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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. Of all the judges that the DOJ could

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<v Speaker 1>have been assigned for their case against Keeddy Fang, they

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<v Speaker 1>just so happened to get assigned to Judge Emmett Sullivan.

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<v Speaker 1>And one thing that we know about Emmett Sullivan is

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<v Speaker 1>that he has no problem sanctioning the government when the

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<v Speaker 1>government's out of line. Just ask the prosecutors that were

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<v Speaker 1>overseeing the Ted Stevens case in Alaska back in twenty ten,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eleven. They ended up having their case overturned because

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<v Speaker 1>they weren't honest during the process and Judge Sullivan caught

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<v Speaker 1>them and that led to the conviction against Stevens being overturned.

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<v Speaker 1>So the one thing that we know for sure is

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<v Speaker 1>that Judge Sullivan will take that next step. Now, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not ready to do that just yet. However, in

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<v Speaker 1>his latest filing, he's worn the DOJ to stop playing games.

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<v Speaker 1>So today we have an article from USA Today and

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<v Speaker 1>the headline that's a promise. Judge warns DOJ of penalties

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<v Speaker 1>on Epstein files. This article was authored by Asha Bogchi,

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<v Speaker 1>a federal judge presiding over a lawsuit on the release

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<v Speaker 1>of the Epstein files. Warned the Justice Department lawyers on

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<v Speaker 1>August thirteenth that he could penalize them and put a

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<v Speaker 1>stain on their professional records if they don't comply with

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<v Speaker 1>his orders. I'm not interested in doing that at all,

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<v Speaker 1>but I will do it to ensure that justice is

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<v Speaker 1>administered fairly, Judge M. G. Sullivan said. Sullivan made the

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<v Speaker 1>comments at the end of a hearing dealing with whether

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<v Speaker 1>the DOJ has complied with both his orders and a

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<v Speaker 1>transparency law requiring it to release files on convicted sex

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<v Speaker 1>offender Jeffrey Epstein. That's not a threat, that's a promise,

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<v Speaker 1>Sullivan added. And again, look, he's not the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>guy that's half steppin. We've already seen him do it. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Does that mean he's going to do it again here?

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<v Speaker 1>Of course not. But Todd Blanche and his band of

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<v Speaker 1>merry men, they better play ball because eventually they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to run into a judge who has had enough. And

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<v Speaker 1>when that day finally comes, there's going to be severe

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<v Speaker 1>penalties for everybody that was involved. Because I have no

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<v Speaker 1>doubt in my mind at all that everybody involved here

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<v Speaker 1>is engaging in contempt, and they're all involved in a

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<v Speaker 1>cover up. And of course, one of the most frustrating

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<v Speaker 1>parts of the whole entire ordeal is that the Epstein

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<v Speaker 1>Files Transparency Act was supposed to talk about the cover

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<v Speaker 1>up too, but instead all we're seeing is the cover

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<v Speaker 1>up accelerated. Sullivan was discussing potentially holding DOJ attorneys in

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<v Speaker 1>civil contempt, a step that can mean imposing jail time

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<v Speaker 1>or fines to force someone to comply with a court order.

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<v Speaker 1>A contempt finding could follow the lawyers in their later

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<v Speaker 1>careers if they seek new jobs, such as a judicial position.

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<v Speaker 1>Sullivan noted, Yeah, it goes into their file. So if

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<v Speaker 1>they're looking for some kind of federal judge position or

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of job with the court, that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be in their file forever, and they'll have to explain

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<v Speaker 1>why they didn't want to release the information that the

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<v Speaker 1>law required them to release. The warning was the latest

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<v Speaker 1>setback for the Justice Department over its handling of the

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<v Speaker 1>files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Since the Justice

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<v Speaker 1>Department's release of millions of pages of files in January,

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<v Speaker 1>many with extensive redactions, some of Epstein's accusers have alleged

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<v Speaker 1>that the DOJ is covering up potential crimes by Epstein's associates,

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<v Speaker 1>accusations that the Department has strongly denied, well, it denials

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<v Speaker 1>one thing, showing us actual evidence is a whole lass other.

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<v Speaker 1>And even Helen Keller can see that the government is

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<v Speaker 1>not being truthful with the American people. And they're not

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<v Speaker 1>even trying to be slick anymore. They're just ham handed

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<v Speaker 1>at this point because they believe enough people have moved on.

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<v Speaker 1>They think that they've done a good enough job of

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<v Speaker 1>sowing the seeds of turning this into a hoax. But

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately for them, there is way too much evidence when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to this story. So they can call it

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<v Speaker 1>whatever they want, but the reality is what it is,

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<v Speaker 1>and the reality is that this is a cover up.

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<v Speaker 1>No one's in trouble at the moment, Sullivan made clear,

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<v Speaker 1>but he said he would be remissed if he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>share that he held DOJ lawyers in contempt once before,

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<v Speaker 1>after presiding over a criminal trial for Alaska Republican Senator

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<v Speaker 1>Ted Stevens in the two thousands. Those lawyers initially failed

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<v Speaker 1>to provide documents he had ordered them to turn over,

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<v Speaker 1>and the government. They can't withhold evidence from the defense,

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<v Speaker 1>and if they do, it's a Brady violation. And then

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<v Speaker 1>that's when things get real messy for the people that

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<v Speaker 1>are engaging in that bullshit. You can end up getting

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<v Speaker 1>sanctioned and worse. And that's what we saw in the

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<v Speaker 1>two thousands because the lawyers for the government, they were

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<v Speaker 1>playing loose with the try and they didn't hand over

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<v Speaker 1>all the information that they were supposed to hand over,

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<v Speaker 1>and that of course led to Judge Sullivan making the

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<v Speaker 1>decision that he made to hold them in contempt. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't look forward to doing it again, by any stretch

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<v Speaker 1>of the imagination, Sullivan said. The Justice Department didn't immediately

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<v Speaker 1>respond to a request for comment. That's pretty typical, right,

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<v Speaker 1>They're not going to say much. What are they going

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<v Speaker 1>to say. They know they're in the wrong. So what

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to do is get together, brainstorm, and come

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<v Speaker 1>up with some other lay mass excuse as to why

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<v Speaker 1>they can't follow the law like the rest of us.

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<v Speaker 1>The remark came at the end of a hearing Sullivan

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<v Speaker 1>called in a lawsuit brought by Kady Fang, a lawyer

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<v Speaker 1>and independent journalist who previously hosted a show on MSNBC.

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<v Speaker 1>Fang has argued in her lawsuit that the DOJ didn't

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<v Speaker 1>comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required it

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<v Speaker 1>to release unclassified DJ files related to Epstein with limited exceptions. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they sure were liberal with those limited exceptions, weren't they.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, let's just hold this one back. Oh, this

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<v Speaker 1>one's duplicative. Oh on this pile over here, that's just

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<v Speaker 1>national defense, no big deal, national security. Who cares no

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<v Speaker 1>intelligence ties? Jeffrey Epstein, just a regular old dude with

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<v Speaker 1>some proclivities who like to diddle himself. That's the bullshit

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<v Speaker 1>they want you to believe. That's their story, cut and dry,

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<v Speaker 1>and everything else that followed just a big ass coincidence, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>Sullivan called the hearing after writing in an August eighth

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<v Speaker 1>court order that the Justice Department didn't comply with the

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<v Speaker 1>previous order to provide him with documents he can use

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<v Speaker 1>to verify that the DOJ properly redacted certain Epstein files.

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<v Speaker 1>The DOJ said the redactions were concealing the identities of

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<v Speaker 1>potential victims. Well, that would be a first. That hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>been the priority. Now, I know they said that's the priority,

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<v Speaker 1>But let's be very real, Okay, The priority as all

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<v Speaker 1>been control the blast radius. And if that means not

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<v Speaker 1>telling the truth, so be it, or stretching the truth,

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<v Speaker 1>or not telling the whole truth, then they're more than

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<v Speaker 1>willing to do that. And this has been the same

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<v Speaker 1>uphill battle that we've been fighting for over seven years.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's always meet the new boss, same as the

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<v Speaker 1>old boss. Right, whether it's Merrick Garland or Todd Blanche

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<v Speaker 1>or Pam Bondy, doesn't matter. Nobody is interested in the

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<v Speaker 1>real Epstein truth, at least nobody in power. At the

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<v Speaker 1>start of the August thirteenth hearing, DOJ lawyer Andrew Block

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<v Speaker 1>said the department tried to comply with the previous order,

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<v Speaker 1>but that he had also brought a binder of fresh

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<v Speaker 1>material to the hearing, which he provided to Sullivan. Sullivan

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<v Speaker 1>also questioned Block about the DJ felling to provide them

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<v Speaker 1>with FBI notes from interviews of potential witnesses linked to Epstein.

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<v Speaker 1>The department said it didn't provide the notes because they

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<v Speaker 1>are substantially similar to typewritten reports that have been provided,

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<v Speaker 1>and because providing the notes, which are handwritten, would risk

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<v Speaker 1>inadvertently disclosing victim information translation, if we turn that stuff over,

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<v Speaker 1>we'd have to tell you the agents that we're working

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<v Speaker 1>on the case, and then you might be able to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to them and get some accountability. That's what it

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<v Speaker 1>really means. But I don't think they have a leg

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<v Speaker 1>to stand on there. The EFTA calls for people to

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<v Speaker 1>be held accountable. So how can we hold people accountable

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<v Speaker 1>if we don't know who signed what? If we don't

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<v Speaker 1>know who was involved with what email? You mean to

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<v Speaker 1>tell me that all these agents that were involved in

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<v Speaker 1>these emails, all these people from the Justice Department shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have their names outed. Why not? If there's nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>hide and everything's on the up and up, what's the

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<v Speaker 1>big deal? However, Sullivan said at the August thirteenth hearing

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<v Speaker 1>that the explanation wasn't good enough. He said that he

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<v Speaker 1>needed the notes to confirm that what the DOJ is

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<v Speaker 1>saying is accurate one hundred percent. Nobody trusts you, not

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<v Speaker 1>even the court. I mean, we have a judge here

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<v Speaker 1>who doesn't trust the DJ. And you think that the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of us should the rest of us should just

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<v Speaker 1>pack it in and say, you know what the DOJ

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing a great job here. They're not covering this up.

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<v Speaker 1>They're actually at the forefront trying to give us transparency

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<v Speaker 1>and truth. What a bunch of ridiculous nonsense. There has

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<v Speaker 1>never been a bigger roadblock than what we're seeing right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine having all this information at your fingertips at the

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<v Speaker 1>DOJ and still refusing to do anything with it, refusing

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<v Speaker 1>to step up to the plate and do your job correctly,

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<v Speaker 1>even when the judge is asking you. You're turning up

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<v Speaker 1>your nose and acting like you don't have to comply.

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<v Speaker 1>At some point though, they have to comply, and if

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<v Speaker 1>they don't, there needs to be penalties. And one of

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<v Speaker 1>the few judges that I know has no fear of

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<v Speaker 1>handing out those penalties is EMMITTT. Sullivan. So I hope

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<v Speaker 1>that the DOJ and Todd Blanche continue to try him.

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<v Speaker 1>All I'm trying to do is ensure compliance with the

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein Act, Sullivan said at the hearing, And I really

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<v Speaker 1>hope he can, because somebody needs to step up and

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<v Speaker 1>kick these dudes directly in the sack, because enough is enough.

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<v Speaker 1>They've gotten away with a lot of bullshit over the

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<v Speaker 1>last year, and it's high time that somebody steps up

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<v Speaker 1>and stops the nonsense. Will that be Judge Sullivan. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>have to wait and see, and once we get some

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<v Speaker 1>more information, like usual, we'll get it added to the catalog.

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<v Speaker 1>All the information that goes with this episode can be

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<v Speaker 1>found in the description box