1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:09,199 Epstein Chronicles. A couple of weeks ago, we were talking 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,320 about the private investigators who removed evidence from Epstein's home. Well, 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,920 now we're hearing that the House Oversight Panel is seeking 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,160 testimony from these private investigators about what kind of evidence 6 00:00:22,519 --> 00:00:26,280 was moved. And the craziest part is the DOJ never 7 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:29,440 seized any of this information, never sees any of this evidence, 8 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:32,719 never sees any of these desktop computers, never sees any 9 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:35,759 of it, just like they never raided Zoro Ranch, just 10 00:00:35,759 --> 00:00:39,079 like they never raided the houses in Colorado. I guess 11 00:00:39,079 --> 00:00:41,640 all of that was just an oversight. Maybe they forgot 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,000 that Jeffrey Epstein had other properties to raid, or that 13 00:00:45,039 --> 00:00:49,280 he had storage units that needed to be searched. I 14 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,439 remember when Rex Huwerman was first arrested and accused of 15 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,960 being the Long Island serial killer, they rated what two 16 00:00:57,079 --> 00:01:00,240 three different storage units that this dude had. Meanwhile, you 17 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,079 have a guy like Jeffrey Epstein who has houses that 18 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:07,640 remain untouched and storage units that the DOJ didn't even 19 00:01:07,719 --> 00:01:11,680 care about. So now the House Overside Committee is trying 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,400 to get a handle on what might have been in 21 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,040 those storage units, and in hopes of doing that, they've 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,959 hit the private eyes with subpoenas. So today we have 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,560 an article from ABC News and the headline House overside 24 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,680 Panel seeks testimony from private investigators who removed evidence from 25 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,000 Epstein's home. The authors of this article are Lauren Peller, 26 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:38,959 Peter Charlembeau, and James Hill. Democrats on the House oversighte 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,799 Committee are seeking testimony from private investigators who are removed 28 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,840 and stored a trove of evidence from the late sex 29 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,439 offender Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion before it was searched 30 00:01:49,599 --> 00:01:53,000 by police in two thousand and five, according to letters 31 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,280 reviewed by ABC News, So you need to tell me 32 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,719 that this was an expansive investigation, that no stone was 33 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:04,239 left unturned, that everybody was looked at, everybody was talked to, 34 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:09,400 everybody was brought in. Well, we know that's not true, 35 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,520 and it's not just me telling you that anymore. Like 36 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,479 I always say, you now have that evidence for yourself. 37 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,879 This whole entire thing down in Florida was nothing more 38 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,879 than theater. The idea was to get it off the plate. 39 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:28,159 The federal government knew how damaging it could be. For them. 40 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,360 So they wanted the state to take care of it right, 41 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,159 kick it right back down the state, and wipe our 42 00:02:33,199 --> 00:02:36,039 hands clean of it. That's what they thought. They never 43 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,080 thought that this was going to pop back up, that 44 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,479 people were going to still be interested in what happened 45 00:02:40,479 --> 00:02:44,000 with Epstein, that Julie K. Brown would kick off her series. 46 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,159 Yet here we are, and now people want answers. And 47 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,599 I think that if you really want to get to 48 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,199 the bottom of what happened, you have to start at 49 00:02:54,199 --> 00:02:58,439 ground zero. And ground zero, obviously is the first investigation 50 00:02:58,759 --> 00:03:02,719 in Florida. While the Department of Justice appearing to have 51 00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:06,919 never obtained the evidence, which included three desktop computers and 52 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,520 more than two dozen phone directories. Lawmakers want to interview 53 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,280 the men about the removal of what could have been 54 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,960 key evidence for police and prosecutors in their probe into 55 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,000 Epstein's sex trafficking. And I think the big question here 56 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,240 is how did they know to remove it? Who tipped 57 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,439 them off? Because somebody tipped Jeffrey Epstein off down in 58 00:03:27,439 --> 00:03:31,159 Florida without a doubt. Was it Sandy Berger, was it 59 00:03:31,199 --> 00:03:35,639 somebody else? Who knows, but somebody definitely tipped them off, 60 00:03:35,919 --> 00:03:38,280 because if you remember, by the time that the authorities 61 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,039 got there, everything was removed. The hard drives were gone, 62 00:03:42,039 --> 00:03:46,159 the computers were gone, wires were dangling, nothing left to 63 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:50,840 be found. The Committee requests that you make yourself available 64 00:03:50,879 --> 00:03:56,039 for a transcribed interview to provide insight into the contents, removal, storage, 65 00:03:56,159 --> 00:03:59,520 and location of the materials removed from mister Epstein's pom 66 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:03,879 Beach home. Oversight Committee ranking member, Representative Robert Garcia of 67 00:04:03,919 --> 00:04:07,400 California wrote in letters that were sent to three private 68 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:11,360 investigators who were working for Epstein, I'm sure that's an 69 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:16,959 enjoyable email to get or note to get or whatever. Yeah, 70 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,560 we're gonna need you to come in and talk about 71 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:21,920 Jeffrey Epstein and why you hid some information and evidence 72 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,319 that could have helped the cops see you on such 73 00:04:25,319 --> 00:04:27,519 and such a date. The next call is directly to 74 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,560 your lawyer, Right, so and so, I got a big 75 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:37,399 problem and it's Epstein related. The committee also seeks information 76 00:04:37,519 --> 00:04:41,079 regarding the reason for the removal of these materials, the 77 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:45,199 potential withholding of these materials from law enforcement, and any 78 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,959 other information regarding the activities and crimes of Jeffrey Epstein 79 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,560 and any of his co conspirators, Garcia wrote, ABC News 80 00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:57,240 last month reported about the removal of potential evidence which 81 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,959 may have shielded Epstein from legal scrutiny, and can try 82 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:03,079 to how he was able to largely evade justice for 83 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,079 more than a decade. And I think that's a valid 84 00:05:06,079 --> 00:05:10,160 line of questioning, right, I mean, you have these computers, 85 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:13,519 you have this evidence, and it's all in this storage room, 86 00:05:13,639 --> 00:05:16,879 and according to reports, it was moved right before the 87 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,680 house was raided, like for real, and the original investigators 88 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:26,399 had no questions about that. Alex Acosta, Mariva, Lafauna, nobody 89 00:05:26,399 --> 00:05:28,680 wanted to kick in the door and get that information. 90 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,439 Oh that's right. The operation was being run by Matt Mentchell, 91 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,519 and Matt Mentchell well, he had other ideas, and unfortunately 92 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,519 none of those ideas had anything to do with Jeffrey 93 00:05:40,519 --> 00:05:43,639 Epstein really being held accountable. There was good reason to 94 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:48,920 believe the computers contained relevant and potentially critical information, and 95 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,079 it was clear Epstein did not want the contents of 96 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,199 his computers disclosed. The OPR report said, well, I wonder 97 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,879 why you really think Jeffrey Epstein wants anyone rifling around 98 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,680 on his computer, considering the nonsense he was up to 99 00:06:02,959 --> 00:06:07,639 highly doubt that. But again, my question is who the 100 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,279 hell tip this guy off, Who let him know that 101 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:12,480 the cops were coming and that he had to get 102 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,000 rid of all this evidence before they got there. I 103 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,160 think that's a pretty big question, and I think it 104 00:06:18,199 --> 00:06:20,639 really goes to the heart of the real problem down 105 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,920 here in Florida. The fix was in from the very beginning, 106 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,519 before the guy was even arrested. The fix was in, 107 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:34,720 and I think at this point it's indisputable. In letters 108 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,000 first obtained by ABC News, Garcia formally requested that private 109 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,720 investigator Paul Lavery, Stephen Kira Lee, and William Riley appears 110 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:48,959 separately for voluntary transcribed interviews. The deadline for the investigators 111 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:53,240 to respond is April ninth. According to the letters, Epstein's 112 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,920 longtime attorney, Darren Endyke, who sat for a deposition before 113 00:06:56,959 --> 00:07:00,680 the oversight panel last week, told lawmakers that the evidence 114 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,879 was likely never turned over to law enforcement. Like, how's 115 00:07:04,879 --> 00:07:07,839 that even possible if you got in trouble. Believe me, 116 00:07:08,399 --> 00:07:11,920 the FEDS they're getting all of it, whatever information is available, 117 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,879 whatever information exists, they're getting that shit and they're going 118 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:20,120 to use it against you. But Jeffrey Epstein. Ah, come on, 119 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,800 nothing to see here, folks. Just a guy that was 120 00:07:22,839 --> 00:07:26,480 soliciting a girl for some sex. No big deal. Ah, 121 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,959 she wasn't even a minor, she was about to be eighteen. 122 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,079 That's the kind of bullshit they're pulling on us, and 123 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:40,319 I find it wholly unacceptable. After Epstein's conviction, after he 124 00:07:40,399 --> 00:07:44,240 served jail time, through conversations with defense counsel, I became 125 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:47,240 aware that there were computer hard drives in the possession 126 00:07:47,519 --> 00:07:51,759 of private investigators, and Dyke said in his deposition, I 127 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,399 just don't know how they came into possession, but I 128 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:57,920 knew of the existence of hard drives. Again, he had 129 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:01,120 no idea. Nobody knew anything, folks. Nobody had any idea 130 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,720 what was going on, and they were all just winging it. 131 00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:06,759 Everybody was just you know, going on vibes. Look, the 132 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,800 truth is, every single person who's come up and given 133 00:08:09,839 --> 00:08:13,560 a deposition so far has lied. They've all perjured themselves, 134 00:08:13,839 --> 00:08:15,959 and nothing's going to happen. This would have to be 135 00:08:15,959 --> 00:08:20,040 a real investigation for something to happen, and it most 136 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:25,079 certainly is not. Documents released earlier this year by the 137 00:08:25,079 --> 00:08:28,399 Department of Justice shed new light on the removal of 138 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,480 the potential evidence. According to a two thousand and five 139 00:08:31,519 --> 00:08:35,799 memo from private investigator William Riley Till, one of Epstein's 140 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:39,879 criminal defense lawyers, Lavery visited Epstein's pom Beach home to 141 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,440 remove items of potential evidentiary value less than two weeks 142 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,679 before police raided the mansion in October of two thousand 143 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:51,240 and five. Obviously tipped off what He just had a vision. 144 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:54,759 He was sitting around and he called the psychic hotline 145 00:08:54,799 --> 00:08:57,600 and Miss Cleo picked up and she was like, oh yeah, man, 146 00:08:57,879 --> 00:09:00,440 you're going to be raided in two weeks because short 147 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,159 of that, somebody tipped them off. So the question is who. 148 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,240 Lavery removed more than one hundred pieces of potential evidence, 149 00:09:10,279 --> 00:09:14,039 according to an index released by the DOJ, including the 150 00:09:14,039 --> 00:09:18,000 three computers, twenty nine bound telephone directories, and a listing 151 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,919 of nearby messuses, as well as the trove of sexually 152 00:09:21,919 --> 00:09:26,200 explicit materials. Among the removed material was a photo with 153 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,279 a handwritten message saying you better never forget about me 154 00:09:29,639 --> 00:09:32,840 from an unknown woman who signed her name. Class of 155 00:09:32,879 --> 00:09:36,480 two thousand and five. When the Palm Beach Police Department 156 00:09:36,519 --> 00:09:40,559 searched Epstein's home two weeks later, investigators noted that multiple 157 00:09:40,639 --> 00:09:44,120 computers from the property were conspicuously absent from the home, 158 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,759 including one linked to Epstein's surveillance system. Oh, I wonder why. 159 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,559 I'm sure was all just a coincidence, right, Just like 160 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,799 the video from the jail, or the fact that Jeffrey 161 00:09:53,799 --> 00:09:57,639 Epstein was logged in as an African American person in jail, 162 00:09:58,480 --> 00:09:59,879 or the fact that he was put in a cell 163 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,960 with Tartaglione. All this stuff is just a coincidence. And 164 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:08,279 if you don't think so, you're a conspiracy theorist. That's 165 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,720 the narrative. But the truth is a long way from 166 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,720 their narrative, isn't it. And the truth is we've been 167 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:21,279 bullshitted from the very beginning. While federal prosecutors attempted to 168 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,120 recover the evidence while investigating Epstein in the lay two 169 00:10:24,159 --> 00:10:28,639 thousands include including a subpoena for Riley for testimony, law 170 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,000 enforcement agreed to abandon the effort when Epstein agreed to 171 00:10:32,039 --> 00:10:34,399 the two thousand and eight plead deal that allowed him 172 00:10:34,399 --> 00:10:38,360 to avoid a lengthy jail sentence. Documents released by the 173 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,279 Department of Justice indicate Epstein's attorneys continue to keep tabs 174 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,879 on the evidence to ensure the material were not disclosed 175 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:49,879 to attorneys for Epstein's victims and civil litigation. Can you 176 00:10:49,919 --> 00:10:52,759 imagine what was on those computers and how much evidence 177 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:58,480 the DOJ just let walk away. In two thousand and nine, 178 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,279 Riley confirmed that he would cantinue to store the material 179 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,120 in a safe and secure location, though the evidence location 180 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,799 in the following decade remains unclear. If at any time 181 00:11:08,799 --> 00:11:12,120 you're unable to maintain possession of those materials, or have 182 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,200 any concern whatsoever that mister Epstein's possessions may be compromised 183 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,440 in any manner, please advise me immediately such that we 184 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:23,919 can take the necessary actions to protect and preserve those 185 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,759 materials as is required in the non prosecution agreement. An 186 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:31,600 attorney for Epstein wrote in a letter memorializing the conversation 187 00:11:31,919 --> 00:11:35,879 about the evidence. So let's get rid of the NPA, 188 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,919 which is illegal anyway, which has already been shit on 189 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,720 by the court, and then let's get down to business. 190 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,600 Oh wait, Pam Bondi's in charge. She's not going to 191 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,240 do that. That would out all of Donald Trump's friends, 192 00:11:48,399 --> 00:11:52,159 and we can't have that, can we? Billing records of 193 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:55,519 the private Detective Agency owned by Riley and Curley, both 194 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,559 former Miami police officers, show that the firms invoices for 195 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,519 Epstein and his attorneys span several years and included recurring 196 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,679 charges for a storage facility. According to records included in 197 00:12:07,759 --> 00:12:11,720 the DOJ's release of the Epstein files, the dj knew 198 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,679 exactly where this stuff was and they didn't want to 199 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:20,600 touch it. Was it that radioactive? I don't know. Maybe 200 00:12:20,639 --> 00:12:24,320 we'll find out, but I doubt it. Riley and Lavery 201 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,480 did not respond to requests for comment last month. Reached 202 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,279 by phone, cure Lee said he would not discuss anything 203 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,440 related to Jeffrey Epstein. Garcia told ABC News, it's incredibly 204 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,159 troubling that Epstein's computers and hard drives were in possession 205 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:42,320 of private investigators and may have never been seen by 206 00:12:42,399 --> 00:12:44,879 any law enforcement agency. Are we not even going to 207 00:12:44,919 --> 00:12:47,600 mention the fact that he was tipped off? That might 208 00:12:47,639 --> 00:12:50,519 be important, because what does that matter if the law 209 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,360 enforcement agency sees the information that's on the computer or 210 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:57,440 the evidence that's inside of those documents, if they're not 211 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,799 going to act on it, and if somebody from law 212 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,759 enforcement tipped them off, we got a bigger problem here. 213 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,679 And as you know, I believe we have a bigger 214 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,480 problem here. The idea that now these private investigators have 215 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,519 this enormous amount of information that has not been accessible 216 00:13:15,519 --> 00:13:17,919 to us on the Committee or in Congress or the 217 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,759 American public is pretty significant. Garcia said, they are an 218 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:27,120 important part of our investigation. House Democrats in the letters 219 00:13:27,399 --> 00:13:31,679 requested that the investigators preserve all relevant material in their possession, 220 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:37,559 including hard drives, storage devices, backup archived data, cloud based storage, accounts, 221 00:13:37,639 --> 00:13:44,080 financial records, videos, photos, audio recordings, and all communications. The 222 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:48,840 committee also requested any records reflecting the transfer, custody, or 223 00:13:48,919 --> 00:13:52,120 handling of the above materials and any physical items that 224 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:55,120 were taken from Jeffrey Epstein's home. They're not going to 225 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,360 get that. You can ask for it, but I don't recall. 226 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,759 I forgot, oh that was placed. I expect a whole 227 00:14:01,759 --> 00:14:04,480 lot of that. Yo. Can we be real any evidence 228 00:14:04,519 --> 00:14:07,440 that was in those files or anything that was on 229 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,399 those hard drives is long gone. What it's all preserved? 230 00:14:11,879 --> 00:14:17,039 Give me a break. While Garcia's invitation for a voluntary testimony, 231 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,679 if the men do not cooperate, the committee could vote 232 00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:23,679 to subpoena them or the Republican chairman of the committee, 233 00:14:23,679 --> 00:14:28,440 Representative James Comer of Kentucky could also unilaterally compel them 234 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,360 to testify. Oh, we're relying on Comer again. Huh. It's 235 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:34,960 like relying on a blind guide to get you up 236 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,600 Mount Everest. Not really going to work out the way 237 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:42,759 you think. We're bringing in anyone that has information that 238 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,799 could be helpful to our investigation, and hopefully we'll be 239 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,360 able to get to the truth to the American people 240 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,000 and provide some type of justice for the victims. Comer 241 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,200 said after a recent deposition with Epstein's accountant, Richard Kahn, 242 00:14:57,559 --> 00:15:01,440 I really wish that Comber cared. He doesn't, and it's 243 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,200 his actions that show us at this whole entire thing 244 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:06,879 is nothing more than a way to help Donald Trump. 245 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:12,840 That's what he's trying to do. Marie Villafana, the former 246 00:15:12,879 --> 00:15:16,039 assistant US attorney who pushed to indict Epstein during the 247 00:15:16,039 --> 00:15:19,600 investigation in Florida, previously said if the evidence on the 248 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,840 missing computers had been what we suspected it was, it 249 00:15:22,879 --> 00:15:25,679 would have put this case completely to bed. According to 250 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:29,279 the OPR report, Yeah, Villafana is not a hero here. 251 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:33,000 And I have an email from Villa Fauna where she's 252 00:15:33,039 --> 00:15:37,240 working with Epstein's lawyers to try and find statutes to 253 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,679 charge them with a lesser crime, and over the weekend, 254 00:15:39,759 --> 00:15:43,919 I'll be sharing that with you. Acosta said he had 255 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:46,759 no recollection of the efforts to obtain the computers and 256 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,600 objected to the report's conclusion that he should have given 257 00:15:49,639 --> 00:15:53,240 greater consideration to pursuing the evidence before entering the deal 258 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:59,120 with Epstein. The report said, look, Acosta was just window dressing. 259 00:16:01,559 --> 00:16:04,840 The decision came down from Justice, from Maine Justice, and 260 00:16:04,879 --> 00:16:08,960 that was a Philippe and Mukasey. And remember it was 261 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,240 Menchel who really designed this plea deal, you know, the 262 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,240 guy that ended up being Jeffrey Epstein's buddy. Yeah, that guy. 263 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:18,159 And as far as the evidence inside of that storage room, 264 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,080 who the hell knows what was in there or what's 265 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,200 in there now? And maybe Congress should stop being nice 266 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,840 and stop asking if this guy wants to come in 267 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:29,879 or these guys want to come in to talk and 268 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,399 order them to do so. And will that happen? Who knows. 269 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,000 We'll have to see what goes on and if these 270 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:40,399 investigators try to fight this invitation to speak to Congress, 271 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:42,919 And like usual, we'll keep an eye on this one, 272 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,639 and we'll see where it all ends up. All the 273 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:50,399 information that goes with this episode can be found in 274 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:51,440 the description box.