Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. A few weeks ago, we were talking about
a memorandum that dropped as part of the Epstein Files
that named Jeffrey Epstein as a target in an investigation
that was being conducted by the DEA, and Senator Ron
Wyden has now accused a top Justice Department official of
blocking the release of the documents related to that investigation,
and the official that he accused was Todd Blanche. Now again,
it doesn't shock me, and I think that Todd Blanche
is up to his eyeballs in this cover up. Why
are you being so evasive about an investigation that named
Jeffrey Epstein as a target that had to do with
organized crime? What's the big deal? Why not just put
it all out there. Well, i'll tell you why, because
it's embarrassing for them. They let Jeffrey Epstein walk on everything,
whether it was drugs, money laundering, immigration fraud, or abusing
girls and kids, all of that's okay as long as
Jeffrey Epstein does whatever he did for whoever he was
doing it for. That's basically what Todd Blanche is telling you.
That's what the doj is saying, and that's certainly what
Pambondy is saying. And what I'm telling you is that
I reject that. Holy I don't believe it. I don't
believe any of the nonsense they're pitching us about what
happened here. And I think that every single time they
open their mouths, they dig that hole deeper, because when
all is said and done, they're gonna be the ones
that are left holding the bag. If anyone gets in
trouble for this, it's gonna end up being Pambondy, Todd,
Blanche Cash Bettel. They're the ones with exposure here and
if and when this turns into something else, when we
have a new administration, and then it's going to be
those three especially that are going to be asked some
very hard questions and they're not going to be afforded
the liberty to answer like unhinged jackasses, because they're going
to be facing criminal charges. And I think that's the
only place we can end up if an investigation is
ever kicked off. Now, of course, there's always the chance that,
you know, it doesn't happen, the next administration just moves
on like the other administrations have. But I just don't
see that happening this time around, considering the people that
are involved. Do you really see anybody letting Pam Bondi
or Todd Blanche off the hook at this point? I
doubt it. And they better hope that the Democrats don't
win the House and the Senate, because if they do,
it's going to be bad news for two years. Today's
article is from CBS News and the headline Justice Department
block release of secret Epstein drug profile. Senator Ron Wyden says.
This article was authored by Daniel Nick Kara to Patchnick
and Graham Kates. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon accused
the top Justice Department official of blocking the release of
a document related to a secret investigation of drug trafficking
and prostitution by Jeffrey Epstein. Now, look, it shouldn't shock
anybody that Epstein had his fingers in many pies. We
all know about the gun running, and we all know
about the women. So is it that big of a
shock that Epstein might have been involved in some kind
of narcotics operation as a moneyman, because I'm guessing that's
what he was. All good transnational drug organizations need a
good money man. So was Epstein bundling their money? Was
he laundering it? Who knows? And I think that's what
Ron Wyden is trying to get to the bottom of. Widen,
said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche blocked the release of
an unredacted twenty fifteen memorandum prepared by the Justice departments
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement task Forces, an entity charge with
coordinating complex drug and money laundering investigations across government agencies. Well,
you can't have any kind of serious narcotics organization without
engaging in money laundering. That money that you make on
the street has to be colored up, it has to
be washed, and what better way to do it than
have somebody like Jeffrey Epstein involved. Now, again, look that speculation.
I don't know if it's true, but it looks like
that's what the DOJ and the DEEA were investigating, and
it certainly would make sense to me what Epstein's going
to have a moral dilemma about being involved with drugs.
CBS News reported in February that the heavily redacted memo
included in the more than three million Epstein files released
in January shows the convicted sex offender was the subject
of a Drug Enforcement Administration probe that stretched at least
five years. Blanche said in a social media post, a
sitting US senator has completely fabricated a story for clicks.
No one's blocking anything. He added that the memo is
available to members of Congress unredacted in our reading room,
but Widen never visited. Hold up, so it's unredacted in
the room, but not for us. How come we can't
see it? That seems to give merit to the fact
that it was real. If they're keeping it under safeguard
and not letting the public see it, what does that
tell you? The Senator responded to Blanche in a series
of social media posts, accusing him an Attorney General Pam Bondi,
of hiding files in a black box, adding, DOJ is
surveilling members of Congress who go to view them, and honestly,
I wouldn't be shocked if they're doing surveillance on everybody
who goes to the website. I mean, do you think
that's a step too far? Maybe I'm just paranoid, but
I don't trust the DOJ to do anything, never mind
safeguard my rights. Widen wrote in his letter to Blanche,
on Wednesday that investigators for the Senate Finance Committee were
told the DEA was prepared to comply with his request
for an unredacted copy of the memo until Blanche intervened
sometime during the last three weeks. Why would Blanche do that?
What is Blanche hiding? I mean, besides the fact that
he's best friends with Glene Maxwell. You know miss Chick
fil A, Miss pet the Puppy, Miss Enjoy your Life. Yeah,
that Glaine Maxwell. It has come to my attention that
you're preventing the Drug Enforcement Administration from producing an unredacted
copy of a report I requested regarding drug trafficking and
money laundering by Jeffrey Epstein and several associates. Widen wrote,
your alleged interference in this matter is highly disturbing. I
happen to agree. And what's really frustrating is that Blanche
and Bondi refused to answer any question, so there's no
real oversight, nobody knows what's going on, and there's no
levers to pull to force the issue. Widen added that
he believes the government had ample evidence that Epstein was
involved in drug trafficking and likely pumping his victims including
underage girls with incapacitating drugs to facilitate abuse. Very possible.
We've heard a lot about drugs. Now, we know that
Epstein didn't do drugs himself, at least that's what we've heard.
But does that mean he was against administering drugs to people.
Highly unlikely. In fact, we know that there was a
lot of xanax being used. We know that there was
a lot of pills being used, and we also know
that that is a method that's used by these traffickers
to make the girls or people that are in their
clutches more compliant. The redacted document shows the DEA's investigation
targeted Epstein and fourteen others for suspicious money transfers possibly
linked to illegal narcotics. Sources tell CBS News that internal
case coding indicates the DEA agents we're targeting club drugs,
which included ketamine, ecstasy, and GHB. The document indicates the
case was related to the drug MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy. Well,
I wonder who the other people are now, Remember we
have had plenty of instances where drug operations were being
funded by government entities and being run off the books.
Now I'm not saying that's what was going on here,
But if Epstein's involved, you just never know. DEA reporting
indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire transfers
which are tied to illicit drugs and or prostitution activities
occurring in the US, Virgin Islands and New York City.
The twenty fifteen documents says the sixty nine page memo
is marked law Enforcement sensitive and conceals the names of
the fourteen other targets. Well, I wonder why always nice
to conceal the names of the co conspirators right? The
document appears to stem from a request by the DEA
to an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement task Force Fusion Center
in Virginia for a complete workup on case targets. A
law enforcement source told CBS News the Fusion Center then
ran the names against all the major federal law enforcement
databases and produce the information for the task force. So
let's see all the work. Why are they being coy
about this? What are they trying to hide? Were they
selling crack in America again? Do they have some more
rebels they need to fund? A law enforcement source told
CBS News that for the DEA to open the case,
there would have had to have been a drug nexus,
and the Fusion Center's involvement indicated the investigation was significant.
Earlier this month, CBS News submitted a Freedom of Information
Act request to the DEA for additional information relating to
the agency's case. That request was denied by the agency,
citing the memo's release could reasonably be expected to interfere
with enforcement proceedings, among other reasons. So, in other words,
get stuffed. We're not giving you anything. So this is
still an ongoing investigation. Is that what they're trying to
tell us. That seems weird. Law enforcement sources said the
memo might be withheld because it could contain enforcement actions
connected to the case, or confidential information or informant names
could be listed. Redact them, simple redact them. Epstein was
arrested and geled in July twenty nineteen after a separate
investigation by the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District
of New York. Sources involved in that case told CBS
News the prosecutors were not aware of the earlier DEA investigation.
His death in jail weeks later was ruled a suicide.
How the fuck aren't you aware? Aren't you the SDNY.
You don't reach out to everybody and say, look, this
is the guy we're going after. Does anybody have any
info on him? Well, under normal circumstances, that's what they
would do. But like all things Zevstein, there's nothing normal
about any of this, So like usual, we'll keep on
keeping on and we'll see where it all ends up.
Until then, that's gonna do it for this one. All
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