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<v Speaker 1>What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein Chronicles. When it comes to the lawsuit between Virginia

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<v Speaker 1>and Glenn Maxwell, we still haven't seen all of the

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<v Speaker 1>files and that's because a lot of them were locked

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<v Speaker 1>away by the judge who was overseeing it at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was a sweeping seal, meaning that he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>really go through all the different files and sealed them

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<v Speaker 1>on a one by one basis. Basically, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>blanket seal and anything that could embarrass people or that

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<v Speaker 1>would give private information up ended up being sealed. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the way it should have went. And now

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<v Speaker 1>with the latest ruling by Judge Presca, we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>get to see some of these documents. Now, the question

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<v Speaker 1>is when is that going to occur. When are they

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<v Speaker 1>going to be unsealed and available for us to dive into,

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<v Speaker 1>And of course there's a whole process that has to

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<v Speaker 1>be followed now with these documents being unsealed. So today

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<v Speaker 1>we have an article from Media and the headline damning

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<v Speaker 1>evidence from Virginia Roberts twenty fifteen lawsuit against Glaann Maxwell

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<v Speaker 1>to be released. This article was authored by Kathy Anne Bonniello.

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<v Speaker 1>More damning documents about Jeffrey Epstein and Glenn Maxwell could

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<v Speaker 1>be on the way after a Manhattan federal court judge

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<v Speaker 1>agreed to unseal the voluminous case files from more than

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<v Speaker 1>a decade old lawsuit against the convicted madam. And there's

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of depositions that have still been sealed. And boy,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to get a look at him. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait to see what people had to say, and

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to see how many people pled the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's another thing. There's going to be damning information

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<v Speaker 1>about a lot of people, not just about Maxwell, not

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<v Speaker 1>just about Epstein, but about a lot of people. And

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<v Speaker 1>that was why Judge Sweet ended up sealing all of this.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't want to embarrass people, which is absolutely ridiculous

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<v Speaker 1>because these people, well they embarrassed themselves. Miami Herald investigative

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<v Speaker 1>reporter Julie K. Brown, whose reporting led to the downfall

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<v Speaker 1>of the disgraced financier Pedophile, reported the decision from Judge

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<v Speaker 1>Loretta Presca on her sub stack on Tuesday. Well, this

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<v Speaker 1>decision was made days ago, and Judge Presca has been

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<v Speaker 1>one of the few judges that has actually cared about

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<v Speaker 1>transparency throughout this process, and she's one of the judges

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't seem to fear these people, and she certainly

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't care about their image, right. I mean, she was

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<v Speaker 1>the one that released all this information in the first place,

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<v Speaker 1>before the Epstein files were a thing. Judge Presca had

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<v Speaker 1>these documents coming out on a rolling basis, and considering

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<v Speaker 1>the way these other judges have acted, I think we

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<v Speaker 1>have to give Judge Presca a lot of credit when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to transparency. Virginia Roberts sued Maxwell for defamation

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty fifteen after Maxwell accused Roberts of making up

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<v Speaker 1>sex trafficking allegations against Epstein and others, including former Prince

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<v Speaker 1>Andrew mount Batton Windsor, who is now under police probe

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<v Speaker 1>for his ties to the pedophile Well, yeah, for passing information,

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<v Speaker 1>not for the stuff. He should be under investigation for

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that Virginia told everybody about years ago. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what he should have been under investigation for. But of

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<v Speaker 1>course not right, God forbid, the queen's son actually gets

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of ramifications. Brown and The Miami Herald have

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<v Speaker 1>fought in court for nearly a decade to unseal the

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<v Speaker 1>hefty case files from Robert's lawsuit, Brown wrote, adding the

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<v Speaker 1>lawsuit was settled in early twenty seventeen. I had been

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<v Speaker 1>told discovery contained damning evidence against Epstein, Maxwell and other men,

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<v Speaker 1>and that it was worth trying to get the courts

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<v Speaker 1>to unseal the document on the grounds that they were

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<v Speaker 1>never properly sealed in the first place. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>a discussion that I've had with Virginia. We talked about

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<v Speaker 1>these files and how they were still sealed, and how

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<v Speaker 1>it was ridiculous, especially considering she won the lawsuit. Those

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<v Speaker 1>files should have been public record, but of course they

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<v Speaker 1>were hidden. And why were they hidden, Well, because the

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<v Speaker 1>people whose names were contained inside of those files didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want you to know. And that's the same reason you

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<v Speaker 1>see this cover up that's happening right now. In real time,

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<v Speaker 1>judicial records, by law, are supposed to be open to

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<v Speaker 1>the public. In this case, the former judge Robert Sweet,

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<v Speaker 1>now deceased, issued a blanket sealing on all the documents

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<v Speaker 1>because they contained sensitive and private information. Sweet placed to

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<v Speaker 1>protective order on massive amounts of material, including hearings and

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<v Speaker 1>judicial decisions made in the case. The voluminous evidence that

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<v Speaker 1>Virginia presented to show that Epstein and Maxwell were operating

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<v Speaker 1>an underage sex trafficking operation. You know, the one that

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<v Speaker 1>was proven correct. You know Maxwell charged with perjury? Could

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<v Speaker 1>she lied during this ordeal? But sure tell me some

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<v Speaker 1>more about how it's all overblown. The only thing that's

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<v Speaker 1>overblown is a narrative that says that all of this

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<v Speaker 1>has already been investigated. That's the biggest hoax in the

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<v Speaker 1>whole entire case. This is not the way sealing is

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to happen. However, each document that the lawyers want

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<v Speaker 1>sealed has to be examined, and those requesting it be

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<v Speaker 1>sealed must provide legal justification to the judge for doing so.

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<v Speaker 1>This wasn't done in this case, of course, it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing that should have been done was ever done. It

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<v Speaker 1>was always just done in a manner that would benefit

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein time and time again, and at some point you

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<v Speaker 1>have to ask yourself, is this all just by accident?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it all coincidence? Or could it be that it's

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<v Speaker 1>something much more a fit. Last week, PRESCO rejected Maxwell's

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<v Speaker 1>bid to keep the files under wrap, noting that epstein

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<v Speaker 1>files transparency acts superseded in earlier grand jury argument that

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<v Speaker 1>Maxwell was using to keep the records from the public,

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<v Speaker 1>Brown wrote, and there's no doubt the EFTA really launched

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<v Speaker 1>some different things into orbit, and it gave us a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more of an ability to make an argument

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<v Speaker 1>with the courts that things should be unsealed. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's very important that the EFTA went through. But

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<v Speaker 1>with that said, like I've told you a million times,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a big fan of the fact that it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have teeth. You have to have teeth. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>have some kind of congressional bill that doesn't have punishment

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<v Speaker 1>on the back end. I mean, it sounds good and

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<v Speaker 1>it looks good in concept, but what are you gonna

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<v Speaker 1>do when people don't listen? What are you gonna do

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<v Speaker 1>when people decide to make a move like we've seen

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<v Speaker 1>with the DOJ You're gonna be stuck. And unfortunately that's

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<v Speaker 1>where we find ourselves. We have the EFTA, but there's

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<v Speaker 1>no teeth. And how many people have already got up

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<v Speaker 1>there and given us testimony where they lied, bullshitted and

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<v Speaker 1>told a bunch of nonsense to the Congressional Committee. Well

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<v Speaker 1>just about all of them, right, And what's happened. I

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<v Speaker 1>ain't been hit with perjury, has anyone been referred, has

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<v Speaker 1>anyone been arrested? Has there been the doors blown off

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<v Speaker 1>of the investigation? Of course not. And while it's great

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<v Speaker 1>that role Conna and Thomas Massey worked together to get

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<v Speaker 1>this passed, what have they done since? And that's really

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<v Speaker 1>what it comes down to. It's one thing to get

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<v Speaker 1>something passed right, It's another thing to keep up the

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<v Speaker 1>full core press and in my opinion, we just haven't

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<v Speaker 1>seen that. So when it comes to Judge Presca and

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<v Speaker 1>the rulings, I'm all for it because Judge Presca, she's

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<v Speaker 1>not messing around. Maxwell's sixty four, was convicted in December

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty twenty one of sex trafficking and other crimes

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<v Speaker 1>and later sentenced to twenty years in Roberts, who was

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<v Speaker 1>found dead in April of twenty twenty five at her

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<v Speaker 1>home in Western Australia, struggled in the final years of

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<v Speaker 1>her life after being seriously hurt in a car crash

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<v Speaker 1>and separating from her husband. According to reports, she was

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<v Speaker 1>forty one years old. The fact that these files aren't

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<v Speaker 1>unsealed is just unbelievable, and the hoops that people have

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<v Speaker 1>to jump through to get the information that should already

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<v Speaker 1>be out there is one of the biggest tells. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>people want to talk about cover up here and cover

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<v Speaker 1>up there, and you know conspiracy. Well here it is.

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<v Speaker 1>This is it. It's happening in real time, right in

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<v Speaker 1>front of our faces, and there's still people that refuse

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<v Speaker 1>to accept it. And I just don't get it, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what could the motivation be for trying to downplay this?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean outside of political motivation, right, I get why

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump will want to downplay it. It's damaging to him,

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<v Speaker 1>but regular people, I mean, how could anyone look at

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<v Speaker 1>what Epstein was up to, what he was doing, and

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<v Speaker 1>all of the information we have about those crimes and

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<v Speaker 1>say to themselves, ah, you know what, everything's on the

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<v Speaker 1>up and up, man, everything's good here. There's nothing that

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<v Speaker 1>needs any more investigation, nothing that seems amiss, and certainly

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<v Speaker 1>nothing that rises to the level of criminality, because there's

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<v Speaker 1>no way you can arrive at that point if you

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<v Speaker 1>honestly look at all of the evidence that's been provided.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course that doesn't mean you have to believe every element,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's so much here that it's impossible for me

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<v Speaker 1>to understand how someone can look at what Epstein was

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<v Speaker 1>up to, look at the people he was associating with,

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<v Speaker 1>look at their business dealings, and I'll come to the

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<v Speaker 1>conclusion that there is a lot of financial malfeasance at

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<v Speaker 1>the very least. And you might not think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>big deal compared to the human trafficking, but in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>it is not because it's more vile or more disgusting

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<v Speaker 1>or more harmful to the people, but because that's an

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<v Speaker 1>inroad and before you get into the room, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to open the door, and I think that the financial

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<v Speaker 1>aspect of this is the right way to do that. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not going to see it, at least not without

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<v Speaker 1>a fight. And that's also why they want to keep

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<v Speaker 1>all these other documents sealed. Look, these people might be sick,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're not stupid, and they understand that they can't

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<v Speaker 1>have all this stuff coming out if they want to

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<v Speaker 1>control the blast radius. And that's why they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>fight with every ounce of their being to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>that this stuff never sees the light of day. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's also why they want you to move on. The

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<v Speaker 1>question is will you give them what they want all

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<v Speaker 1>the Information that goes with this episode can be found

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<v Speaker 1>in the description box.