WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.070 --> 00:00:03.350 Hey, wanted to give you an update, quick one, about 2 00:00:03.390 --> 00:00:06.919 my lawsuit against Attorney General Todd Blanch seeking the release 3 00:00:07.049 --> 00:00:11.019 of the unredacted Epstein files. At this point, there has 4 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:14.060 been a flurry of activity that has happened, and you 5 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.039 can at any time check out the docket and look 6 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:19.179 at it. Not all the documents you're able to see, 7 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:22.339 some of them are paywalled, but most of them are 8 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:26.609 available for public access. And more importantly... If you subscribe 9 00:00:26.649 --> 00:00:28.750 here at Katie Fang news, you'll get all of the alerts, 10 00:00:28.809 --> 00:00:32.009 including if you click to get notifications, you'll know when 11 00:00:32.049 --> 00:00:35.229 a new episode has dropped like, and subscribe, please. As 12 00:00:35.270 --> 00:00:37.920 I've been explaining on my other episodes and on a 13 00:00:38.020 --> 00:00:41.100 sidebar live, we have a campaign to hit 1 million 14 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:44.479 subscribers before the end of 2026. It is exciting. And 15 00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:46.340 hopefully we can do that. So anyway, let's get to 16 00:00:46.380 --> 00:00:50.179 the important stuff. On August 24th, just on Monday late, 17 00:00:50.659 --> 00:00:53.570 there was a notice of appeal. that was filed by 18 00:00:53.689 --> 00:00:55.689 Attorney General Todd Blanch. And I want to spend some 19 00:00:55.729 --> 00:00:57.570 time on it because it is one of the most 20 00:00:57.630 --> 00:01:00.549 bizarre things that I have seen in my decades of 21 00:01:00.590 --> 00:01:03.490 practicing law in both state and federal courts. I checked 22 00:01:03.530 --> 00:01:07.969 with other people who are actual appellate lawyers because, look, 23 00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:10.689 every lawyer, you know you got a good one when 24 00:01:10.709 --> 00:01:13.609 they realize what their wheelhouse is. I am not an 25 00:01:13.650 --> 00:01:16.109 appellate attorney. I have done appellate arguments. I have written 26 00:01:16.150 --> 00:01:18.230 appellate briefs. But I wanted to make sure that what 27 00:01:18.310 --> 00:01:20.489 I was seeing was what my gut was telling me, 28 00:01:20.689 --> 00:01:24.790 just bizarre and wrong. So look at your screen. It's 29 00:01:24.849 --> 00:01:27.489 the defendant's notice of appeal filed August 24th, 2026. And 30 00:01:27.569 --> 00:01:30.890 it says this, the defendant, Todd Blanche, as we know, 31 00:01:31.250 --> 00:01:35.420 respectfully files its notice of, okay, well, first of all, 32 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:39.239 there's no of, appeal to the United States Court of 33 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:42.120 Appeals for the DC Circuit of this court's June 25th, 34 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:45.319 2026 order. Now let's stop there. If you go to 35 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:48.799 the docket and you look at the June 25th order, 36 00:01:48.980 --> 00:01:51.019 what is he talking about? Well, Todd is talking about 37 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:56.299 the order granting my motion for preliminary injunction. Now, this 38 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:59.700 is important. This is important because the language, as you 39 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:03.129 can see on your screen, is very clear. Ordered that Ms. 40 00:02:03.230 --> 00:02:10.509 Fang's motion for preliminary injunction is granted. Okay, it's really 41 00:02:10.650 --> 00:02:13.150 no confusion there, right? And we've covered that here extensively 42 00:02:13.210 --> 00:02:16.069 because there's been a lot of litigation. I've gone to court. 43 00:02:16.110 --> 00:02:20.659 I mean, that order granting preliminary injunction was telling Todd 44 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:25.699 Blanch to produce unredacted documents and to actually do things 45 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:27.759 he was required to do pursuant to the Epstein Files 46 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:33.639 Transparency Act, pretty much saying, hey, Todd, you've been violating 47 00:02:33.659 --> 00:02:37.020 the law. Get your ass into gear and don't do 48 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:41.199 it anymore. OK, so let's move on. It then says, 49 00:02:41.580 --> 00:02:44.199 in the view of the United States, whether the district 50 00:02:44.259 --> 00:02:51.750 court's June 25th, 2026 order is appealable is inconclusive. Accordingly, 51 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:59.659 The Unites, not United, Unites States submits this protective notice 52 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:02.930 of appeal. To the extent that any aspect of the 53 00:03:03.090 --> 00:03:07.669 order grants plaintiff injunctive relief, it is immediately appealable under 54 00:03:07.669 --> 00:03:15.009 28 U.S. Code Section 1292A1. Signed by Andrew J. Block. 55 00:03:15.469 --> 00:03:18.610 You know, the guy who went to the status hearing 56 00:03:18.909 --> 00:03:24.009 and got his ass whooped by... Judge Sullivan, although Judge 57 00:03:24.030 --> 00:03:27.250 Sullivan was incredibly professional and polite about it. But yeah, 58 00:03:27.650 --> 00:03:32.020 it was embarrassing for Block. But what's interesting is signed 59 00:03:32.060 --> 00:03:37.120 by Andrew Block, but under Stanley Woodward's name. And we 60 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.780 know all about Stanley Woodward, who was gunning to get 61 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:43.659 the deputy AG job, as we've heard. All righty. So 62 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.750 let's get back to this notice of appeal, because I 63 00:03:45.990 --> 00:03:50.430 want to say the following. The fact that the United 64 00:03:50.469 --> 00:03:54.289 States government through, and more importantly, the attorney general of 65 00:03:54.330 --> 00:03:57.229 the United States, who is the top lawyer for the 66 00:03:57.289 --> 00:04:02.129 federal government, is telling the district court of appeal that 67 00:04:02.150 --> 00:04:05.469 they're not sure if they can appeal this order from 68 00:04:05.610 --> 00:04:08.889 Judge Sullivan. And let me be more accurate, please, because 69 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:11.750 I don't want you to labor under something that's not 70 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:16.240 accurate here. This was filed in Judge Sullivan's court. So 71 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.660 The federal government is telling Judge Sullivan in a not-so-subtle way, 72 00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:23.959 you don't know what the hell you're doing because whatever 73 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:28.839 order you enter granting my preliminary injunction motion, it's not clear. 74 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:36.209 So they're now saying, we're not sure if we should appeal, 75 00:04:36.689 --> 00:04:38.670 but we're going to do something called a protective notice 76 00:04:38.689 --> 00:04:41.550 of appeal. Let me be clear. There is nothing in 77 00:04:41.589 --> 00:04:44.290 the law or in the rules of procedure, appellate, civil, 78 00:04:44.329 --> 00:04:47.939 or otherwise, that acknowledges something that's called a, quote, protective 79 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:51.899 notice of appeal. You're either doing the notice of appeal 80 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:54.600 or you're not. It's kind of like being pregnant. You 81 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:56.600 can't be a little bit pregnant. You're either pregnant or 82 00:04:56.620 --> 00:04:58.790 you're not. So you're either filing a notice of appeal 83 00:04:59.149 --> 00:05:01.949 or you're not. A protective notice of appeal is a 84 00:05:02.050 --> 00:05:04.329 huge red flag that you don't know what the hell 85 00:05:04.350 --> 00:05:11.180 you're doing. So I've said this. It's pretty much Todd 86 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.100 Blanche saying, I got a 50-50 chance that I'm right, 87 00:05:14.139 --> 00:05:17.300 that I should be appealing. Judge Sullivan's order granting Katie 88 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:19.319 Fang's motion for preliminary injunction. So I'm going to file 89 00:05:19.339 --> 00:05:23.389 this notice of appeal. Now, it's 60 days. And let's 90 00:05:23.430 --> 00:05:25.769 check this out, right? Because if you look at the 91 00:05:25.810 --> 00:05:29.589 section in the law that deals with this, 28 U.S. 92 00:05:29.629 --> 00:05:34.250 Code 1292, you will see that this is them doing a, quote, 93 00:05:34.490 --> 00:05:38.560 interlocutory appeal. Let's go to law school. So normally, you 94 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.199 go through the entirety of the case, get to the conclusion, 95 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:45.000 you appeal it. There are certain opportunities, albeit limited ones, 96 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:46.920 that during the course of a case, you're allowed to 97 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.250 do something called an interlocutory appeal. That means while the 98 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:53.329 case is pending, you're allowed to appeal specific decisions that 99 00:05:53.370 --> 00:05:56.310 are made along the way. And if you see here, 100 00:05:57.370 --> 00:06:03.310 it includes the granting of an injunction. So listen. If 101 00:06:03.389 --> 00:06:06.750 Todd Blanche takes umbrage with the granting of my injunction, okay. 102 00:06:07.029 --> 00:06:09.730 And then here's the thing. When you're suing the federal 103 00:06:09.769 --> 00:06:13.029 government or an officer of the government, like the Attorney 104 00:06:13.069 --> 00:06:16.050 General of the United States, the federal rules gives the 105 00:06:16.089 --> 00:06:18.240 government even extra time to do a notice of appeal. 106 00:06:18.269 --> 00:06:21.639 Normally it's 30 days, but they actually get 60 days. 107 00:06:22.379 --> 00:06:24.860 And this is another thing that is, I think, another 108 00:06:24.939 --> 00:06:26.959 red flag that shows that Todd Blanche doesn't know what 109 00:06:26.980 --> 00:06:28.379 the hell he's doing or what the hell is going on. 110 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:30.879 60 days from June 25th, 2026, which is the date 111 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:37.810 of the granting of my preliminary injunction, that order, was Monday, 112 00:06:38.129 --> 00:06:43.069 August 24th, 2026. So a couple of things here. One, 113 00:06:43.129 --> 00:06:46.199 they either truly didn't even realize that they needed to 114 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:48.360 be dealing with this appeal. And so they were like, 115 00:06:48.459 --> 00:06:51.300 oh shit. And they did it at the last minute. Two, 116 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:54.779 they really legitimately have no idea if they should be 117 00:06:54.819 --> 00:06:56.339 filing an appeal because they don't know what the hell 118 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:58.800 they're doing. So then they said, eh, like I said, 119 00:06:58.819 --> 00:07:00.579 I got a 50-50 chance of getting this right. Let 120 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:04.850 me appeal it. Or three, They full-on knew that that 121 00:07:04.970 --> 00:07:08.800 order granting the preliminary injunction was legit, and they waited 122 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:10.819 until the very last minute to do it because all 123 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.000 they want to do was delay, delay, delay. They want 124 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:18.180 to continue the cover-up. They want to continue to obstruct 125 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:23.779 the justice that is being sought by not only the 126 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:31.329 Epstein survivors' victims, Ghislaine victims, any of the facilitators, enablers, co-conspirators, 127 00:07:31.750 --> 00:07:34.910 you know, the people that helped this sex trafficking of 128 00:07:34.970 --> 00:07:38.089 children occur, because that is exactly what Tom Blanche is 129 00:07:38.110 --> 00:07:44.069 doing here, let's not mince words. My lawsuit is an 130 00:07:44.110 --> 00:07:48.170 absurdity in that I shouldn't have to sue to get 131 00:07:48.350 --> 00:07:52.269 access to these files. I shouldn't have to sue to 132 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:56.600 get access to these records. But I was forced to 133 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:02.170 do so because the Department of Justice, led by And 134 00:08:02.189 --> 00:08:06.290 more accurately, the rollout of these files, led by Todd Blanch, 135 00:08:06.589 --> 00:08:10.470 controlled by Todd Blanch, handled by Todd Blanch, is illegal 136 00:08:10.949 --> 00:08:13.329 in terms of the redactions and the withholdings. It's preventing 137 00:08:13.350 --> 00:08:16.129 me from doing my job. But more importantly, it's preventing 138 00:08:16.149 --> 00:08:21.269 the survivors from getting justice. Party holding the information almost 139 00:08:21.470 --> 00:08:24.230 never volunteers it. That's true in a courtroom, and it's 140 00:08:24.269 --> 00:08:26.350 true in your mailbox. So I want to be very 141 00:08:26.370 --> 00:08:29.069 clear about something. Most Medicare agents get paid more for 142 00:08:29.110 --> 00:08:31.509 putting you in certain plans over others. 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And 160 00:09:32.700 --> 00:09:35.080 the reason why I want to talk about this is, 161 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.120 as you see on your screen, there was an order 162 00:09:39.580 --> 00:09:42.919 that was entered by the judge in this case. And 163 00:09:42.940 --> 00:09:46.799 this is what the judge said. On August 21st, Judge 164 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:52.450 Sullivan said, in light of Katie Fang's notice of proposed order, 165 00:09:52.950 --> 00:10:01.000 which was submit the unredacted handwritten FBI notes by August 25th, 166 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:06.340 which was yesterday, as well as Ms. Fang's notice to 167 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:09.360 the court. And as I walked through these documents with you, 168 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:12.500 the notice to the court was me giving examples to 169 00:10:12.580 --> 00:10:18.669 Judge Sullivan, calling out Blanche, or more accurately, Andrew Block, 170 00:10:19.070 --> 00:10:25.139 a federal attorney, a USDOJ attorney, telling the court that 171 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.759 there aren't any other handwritten FBI interview notes that have 172 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:31.210 been turned over in the Epstein files that correlate to 302s. 173 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:36.399 Not true. Judge Sullivan said, whoa, in light of what 174 00:10:36.419 --> 00:10:39.789 this thing has submitted, Blanche, you got to give me 175 00:10:39.830 --> 00:10:42.649 a response no later than August 27th, which is tomorrow, 176 00:10:43.009 --> 00:10:45.529 and then I can do a reply by no later 177 00:10:45.730 --> 00:10:50.809 than September 3rd, which is next week. So, I'm not 178 00:10:50.830 --> 00:10:53.129 a believer in coincidences when it comes to Blanche and 179 00:10:53.149 --> 00:10:58.350 this DOJ. So the day before we're supposed to be 180 00:10:58.370 --> 00:11:03.240 getting unredacted, handwritten FBI interview notes from Blanche, he files 181 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:08.460 a notice of appeal. And three days before he's supposed 182 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.320 to file a response to me calling him out for 183 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.200 this stuff, he files a notice of appeal. Why? Why? 184 00:11:17.610 --> 00:11:19.889 I'm not sure what you're appealing. I don't know if 185 00:11:19.929 --> 00:11:23.490 Blanche thinks that we're all not paying attention or if 186 00:11:23.529 --> 00:11:25.149 he just doesn't know what the fuck is happening here. 187 00:11:25.330 --> 00:11:29.440 But as recently as August 5th, the Department of Justice, 188 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:34.600 in its motion to stay all filing deadlines nunc pro 189 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:41.470 tunc pending resolution of the motion for preliminary injunction, Todd 190 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:47.350 Blanche tells Judge Sullivan... the matter of my motion for 191 00:11:47.409 --> 00:11:52.750 preliminary injunction is before the court for decision. And throughout 192 00:11:52.970 --> 00:11:55.909 its filings, up until this notice of appeal that they 193 00:11:55.929 --> 00:12:00.279 filed on Monday, Blanche took the position that Judge Sullivan 194 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:05.139 had yet to rule on my motion for preliminary injunction. 195 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:09.179 And we all know that that is an absurdity and 196 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:12.379 stupid because there is an order that clearly states on 197 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:14.820 June 25th that my motion for preliminary injunction was granted. 198 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:21.039 So what is it, Todd? You've made these representations as 199 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:23.539 an officer of the court and, more importantly, as the 200 00:12:23.580 --> 00:12:26.860 top lawyer of the United States government. You've made representations 201 00:12:26.980 --> 00:12:30.330 multiple times to the court in written filings as well 202 00:12:30.389 --> 00:12:32.610 as in oral arguments to the court through your lawyers. 203 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:36.929 that my motion for preliminary injunction has not been granted. 204 00:12:37.330 --> 00:12:40.049 It is not concluded. You have used it also as 205 00:12:40.090 --> 00:12:43.590 an excuse to not have to answer my lawsuit. You 206 00:12:43.629 --> 00:12:46.549 had a deadline, you blew it, and then you had 207 00:12:46.570 --> 00:12:48.190 the nerve to go to the court and say, Judge, 208 00:12:48.610 --> 00:12:50.789 wind back the hands of time and give me another 209 00:12:50.850 --> 00:12:53.629 chance to be able to respond. Why? Because, Judge, you 210 00:12:53.690 --> 00:12:59.899 haven't resolved the injunction issue yet. That's the position you've 211 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:06.120 taken until Monday. And then on Monday, you file a 212 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:10.019 notice of appeal stating that you were appealing the judge's 213 00:13:10.179 --> 00:13:14.970 order that granted my motion for preliminary injunction. So which 214 00:13:15.570 --> 00:13:20.409 is it? Which is it? He either granted the motion 215 00:13:20.769 --> 00:13:25.009 or he didn't. If he didn't grant the motion, right, 216 00:13:25.210 --> 00:13:30.279 then what the fuck are you appealing? If he granted 217 00:13:30.299 --> 00:13:35.159 the motion... then you have been violating all sorts of 218 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:40.399 canons and ethics and rules by pretty much trying to 219 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:43.149 snow the court, which, trust me, Judge Sullivan has got 220 00:13:43.190 --> 00:13:48.970 your fucking number, or you're so damn stupid you don't 221 00:13:48.990 --> 00:13:50.529 know what the hell is going on. I don't really 222 00:13:50.590 --> 00:13:52.950 care what it is, but what I care is you 223 00:13:53.029 --> 00:13:58.980 are delaying the progress of my lawsuit. So, I'm going 224 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:02.779 to say it again in really, really basic terms for you, 225 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:10.220 Todd Blanche. Judge Sullivan granting the motion for preliminary injunction, 226 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:14.080 you are appealing it, fine. But here's the problem, too. 227 00:14:16.250 --> 00:14:19.330 If you don't get a stay from Judge Sullivan or 228 00:14:19.350 --> 00:14:24.889 from the appellate court, it's not stopping shit. Here's some 229 00:14:25.049 --> 00:14:30.809 free legal advice. Okay? Okay? But if you're saying, which 230 00:14:30.830 --> 00:14:34.389 you've been saying and writing, that Judge Sullivan never granted 231 00:14:34.429 --> 00:14:36.429 my preliminary injunction and that's the reason why you haven't 232 00:14:36.470 --> 00:14:39.129 responded to my lawsuit, which is just dumb too, because 233 00:14:39.149 --> 00:14:41.759 those are two entirely separate issues, my lawsuit and the 234 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:44.440 preliminary injunction, because it's kind of a subset of my lawsuit, 235 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:47.879 then you blew the deadline and you're basically in default. 236 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.350 So you don't have any defenses. Not like you ever 237 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:54.289 raised any defenses. Even Judge Sullivan months ago said that 238 00:14:54.330 --> 00:14:58.049 you failed to substantively respond to the allegations and and 239 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.740 that you have basically conceded that you have violated the law. 240 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:07.500 I mean, either way, you look dumb. So, folks, that's 241 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:09.960 the latest. We're going to watch everything carefully. We're going 242 00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:12.080 to see, are they going to seek a stay? Are 243 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:15.379 they not? Blah, blah, blah. Either way, you know what? 244 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:20.139 As American citizens, technically, Todd Blanche is our lawyer. I mean, 245 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:22.730 I know, I know. He's the personal lawyer for convicted 246 00:15:22.750 --> 00:15:27.629 felon Donald Trump. But, you know, I'd be nervous. Because... 247 00:15:27.850 --> 00:15:32.049 If he's setting the tone for competency, I'd be really nervous. 248 00:15:33.610 --> 00:15:36.090 Be mad, be outraged, man accountability. I am off to 249 00:15:36.129 --> 00:15:39.149 rattle some more cages. Katie Fang here. We launched the 250 00:15:39.169 --> 00:15:41.740 Katie Fang News Channel in partnership with the Midas Touch 251 00:15:41.769 --> 00:15:43.899 Network so we could bring you the latest in legal 252 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:47.200 and political news. Straight, no chaser. So if you're a 253 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:50.120 fellow truth teller, hit that subscribe button and share the 254 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.860 word about this channel so we can build a high 255 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:58.370 information America together. Brand new lawsuit. filed by survivors of 256 00:15:58.570 --> 00:16:03.309 Jeffrey Epstein. And it's an unusual case because it is 257 00:16:03.350 --> 00:16:07.710 being brought pursuant to New York City law, not New 258 00:16:07.750 --> 00:16:12.039 York State law, not federal statutes, but New York City law. 259 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:17.360 And the defendants? Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, both whose 260 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:20.799 names are very familiar to a lot of us that 261 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:25.230 have been following along. Darren Indyke, longtime lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein. 262 00:16:25.929 --> 00:16:31.019 and Richard Kahn, longtime accountant for Jeffrey Epstein, both men, 263 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:36.679 the co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate. And the lawsuit sues 264 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:40.090 them in their capacities as the co-executors of that estate. 265 00:16:40.789 --> 00:16:44.889 And they are also being sued in their individual capacities, 266 00:16:45.250 --> 00:16:48.090 brought in the Supreme Court of the state of New 267 00:16:48.129 --> 00:16:51.789 York and the county of New York. It's a verified complaint. 268 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.779 And what's interesting is they're bringing this lawsuit pursuant to 269 00:16:56.820 --> 00:17:01.240 this New York City law that was recently amended to 270 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:06.440 expand that window of statute of limitations to allow them 271 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.720 to be able to bring these claims. The law is 272 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:16.109 called Gender Motivated Violence Act, GMVA, New York City's Gender 273 00:17:16.150 --> 00:17:21.769 Motivated Violence Act. It lets survivors of gender-motivated violence to 274 00:17:21.809 --> 00:17:27.279 bring civil lawsuit against people, institutions, businesses. And it doesn't 275 00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:31.640 require a criminal prosecution, doesn't require a criminal conviction. It's 276 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:34.119 a civil case, so it also has a different burden 277 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:37.089 of proof than a criminal case. The law was originally 278 00:17:37.130 --> 00:17:41.349 enacted in 2000. In 2022, the New York City Council 279 00:17:41.450 --> 00:17:45.619 amended it to create a temporary two-year look-back window. between 280 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:49.589 March 1st of 2023 to March 1st of 2025 that 281 00:17:49.630 --> 00:17:53.589 allowed survivors of gender-motivated violence to be able to sue 282 00:17:54.109 --> 00:17:59.309 no matter how long ago that abuse had occurred. Then 283 00:17:59.329 --> 00:18:02.150 they tried to expand it even further. But then, of course, 284 00:18:02.269 --> 00:18:06.569 then-Mayor Eric Adams vetoed it. But the city council said, eh, 285 00:18:06.650 --> 00:18:11.349 we're going to override that veto. And in 2026, they 286 00:18:11.630 --> 00:18:16.069 reopened the look-back window And it now is valid through 287 00:18:16.130 --> 00:18:20.250 July of 2027. So there's a year of time. And 288 00:18:20.289 --> 00:18:25.000 it explicitly allows claims for conduct that actually predates the 289 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:30.099 Gender-Motivated Violence Act's original 2000 enactment. It lets survivors whose 290 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:34.680 claims were filed and dismissed between that 2023 and 2025 window, 291 00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:38.200 it allows them to amend and to refile during this 292 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.009 new window that will expire next year in July of 2027. 293 00:18:41.009 --> 00:18:44.609 And so what an incredibly thoughtful move by the New 294 00:18:44.630 --> 00:18:47.289 York City Council to do this. It's a city law. 295 00:18:48.190 --> 00:18:50.970 And yeah, there is some litigation over whether or not 296 00:18:51.109 --> 00:18:54.500 it is in conflict with some state statutes that we've 297 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:58.019 covered here at Katie Fang News. For example, the Child 298 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:01.680 Victims Act and the Adult Survivors Act. The Adult Survivors 299 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:06.670 Act was a statute in New York that allowed E. 300 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:08.920 Jean Carroll to be able to bring some claims. And 301 00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:11.950 so this lawsuit specifically, though, that was filed on August 19th, 302 00:19:13.609 --> 00:19:17.569 is alleging that both Indyk and Kahn played critical roles 303 00:19:17.630 --> 00:19:20.930 in enabling Epstein's acts of gender-motivated violence against the plaintiffs 304 00:19:21.269 --> 00:19:25.109 by providing Epstein with the necessary financial and legal support 305 00:19:25.609 --> 00:19:31.900 for his sex trafficking operation by which the plaintiffs were victimized. Indyk, Kahn, 306 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:35.819 and Epstein jointly and collectively conspired with each other to 307 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:41.200 commit acts of gender-motivated violence against the plaintiffs by creating, managing, operating, funding, 308 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:44.509 and recruiting victims and associates, That is from the very 309 00:19:44.569 --> 00:19:56.680 beginning of this lawsuit. Now, it identifies plaintiffs. And one 310 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:59.680 of them, I have covered actually within the last week, 311 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:05.869 her name is Audra Christensen. Audra Christensen reported her rape 312 00:20:06.150 --> 00:20:09.940 and her abuse by Epstein's These are the allegations. She 313 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:15.160 reported it to Hugh Hefner. And Hugh Hefner reported it 314 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:19.140 to the FBI, but the FBI allegedly did absolutely nothing 315 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:25.269 to investigate it. So she brought her own lawsuit alongside 316 00:20:25.309 --> 00:20:28.789 some other plaintiffs, and that is currently being litigated as 317 00:20:28.849 --> 00:20:33.339 well against the FBI. That was interesting. I covered that 318 00:20:33.410 --> 00:20:37.119 at Katie Fang News last week. At Sidebar, where we 319 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:41.059 talked about the fact that a motion to dismiss that 320 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:44.900 was filed by the FBI had been denied. So that 321 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:48.890 was interesting. But getting back to this lawsuit, when you 322 00:20:49.170 --> 00:20:53.029 look at some of the ages of these plaintiffs, it 323 00:20:53.130 --> 00:20:56.569 is appalling. All of them. Any abuse is appalling. But 324 00:20:56.990 --> 00:21:01.480 you look at Plaintiff Glendis Espinal, 16 years old. when 325 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:05.529 Epstein committed his gender-motivated violence against her on multiple occasions 326 00:21:05.569 --> 00:21:10.250 in New York. Plaintiff Yanelith Romero, a child of approximately 327 00:21:10.250 --> 00:21:11.990 16 years old, when he did the same, I mean, 328 00:21:12.009 --> 00:21:14.099 the rest of them were still also so young, 20 329 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:21.180 years old, 19, 24, 19. It alleges in the lawsuit, 330 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:24.279 Darren Indyke for decades had only one client. The lawyer 331 00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:27.630 Indyke had only one lawyer, excuse me, one client, and 332 00:21:27.650 --> 00:21:31.779 that was Jeffrey Epstein. Kahn was the... de facto financial 333 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:35.640 manager of Epstein's sex trafficking operation and was Epstein's longtime 334 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:40.019 personal accountant. As the Wall Street Journal reported, paragraph 33, 335 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:43.640 it was Kahn, the trusted accountant, and Indyk, the loyal lawyer, 336 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:46.740 who kept the engine running for years with their financial 337 00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:51.160 and legal maneuvers. Epstein and Epstein-owned entities paid more than 338 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:57.039 $ 16 million to Indyk and $ 10 million to Kahn. far 339 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:59.819 more than could reasonably be attributed to the rates of 340 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:04.160 their professional services. They also were the beneficiaries of personal 341 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:08.210 property being bought for them, etc. Count one, violation of 342 00:22:08.269 --> 00:22:12.650 Gender Motivated Violence Act is against Indyk and Kahn in 343 00:22:12.690 --> 00:22:16.289 their capacities as the co-executors of the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. 344 00:22:17.730 --> 00:22:22.099 Paragraph 56 makes it very clear. Epstein committed gender-motivated violence 345 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:24.960 against the plaintiffs, and those acts included but were not 346 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:30.900 limited to forcibly grabbing, groping, molesting, digital penetration, oral copulation, rape, 347 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:35.119 and or other sexual acts. None of these acts were consensual. 348 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:39.579 They constituted a violation of the bodily autonomy of these plaintiffs, 349 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:45.759 and his malice toward And the gender-motivated nature of his 350 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:48.920 conduct against the plaintiffs is apparent from the nature of 351 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:53.119 the sexual abuse itself and the fact that all hundreds, 352 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:57.410 if not thousands, of his victims were female. And the 353 00:22:57.490 --> 00:23:01.730 claim that the estate is liable for compensatory damages, punitive damages, 354 00:23:02.630 --> 00:23:05.930 injunctive and declaratory relief, attorney's fees and costs, and other 355 00:23:05.970 --> 00:23:08.990 relief that the court may deem just and appropriate. The 356 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:13.609 remaining two counts are against Indyk and Kahn individually. Again, 357 00:23:13.670 --> 00:23:17.170 violations of the Gender-Motivated Violence Act, this New York City law, 358 00:23:17.970 --> 00:23:21.890 and points to their individual conduct to facilitate this sex 359 00:23:21.930 --> 00:23:27.029 trafficking operation. As a result of their violations of this act, 360 00:23:27.069 --> 00:23:31.490 the plaintiff sustained physical injury, pain and suffering, emotional trauma, 361 00:23:32.410 --> 00:23:37.970 severe psychological, emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment, and humiliation. So 362 00:23:37.990 --> 00:23:43.400 they're seeking damages as a result of that conduct. And 363 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:47.740 the fourth count is against all of defendants jointly for 364 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:51.019 the conspiracy to commit that gender-motivated violence. So it's against 365 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:54.819 the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, Indyk, and Kahn individually. 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Just recently, just a few months ago, the 393 00:25:30.930 --> 00:25:34.240 Epstein estate did agree to pay $ 35 million to resolve 394 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:39.890 a class action lawsuit. that accused Epstein's accountant and lawyer, right? 395 00:25:40.470 --> 00:25:44.230 In Daikin Khan, of aiding and abetting Epstein's sex trafficking 396 00:25:44.250 --> 00:25:48.859 of young women and teenage girls. That resolved a 2024 397 00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:52.240 lawsuit that was brought against them. And that is in 398 00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:55.720 addition to the restitution that was paid by the Epstein 399 00:25:55.740 --> 00:26:00.059 estate to the tune of $ 121 million to victims. And 400 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:02.910 the state also paid $ 49 million in additional settlements to 401 00:26:02.950 --> 00:26:06.009