1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:08,960 Epstein Chronicles. Senator Ron Wyden has spent the better part 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,119 of the year telling us about Epstein's deep ties to 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,480 the financial sector. But there's one little part that he 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,079 has left out, and that part is his own son, 6 00:00:20,359 --> 00:00:25,679 Adam Widen, had his own connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:31,679 in twenty sixteen, Adam Widen and his firm adw Capital 8 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:35,439 tried to get some money from Jeffrey Epstein. And of 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,880 course that's after Jeffrey Epstein was already arrested for crimes 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,520 against miners. But of course that didn't matter, did it, 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,719 Because for people like this, it's always profits over people. 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,960 And make no mistake, this is what makes people cynical 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,640 about the whole situation. How can you take somebody serious 14 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:57,679 when their own kid was trying to get money from 15 00:00:57,679 --> 00:01:01,359 the same guy that you're going crazy about. Did you 16 00:01:01,399 --> 00:01:04,400 have that conversation with your son and before airing out 17 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,799 Leon Black, you should have ered out your own kid. Now, 18 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,120 of course you can air out Leon Black as well, 19 00:01:10,719 --> 00:01:13,400 but don't try and play games. Don't try and you know, 20 00:01:13,439 --> 00:01:16,120 act like your own son had nothing to do with Epstein. 21 00:01:17,799 --> 00:01:19,920 So today we have an article from the New York 22 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:24,400 Post and the headline unearthed emails revealed Democratic Senator's son 23 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,120 wanted Epstein to join his fund. I enjoyed our conversation. 24 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:37,359 This article was authored by Alec Shemel and Cameron Cawthorne. 25 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,400 Senator Ron Wyden has spent months hammering President Trump and 26 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,120 his Justice Department over their handling of Jeffrey Epstein records, 27 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,200 accusing them of trying to sweep evidence under the rug, 28 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,359 and even teasing that has followed. The money work ties 29 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:55,439 back to Donald Trump, and Senator Wyden has been very 30 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,319 adamant that he believes that the paper trail will lead 31 00:01:59,359 --> 00:02:01,879 back to Donald Trump. And look, he might be right, 32 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,680 but one thing that we know for sure is that 33 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,599 the financial trail leads to his son. So that's where 34 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,199 the conversation should have started. Because if you want to 35 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,360 be taken seriously and not look like you're just engaged 36 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,680 in a hatchet job, you have to treat everybody the same, 37 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,360 whether it's your son or your most heated, hated political rival. 38 00:02:22,599 --> 00:02:25,120 And if you can't do that, then you should have 39 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:29,560 nothing to do with this case. Because this case calls 40 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:33,000 for serious adults who are willing to stash their confirmation 41 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,400 bias and follow the evidence wherever it goes. But unfortunately 42 00:02:37,439 --> 00:02:43,560 we're stuck with wholly unserious people who like to play games. However, 43 00:02:43,599 --> 00:02:47,280 email's reviewed by Fox News Digital in the doj Epstein 44 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,800 files show Widen's own family connection in April twenty sixteen 45 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,719 appointment at Epstein's Manhattan mansion between his son Adam and 46 00:02:55,759 --> 00:03:01,159 the disgraced financier. So look, obviously there's levels here. Leon 47 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,439 Black was much more connected intimately to Jeffrey Epstein than 48 00:03:06,479 --> 00:03:10,840 Senator Widen's son. There's no dispute. That's just a fact. 49 00:03:11,199 --> 00:03:13,360 But I don't think that's the issue. I think the 50 00:03:13,439 --> 00:03:17,280 issue is that Senator Widen has been very vocal when 51 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,919 it comes to the financial angle of what was going 52 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,680 down with Jeffrey Epstein. And if you're going to be 53 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:25,840 vocal about something like this, you have to be unimpeachable 54 00:03:26,599 --> 00:03:29,319 because you know you're going to have oppo research being 55 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,240 run against you and the other side is going to 56 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,439 look for anything that they can possibly use against you. 57 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,479 And if your own son is in the files, that's 58 00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:43,960 what we call leverage. An email chain from late April 59 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,319 twenty sixteen after it was already public that Epstein was 60 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,960 a convicted child sex offender and was accused of operating 61 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,919 an underage sex slave ring shows. Adam Widen sought investment 62 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:59,400 backing from Epstein during a meeting at Epstein's home in Manhattan, 63 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:03,800 where at Ristein allegedly engaged in some of his criminal activity. Boy, 64 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,639 isn't Fox News brave allegedly engaged? Huh? I mean it 65 00:04:08,719 --> 00:04:11,719 might have happened. We don't know. Such an absolute joke. 66 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:14,879 They know, and they also know that it wasn't alleged. 67 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,720 A lot of abuse occurred in New York, not alleged abuse. 68 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,600 I mean, as anyone actually doubting that Epstein was abusing 69 00:04:22,639 --> 00:04:25,439 girls in New York. Notice how they'll say alleged here. 70 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,439 But then when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein's death in jail, 71 00:04:30,199 --> 00:04:33,240 they'll say that he died by suicide. No alleged, just 72 00:04:33,319 --> 00:04:36,000 he died by suicide. But sure, let's say alleged here. 73 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,519 The senator's son founded his own private investment fund, adw 74 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:45,000 Capital in twenty ten. Jeffrey, I wanted to thank you 75 00:04:45,079 --> 00:04:47,680 for taking the time to meet with me. I thoroughly 76 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:51,399 enjoyed our conversation, and hope my passion and dedication for 77 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:55,199 my business came through in the meeting. I live and 78 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,319 breathe this business and take my returns, integrity, and reputation 79 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:04,160 quite seriously. Yeah, I take my reputation so seriously that 80 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:07,079 I'm reaching out to a child sex offender to join 81 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,680 my hedge fund. I mean nothing screams that you care 82 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,959 about your integrity and your reputation like soliciting business from 83 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:17,120 a child sex offender. Other emails inside the tranch of 84 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,800 Epstein documents released by the DOJ shoe Epstein and the 85 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,639 younger Widen, communicating about a time and a location for 86 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,680 the meeting. Meanwhile, another document appearing to be a ledger 87 00:05:28,959 --> 00:05:32,639 of Epstein's deli engagements and activities on April twenty eighth, 88 00:05:32,959 --> 00:05:36,800 twenty sixteen, marks the meeting is taking place at ten 89 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,279 am that day. Now imagine brain the way that Senator 90 00:05:40,319 --> 00:05:43,360 Widen has and your own son is showing up with 91 00:05:43,399 --> 00:05:45,879 a beggara bull trying to get Jeffrey Epstein as part 92 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,240 of his fund. The whole thing's disgusting, and it plays 93 00:05:50,319 --> 00:05:52,079 right into the hands of people trying to call it 94 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,959 a hoax, because when you're not serious, and when you're 95 00:05:55,959 --> 00:05:59,920 dishonest and you're only playing politics here, you're causing great 96 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,439 damage to not only the case, but to the survivors. 97 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,319 Because the only way that we're ever going to get 98 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:11,360 real justice or hold anybody accountable is if it's bipartisan. 99 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,720 And when you have people like Ron Wyden, who has 100 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,920 a personal connection to what's going on here, trying to 101 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,519 lob grenades at the other side while not taking any 102 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,839 accountability for his own son, it's a big problem, and 103 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:26,399 it certainly chips away at the credibility of what we're 104 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:31,720 trying to accomplish. The same scheduling document also describes the 105 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:36,959 young Widen in parentheses as Jonathan Farcas's friend. Farcas appears 106 00:06:36,959 --> 00:06:39,959 to refer to the husband of President Trump's ambassador at 107 00:06:39,959 --> 00:06:43,399 al Malta and the brother of Andrew Farcas, who had 108 00:06:43,439 --> 00:06:47,399 a profound friendship and business ties with Epstein. According to 109 00:06:47,439 --> 00:06:50,319 The New York Times, I don't speak to my kids 110 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,240 about their business activities, and I read about this a 111 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,959 few months ago on social media like everybody else, Senator 112 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,800 Wyden said in a statement to Fox News Digital when 113 00:07:00,199 --> 00:07:05,240 for comment, my investigation began four years ago and continues unchanged. 114 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,040 I want transparency and accountability across the board. Well, if 115 00:07:10,079 --> 00:07:12,160 you knew about this, why didn't you come out right 116 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,079 away and say, look, my son's caught up in this. 117 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:17,600 He tried to get money from Epstein and explain the situation, 118 00:07:18,079 --> 00:07:20,480 but instead it comes out like this, and it makes 119 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,639 it look like Senator Widen's hiding things. Adam did not 120 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,839 respond to Fox News Digital request for comment in time 121 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:32,439 for publication. Widen has repeatedly hammered the Trump administration over 122 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,160 access to Epstein related records and argued his follow the 123 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:40,079 Money investigation ties back to Donald Trump. And just to 124 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:45,199 be clear, Senator Wyden hasn't shown us any of that evidence. Now, 125 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:48,639 if we're talking about leon Black one hundred percent one 126 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:53,600 hundred percent, but the allegations about it tying back to Trump, 127 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,000 I haven't seen the evidence yet. If somebody has that evidence, 128 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,439 the actual paper trail, I'd love to see it because 129 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:03,079 that's a banger, right, That's the kind of thing that 130 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,000 can lead to a conviction. So I'd love to see that. 131 00:08:06,839 --> 00:08:09,360 But we have to deal in reality. Right. It's one 132 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:11,519 thing to hope and wish that things are going to 133 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:14,319 change or things are going to be this way or 134 00:08:14,319 --> 00:08:17,439 that way, and then of course there's the reality that 135 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,879 we're forced to live in. And even when evidence is presented, 136 00:08:21,399 --> 00:08:24,439 some people are so caught up in that confirmation bias 137 00:08:25,079 --> 00:08:28,000 that they refuse to follow the evidence wherever it leads. 138 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,360 And that state of denial is only hardened when you 139 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:34,919 have situations like this pop up. When you have people 140 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:37,960 out there that already are on the fence about, you know, 141 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,240 the legitimacy of what the Senate or Congress is doing 142 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,320 when it comes to Ebstein, and then something like this 143 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,120 pops up where Senator Widen is not being truthful or 144 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,639 hasn't been forthcoming about his own family's relationship. It really 145 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:56,279 neecaps Senator Widen's credibility. And when we're talking about this 146 00:08:56,399 --> 00:09:01,200 topic specifically, your credibility is the only currency that you have. 147 00:09:03,799 --> 00:09:06,200 One of the most important questions that comes out of 148 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:09,000 this is why we're America's leading banks, a number of 149 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,519 them basically sleepwalking throughout this whole Epstein matter, Wyden said 150 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,279 in a video chronicling his probe into the Epstein scandal. 151 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,840 As the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, they 152 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,279 should have been watchdogging this. They should have brought law 153 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,000 enforcement what they believed was going on. Well, I can't 154 00:09:28,039 --> 00:09:31,519 disagree with that, right. I think it's true. The banks 155 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:35,879 played a gigantic role here, and their willingness to look 156 00:09:35,919 --> 00:09:39,759 the other way allow Jeffrey Epstein to operate for as 157 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:42,799 long as he did, and it led to countless women 158 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:48,240 and girls being abused. Widen also touted his plan to 159 00:09:48,279 --> 00:09:50,440 author a bill that would hold banks accountable in the 160 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,080 future if they turned a blind eye to such a 161 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,159 legal activity. Well, that would be nice. Imagine holding the 162 00:09:57,159 --> 00:10:01,080 banks accountable for once, good lord, that would be a change. 163 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,639 At the time of the April twenty sixteen meeting between 164 00:10:04,639 --> 00:10:08,240 Epstein and the senator's son, Epstein was already a convicted 165 00:10:08,279 --> 00:10:11,360 sex offender who had pleaded guilty in Florida to sexually 166 00:10:11,399 --> 00:10:15,320 abusing a minor, and the Palm Beach investigation that led 167 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,919 to Epstein's plea had identified dozens of possible Epstein victims, 168 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:25,000 many which were reportedly minors, possible victims, And it all 169 00:10:25,039 --> 00:10:28,440 goes back to that initial investigation. And that's why I'm 170 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:33,039 so adamant and so vocal about how shitty that investigation was, 171 00:10:33,919 --> 00:10:36,480 because that's the basis people use to say that this 172 00:10:36,519 --> 00:10:39,600 whole thing's overblown. Oh, it was one girl, she was 173 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,919 about to turn eighteen. What the fuck kind of drugs 174 00:10:42,919 --> 00:10:47,360 are you on? Are you smoking LSD and queludes? Because 175 00:10:47,399 --> 00:10:49,720 if you think that it was only one girl and 176 00:10:49,759 --> 00:10:54,200 she was seventeen about to turn eighteen, you're crazy. That 177 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,600 is not what the evidence showed. What the evidence shows 178 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,559 us is that the prosecution and the federal government conspired 179 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:05,879 with Epstein to give him that NPA. That's what the 180 00:11:05,879 --> 00:11:08,120 evidence shows. And if we want to get to the 181 00:11:08,159 --> 00:11:11,320 bottom of this, if we want real accountability for people 182 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,360 that were involved, we have to start at ground zero. 183 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,679 And ground zero here is most certainly Palm Beach. But 184 00:11:18,799 --> 00:11:21,919 as far as the story at hand, it's terrible when 185 00:11:21,919 --> 00:11:25,759 we're talking about optics. If you're sitting on the Senate 186 00:11:26,039 --> 00:11:29,759 and you're demanding everybody else be accountable, everybody else show 187 00:11:29,799 --> 00:11:33,320 full transparency, and your own son is outed as somebody 188 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,039 trying to get funds from Epstein after he was already 189 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,919 convicted as a child abuser. My advice to Senator Widen 190 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,440 cleans up his own backyard before popping his head over 191 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,639 the wall and complaining about his neighbors. All the Information 192 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,840 that goes with this episode can be found in the 193 00:11:51,919 --> 00:11:52,799 description box.