Speaker 1: So as you all know, I'm no stranger to being
placed in situations that I was never actually in. I mean,
remember Prague, Remember the Russia hoax, right, the lies, lies, lies. Well,
today's spin is that I spend time at Metropolitan Detention
Center and that's the facility where Nicholas Maduro is currently
being held. Now media outlets to have a heyday, eight
absolute field day, naming all of the people who are
held behind bars at MDC. But as mainstream media continues
to gossip, they're actually falling into the trap that's set
by the Trump administration. You see, as the zone is
flooded with venezuela and chaos, people are forgetting that we
still haven't received the full Epstein files, which are required
by law. There are in fact two million records that
are still needed to be released to the public. But
mainstream media, they may fall for the Trump distraction tactics,
but I won't. And welcome back to The Michael Cohen
Show on our continued journey to a million subscribers. Let's
get there, hit subscribe, watch, comment, and share, because the stupidity,
the nonsense, it really has to stop. So Saturday was
the statutory date for the DOJ to explain why there
were so many redactions in the first Epstein file drop,
but instead they attacked Venezuela. Here's what the House Oversight
Democrats posted. In it, they write, we are Short's just
a coincidence, but today is the statutory date for the
DOJ to explain its redactions in the Epstein file productions.
We have not forgotten and we won't let up, regardless
of the president's new unconstitutional actions. Now, let me also
show you two more recent posts calling for the DOJ's accountability.
The first one turns around and said, again by the
Oversight Dems, there's a lot going on in the world
that's important, and that includes our work on the Epstein files.
We won't forget and we won't be distracted. Another one
turns around and says, the Epstein files production we received
from the DOJ last month was both incomplete and overly redacted.
Entire pages blacked out with zero explanation, a clear obstruction
of justice for survivors and accountability for co conspirators. We
won't stop until we get the truth. But look at
the amount of redaction in that document. It is absolutely obscene. Now,
Representative Robert Garcia well, he's the Democratic ranking member on
the Oversight Committee, and this is what he said about
the Epstein file. Play the clip.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't buy that. I just don't see
how you have documents. This is a critical, well publicized case.
Everyone is talking about the Epstein files, And didn't Pambond
do you already have these on her desk? Susie Wills,
acquiring of Vanity Fair, had already seen them. So this
idea that somehow this is somehow new to them, or
they just happened to find one million new documents is
just not believable. You know, Todd blanche here is out
here partying next to the president on New Year's Eve
at mar A Lago. He's over a meeting with Gallainne
Maxwell in secret, giving her special deals, and is now
essentially finding new documents out of nowhere, while they continue
to redact the president's name in places where we know
it shouldn't happen. This is a directed White House cover
up by the President and the Attorney General. I mean,
there's no question of that. And I think the American
public now see that, and it's very clear we've got
to be very careful and diligent in going through the
new documents and holding Pambondi accountable if that means contempt
or other measures, and using the legal process, which we've
already begun doing some of the groundwork on. You'll be
seeing and hearing about in the weeks ahead.
Speaker 1: Okay. So basically, what they're doing is the same thing
that Trump does. And this is the part that infuriates
me and I'm certain infuriates you too. They do have
things that they can do. They have an arsenal of
things that they can do in order to demand the release.
They could have already filed an action against the DOJ,
and action against Pam Bondy and action against Todd Blanche.
They could have done something. Instead, what do they do.
They go to MS now, they go to CNN, they
even go on to Fox to bitch and complain. Well,
you know what, nobody cares on the Republican side about
your whining. Actually do something, literally, literally do something, file
in action against the DOJ, the Attorney General, or whoever.
But do something now. Representative Melanie Stansbury she posted this
on x explaining her determination to find the truth. Let
me show you what she writes. She writes things invading Venezuela,
don't stop, and here's the list. The Epstein investigation and
the DOJ's failure to comply. New reporting on Trump's relationship
with Epstein and the recruitment of girls from mar A
Lago January sixth anniversary, and testimony from Jack Smith on
Trump's involvement and use of classified documents. Healthcare costs skyrocketing
and the president's failure to act skyrocketing costs them, Trump's
tariffs and giveaway to billionaires on the backs of working people.
Investigations into Trump's illegal use of the military to invade
a foreign country to take their oil. Another government shut
down deadline in twenty five days. That's why this week
in Congress, Democrats will force votes on war powers, healthcare,
and continue to fight for the American people once again.
All tough talk, by the way, great great texts, great post.
Very proud of you. Now actually do something again, other
than bitch and wind and complain about it. Actually do
something now. Representative James Walkinshaw. He also took to the
news to count direct Trump's distractions. Play the clip.
Speaker 3: As of today, best we can tell, we have maybe
five percent of the total documents that should have been
produced and released publicly. So the Trump administration, the Department
of Justice is blatantly violating the law and engaging in
I don't know another word for it. It's a cover up.
It's a cover up of the Epstein files. In addition
to the ninety five percent that we don't have, there's
some very specific documents that we know exist that haven't
been released. We know there are ten co conspirators. Who
are those ten co conspirators? Where are the survivor's statements,
the statements they made to the FBI, where as they
have said they out mind a number of the men
who were involved in this abuse. So on and on
and on. There are critical documents missing.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So, as I wrote in my substack of This
Morning James, which I called reality ignored for ratings in it,
I turn on and I say that the DOJ acknowledged
that there are more than two million documents potentially responsive
to the Epstein Files Transparency Act that are currently in
various stages of review. Two million documents. Let that sit
with you. You see, Congress set a clear deadline for disclosure,
and that date was December nineteenth. Everyone remember that date.
Because that deadline has come and gone, and what has
the public received so far? Let me, James give you
some real numbers about twelve thousand, two hundred and eighty
five documents totaling roughly one hundred and twenty five thousand pages,
one hundred and twenty five thousand pages which are now
uploaded to the DOJ's Epstein library. My friends, as I'm
going to agree with James on this one. That's not transparency.
That's a sample tray. Now you know, when a political
reporter tried to approach Bondi regarding the files, she was
turned away. Let me show you what happened in it.
They're right, I asked. This is from Meredith Lee Hill
of Politico. I asked Agpam Bondi when DOJ will comply
with the Epstein disclosure law as she entered a classified
Hill briefing on Venezuela. She didn't respond. Dj has yet
to fully comply with the law, which Congress passed in
November to release its entire Epstein related file. The department
has released tranches of often heavily redacted documents, but says
it's still working through potentially a million more. Bondy is
expected to testify in a rescheduled oversight hearing in the
coming weeks with how Judiciary, where Representative Thomas Massey is
a member. Now let me also be clear here Milania
she also doesn't want to be questioned about Epstein, and
according to Michael Wolfe's doing everything in her power to
avoid any questions.
Speaker 4: Play the clip Malania is a key part of the
puzzle what happened with Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump? Malania
shed's an enormous amount of light. I got a letter
saying you gotta talk about Milania and Trump before they
consume me for a billion dollars. We went into court
and sued them. We filed that suit on October twenty second,
and that's almost ten weeks ago. One of the things
that we have been trying to.
Speaker 5: Do is to serve the first lady. It turns out
to be very difficult. They're basically hiding they don't want
this to go forward because we've kind of screwed themselves.
High file suit. That means I can subpoena them. That
means I can ask Milania Trump, Donald Trump, all of
their friends basically anything I want about the relationship to
Jeffrey Epstein. That is something that I think they cannot
let happen. We have not heard from Milania or her lawyers.
They finally responded to us because they went into court
to ask that our suit be moved from the New
York courts to the federal courts. That's a delay tactic,
which means that we have to start the service process
all over again. He cannot let this happen. I mean,
her options are to run out the clock on this,
which they will certainly try to do. Every delay tactic
that's available to them they will use.
Speaker 1: You know, there's many ways within which to serve whether
it's the President of the United States and certainly the
first Lady. By the way, all you need to do
is check out her schedule, right You'll know when she
is in DC or she's in New York. So if
she's in New York, serve her. You could do it
via nail and mail. You could do it by service
to downstairs, to the concierge at the Trump Tower. There's
many ways within which to do it, and I'm certain
Michael Wolfe's lawyers know how to do it. Meanwhile, despite
Democrats trying to remind the public about the importance of
the Epstein files, which I did as well in my
sub stack. They're important. We cannot be distracted. Trump is
still out there spreading the distractions. I mean, this morning alone,
he claimed the United States markets are at an all
time high. Okay, great, let me show you what he
says in it. He writes, the USA markets just hit
another all time high, all of them. Thank you you,
mister Tariff. Pray that the United States Supreme Court allows
our country to continue its unpreced dented march toward unparalleled greatness.
Both our national and financial security have never been stronger. Well,
I think many people would absolutely disagree with that one. Yes,
the market is at an all time high. Great. You
know what else is impossible to deal with? It's called affordability. Now.
Trump also bragged about cutting funding for childcare. Congrats. Let
me show you what he wrote in it. Trump cuts
off and this is from his this is from his
true social Trump cuts off ten billion in funding to
five blue states for childcare social services over fraud fears.
And this came out of a New York Post exclusive.
The Trump administration's cutting off more than ten billion in
social services and childcare funding meant for a handful of
Democratic led States officials told the Post today. Now, look,
because ironing is always fun to dissect, I do want
to show you a post from the year twenty twelve
where Trump was extremely critical of Obama. You'll understand exactly
why I want to show this to you. In it,
he turns around and he says, remember October ninth of
twenty twelve, Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin,
watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran.
He is desperate. I don't know how's Trump's numbers doing
right now? Tailspin? Maybe? Oh way, did we just launch
an attack? Where did we just go ahead and invade
in order to grab a head of state? Oh yeah,
then Isuela? So always be careful what you say on
the internet, because now everyone is claiming that Trump's attack
on Venezuela is all part of this distraction tactic. That
and of course oil. So look as I turn around
and I say in my sub stack, at the very
very end, this isn't accidental. It's profitable. They're actually making
money off this. You see what Trump does here is
he floods the zone and cable news they cash the checks. Meanwhile,
we the American people. We actually bleed off camera, dying
quietly while everyone is too busy staring at these distractions,
and we must ensure that it stops. And as always,
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