Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. One of the latest controversies to Royal through
the world of Epstein has to do with the DOJ
and the files that were missing from the trench of
documents released in the Epstein Files dump. And according to
The Wall Street Journal and CBS, forty seven thousand, six
hundred and thirty five files appear to be missing from
the tranch. And now, of course the DOJ says it
was all just a big mistake and they had to
be pulled down because you know, some of the files
contain fake or false material. That was their excuse. However,
that is not something that's carved out in the law.
That's not one of the reasons that they should be
holding files back. The only reason they should be holding
files back is for an ongoing investigation or to save
the privacy of one of the victims or survivors who
are named in the documents. Besides that, we should be
getting it all. And of course, now that they've been
called out, the reason that they give us for pulling
these files down is for further review, and they say
that they should be ready for reproduction by the end
of this week, and I know it's just a coincidence
that a lot of those documents have to do with
President Trump. Today's article is from the Delhi Mail and
the headline US to release nearly fifty thousand more Jeffrey
Epstein files that may contain missing Trump claims. This article
was authored by Sabrina Penty. Up to nearly fifty thousand
more files linked to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein will be
released later this week and are believed to contain unverified
claims about President Donald Trump. Don't they understand how bad
the optic are for them when they do this, especially
when they're holding back files that have to do with
Trump and considering all the controversy, you would think that
they'd be transparent. Hey, look these documents they contained President
Trump's name. But here's why we chased them down. We
investigated this and nothing came from it. Why is that
so difficult to do unless, of course, you never investigated
and you never even bothered to look into the claims,
and now you're just saying that they're bunk. See that's
the big problem for the DOJ, right They have a
big credibility problem, and nobody believes anything they say, on
its face, you need to show us the work. The
files which were mentioned in the Trench released in January
were withheld by the US Department of Justice, with Deputy
Attorney General Todd Blanche insisting they were withheld to protect survivors.
Todd Blanche is a liar, okay, and he should have
to pay the penalty for the bullshitt he's up to
right now, because he's the point man, right He's the
one making these decisions, him and Pam Bondi. Of course,
Donald Trump is the boss, so the buck stops with him,
but the actual decision making on the ground is being
done by Bondi and Todd Blanche, and both of them
should be held accountable, but they won't be. And that's
because Donald Trump's just gonna pardon all these people before
he leaves office. You know, one of those blanket pardons
like Biden gave to Fauci and the rest of them.
We're gonna see that same thing. And that's the way
it's going to be moving forward. All these elected officials,
these bureaucrats, they're never gonna be held accountable because whoever
the president is is just gonna pardon them. So that
means the people you and I continue to get fucked
and there's no mechanism to stop these people when they
go off the rails. But in a perfect world, a
guy like Todd Blanche would have to answer serious questions
when he leaves office, starting with what's up with Glenn Maxwell?
Because that whole entire thing stinks to high heaven. The
documents are believed to contain unverified claims about the president,
including FBI notes from twenty nineteen interviews with a woman
who made allegations against both Epstein and Trump. Look, the
American people deserve to see it. We're not talking about
a normal guy, right John Blow from down the block,
who is a plumber. That man has a right to privacy.
He has a right to not have anybody dig into
his life. Donald Trump, on the other hand, well, you
chose to be a public figure. You chose to be
the president, so you chose to have your life picked apart.
And the American people, we demand transparency. It comes after
a Wall Street Journal in CBS analysis found that forty
seven thousand, six hundred and thirty five files appeared to
be missing from the tranch of documents to comply with
the Epstein files Transparency Act just an oversight. We had
to go through these and make sure they were cool act.
To coincidence that they all had Donald Trump's name on them.
That had nothing to do with our decision, nothing to
do with it whatsoever. Yo, they really think you're stupid,
That's what it comes down to. They think you're stupid
as hell and that you're just gonna buy whatever they're
pitching you. The Department said they had been taken offline
for a further review and should be ready for reproduction
by the end of the week. Officials previously stated some
files contain fake or false material that were sent to
the FBI by the public and may contain untrue and
sensationalist claims against President Trump. What about everybody else, doesn't
matter if they have sensationalist claims against them. Huh. Just
got to make sure that Donald Trump is taken care of,
make sure the Boss isn't brought up. I mean, could
the cover up be any more transparent? And you don't
have to believe that Donald Trump was engaging in abusing
people with Jeffrey Epstein to believe that there's a cover
up happening right now. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Donald
Trump could be covering this up because he doesn't want
to be embarrassed or his friends to be embarrassed, So
he has many motivations to keep this stuff on lock.
And it's not just about him and any kind of
criminality that might have happened with Epstein. It's about the donors,
the people around them, and the real movers and shakers
that are the decision makers behind the scenes. Those are
the people that he's trying to protect. And I don't
even think there's any debate about that. Now. We can
talk about the other allegations made against them, and if
there's any merit to them, that's certainly a discussion that
needs to be had. But what I'm talking about is
right here, right now. I don't think there's any doubt
that this deal Jay, led by Bondi and Blanche and
directed by Trump, has engaged in a cover up, and
I think if there was a real investigation into it,
there would be zero doubt. Files that art still public
contained a twenty twenty five memo in which federal officials
wrote that the woman had said that Epstein introduced her
to Trump and that she claimed the now US President
had assaulted her in a violent encounter when she was
a minor in nineteen eighty three. Trump has denied the
allegations made against them, and there was no assessment by
the FBI about the credibility of her accusation. And that's
the biggest problem. You can't just ignore shit. You have
to actually investigate, even if it's bunk. And you know why,
because a lot of this stuff seems bunk on its face,
but once you get into it, you're like, Okay, maybe
there's something here, So you start digging and before you
know it, there's a lot of there there. Does that
mean that would be the case with Donald Trump and
the allegations made against him? Of course not. But once again,
all I'm calling for is an investigation. Is that too
much for people to stomach? God forbid? And I find
it crazy because if I was being accused of any
of this, I'd want a full on investigation and I
would be as transparent as you could possibly imagine. If
you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to hide.
Do the actions of this administration make it seem to
you like they have nothing to hide. The woman was
also deemed ineligible for the Epstein Victim compensation program, which
paid settlements to more than one hundred and thirty Epstein victims.
A Justice Department official said nothing has been deleted, but
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee investigating Epstein have
criticized their redactions. It just looks bad. Even if there's
nothing there, it looks bad. And optics is so important
right now they still don't get it. They're using a
chainsaw when they should be using a scalpel. A Justice
Department official said nothing's been deleted, but Democratic members of
the House Oversight Committee investigating Epstein have criticized the redactions.
The DOJ last month said it was reviewing whether it
wrongfully withheld documents in the Epstein files containing allegations against Trump.
Under the Epstein File Transparency Act, the DOJ is required
to publicize most documents related to the case against Epstein
and Glenn Maxwell. And have they done that, No, they haven't. Instead,
they've played games, talk shit, and caused a scene when
they've been called before Congress. And if you pay attention,
it's the same stuff Carolyn Levitt does during the press conferences.
But it was on steroids. When it comes to BONDI, right,
she had like a hit list the whole thing. It
was embarrassing, It was disgusting, and it showed just how
unserious they are when it comes to this topic. Imagine
if they put half the effort into Ashley being transparent
as they are into covering this up. The Department is
only permitted to withhole files under the Act if their
duplicates fall under attorney client privilege, could hurt an ongoing investigation,
or are completely unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell cases.
Sure doesn't seem like these forty seven thousand fit into
that category or those categories, does it. The law specifically
prohibits the Department from withholding or redacting files because they
could be embarrassing to public officials. Before releasing the TRANCHI
of files in January, the Department of Justice deployed hundreds
of attorneys to review the documents, giving them instructions on
how to redact and determine whether the files needed to
be released under the law. According to the WSJ, what
were they doing? All we heard about was all these
attorneys were working the weekends, God forbid, and then they
come up with this nonsense. Oh well, we have to
pull these down. Psych Let's take another look at him.
Who's buying that? Nobody's buying it. You took him down
because they were damaging to you, and it was destroying
the narrative that you were trying to pitch. That's what
you did, so save the BS. The reviewers, many of
whom were not familiar with the Epstein case, were then
expected to flag any government official and politically exposed person
named or referenced in the release material. But blind leading
the ignorant. That's what we had. That's what we still have,
and unfortunately it doesn't seem like it's going to change
any time soon. Should any document be found to have
been improperly tagged in the review process and in responsive
to the Act, the Department will of course publish it
consistent with the law, a spokeswoman for the department said
in a statement. Deputy Attorney General Blanche, who has overseen
the release of the files, has previously insisted the Department
complied with the law and has not withheld documents or
adacted information because it could prove embarrassing for Trump or
other public figures. This guy is such a BS artist.
Good lord, this guy has done nothing but pitch fairy tales.
This whole entire time, I can assure you that we
complied with the statute and that we did not protect
President Trump, he said at a news conference on January thirtieth.
We didn't protect or not protect anybody, or review of
the documents showed. The Department of Justice released an FBI
summary of the woman's first FBI interview on July twenty fourth,
twenty nineteen, in which he detailed the assault she faced
from the finance here on Hilton Head Island, beginning when
she was around thirteen in nineteen eighties. The summary of
the interview, which came shortly after Epstein was arrested on
federal sex trafficking charges, does not mention allegations against Trump.
And look again, just to be clear, I'm not saying
that Trump's guilty of what she's accusing him of. I
don't know. What I am saying is that the administration
as a whole, led by Trump, is guilty of a
cover up. That is what I'm claiming. Okay, so let's
just be clear. But the FBI apparently determined the woman's
initial allegation against Trump were significant enough that the agents
followed up with her for three more interviews. On August seventh,
twenty nineteen, August twentieth, twenty nineteen, and October sixteenth, twenty nineteen.
Notes from all four FBI interviews with the woman were
included on a list of material provided to Maxwell's defense
attorneys in twenty twenty one, were described as non testifying
witness material, according to another file in the release. A
source familiar with the investigation also told NBC News that
the survivor is the same person who made an additional
allegation that she was forced into a sex act with
Trump when she was about thirteen or fourteen years old
in New Jersey. Now, look, even if that's embarrassing, and
I'm sure it is for Donald Trump, it has to
be released. The law states that that has to be released.
I mean, it's pretty clear. There's no carve outs for that.
The accusation was summarized in a document prepared by the
FBI last summer and a presentation on the prominent names
mentioned in the Epstein and Maxwell cases. The FBI, though,
has said that most of the claims were either deemed
not credible or made by people who provided no contact information.
At around the same time that she came forward with
these allegations, the woman joined a civil lawsuit against Epstein State,
claiming he sexually abused her around nineteen eighty four. The
sue claimed Epstein flew to New York and traffickedor to
prominent wealthy men. However, she was deemed ineligible for the
Epstein victims compensation program, and her suit was voluntarily dismissed
in twenty twenty one. The Journal reports, So, if you're
Donald Trump, why do you want that hidden? Couldn't you
just point to that and say, look, this was dismissed.
This has nothing to do with me. I was being
unfairly targeted. Doesn't that go to your claim and help
prove it? But why are you trying to hide it?
Why are you trying to sanitize the information that's coming
out that shouldn't be sanitized. It's a bad look. And
I'll tell you what. Whoever is advising the president should
be fired. President Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and
has said that his friendship with Epstein ended before he
pleaded guilty to brok here a minor for prostitution in
two thousand and eight. By the time Epstein was arrested
again in twenty nineteen, Trump said that he hadn't talked
to him in about fifteen years. Seems like another lie,
but okay. Ahead of the release of the new set
of files, a White House spokesperson said, just as President
Trump has said he's been totally exonerated on anything relating
to Epstein, well that's not true unless you think that
Bill Clinton can exonerate people who were in Jeffrey Epstein's circle.
And if you think that, you should probably find a
different topic to talk about, because nobody's been exonerated, not
Bill Clinton, not Donald Trump, not anybody that was around.
You want to be exonerated, sit down with the FBI,
sit down with investigators, and spill the beans. But until
that occurs, I don't want to hear anything about anyone
being exonerated. All right, folks, that's going to do it
for this one. And just as the heads up, we're
going to finish off the Mark Epstein interview with the
OIG investigators today and then starting tomorrow, we're going to
be taking a look at the Tovin Nowel deposition that
was given in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's death. As
we continue to explore the circumstances surrounding the night of
Jeffrey Epstein's death because there's a lot there, and with
all the depositions that I have my hands on now,
it's really offering a lot more context. So over the
coming weeks, we're going to continue to eat that elephant,
one bite at a time, all right, folks. All the
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