker 1>politically damaging for them. Let's be honest. They had no

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<v Speaker 1>problem talking about this previously. Hillary Clinton this, Bill Clinton that,

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<v Speaker 1>the island, Tom Hanks, adrenochrome, everyone's being eaten, the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But now, when their worst fears are realized, ah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's really not that big a deal. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me explain. We don't want your explanations. What we want

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<v Speaker 1>is justice. The Reuters poll conducted online and nationwide gathered

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<v Speaker 1>responses from 1,177 U.S. adults and had a margin of

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<v Speaker 1>error of 3 percentage points. Now, of course, what they'll

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<v Speaker 1>say is, oh, these polls are never right. They're all skewered.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think that this is a good representation of

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<v Speaker 1>how people feel. People don't think that anything's going to

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<v Speaker 1>happen here. And that anyone's going to be held accountable.

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<v Speaker 1>And why should they? History has shown us that people

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<v Speaker 1>like this always find a way to wiggle off the hook.

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<v Speaker 1>And look, I get it. I understand the cynicism. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it's well placed. I mean, how many

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<v Speaker 1>times do we see powerful people end up getting off

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<v Speaker 1>or getting a slap on the wrist? Meanwhile, the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of us, we have to play by the rules, right?

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<v Speaker 1>So when I talk about a two-tier justice system, this

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<v Speaker 1>is what I'm talking about. And it's not that the

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<v Speaker 1>American people as a whole don't understand it or don't

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<v Speaker 1>see it. It's that they think that we can't do

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<v Speaker 1>anything about it. And that's because we haven't in the past.

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<v Speaker 1>And they know the strategy has always been just to

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<v Speaker 1>wait it out. Because they know that the populace is

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<v Speaker 1>going to move on to the next disaster, to the

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<v Speaker 1>next issue. But I don't see that trending this way

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<v Speaker 1>this time. And I think that if they're relying on

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<v Speaker 1>people being exhausted and people getting bored and They're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be sorely disappointed. Now, does that mean that we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to end up in a place where there is

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<v Speaker 1>justice and full transparency? I don't know. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's worth fighting for. And I'll be damned if I

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<v Speaker 1>go quietly into the night. Because if these scumbags want

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<v Speaker 1>to fight, they're going to get it. All of the

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<v Speaker 1>information that goes with this episode can be found in

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<v Speaker 1>the description box. What's up everyone and welcome to another

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<v Speaker 1>episode of Of the Epstein Chronicles. The party told you

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<v Speaker 1>to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It

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<v Speaker 1>was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984. And

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<v Speaker 1>that quote from Orwell does not endure because it's literary,

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<v Speaker 1>but because it's diagnostic. It describes the final stage of power,

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<v Speaker 1>when authority no longer persuades, but commands perception itself. When

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<v Speaker 1>a government tells citizens to doubt their eyes and ears,

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<v Speaker 1>it's no longer governing, it's conditioning. It's not rhetoric, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a method refined through decades of political psychology. The instruction

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<v Speaker 1>is simple, reality is negotiable if the institution says so.

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<v Speaker 1>Once that principle is accepted, no evidence can threaten power.

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<v Speaker 1>The citizen is becomes an echo chamber for official narrative.

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<v Speaker 1>Truth ceases to exist as an external standard. And what

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<v Speaker 1>remains is obedience disguised as skepticism. Orwell didn't predict tyranny

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<v Speaker 1>by tanks. He predicted tyranny by denial. And that moment, unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>is no longer theoretical. We now live in an era

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<v Speaker 1>where video evidence is dismissed with straight faces and coordinated

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<v Speaker 1>talking points. Officials do not argue the footage. They deny

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<v Speaker 1>its relevance. They don't dispute what occurred, they reframe what occurred.

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<v Speaker 1>The public's not meant to be convinced, only exhausted. Because

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<v Speaker 1>confusion is cheaper than persuasion and more durable than honesty.

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<v Speaker 1>Once doubt becomes habitual, accountability becomes impossible. The citizen learns

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<v Speaker 1>to mistrust even their own judgment. Institutions then become the

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<v Speaker 1>sole interpreters of reality. Power no longer fears exposure because

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<v Speaker 1>exposure is declared meaningless. The system functions not by hiding facts,

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<v Speaker 1>but by dissolving them. That is the stage that we

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<v Speaker 1>have entered. Now this practice is not new, but its

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<v Speaker 1>brazenness is unprecedented. Previously officials at least attempted coherence. Now

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<v Speaker 1>contradiction itself is wielded as authority. One day the video

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<v Speaker 1>is irrelevant, the next day it never existed, the third

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<v Speaker 1>day it proves the opposite. The public is expected to

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<v Speaker 1>adapt instantly without noticing the shift. Memory becomes the enemy

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<v Speaker 1>of compliance. Citizens who remember are labeled dangerous, and those

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<v Speaker 1>who question are told they misunderstand. Those who persist are

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<v Speaker 1>dismissed as extremists. The purpose is not to lie convincingly,

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<v Speaker 1>but to erode the expectation of consistency. When no narrative

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<v Speaker 1>lasts longer than a news cycle, none can be challenged.

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<v Speaker 1>That is institutional self-defense. Now, the insult embedded in the

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<v Speaker 1>strategy can't be overstated, It assumes intellectual fragility in the population.

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<v Speaker 1>It presumes citizens cannot process direct sensory information without guidance.

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<v Speaker 1>It reduces adults to children who must be told what

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<v Speaker 1>they saw. It treats the electorate not as participants but

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<v Speaker 1>as liabilities. And the contempt is visible in the language chosen.

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<v Speaker 1>Phrases like out of context become shields against plain meaning.

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<v Speaker 1>Complexity becomes an excuse for contradiction. Misinformation becomes a label

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<v Speaker 1>for inconvenient footage. The insult lies in expecting gratitude for

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<v Speaker 1>being deceived. That expectation reveals how power now views the public.

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<v Speaker 1>Not as a sovereign, but a substrate. If they can't

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<v Speaker 1>tell the truth about what appears plainly on the screen,

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<v Speaker 1>then nothing they say about hidden systems deserves trust. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that's cynicism. I think it's logic. Transparency

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<v Speaker 1>is tested first, where verification is easy. When institutions fail

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<v Speaker 1>that test, secrecy becomes unbounded. The Epstein case exists entirely

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<v Speaker 1>within that domain of secrecy. It depends on documents, sealed proceedings,

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<v Speaker 1>destroyed records, missing footage, and institutional discretion. Every critical fact

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<v Speaker 1>is mediated by agencies already proven willing to deny visible reality,

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<v Speaker 1>and that alone should terrify any rational observer. A system

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<v Speaker 1>that lies about cameras will certainly lie about files. A

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<v Speaker 1>system that lies about footage will lie about autopsies. A

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<v Speaker 1>system that lies about timing will lie about networks. The

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<v Speaker 1>burden of proof now lies entirely on the institutions that

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<v Speaker 1>have squandered their credibility. And what makes the Epstein matter

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<v Speaker 1>so uniquely revealing is not the crime, but the protection.

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<v Speaker 1>Crimes occur in every society, but protection reveals hierarchy. The

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<v Speaker 1>question is not who abused, but who insulated. The question

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<v Speaker 1>is not what happened, but who decided what would never

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<v Speaker 1>be known. This is where narrative control becomes existential. If

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<v Speaker 1>the public ever reconstructs the full architecture of protection, multiple

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<v Speaker 1>institutions collapse simultaneously. Intelligence services, financial networks, prosecutors, judges, politicians,

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<v Speaker 1>and donors converge in the same silence. That convergence cannot

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<v Speaker 1>survive daylight. Therefore, daylight must be declared unreliable. Video must

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<v Speaker 1>be questioned. Testimony must be framed. Documents must be delayed.

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<v Speaker 1>Delay becomes the final form of denial. Time becomes the

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<v Speaker 1>last firewall. The Department of Justice now operates in a

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<v Speaker 1>credibility vacuum of its own making. It speaks from a

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<v Speaker 1>position not of authority, but of damaged inheritance. Every unexplained

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<v Speaker 1>redaction compounds prior suspicion. Every delayed release strengthens the inference

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<v Speaker 1>of manipulation. Every refusal to answer invites reconstruction from fragments.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not paranoia. It's Bayesian reasoning. When institutions withhold

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<v Speaker 1>data repeatedly in high-stake cases, probability shifts towards misconduct. The

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<v Speaker 1>refusal to comply with transparency statutes only accelerates that shift.

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<v Speaker 1>Silence is no longer neutral. It's evidentiary. And the DOJ

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<v Speaker 1>does not understand this new epidemic environment. And it's behaving

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<v Speaker 1>as if deference still exists. Breaking news, boys, it does not. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>administrations rise and fall, but institutional habits endure, and now

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<v Speaker 1>narrative management is embedded across agencies as routine practice. Press

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<v Speaker 1>secretaries no longer clarify, they preempt. Spokespersons no longer inform,

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<v Speaker 1>they neutralize. Language becomes a weapon to blur causation and responsibility.

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<v Speaker 1>Passive constructions erase actors. Process language replaces outcome language. Words

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<v Speaker 1>like review and assessment replace accountability. The public's trained to

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<v Speaker 1>accept indefinite procedure and place a resolution, and this creates

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<v Speaker 1>the illusion of motion without consequence. Power survives not by

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<v Speaker 1>solving scandals, but by proceduralizing them to death. Epstein's case

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<v Speaker 1>is the most visible example of that technique. It's been

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<v Speaker 1>buried under motions, committees, and calendar pages. And look, historians

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<v Speaker 1>will indeed study this error, but not as a mystery.

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<v Speaker 1>They won't ask how the lies were told, but why

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<v Speaker 1>they were tolerated. They'll trace the erosion of epistemic confidence

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<v Speaker 1>across decades. They'll note how media repetition replaced verification. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>analyze how political tribes defended their own lies more fiercely

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<v Speaker 1>than shared the truth. They'll observe how outrage was monetized

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<v Speaker 1>while accountability was deferred. They'll document how institutions exploited polarization

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<v Speaker 1>to escape scrutiny. They'll record how public fatigue became the

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<v Speaker 1>ultimate shield. And they'll conclude that the collapse began not

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<v Speaker 1>with violence but with narrative capture. And what they'll see

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<v Speaker 1>is that disbelief became a civic habit. And my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>that is how republics decay. The snake oil salesman does

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<v Speaker 1>not succeed because the product works. He succeeds because the

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<v Speaker 1>audience wants relief more than the truth. Modern grifters do

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<v Speaker 1>not promise cures. They promise belonging. They sell certainty in

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<v Speaker 1>an uncertain world. Institutions now mimic that strategy. They don't explain.

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<v Speaker 1>They reassure. They don't disclose, they comfort. They don't correct,

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<v Speaker 1>they redirect. And the public becomes addicted to narrative coherence

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<v Speaker 1>even when it contradicts the evidence. Once coherence matters more

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<v Speaker 1>than accuracy, deception becomes stabilizing. That is the moral inversion

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<v Speaker 1>at the heart of this moment. Lies are justified as

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<v Speaker 1>social glue. Truth is framed as destabilization. Power then claims

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<v Speaker 1>the right to manage perception for the greater good. This

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<v Speaker 1>is not merely political dysfunction. Instead, it's epistemological collapse. A

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<v Speaker 1>society cannot function when reality is contested by decree. Law

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<v Speaker 1>depends on facts. Justice depends on evidence. Democracy depends on

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<v Speaker 1>shared perception. When those foundations fracture, institutions become theatrical. Trials

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<v Speaker 1>become performances, investigations. They become rituals. And oversight, well, that

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<v Speaker 1>becomes theater. and the Epstein files exemplify the decay. Each

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<v Speaker 1>release is partial, delayed, curated, and defensive. Each explanation contradicts

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<v Speaker 1>the last. Each promise evaporates under procedural fog. The case

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<v Speaker 1>no longer seeks truth, it seeks survivability, and that alone

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<v Speaker 1>defines its moral failure. Now, one must understand the psychological

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<v Speaker 1>mechanics involved. Repetition erodes skepticism faster than argument. Denial delivered

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<v Speaker 1>calmly feels more credible than truth delivered angrily. Authority is

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<v Speaker 1>now performed through tone rather than substance. Visual contradiction is

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<v Speaker 1>reframed as misinterpretation, while at the same time cognitive dissonance

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<v Speaker 1>is offloaded onto the viewer. The citizen is made responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for reconciling official inconsistency, and that inversion protects institutions from

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<v Speaker 1>internal correction. Bureaucracies that never admit error accumulate it silently. Eventually,

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<v Speaker 1>error becomes structural, and at that point, deception is no

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<v Speaker 1>longer strategic, it's existential. Truth would destroy the institution itself.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is where some agencies now stand. The Epstein

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<v Speaker 1>case threatens not individuals, but systems. Financial conduits, donor networks,

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<v Speaker 1>intelligence partnerships, prosecutorial discretion, plea bargaining norms, and media gatekeeping

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<v Speaker 1>all intersect here. Exposure would not only embarrass, it would delegitimize. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>every lever of delay is pulled. Classification is expanded. Jurisdiction, fragmented. Responsibility, well, diffused.

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<v Speaker 1>Each actor claims limited authority. Each office claims limited knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>And the sum of limited knowledge becomes total ignorance by design.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a conspiracy theory. It's bureaucratic physics. Complex

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<v Speaker 1>systems diffuse blame naturally. And Epstein exploited that architecture perfectly.

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<v Speaker 1>The state has now inherited the consequences. The good news

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<v Speaker 1>is that the public senses this, intuitively, even without documents.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why distrust persists across ideological lines. It's not driven

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<v Speaker 1>by rumor, but by pattern recognition. When too many anomalies cluster,

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<v Speaker 1>inference becomes unavoidable. The suicide narrative conflicts with protocol. The

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<v Speaker 1>camera failures conflict with redundancy norms. The cellmate transfers conflict

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<v Speaker 1>with risk classification. The autopsy findings conflict with precedents. The

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<v Speaker 1>prior plea deal conflicts with statutory practice. The financial immunity

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<v Speaker 1>conflicts with fiduciary law. These conflicts do not require speculation.

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<v Speaker 1>They require explanation. And explanations have not been provided. Silence, therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>becomes accusation. What we're witnessing is not a cover-up in

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<v Speaker 1>the cinematic sense, but a bureaucratic burial. No single memo

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<v Speaker 1>order concealment. Instead, each office protects itself locally, each delay

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<v Speaker 1>is justified procedurally, each redaction is defended legally, each omission

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<v Speaker 1>is rationalized administratively. The result is a collective outcome no

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<v Speaker 1>one officially chose. That's how modern institutional secrecy functions. Responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>evaporates into structure and the public is left arguing with shadows.

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<v Speaker 1>That's precisely why narrative control becomes essential. Without narrative, the

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<v Speaker 1>architecture is visible. Without narrative, the architecture disappears. And look,

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<v Speaker 1>Orwell understood this mechanism perfectly. The command to reject sensory

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<v Speaker 1>evidence is not about any single fact. It's about training

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<v Speaker 1>obedience to contradiction. Once citizens practice disbelief daily, resistance becomes

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<v Speaker 1>psychologically expensive. Doubt becomes exhausting. Acceptance becomes relief. And that

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<v Speaker 1>relief is addictive. Power then supplies narratives not to persuade,

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<v Speaker 1>but to placate. The citizen stops seeking truth and begins

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<v Speaker 1>seeking emotional stability. Institutions become caretakers of perception rather than

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<v Speaker 1>servants of law. At that moment, democracy becomes decorative. Elections occur,

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<v Speaker 1>but reality is curated. Oversight exists, but evidence is filtered.

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<v Speaker 1>Freedom survives in language while disappearing in practice. And the

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<v Speaker 1>most dangerous aspect of this moment is not deception, but habituation.

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<v Speaker 1>Citizens now expect to be lied to. Hell, we budget

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<v Speaker 1>for dishonesty emotionally. Outrage spikes briefly and then fades. Scandal

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<v Speaker 1>becomes entertainment. Injustice becomes background noise. This is how accountability

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<v Speaker 1>dies quietly. Not through repression, but through normalization. And the

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein case has now persisted long enough to test that threshold.

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<v Speaker 1>Many assume nothing meaningful will ever emerge, and that assumption

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<v Speaker 1>itself is victory for concealment. When expectation of truth dies,

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<v Speaker 1>concealment becomes permanent. Institutions then govern without fear. Yet history

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<v Speaker 1>shows us burial is never complete. Documents surface, witnesses age

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00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:58.980
<v Speaker 1>into irrelevance and then speak. Archives open, then power shifts.

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<v Speaker 1>Patterns are reconstructed after careers end. And the truth rarely

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<v Speaker 1>arrives on schedule, but It arrives. When it does, reputations

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<v Speaker 1>collapse posthumously. Institutions apologize decades later. Reports are issued when

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<v Speaker 1>consequences no longer matter. That is how empires confess safely.

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<v Speaker 1>The Epstein material will eventually be understood far more clearly

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<v Speaker 1>than now. The question is only how much damage will

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<v Speaker 1>be normalized before then. Remember, folks, delay is not innocence.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a strategy. And as a matter of law, Transparency

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<v Speaker 1>is not optional. It's now constitutional. Due process can't survive secrecy.

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<v Speaker 1>Equal protection cannot survive selective enforcement. Judicial legitimacy cannot survive

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<v Speaker 1>undisclosed influence. And when prosecutors negotiate immunity in secret, law

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<v Speaker 1>becomes privilege. When judges seal records indefinitely, justice becomes property.

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<v Speaker 1>When agencies destroy evidence without consequence, oversight becomes a myth.

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<v Speaker 1>The Epstein affair demonstrates all three failures simultaneously. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>it matters beyond its horror. It's a stress test of

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<v Speaker 1>Republican institutions. And so far, they're failing. Now the citizens'

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<v Speaker 1>duty in such a moment is not allegiance, but insistence.

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<v Speaker 1>Loyalty to institutions that betray truth is not patriotism, it's submission.

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<v Speaker 1>The founders did not design deference, they designed suspicion. They

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<v Speaker 1>assumed that power would lie by default. That is why

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<v Speaker 1>they fragmented authority. That's why they demanded transparency. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>they protected the press. That's why they constitutionalized confrontation. When

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<v Speaker 1>citizens abandon that posture, institutions revert to monarchy by inertia.

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<v Speaker 1>Narrative control is simply the modern crown. And that's why

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<v Speaker 1>the quote we started off with is not literary garnish,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a warning label. When power instructs disbelief, Tyranny has

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<v Speaker 1>already arrived softly. When video is denied, documents will be erased.

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<v Speaker 1>When testimony is reframed, records will be sealed. When memory

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<v Speaker 1>is questioned, history will be rewritten. Epstein's case exists precisely

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<v Speaker 1>at that junction of memory and erasure. How it's resolved

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<v Speaker 1>will signal whether truth still has standing in American law.

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<v Speaker 1>Unfortunately so far, the signal is grim. Now, history will

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<v Speaker 1>indeed judge this era harshly, not for ignorance, but for accommodation.

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<v Speaker 1>It will note how evidence was visible, patterns obvious, and

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<v Speaker 1>resistance sporadic. It's going to record how institutions chose survivability

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<v Speaker 1>over integrity. It'll analyze how narrative management replaced accountability as governance.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll conclude that collapse began not with rebellion, but with rationalization.

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<v Speaker 1>The citizens who accepted contradiction to preserve comfort will not

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<v Speaker 1>be treated gently, nor should they be. So look, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the final lesson is simple and unforgiving. A government

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<v Speaker 1>that lies about what you can see will lie about

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<v Speaker 1>what you cannot. A justice system that hides easy truths

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<v Speaker 1>will bury hard ones. An administration that insults perception will

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<v Speaker 1>obliterate memory. The Epstein case is not an anomaly. Unfortunately...

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<v Speaker 1>It's a prototype. The denial you witness on video today

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<v Speaker 1>is rehearsal for the files you will never read tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>Orwell wasn't warning about ideology. He was warning about method.

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<v Speaker 1>We are now living inside of that method. And the

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<v Speaker 1>cost of accepting it will not be theoretical. Instead, it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be historical. All of the information that goes with this

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<v Speaker 1>episode can be found in the description box.
