WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.240 Last week, with little to no coverage from mainstream media, 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:05.320 was an important ruling that came out of a federal 3 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:08.519 court in New York by a George H. W. Bush 4 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:13.919 appointed judge named Loretta Presca. Judge Presca entering an order 5 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:17.480 that states that grand jury materials that were previously sealed 6 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:21.160 by another federal judge in the lawsuit that was for 7 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:24.559 defamation that was brought by the late Virginia Geoffrey against 8 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:28.440 Glen Maxwell, well, those grand jury materials can be unsealed. 9 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:34.359 Those materials were provided two federal prosecutors that were seeking 10 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:38.719 the indictment against Jeffrey Epstein. They were grand jury materials. 11 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:41.280 They were a part of that case that was built 12 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:45.960 against Jeffrey Epstein, and they have been under seal since then. 13 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:49.240 And then you have to think about the universe of 14 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:52.920 information that's there that could be incredibly helpful in the 15 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:54.240 pursuit of transparency. 16 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:55.520 In this federal judge. 17 00:00:55.240 --> 00:01:00.600 Said, despite Glenn Maxwell's attempts to quote Lodge a veritable 18 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:04.280 kitchen sink of objections to the government's request to publish 19 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.799 the sealed materials in compliance with the Epstein File Transparency Act, 20 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.079 Judge Presca said, I am going to unseal the remaining 21 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:17.239 materials in the government's possession because they should quote become 22 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:20.799 part of the public record, subject to any victim protecting 23 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.120 redactions authorized by the Act end quote. Now think about this, though, 24 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:28.040 these are documents quote in the possession of the government. 25 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.159 Remember these were grand jury materials. 26 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.760 So there is a very real likelihood that there is 27 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:37.280 going to be a challenge to dislodge these materials in 28 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:40.599 any meaningful way to be able to discern information from them, 29 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:43.400 because they are held by the Trump DOJ. All of 30 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:45.439 that being said, that is not the end of the 31 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:47.760 fight when it comes to transparency. There was other news 32 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.760 an order that was entered just yesterday that deals with 33 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:55.359 a lawsuit that was brought by Epstein victims against the government, 34 00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:00.879 specifically against the FBI for its failure to investigate, do anything, 35 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:05.920 especially after this information was provided by people like Maria 36 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.879 Farmer and by a woman named Andre Christiansen, a former 37 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:14.319 Playboy playmate who was living in the Hugh Hefner Playboy mansion, 38 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.520 told Hugh Hefner that she had been raped and trafficked 39 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.719 by Epstein. Hugh Hefner himself calling the FBI and repeatedly 40 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:25.919 advising that she had been abused, raped, and trafficked by 41 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.319 Epstein and the FBI did nothing. Those are the allegations 42 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.039 that are made by Christiansen. We know that Maria Farmer 43 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:35.360 decades ago let the FBI know what the hell was 44 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:37.800 going on, and they did nothing. And so this lawsuit 45 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:43.520 asserts that the FBI failed these victim survivors in their inaction. 46 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.840 I went into great detail about all of this news 47 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:50.879 Insidebar Live. Take a listen. Okay, let's pull up this 48 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:55.199 order Sidney. Okay, this is fresh out of the Southern 49 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:59.439 District of Florida. People, here's some breaking news. Now what 50 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.639 you're looking not here is something called a report and 51 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:06.879 recommendation from a magistiate judge. Now you've heard me explain it, 52 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.879 Katie Fang News. You've got federal courts that have the 53 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:12.719 district court judges, and then you have these judges called 54 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.879 magistrate judges who are assigned to those district court judges. 55 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:18.800 And these mag judges, as we call them in short hand, 56 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.319 these mag judges take over some of the work that 57 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:24.719 the federal judges would do or could do. But you 58 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:27.439 know they're very busy handling stuff, right, and so this 59 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.479 report and recommendation you're looking at here was just entered 60 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:35.520 today in a federal court in Florida. And this lawsuit 61 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:42.680 was brought by several Jane Does. They are victims of Epstein, 62 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:49.120 Maxwell and others, and they sued the United States government because. 63 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:52.240 The FBI failed them. 64 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:58.120 The allegations in this lawsuit is that the phone calls 65 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:03.080 and the reports were made I'm talking decades ago people 66 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:08.960 by somebody like Maria Farmer, one of the original reportees 67 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:14.360 of this abuse and of the crimes. Maria talked to 68 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.399 the FBI. The FBI told her we will look into this, 69 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:23.000 and then they did nothing. And then there was a 70 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:26.959 woman who was a Playboy playmate, and maybe you've seen 71 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.360 these headlines and you didn't understand what was going on. 72 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:35.519 Her name is Odra Christiansen. She alleges that she too 73 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:40.680 was a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. She talked to a 74 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.199 man named Hugh Hefner. Do you remember Hugh Hefner, the 75 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:48.560 guy who was the Playboy magnet. I guess is what 76 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.279 we could call. So apparently Playboy playmate Odra Christiansen was 77 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:58.879 living in the Playboy mansion. She was sexually abused by 78 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:04.319 Epstein and trafficked to other men by Epstein. She was 79 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:08.879 so upset by what happened. She told that to Hugh Hefner. 80 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:14.160 Hefner said, Audra, report it to the FBI. She said, please, 81 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.480 Hugh Hefner, will you call the FBI in my behalf, 82 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.839 because I think that you have connections and clout and 83 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.319 that people would take it seriously if you were. 84 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:24.680 To do so. 85 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.800 Here we go, folks, Hugh Hafner, and look, I see 86 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:31.439 your comments. I'm not saying Hefner gets his angel's wings 87 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:32.720 at all. Let me be clear, but I want you 88 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:35.680 to listen to this carefully because this deals with the FBI. Ready, 89 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:39.360 Hugh Hefner called the FBI multiple times to report Jeffrey 90 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:46.000 Epsen to the FBI, and the FBI ignored it. Okay now, 91 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:49.879 for more than fifteen years, according to this lawsuit, the 92 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:54.959 FBI failed to investigate tips filed by Maria Farmer, Audra 93 00:05:55.079 --> 00:06:02.560 Christiansen and others. Now, after Epstein dies mysteriously in twenty nineteen, 94 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.680 as we know, Christiansen again reached out to the FBI 95 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.519 to report that she had been raped by Epstein and 96 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:13.759 by a Hong Kong billionaire by the name of Stanley Hoe. 97 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.839 She also claimed to the FBI that she had been 98 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.399 trafficked for ten years. Do you think the FBI did 99 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:25.399 anything about it back in twenty twenty No. As we 100 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:27.720 sit here today as well, twenty twenty six, do you 101 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:29.279 think we think the FBI has done shit. 102 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:30.439 Nope. 103 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.560 Now you want to get a little bit angrier about 104 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:34.800 them not doing anything. 105 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:36.000 Listen to this. 106 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.959 The FBI, in defending this lawsuit that has been brought 107 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:48.600 by these victims of Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell and others, says, 108 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:53.480 too late, so sad, too bad. The FBI claims they're 109 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:57.319 not liable because these women should have called again to 110 00:06:57.399 --> 00:06:58.079 the FBI. 111 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.199 The FBI said, you. 112 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:03.720 Know what, victims, you should have been on notice that 113 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:06.560 if you didn't hear from us at the FBI, that 114 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:09.360 you should have been letting us know again. And guess what, 115 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:12.800 you dropped the timing ball. So your claims are now 116 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.839 time barred from being able to move forward. 117 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:15.439 Right now. 118 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.120 Federal prosecutors defending this lawsuit, and by the way, kudos 119 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:25.079 to Julie Brown, one of my personal heroes. 120 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:26.600 But listen to this. 121 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.959 Federal prosecutors defending this lawsuit said that the victims must 122 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:33.600 have known about the Epstein crimes for years, given the 123 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.680 extensive media coverage, But because they failed to file their 124 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.839 claim against the FBI within a reasonable time span, their 125 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:45.439 lawsuit should be dismissed. Close your ears. Those that are 126 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:50.839 easily offended, are you fucking kidding me? Timely complaints are 127 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:54.079 filed with the FBI. We've seen some of those three 128 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:56.720 O twos, haven't we in the Epstein files that had 129 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:01.360 been publicly disclosed footnote not all of the handwritten FBI 130 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.519 interview notes that are a part of my lawsuit right now, 131 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:08.319 right in the prellminary injunction. But the FBI, I'm not surprised, 132 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:09.879 right if you guys think about it. I mean, it's 133 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:12.519 kind of on brand for the Trump DOJ to take 134 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:16.120 the position that the victims should be doing more, that 135 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.360 the victims should be doing more. It's kind of similar 136 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:21.759 to this idea, like you know, when they're like, well, 137 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:25.360 you know these quote illegal aliens, Well, they should have 138 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:27.199 come here legally. What about all the people that are 139 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:28.800 here that do the legal process and then they get 140 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.480 their asylum or their temporary protective status or they don't 141 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:34.159 even you know, get to participate in the process, and 142 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:35.639 then they're deemed to be illegal, and then they get 143 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:38.159 their asses right round it up, deported, and maybe they 144 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:38.679 even die. 145 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:40.879 I mean, it's the same idea, right, It's. 146 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.879 Like, oh, the victims, you should be doing more because 147 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:44.679 we're not going to do our own damn job, and 148 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.000 or we're just going to sit there and make it 149 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:47.600 more difficult for you to be able to do stuff. 150 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.360 It's outrageous, people, It. 151 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:52.039 Truly is so thou now that you have the background, 152 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:54.519 are you ready that order that I was showing you. 153 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.960 What's so great about this order is it is denied 154 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:02.679 the FBI's motion to dismiss. The FBI filed a motion 155 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:07.200 to dismiss this lawsuit brought by these Epstein survivors, these victims. 156 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.320 Now listen. 157 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:11.919 It's a reported recommendation, which means that the FBI can 158 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:15.120 quote like do like a mini appeal to the presiding 159 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:19.679 district court judge. But this is a well reasoned opinion 160 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.200 that it's been done by the magistrate judge. 161 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:24.399 And let me tell you something. 162 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:29.200 This this is important because if there's accountability to be had, 163 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.399 we have to find it every which way we can, 164 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:33.519 and we have to pry that accountability out of the 165 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:36.679 cold dead hands of this Trump dj and this Trump administration. 166 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.200 And this is yet another way of doing it. 167 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.200 Now, some more good news on the Epstein files Transparency 168 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:49.159 Front check this out. Just last week, a federal judge 169 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:54.080 in New York, her name is Loretta what's her last name, 170 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:55.320 dunt dund dum. 171 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:56.399 I just had it right here. 172 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:03.799 Loretta Presca, us district or Judge Loretta Presca ruled that 173 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:10.000 the late Virginia Gufrey's twenty fifteen civil lawsuit against Glenn 174 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:16.480 Maxwell can be unsealed. She this federal judge has ordered 175 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:22.320 the public release of the files from Virginia's defamation lawsuit 176 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:27.039 against Glenn Maxwell. Now, remember I mentioned Julie Brown a 177 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:30.159 couple of minutes ago. Well, let's mention her again, and 178 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:34.159 let's give her a amazing round of applause for her 179 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:39.519 tenacious reporting and for her and the Miami Herald local 180 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:46.399 journalism doing good fighting for the unsealing of this civil lawsuit. 181 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:50.440 To refresh uracollection, or perhaps to let you know what happened, 182 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:57.159 Glenn Maxwell defamed Virginia Duffrey when Glenn Maxwell publicly stated 183 00:10:57.480 --> 00:11:00.879 that Virginia Gufrey was a liar when she said that 184 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:05.480 she had been sexually abused and trafficked by Epstein and others. 185 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:10.320 And let me be clear, Virginia brought this defamation lawsuit 186 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:13.519 all the way back in twenty fifteen. People, that's eleven 187 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:19.000 years ago, because Glaigne Maxwell publicly said Virginia is a 188 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:23.000 liar who had made up allegations of being sexually abused 189 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:26.919 by Epstein, Maxwell and other powerful men like Alan Dershowitz 190 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:32.320 and the former Prince Andrew. So, Virginia sued Glenn Maxwell 191 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:36.320 for defamation and as a part of that lawsuit, can 192 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:41.360 you imagine how specific and detailed the discovery was that 193 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:45.879 went back and forth from side to side. That lawsuit 194 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:50.960 settled in early of twenty seventeen. The former presiding judge 195 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:55.080 on that civil defamation lawsuit, who this guy's now dead. 196 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:58.559 His name is Robert Sweet. He issued a blanket order 197 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.440 that sealed the entire documents because he said they were 198 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.120 too sensitive and private. He says, there's a protective order. 199 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:08.759 We're not going to let things like hearings, judicial decisions, 200 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:15.679 depositions and other evidence be released. But now, but now, 201 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:20.480 this other judge, Loretta Presca, says, because of the Epstein 202 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:25.279 Files Transparency Act, having been passed into law in November 203 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:30.440 of twenty twenty five. This judge says that Epstein Files 204 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:34.519 Transparency Act trumps and I will use that pun all 205 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.039 the way to the successful end of my own lawsuit. 206 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.559 The Epstein File Transparency Act trumps any of these prior 207 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:44.759 protective orders or any of these blanket sealing orders that 208 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:47.320 came from this other judge who's now dead over this 209 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:52.240 defamation lawsuit. So all of this information can be released 210 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.279 to the public. But wait, let's talk about the details. 211 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:57.879 What I always say here at Katie fang New is 212 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:02.320 the devil is always in those details. Check this out now, 213 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:08.960 Judge Presca, up until now has been doing a victim 214 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:13.159 by victim evaluation of what should be released and what 215 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:17.279 should not be reased, Like whose name stays redacted? Whose 216 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:20.080 name doesn't stay redacted? Does that kind of sound familiar 217 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.200 to you? You know what I am struggling with in 218 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:25.639 my own case that now Blanche has allowed people and 219 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:28.480 my lawsuit to self identify as victims, or to allow 220 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.759 them to use lawyers to it to identify themselves as victims. 221 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:35.600 And that is why Blanche is redacting everybody's names from 222 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:37.039 being able to be revealed. 223 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:39.559 Now here's the thing. 224 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:44.480 We're not talking about thousands of documents that are currently 225 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:49.159 held in some random location in this lawsuit that was brought, 226 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:52.600 this defamation lawsuit. We are talking documents that are a 227 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:56.919 part of the Epstein files as defined by the ones 228 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.360 that are held by the DOJ. So guess what's going 229 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:03.240 to happen Now we now get this order from Judge 230 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:07.759 Presca saying unseal and release, and that is going to 231 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:14.000 collide with who Todd Blanche at the DOJ. So according 232 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:17.159 to Julie Brown, the documents are in the possession of 233 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:22.639 the DOJ. The DOJ will have to redact and then release. 234 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:27.679 But we're talking almost a ninety one hundred thousand pages 235 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.480 of documents. We're talking a lot of documents here, and 236 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:36.240 they speak directly to the allegations. And remember we talk 237 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:39.879 about this a lot here. Defamation is a very interesting 238 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:44.600 legal claim to make because when you sue somebody for defamation, 239 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:49.799 you put at issue what is claimed by one side 240 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.320 to be a lie and the other side to be 241 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:56.200 the truth. And that is why you put at issue 242 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:01.559 the story. And so you can I can imagine the 243 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:07.720 nature of the discovery in this lawsuit the depositions, the interrogatories, 244 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:11.480 the production of documents, the communications. I mean, there is 245 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:17.559 some serious overlap here. Especially remember my lawsuit seeks the 246 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:21.639 production of the entirety of the Epstein Files as held 247 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:26.000 by the DOJ, and that would necessarily include these documents 248 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:29.000 that have now been ordered to be unsealed by Judge Presca. 249 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:34.440 So I foresee a battle on the imminent event horizon 250 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:37.799 with Todd Blanche and the DOJ. But you have the 251 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:42.159 power of another federal judge stating that the Epstein Files 252 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:46.080 Transparency Act, the purpose of it is to make this 253 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.799 type of public disclosure, and that is exactly the crux 254 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:53.679 of my lawsuit. It helps my lawsuit, folks. So I 255 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:56.879 am grateful for this order. I'm grateful for the continued 256 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:59.519 or reporting, and I want to just say again thank 257 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:02.320 you to jul Brown and the Miami Herald for pushing 258 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:08.320 for suing to get to get these records unsealed. It 259 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:13.039 is a basic tenet of journalism that the public deserves 260 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:18.120 to know the information in this type of lawsuit, of course, 261 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:20.679 with protections for victims that. 262 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:24.679 Are afforded those protections. But as Judge EMMITTT. 263 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.720 Sullivan said on Thursday, at the hearing that we went 264 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:31.879 to that status hearing in DC. The public and the 265 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.679 victims have the right to know what the hell is 266 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:40.559 going on in my case and now in this other 267 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:44.600 case that had been brought by the late Virginia Giuffrey 268 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.679 Katie Fang. Here, we launched the Katifang News Channel in 269 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.200 partnership with the Midas Touch Network, so we could bring 270 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.600 you the latest and legal and political news straight, no chaser. 271 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:56.360 So if you're a fellow truth teller, hit that subscribe 272 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:59.159 button and share the word about this channel so we 273 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.679 can build a information America together. I want you to 274 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.759 consider this reporting from the New York Times because I 275 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:08.160 found it to be absolutely fascinating. There was no public 276 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:13.480 polling ahead of the Democratic primary for the United States 277 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:17.400 Senate seat in Florida that is currently held by incumbent 278 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:23.079 Republican Ashley Moody, and that Democratic primary last night resulted 279 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:28.640 in a huge, a huge upset by current Florida State 280 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:35.200 Representative Angie Nixon against alex Vinman. And I'm talking big, 281 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:40.039 big numbers for Angie Nixon. Now, there's a lot of 282 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:46.519 labeling that's going into this announcement or this analysis, right 283 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:50.559 because Angie is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. 284 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:55.359 But during our conversation I wanted to explore that with 285 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:59.160 her because for me, in my opinion, the labeling is 286 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.799 not helpful. In my opinion, we should be looking at 287 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:05.559 the candidate and the issues and the policies and the 288 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:09.359 positions that the candidate holds. And for somebody like Angie Nixon, 289 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:12.960 who understands how hard it is to earn a dollar 290 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:17.039 and let that dollar stretch, she's somebody who understands the 291 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:21.519 value of affordability in the truest sense of the word. 292 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:25.599 So I wanted to speak to Angie immediately after her 293 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:28.720 amazing win and talk about the prospects going into the 294 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:33.839 general election against Ashley Moody in November, and why going 295 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.400 back to what it really means to be a grass 296 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.400 roots campaigner, why that made sense for her joining me 297 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:43.160 now is the person that is going to be the 298 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:47.680 next United States Senator from the state of Florida. Angie Nixon, 299 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.680 first and foremost, congratulations on a race well run. 300 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:55.160 Thank you so much for having me. I'm super excited. 301 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:00.240 Look, may I call you Angie, because look, I know 302 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:04.480 you technically have a title of state representative, but I'd 303 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.400 love to be able to let the viewers know, Angie, 304 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.880 just how much hard work went into this incredible win. 305 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:14.039 I want to stay on the numbers. The numbers are 306 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:20.039 so important here always. You secured at least fifty six 307 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:23.640 percent of the vote, and when it came to fundraising, 308 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:27.680 nine hundred and seventy five thousand versus Alex Vinman's sixteen 309 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:31.759 point three million, and you still pulled off the primary win. 310 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:37.759 Yeah, we pulled off the primary win with old fashion organizing. 311 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:40.759 And what's important to know, we knew we were going 312 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:44.160 to win because we are organizers. We just didn't know 313 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.720 we were going to win by that much. Look, Katie, we 314 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:50.599 traveled all across the state of Florida, having conversations with 315 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:54.559 tens of thousands of Floridians from the Payhandle all the 316 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:58.759 way down to the Keys, and we had tough conversations 317 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:02.799 with people as well, folks who we didn't agree with ideologically. 318 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:05.480 But you know, at the end of those conversations, they 319 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:09.079 respected me because I showed up. And they literally told 320 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.400 me that they respected me because I showed up and 321 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:14.640 I didn't run away from those conversations. And that's what 322 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:17.759 we need in the next United States senator. Too often, 323 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:22.680 many of our lawmakers, particularly unelected Ashley Moody, they won't 324 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.359 even have in person town hall meetings. She very rarely 325 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:30.920 goes on the news unless it's a favorable news organization 326 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:35.200 like Fox, and people don't want that. People want someone 327 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:41.279 who is accountable and will answer their question, someone who's transparent. 328 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:44.000 And I'm looking forward. 329 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:46.079 To being that type of person for them when I 330 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.839 become their next United States Senator. 331 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:50.839 Well, it's consistent, it's who you are. You'll just have 332 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:52.920 it with a different title as you a senator. But 333 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:55.200 I think this is important. I want people to know this. Enerji, 334 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:59.240 you drove yourself sometimes in your own personal call. You're 335 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:02.319 those couches. If that's what it took, I mean you 336 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:06.480 did what we've always called grassroots. I think people have 337 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:08.640 lost sight of what it means to be grassroots. I 338 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.160 think people use it as a throwaway term because look, 339 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:14.720 we're you know, we're driven by technology these days. It 340 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:17.759 is the twenty first century, but nothing beats the literal 341 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:19.480 look me in the white of the eyes, sit me 342 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:21.640 down and talk to me about what makes the difference 343 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.519 in my life. 344 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:27.000 You are exactly right, and folks love that because they 345 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:31.000 crave community, especially in a time where we are so 346 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:35.039 disconnected via social media and people are going through a 347 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:38.440 lot right now. People are working harder than ever and 348 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:41.759 they are still struggling. And meanwhile you have folks like 349 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:44.079 Ashley Moody and Donald Trump who are working less and 350 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:47.519 less and less and they're getting richer. And so that 351 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:52.319 grassroots organizing is something that they understood. They saw me 352 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:55.640 when my tire split on the road. I told my 353 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:59.599 videographer who was with me, I was like, girl, go 354 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:03.720 ahead and video tape is because people will not believe 355 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.359 what I'm going through right now. 356 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.799 And that really resonated with folks. 357 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:12.400 They want someone who understands what they're going through. And me, 358 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:16.480 having been a single mom for twelve years. 359 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:18.519 I number one know how to stretch a dollar. 360 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.039 Okay, So that's why we were able to do what 361 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:25.240 we did on this campaign. But also I know about 362 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:28.240 grit and I know about what it's like when I 363 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:31.640 had to decide whether or not I could afford my 364 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:36.839 daughter's EpiPen and asthma pump, or if I wanted to 365 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:39.279 make sure she had enough food to eat, And those 366 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:42.000 are decisions that people shouldn't have to make and there's 367 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:44.920 so many people in our country that are having to 368 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.319 make a decision about what to do in that situation, 369 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:50.079 and it should never happen. 370 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:56.839 Yeah, and let's be clear, number one, these poor economic 371 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:00.680 conditions are the fault of Republicans. And in Florida it 372 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:04.519 has been Republicans for decades now. We got governors that 373 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:08.039 are Republicans, we got state Senate that's run by Republicans, 374 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.559 we got a state legislator for our state reps run 375 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:13.799 by Republicans. Right, so, if there's anything going on in Florida, 376 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:17.599 it's Republican. And then you also have a what I 377 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:20.440 call the power trifecta on the federal level. You got 378 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:24.039 a Republican president, a Republican controlled Senate, a Republican controlled 379 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.359 House of Representatives. 380 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.960 Which is why these conditions, even though. 381 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:31.640 We're all being effected regardless of our party affiliation, it's 382 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:34.359 because of Republicans that have become lazy. 383 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.880 They are entitled. 384 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.599 And for example, something like Ashley Moody, she never even 385 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.759 had to run. 386 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.759 For the job that she has. 387 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:44.680 She was hand picked by Ron DeSantis to be able 388 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.400 to serve in the role that she has right now. 389 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:50.880 And she was hand pied after she allowed ten million 390 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:54.119 dollars that was supposed to go to wars our most 391 00:23:54.200 --> 00:24:00.000 medically needy kids, to actually be diverted to defeat two citizens. 392 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:03.559 We had ballot initiatives that we signed petitions to get 393 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:07.880 placed on the ballot. They decided to push back and 394 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:11.759 use money to make up lies about what it would 395 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.000 have done, and so it defeated those ballot initiatives even 396 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:19.559 though an overwhelmingly big majority voted in favor of it. 397 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.400 And y'all, that is so corrupt. But I mean, that's 398 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:27.720 who Ashley Moody is. She also is the rubber stamp 399 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:32.039 and the water holder for Donald Trump, who is the biggest, 400 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:38.440 the biggest scammer in our country's history as a president. 401 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:41.799