Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. Pambondi and the DOJ sent Congress a letter
stating that all of the records had been released and
that nothing that wasn't supposed to be withheld was withheld.
So in this episode we're going to take a look
at that letter, and then in the next episode we're
going to talk about this so called list. But first
things first. February fourteenth, twenty twenty six Epstein File Transparency Act,
Section three Report to Congress. Section three of the Epstein
Files Transparency Act requires the Department of Justice, within fifteen
days of completing the release required under the Act, to
submit to the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary
a report listing one all categories of records released and
withheld to a summary of redactions made, including legal basis,
and three a list of all government officials and politically
exposed persons or referenced in the released material. Consistent with
Section three of the Act, the Department provides the following
information categories of records released and withheld, Categories of records
released in accordance with the requirements of the Act and
as described in various Departments submissions to the Courts of
the Southern District of New York assigned to the Epstein
and Maxwell prosecutions and related orders. The Department released all records, documents, communication,
and investigative material in the possession of the Department that
relate to any of the nine different categories. One Jeffrey Epstein,
including all investigations, prosecutions, or custodial matters. Two Glad Maxwell.
Three flight logs or travel records, including but not limited to, manifests, itineraries,
pilot records, and customs or immigration documentation for any aircraft, vessel,
or vehicle owned, operated, or used by Jeffrey Epstein or
any related entity. Four individuals, including government officials, named or
referenced in connection with Epstein's criminal activities, civil settlements, immunity
or plea agreements, or investigatory proceedings. Five entities corporate, nonprofit, academic,
or governmental with known or alleged ties to Ebstein's trafficking
or financial networks. Six any immunity deals, non prosecution agreements,
plea bargains, or sealed agreements involving Epstein or his associates.
Seven internal DOJ communication, including emails, memos, meeting notes concerning
decisions to charge, not charge, investigate, or declined to investigate
Epstein or his associates. Eight all communications, memoranda, directives, logs,
or metadata concerning the destruction, deletion, alteration, misplacement, or concealment
of documents, including recordings or electronic data related to Epstein,
his associates, his detention and death, or any investigative files.
And nine documentation of Epstein's detention or death, including incident reports,
witness interviews, medical examiner files, autopsy reports, and written records
detailing the circumstances and cause of death. Categories of records withheld.
The only category of record withheld were those records were
permitted withholdings under Section two S, and privileged materials were
not segrable from material responsive under Section two A. As
discussed in the Departments December nineteenth, twenty twenty five and
January twenty ninth, twenty twenty six letter to Congress. The
privileges that applied to the withheld records were deliberative process privilege,
work product privilege, and attorney client privile No records were
withheld or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm
or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure,
or foreign dignitary. C Two be one summary of redactions
made and legal basis Consistent with the Act, The Department,
in consultation with Victims, Council and Victims directly engaged in
an extensive process to identify and redact segrable portions of
records that A contain personally identifiable information of victim or
victims personal and medical files, and similar files, the disclosure
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
B depict or contain child sexual abuse material as defined
under US Code eighteen, section twenty two to fifty six
and prohibited under US Code eighteen Section twenty two, fifty
two and twenty two to fifty two exis would jeopardize
an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, provided that such
withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary. And D depict Or
contain images of death, physical abuse, or injury to any person.
Although permitted by the Act, no materials were redacted or
withheld on the basis that a record contained information specifically
authorized under criteria established by an executive order to be
kept secret. In the interest of national defense or foreign policy,
and are in fact properly classified pursuing to such an
executive order. As described in detail in the SDNY EFTA
Orders and Submission and the prior EFTA letter, the Department,
as permitted by the Act, undertook an extensive process to
redact victim names and victim personally identifiable information, including extensive
engagement with victims and their counsel. This engagement is ongoing,
and the Department remains steadfast in its commitment of protecting
the victims. The Department notes, and as discussed in the
SDNY EFTA Order and submission, unredacted versions of the material
are available for inspection at the Department by members of Congress,
and certain members of Congress have come to the Department
to inspect unredacted material. As discussed above and in the
prior EFTA letter, the Department redacted a limited amount of
information covered by various privileges, including deliberative process privilege, work
product privilege, and attorney client privilege. The legal basis for
these redactions and withholdings is that these privileges are long
recognized and based in common law. Given the presumption against
repeal of common law principle. The Supreme Court is recognized
that such privilege should not be held to have been
abrogated or limited unless Congress has at least use clear
statutory language before any departure from the rule affirmed through
the ages of the common law. A rule having its
solid foundation in the best interest of society can be adjudged.
The language declaring the legislative will should be so clear
as to prevent doubt as to the intent and the limit.
Congress expressed its intentions through statutory text passed by both
houses and signed by the President. List of all government
officials and politically exposed persons Below is a list of
all government officials and politically exposed persons named or referenced
in the release material. The term politically exposed person was
not defined in the Act, but consistent with Section three
of the Act, department reviewers were directed to notate all
government officials and politically exposed persons named or referenced in
any document, including videos and images, reviewed during the process.
The list includes, as directed by the Act, all persons
where one they are or were a government official or
politically exposed person, and two their name appears in the
files released under the Act at least once. Names appear
in the files released under the Act in a wide
variety of context. For example, some individuals had extensive direct
email contact with Epstein or Maxwell, while other individuals are
mentioned only in a portion of a document, including press reporting,
and on its face is unrelated to the Epstein and
Maxwell matters. All right, So here's the list, which is ridiculous,
by the way. Acosta, Alexander, Gloria Allred, Julianna soannge Vincent Barbino,
Steve Bannon, Xavier Besserra Beyonce Hunter, Biden, Laura Berger, Leon Black,
Anthony Blinken, Pam Bondy, Lauren Book, Stephen E. Boyd, John E. Brennan,
Sean Buckley, George W. Bush, Stephen Cock, Tom Carper Scherer,
Bill Clinton, George Clooney, Brian Collerin, Marian Comy, Bill Cosby,
Alan Dershowitz, Barry Diller, Kathlin DuPont, John Eisenberg, Ram Emmanuel
Stephen Feinberg, Michael Flynn, Edward Friedlin, Bill Gates, Rudy Giuliani,
Nicki Haley, Warren Hatch, Tony Higgins, Eric Holder, Mark Hosenball,
Sarah Huckabee, Claire Ivy, Henry Jureki, Miriam Adelson, Andrew Mountain,
Betton Winsol, Audrey Strauss, Alec Baldwin, Edward Barrock, Lna Bellohovlik,
Jeff Bezos, Jill Biden, David Bestrichter, Tony Blair, David Boys,
Dan Bongino, Corey Booker, Rick Bradshaw, John Brockman, Gerald Bull,
Jeb Bush, Russell Capone, Fidel Castro, Noam Chomsky, Chelsea, Clinton, Kirk, Obain,
Linda Collins, George Conway, Omar Dazza, Ron DeSantis, Phil Donahue,
George Aconna, Mo Elizabeth the Second, Jeffrey Epstein, Sarah Ferguson,
Mark Foley, Phillip Frost, Melinda Gates, Dan Goldman, Kamala Harris Roney, Hawk,
Stanley Hoe, Andresen Horowitz, Stanny Hoyer, Florence Hutner, Michael Jackson,
Jay z Woody Allen Arthur, Edward, Rory Guinness, Stephanie Avakian,
Doug Band, William Barr, Jeffrey Berman, Ashley Biden, Joe Biden,
Mark Bestrichtier Todd Blanche, John Bolton, Bono, David Bowditch, Richard Branson,
Jean Luke, Brunel, George h. Bush, Patrick Byrne, Tucker, Carlson,
Dick Cheney, Jay Clayton, Hillary Clinton, Michael Cohen, James Comey,
David Copperfield, Robert de Niro, Diana, Princess Welles, Rebecca Donalski,
Michael Egager, Keith Ellison, German, Urban Mark Philippe, Marius Ford, Olini,
Merrick Garland, Timothy Geitner, Lindsey Graham, Joshua Harris, Howard, Heis
Reed Hoffman, Michael Horowitz, Mike Huckabee, kel Ingey, Rock, Mick Jagger, Pramila, Jayapal,
Jakim Jeffries, Janice Joplin, Robert F. Kennedy, Junior, Carl Klein,
Jared Kushner, Jay Lefkowitz, Jack low, Zoey Lofgren, Lord, Robert May,
Nancy Mace, James, Mark Goland, Thomas Massey, Teresa May, Mark Meadows,
Nathan Mkowski, Alison Moe, William Mook, Nick Mulvaney, Jerry Nadler,
Benjamin Nett, Yahoo, Michelle Obama, Oz Meckmitt Cash, Betel, Nancy Pelosi, Feelin,
John Podesta, Tony Podesta, Pope, John Paul the Second, Elvis Presley,
Prince Philip dan Quill, Brett Ratner, Joseph Riccari, Tom Reynolds,
Terry Rod Larsen, Mitt Romney, Rod Rosenstein, John Ross, Mark Rowan,
Kathy Rumler, Ben Sass, Janis Schenberg, Amy Schumer, Tim Scott,
Jeff Sessions, Gretchen Schappert, Edward Snowden, Kevin Spacey, Debbie Stabenow,
Kenneth Starr, Pete Stordeleine Sultan, Achmed Ben Suliman, Hank Johnson,
John Kasich, John Kerry, Barry Krisher, John Kyle, Jeremy Lefroy,
Monica Lewinsky, Jessica Lannegren, Howard Lutnick, Peter Mandelson, ed Marky,
Glen Maxwell, John McCain, Robert Menendez, Michael Milken, Lisa Monico,
Jared Moskovitz, Rupert Murdoch, Janet Napolitano, Gavin Newsom, Alexandria kaz Cortes,
Sophia Papper, two Ron Paul Mike Pence, Stacey Plaskett, Laura Pomerantz,
Susan Pope, Lisa Presley, J. B. Pritzker, Jamie Raskin, Chad Reedler,
Michael Ryder, Susan, Rice Matthews, Rogers, Nicholas Ross, Diana Ross,
Timothy Rausch, Howard Rubinstein, Paul Ryan, Mary Gay, Scanlin, Adam Schiff,
Chuck Schumer, Jay Sechalo Jitsak Shamir, Timothy Shay, Alex Soros,
Elliott Spitzer, Jess Staley, Jen Stoltenberg, Glenn Straub, Larry Summers,
Alex Jones, John Kendall, Rawlins, ro Conna, Larry Koolow, Lady
Victoria hoeh Leo Leonard, Ted Lou Howard Lorber, Loretta Lynch,
Kareem Maw, Megan Markle, Robert Maxwell, Nicole McFarland, Alissa Milano,
Steve Manoochin, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mueller, The Third, Elon Musk,
Larry Nasser, Barack Obama, Rosie O'Donnell, Daniel Parker, Joseph Pecorino,
Diego Pastana, Les Plord, Mike Pompeo, Samantha Howard, Prince, Harry
the Duke of Sussex, Thomas Pritzker, John Radcliffe, Ronald Reagan,
Janet Reno, Bill Richardson, Andrew Rohorback, Jeffrey Rozen, Alexander Ross, Miller,
Carl Rove, Marco, Rubio, Pierre Salinger, John Sciola, Martin Schlaff,
Stephen Schwarzman, Adrian SENATORI, Ben Shapiro, Daniel Said, George Soros,
Bruce Springsteen, Keir Starmer, Gunhild Stordolen, Barber streisand Eric Swalwell,
William Sweeney Junior, Peter Thiel, Ivanka Trump, j d Vance,
Kevin worsh Damian Williams, Ron Wyden, Jeff Zucker, Marjorie Taylor Green,
Carol Thomas Jacobs, Malania Trump, Marie Vi Lafauna, Abighan Wexner,
Michael Wolfe, Mark Young, Mark Zuckerberg, Margaret Thatcher, Donald Trump,
Chris Tucker, Richard Walker, Les Wexner, Stanley Woodward, and Paulo Zampoli.
This letter was signed by Todd Blanche. All of the
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