Speaker 1: What we need to do is do it quickly before
they try to shift the attention to nationalizing the election,
or starting a war in another country, or changing the
subject to whatever it is that they wanted. They never
wanted to talk about Epstein until they wanted to stop
talking about ice.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was Representative Promila Jaya Paul and she's right.
Trump administration. They moved from topic to topic so fast,
so quickly, all in an effort to distract the American
people from any one specific topic. Now, as Ice overreach
became horrible last week and my pal Don Lemon was arrested,
Todd blanche Well, he went on television and quickly announced
that they would be dropping yeah, more Epstein files. And
then over the weekend, as the dark secrets in the
file were coming to light, because that's what people do,
we read them. Trump then announced that now he's going
to close the Kennedy I'm sorry, the Trump Kennedy Center
for two years for renovation. And that, of course still
wasn't enough to distract from the Epstein files. So late
last night, this administration Trump, they then decided to go
after the New York Times. Let me break this craziness
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let's go back to yesterday afternoon. In order to give
this some context. Trump Well he posted on Truth's social
saying that he was never friends with Jeffrey Epstein. Now, look,
we all know that that's not true. We've all seen
the photos. We know that it's just a lie. Let
me show you what he wrote in it. He writes,
not only wasn't I friendly with Jeffrey Epstein, but based
upon information that has just been released by the Department
of Justice, Epstein and a Sleezebag lying author named Michael
Wolfe conspired in order to damage me and on my presidency.
So much for the radical lefts hope against ope, some
of whom I'll be suing. Additionally, unlike so many people
that like to talk trash, I never went to the
infested Epstein Island, but almost all of these crooked Democrats
and their donors did. Now, let me be crystal clear
about something. You have all heard me turn around and say.
Over the course of the years that I knew Trump,
I never heard him talk about about Jeffrey Epstein. We
never engaged in conversations. I never saw Jeffrey Epstein in
the office or on the phone or calling in or
what have you. I also never believe that he went
to Epstein Island, and not because of anything other than
the fact he doesn't like to go places that he
doesn't own. Now, does that mean he was never at
his place in Palm Beach or in New York. Absolutely not.
And we have seen hundreds of photos of the two
of them together. That is something that I would call friendship.
So why not just own it? So look, in his defense,
Trump of course wanted to make it crystal clear crystal
clear that he had never been to Epstein Island. Now.
A few hours later in the Oval Office, Trump was
asked about the island, and Trump, well, he had we'll
call it a Freudian slip, and referred to a man
that he claims he was never friends with, literally by
his first name, Jeffrey. Play the clips.
Speaker 1: Are you going to see? Trevor Noah? Last night? In
a post, he alluded that something that becomes well.
Speaker 2: He said that he said that I spent time on
Jeffrey's Jeffrey Epstein's island.
Speaker 3: I didn't.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's a lightweight.
Speaker 1: This guy is a terrible I think he's terrible. I
thought he did a terrible job at the Grammys. I
thought the whole Grammys was terrible.
Speaker 2: I watched part of it.
Speaker 1: It's not watchable.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let me go on to say that. Later on,
Todd Blanche runs straight onto Fox News with Laura Ingraham
and literally tries to claim that it is not a
crying to party with Jeffrey Epstein. I mean, I guess
it makes sense that I don't know. Trump put his defense,
it's attorney in charge of this mess. Maybe not the
right guy. Play the clip.
Speaker 4: Well, some of the people we saw on camera at
the rallies. Is there any chance that any of these
individuals who partied with Epstein and engaged in uh, you know,
relations with minors will be prosecuted, Well chance we.
Speaker 5: I'll never say no, and we will always investigate any
evidence of misconduct. But as you know, it is not
a crime to party with mister Epstein, and so as
horrible as it's not a crime to email with mister Epstein,
and some of these men may have done horrible things,
and if we have evidence that allows us to prosecute them,
you better believe we will. But it's also the kind
of thing that the American people that need to understand
that it isn't a crime to party with mister Epstein.
It isn't a crime.
Speaker 4: It looks like that's all that was going on in
some of those photos. I mean, if the photos could speak,
some of them look pretty bad.
Speaker 5: That's right. And unfortunately photos can't speak, and so we
need witnesses, and we.
Speaker 4: Are the videotapes that you all have.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let me be crystal clear, all right, Todd Blanche
is stuck between a rock and a hard place in
terms of how and what he can answer. I want
to be Crystal Clay. He's right, partying with Jeffrey Epstein
is not a crime. But you know what is partying
with Jeffrey Epstein and underage naked girls. That's a fucking crime.
And I don't care what he says. And the fact
that he's not coming clean onto this, the fact that
he's not coming out and saying if and when not
not not? But if and when we get the documentation,
which by the way, they already have the videos or
the corroborating testimony of witnesses the young girls who are raped, yes,
we sure as hell will prosecute and hold them accountable. Now,
Representative Robert Garcia, you know he's the ranking member of
the House Oversight Committee. He actually reacted to blanch his
comment as I am as I'm sure you are. Play
the clip.
Speaker 5: But it's also the kind of thing that the American
people that need to understand that it isn't a crime
to party with mister Epsin.
Speaker 4: What's your reaction to that.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's gross, it's sick. I mean, I hope
that people understand that the survivors when they hear that
kind of bs, it's re traumatizing. Jeffrey Epstein trafficked and
raped children and girls. The men that were responsible that
were not just co conspirators that funded what mister Repsy
was doing, but the men that participated in those actions
have yet to be held accountable. So why won't mister
Blanche release the names of all the men that raped
and abused children? Why would the DOJ release the name
to the co conspirators? Why have they decided to hold
back fifty percent of the Epstein files and play games
with where Trump's name is and removing this photo and
redacting this, but then putting out the names of the survivors.
This has been completely botched by the White House and
is all part of a massive cover up that's clearly
being directed by the President and Pambondi Todd Blant should
be ashamed of himself. He should apologize to all the survivors,
and he should and he should go after everyone that
cause harm and release the names most importantly immediately.
Speaker 2: Now I want to get into the Harvard distraction. Here
we go again, right. New York Times just reported that
Trump had dropped the administration's demand for two hundred million
dollar payment to the government after they're back and forth
last year. Remember all of that tumult. Well, Trump got
pissed and he got really angry, and he said that
that was completely wrong. They're not dropping crap. Trump then
went on true social and announced that right now, as
a result of Harvard's refusal to capitulate to his demand,
he now wants one billion dollars damages one billion. Let
me show you what he wrote in it. He writes,
strongly anti Semitic, Harvard University has been feeding a lot
of nonsense to the failing New York Times. Harvard has
been for a long time behaving very badly. They wanted
to do a convoluted job training concept, but it was
turned down in that it was wholly inadequate and would
not have been, in our opinion, successful. It was merely
a way of Harvard getting out of a large cash
settlement of more than five hundred million dollars, a number
that should be much higher for the serious and heinous
illegalities that they have committed. This should be a criminal,
not civil event, and Harvard will have to live with
the consequences of their wrongdoings. In any event, this case
will continue until justice is served. Doctor Alan Garber, the
president of Harvard has done a terrible job of rectifying
a very bad situation for his institution and more importantly,
America itself. He was hired after the anti Semitism charges
were brought. I wonder why we are now seeking one
billion dollars in damages and want nothing further to do
into the future with Harvard University, As the failing New
York Times clearly stated. Some connected to the university, however,
think Harvard has no option but to eventually cut a deal.
The administration has repeatedly attempted to cut off research grants,
which would be an untenable crisis. Like many major research universities,
Harvard relies on federal funding for its financial model. Thank
you for your attention to this matter, President Donald J. Trump.
Now let me go and say this. One week ago,
I was a guest before one hundred plus presidents of
universities universities around the country, put on by Professor Jeffrey Sonenfeld,
Doctor Jeffrey Sonenfeld of Yale Business School, and I was
asked a question, knowing Trump as well as I do,
why Michael, do you think he's doing this? And what
would you tell each and every one of these presidents
of the universities. And my answer, which shocked everybody, is
very much like what Trump said, settle make a deal,
because when you don't, he doubles it. So if he
goes and asks for one hundred million, I don't make
a deal, maybe try to get it for fifty or
seventy five. Just water down the poison, because when you
say no, that one hundred goes to two hundred, two
hundred to four hundred, four hundred to eight, and then
so on. I know the man better than anybody else,
and probably in this case, Harvard should have turned around
and capituli, because right now the damage and the pain
that he's going to cause them financially is astronomical. Now,
Trump didn't stop there. He continued attacking The New York
Times after midnight. Let me show you what he wrote
in it. He writes, the fairly New York Times story
was completely wrong concerning Harvard University. I hear by demand
that the morons that run into the ground the Times
change their story immediately see truth below. Also, just like
they're incorrectly called by the Times election results where they
got it all wrong, My poll numbers are great. The
New York Times coverage of me is so purposely wrong.
We will soon see how I do in my lawsuit
against these fraudsters fake news. Now, let me be crystal clear.
I'm actually not even certain which polls are what he's
talking about. But it's just another distraction. And another major
distraction that literally spread by the government is that the
FBI raid in Fulton County, Georgia, and PBS is the
one who reported this despite the fact that they too
are losing their funding. They reported that this morning that
Tulcy Gabbard was at the raid because Trump had asked
her to be there. Let me show you what it
says in it, it says Director of National Intelligence. Tulci
Gabbard told lawmakers in a letter Monday that she attended
an FBI search of the election hub in Fulton County,
Georgia last week because President Donald Trump asked for her
to be there. Let me be crystal clevebot something completely improper.
In fact, I write about it in my substack today.
Who counts the votes matters? You see, here's the thing.
While all of us are getting distracted again, I want
to be crystal clear about something something I talk about
in that substack under the Constitution, elections are run by
states and local jurisdictions. In that decentation is not a flaw,
it is a feature. It prevents any one party, anyone administration,
or any one personality from exerting total control over the
machinery of democracy. And yes, it may be inefficient, but
you know what it is. It's resilient. And that's why
government will never be able to impede on our right
to vote and more importantly, how the votes are counted.
And finally, let me say this, Unfortunately for Todd Blanche
his comments regarding Tulsa Gabbard last night on Fox News, well,
let's just say they didn't exactly line up play the clip.
Speaker 4: Times is also reporting that dan I, Tulsa Gabbard broker,
to call between President Trump and some of the FBI
agents who are conducting the Georgia election investigation. What can
you tell us about that? I know you were asked
about why she was at that that ra where they
you know, you guys had took the documents from Fulton County.
Speaker 2: What can you tell us about that?
Speaker 5: So this is an FBI investigation, and it's a grand
jury investigation, and and and because of that, there's not
a lot we can talk about. I've read the same
article you read about a conversation. The president talks to
law enforcement all week long, and so the fact that
he talked with the agents that are working hard doesn't
surprise me. And I actually I think I love it.
Speaker 2: It's great.
Speaker 4: Did you ever find out why she was at the
And I mean everyone knows I love Telsea evert, but
why was she at that?
Speaker 2: I love her particular raid.
Speaker 5: No, I mean she was First of all, she wasn't
at the at the search. She was in the area
where the search took place. This is she is not
part of this investigation. She hasn't said that. And and
but on the other hand, she's an expert in this space,
and the president trusts her and expects her to.
Speaker 2: Yeah again, but right, let me finished by saying this
the real question that we have to ask of ourselves.
It's not what Trump or disadministration intends to do regarding
voting and the ballots and the machinery that's used to
cast the votes. It's what the rest of us are
willing to tolerate. You see, once Americans accept that who
counts the votes should be subject to partisan control, when outcomes,
disappoint foundation shifts, and the saddest part is when counting
actually becomes more important than casting the vote. The decision, well,
that decision that has already been made long before the
election date even arrives. And as always, thanks for listening.
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