1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:10,080 Epstein Chronicles. A few weeks ago, we were talking about 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,679 a memorandum that dropped as part of the Epstein Files 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,079 that named Jeffrey Epstein as a target in an investigation 5 00:00:18,879 --> 00:00:23,440 that was being conducted by the DEA, and Senator Ron 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,320 Wyden has now accused a top Justice Department official of 7 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:31,440 blocking the release of the documents related to that investigation, 8 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,960 and the official that he accused was Todd Blanche. Now again, 9 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:40,840 it doesn't shock me, and I think that Todd Blanche 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,399 is up to his eyeballs in this cover up. Why 11 00:00:43,399 --> 00:00:47,399 are you being so evasive about an investigation that named 12 00:00:47,439 --> 00:00:50,039 Jeffrey Epstein as a target that had to do with 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,119 organized crime? What's the big deal? Why not just put 14 00:00:54,119 --> 00:00:57,640 it all out there. Well, i'll tell you why, because 15 00:00:57,679 --> 00:01:02,719 it's embarrassing for them. They let Jeffrey Epstein walk on everything, 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,760 whether it was drugs, money laundering, immigration fraud, or abusing 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,719 girls and kids, all of that's okay as long as 18 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:15,640 Jeffrey Epstein does whatever he did for whoever he was 19 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:20,079 doing it for. That's basically what Todd Blanche is telling you. 20 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,359 That's what the doj is saying, and that's certainly what 21 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:26,159 Pambondy is saying. And what I'm telling you is that 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,840 I reject that. Holy I don't believe it. I don't 23 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,400 believe any of the nonsense they're pitching us about what 24 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:34,760 happened here. And I think that every single time they 25 00:01:34,799 --> 00:01:39,319 open their mouths, they dig that hole deeper, because when 26 00:01:39,359 --> 00:01:41,439 all is said and done, they're gonna be the ones 27 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:46,239 that are left holding the bag. If anyone gets in 28 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:49,519 trouble for this, it's gonna end up being Pambondy, Todd, 29 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:54,400 Blanche Cash Bettel. They're the ones with exposure here and 30 00:01:54,599 --> 00:01:57,400 if and when this turns into something else, when we 31 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,879 have a new administration, and then it's going to be 32 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:03,959 those three especially that are going to be asked some 33 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,159 very hard questions and they're not going to be afforded 34 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,919 the liberty to answer like unhinged jackasses, because they're going 35 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,400 to be facing criminal charges. And I think that's the 36 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:18,520 only place we can end up if an investigation is 37 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,360 ever kicked off. Now, of course, there's always the chance that, 38 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,919 you know, it doesn't happen, the next administration just moves 39 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,719 on like the other administrations have. But I just don't 40 00:02:29,719 --> 00:02:32,639 see that happening this time around, considering the people that 41 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,400 are involved. Do you really see anybody letting Pam Bondi 42 00:02:36,759 --> 00:02:38,960 or Todd Blanche off the hook at this point? I 43 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,599 doubt it. And they better hope that the Democrats don't 44 00:02:42,599 --> 00:02:44,960 win the House and the Senate, because if they do, 45 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,199 it's going to be bad news for two years. Today's 46 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,800 article is from CBS News and the headline Justice Department 47 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,240 block release of secret Epstein drug profile. Senator Ron Wyden says. 48 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:02,039 This article was authored by Daniel Nick Kara to Patchnick 49 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:07,280 and Graham Kates. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon accused 50 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,479 the top Justice Department official of blocking the release of 51 00:03:10,479 --> 00:03:14,319 a document related to a secret investigation of drug trafficking 52 00:03:14,479 --> 00:03:19,240 and prostitution by Jeffrey Epstein. Now, look, it shouldn't shock 53 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:23,599 anybody that Epstein had his fingers in many pies. We 54 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,759 all know about the gun running, and we all know 55 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,319 about the women. So is it that big of a 56 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,520 shock that Epstein might have been involved in some kind 57 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,719 of narcotics operation as a moneyman, because I'm guessing that's 58 00:03:36,719 --> 00:03:40,639 what he was. All good transnational drug organizations need a 59 00:03:40,639 --> 00:03:43,919 good money man. So was Epstein bundling their money? Was 60 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:48,439 he laundering it? Who knows? And I think that's what 61 00:03:48,599 --> 00:03:52,639 Ron Wyden is trying to get to the bottom of. Widen, 62 00:03:52,639 --> 00:03:56,080 said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche blocked the release of 63 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,680 an unredacted twenty fifteen memorandum prepared by the Justice departments 64 00:04:01,039 --> 00:04:05,479 Organized Crime Drug Enforcement task Forces, an entity charge with 65 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:11,080 coordinating complex drug and money laundering investigations across government agencies. Well, 66 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,439 you can't have any kind of serious narcotics organization without 67 00:04:15,479 --> 00:04:18,560 engaging in money laundering. That money that you make on 68 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,319 the street has to be colored up, it has to 69 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:23,519 be washed, and what better way to do it than 70 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,120 have somebody like Jeffrey Epstein involved. Now, again, look that speculation. 71 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:30,160 I don't know if it's true, but it looks like 72 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,759 that's what the DOJ and the DEEA were investigating, and 73 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,399 it certainly would make sense to me what Epstein's going 74 00:04:37,439 --> 00:04:41,120 to have a moral dilemma about being involved with drugs. 75 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,079 CBS News reported in February that the heavily redacted memo 76 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,439 included in the more than three million Epstein files released 77 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:52,079 in January shows the convicted sex offender was the subject 78 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,079 of a Drug Enforcement Administration probe that stretched at least 79 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,399 five years. Blanche said in a social media post, a 80 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,399 sitting US senator has completely fabricated a story for clicks. 81 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,120 No one's blocking anything. He added that the memo is 82 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,439 available to members of Congress unredacted in our reading room, 83 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:17,519 but Widen never visited. Hold up, so it's unredacted in 84 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,959 the room, but not for us. How come we can't 85 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,279 see it? That seems to give merit to the fact 86 00:05:22,319 --> 00:05:25,199 that it was real. If they're keeping it under safeguard 87 00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:27,480 and not letting the public see it, what does that 88 00:05:27,519 --> 00:05:31,519 tell you? The Senator responded to Blanche in a series 89 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,120 of social media posts, accusing him an Attorney General Pam Bondi, 90 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,519 of hiding files in a black box, adding, DOJ is 91 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,040 surveilling members of Congress who go to view them, and honestly, 92 00:05:43,079 --> 00:05:45,680 I wouldn't be shocked if they're doing surveillance on everybody 93 00:05:45,759 --> 00:05:48,040 who goes to the website. I mean, do you think 94 00:05:48,079 --> 00:05:52,079 that's a step too far? Maybe I'm just paranoid, but 95 00:05:52,199 --> 00:05:55,879 I don't trust the DOJ to do anything, never mind 96 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:02,040 safeguard my rights. Widen wrote in his letter to Blanche, 97 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,680 on Wednesday that investigators for the Senate Finance Committee were 98 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,000 told the DEA was prepared to comply with his request 99 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,639 for an unredacted copy of the memo until Blanche intervened 100 00:06:12,879 --> 00:06:16,639 sometime during the last three weeks. Why would Blanche do that? 101 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,199 What is Blanche hiding? I mean, besides the fact that 102 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:25,959 he's best friends with Glene Maxwell. You know miss Chick 103 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:29,839 fil A, Miss pet the Puppy, Miss Enjoy your Life. Yeah, 104 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,680 that Glaine Maxwell. It has come to my attention that 105 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,040 you're preventing the Drug Enforcement Administration from producing an unredacted 106 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,120 copy of a report I requested regarding drug trafficking and 107 00:06:43,199 --> 00:06:47,199 money laundering by Jeffrey Epstein and several associates. Widen wrote, 108 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,959 your alleged interference in this matter is highly disturbing. I 109 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:57,680 happen to agree. And what's really frustrating is that Blanche 110 00:06:57,759 --> 00:07:01,399 and Bondi refused to answer any question, so there's no 111 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,879 real oversight, nobody knows what's going on, and there's no 112 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:12,279 levers to pull to force the issue. Widen added that 113 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:15,600 he believes the government had ample evidence that Epstein was 114 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,519 involved in drug trafficking and likely pumping his victims including 115 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:26,040 underage girls with incapacitating drugs to facilitate abuse. Very possible. 116 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,720 We've heard a lot about drugs. Now, we know that 117 00:07:29,759 --> 00:07:33,000 Epstein didn't do drugs himself, at least that's what we've heard. 118 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:36,720 But does that mean he was against administering drugs to people. 119 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,439 Highly unlikely. In fact, we know that there was a 120 00:07:41,439 --> 00:07:43,680 lot of xanax being used. We know that there was 121 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,759 a lot of pills being used, and we also know 122 00:07:45,879 --> 00:07:49,279 that that is a method that's used by these traffickers 123 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,160 to make the girls or people that are in their 124 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:57,879 clutches more compliant. The redacted document shows the DEA's investigation 125 00:07:58,199 --> 00:08:03,160 targeted Epstein and fourteen others for suspicious money transfers possibly 126 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:08,519 linked to illegal narcotics. Sources tell CBS News that internal 127 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,319 case coding indicates the DEA agents we're targeting club drugs, 128 00:08:12,759 --> 00:08:18,600 which included ketamine, ecstasy, and GHB. The document indicates the 129 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:25,040 case was related to the drug MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy. Well, 130 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,360 I wonder who the other people are now, Remember we 131 00:08:29,399 --> 00:08:33,240 have had plenty of instances where drug operations were being 132 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:37,480 funded by government entities and being run off the books. 133 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,919 Now I'm not saying that's what was going on here, 134 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:46,559 But if Epstein's involved, you just never know. DEA reporting 135 00:08:46,639 --> 00:08:50,840 indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire transfers 136 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,879 which are tied to illicit drugs and or prostitution activities 137 00:08:54,879 --> 00:08:58,120 occurring in the US, Virgin Islands and New York City. 138 00:08:58,519 --> 00:09:02,600 The twenty fifteen documents says the sixty nine page memo 139 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,519 is marked law Enforcement sensitive and conceals the names of 140 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:12,120 the fourteen other targets. Well, I wonder why always nice 141 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,080 to conceal the names of the co conspirators right? The 142 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,440 document appears to stem from a request by the DEA 143 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,440 to an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement task Force Fusion Center 144 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,120 in Virginia for a complete workup on case targets. A 145 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,919 law enforcement source told CBS News the Fusion Center then 146 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,240 ran the names against all the major federal law enforcement 147 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,639 databases and produce the information for the task force. So 148 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:42,759 let's see all the work. Why are they being coy 149 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,720 about this? What are they trying to hide? Were they 150 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,080 selling crack in America again? Do they have some more 151 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,679 rebels they need to fund? A law enforcement source told 152 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,960 CBS News that for the DEA to open the case, 153 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,240 there would have had to have been a drug nexus, 154 00:09:57,399 --> 00:10:01,919 and the Fusion Center's involvement indicated the investigation was significant. 155 00:10:02,799 --> 00:10:06,200 Earlier this month, CBS News submitted a Freedom of Information 156 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:10,679 Act request to the DEA for additional information relating to 157 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,639 the agency's case. That request was denied by the agency, 158 00:10:14,919 --> 00:10:19,240 citing the memo's release could reasonably be expected to interfere 159 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,159 with enforcement proceedings, among other reasons. So, in other words, 160 00:10:23,159 --> 00:10:25,799 get stuffed. We're not giving you anything. So this is 161 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,399 still an ongoing investigation. Is that what they're trying to 162 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:33,639 tell us. That seems weird. Law enforcement sources said the 163 00:10:33,639 --> 00:10:37,360 memo might be withheld because it could contain enforcement actions 164 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,720 connected to the case, or confidential information or informant names 165 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:48,039 could be listed. Redact them, simple redact them. Epstein was 166 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,600 arrested and geled in July twenty nineteen after a separate 167 00:10:51,639 --> 00:10:55,200 investigation by the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District 168 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,960 of New York. Sources involved in that case told CBS 169 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,759 News the prosecutors were not aware of the earlier DEA investigation. 170 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,919 His death in jail weeks later was ruled a suicide. 171 00:11:08,639 --> 00:11:12,480 How the fuck aren't you aware? Aren't you the SDNY. 172 00:11:13,279 --> 00:11:15,240 You don't reach out to everybody and say, look, this 173 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,600 is the guy we're going after. Does anybody have any 174 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:23,000 info on him? Well, under normal circumstances, that's what they 175 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,519 would do. But like all things Zevstein, there's nothing normal 176 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:30,960 about any of this, So like usual, we'll keep on 177 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,639 keeping on and we'll see where it all ends up. 178 00:11:34,879 --> 00:11:37,679 Until then, that's gonna do it for this one. All 179 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,759 the information that goes with this episode can be found 180 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,360 in the description box.