Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. A couple of weeks ago, we were talking
about the private investigators who removed evidence from Epstein's home. Well,
now we're hearing that the House Oversight Panel is seeking
testimony from these private investigators about what kind of evidence
was moved. And the craziest part is the DOJ never
seized any of this information, never sees any of this evidence,
never sees any of these desktop computers, never sees any
of it, just like they never raided Zoro Ranch, just
like they never raided the houses in Colorado. I guess
all of that was just an oversight. Maybe they forgot
that Jeffrey Epstein had other properties to raid, or that
he had storage units that needed to be searched. I
remember when Rex Huwerman was first arrested and accused of
being the Long Island serial killer, they rated what two
three different storage units that this dude had. Meanwhile, you
have a guy like Jeffrey Epstein who has houses that
remain untouched and storage units that the DOJ didn't even
care about. So now the House Overside Committee is trying
to get a handle on what might have been in
those storage units, and in hopes of doing that, they've
hit the private eyes with subpoenas. So today we have
an article from ABC News and the headline House overside
Panel seeks testimony from private investigators who removed evidence from
Epstein's home. The authors of this article are Lauren Peller,
Peter Charlembeau, and James Hill. Democrats on the House oversighte
Committee are seeking testimony from private investigators who are removed
and stored a trove of evidence from the late sex
offender Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion before it was searched
by police in two thousand and five, according to letters
reviewed by ABC News, So you need to tell me
that this was an expansive investigation, that no stone was
left unturned, that everybody was looked at, everybody was talked to,
everybody was brought in. Well, we know that's not true,
and it's not just me telling you that anymore. Like
I always say, you now have that evidence for yourself.
This whole entire thing down in Florida was nothing more
than theater. The idea was to get it off the plate.
The federal government knew how damaging it could be. For them.
So they wanted the state to take care of it right,
kick it right back down the state, and wipe our
hands clean of it. That's what they thought. They never
thought that this was going to pop back up, that
people were going to still be interested in what happened
with Epstein, that Julie K. Brown would kick off her series.
Yet here we are, and now people want answers. And
I think that if you really want to get to
the bottom of what happened, you have to start at
ground zero. And ground zero, obviously is the first investigation
in Florida. While the Department of Justice appearing to have
never obtained the evidence, which included three desktop computers and
more than two dozen phone directories. Lawmakers want to interview
the men about the removal of what could have been
key evidence for police and prosecutors in their probe into
Epstein's sex trafficking. And I think the big question here
is how did they know to remove it? Who tipped
them off? Because somebody tipped Jeffrey Epstein off down in
Florida without a doubt. Was it Sandy Berger, was it
somebody else? Who knows, but somebody definitely tipped them off,
because if you remember, by the time that the authorities
got there, everything was removed. The hard drives were gone,
the computers were gone, wires were dangling, nothing left to
be found. The Committee requests that you make yourself available
for a transcribed interview to provide insight into the contents, removal, storage,
and location of the materials removed from mister Epstein's pom
Beach home. Oversight Committee ranking member, Representative Robert Garcia of
California wrote in letters that were sent to three private
investigators who were working for Epstein, I'm sure that's an
enjoyable email to get or note to get or whatever. Yeah,
we're gonna need you to come in and talk about
Jeffrey Epstein and why you hid some information and evidence
that could have helped the cops see you on such
and such a date. The next call is directly to
your lawyer, Right, so and so, I got a big
problem and it's Epstein related. The committee also seeks information
regarding the reason for the removal of these materials, the
potential withholding of these materials from law enforcement, and any
other information regarding the activities and crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
and any of his co conspirators, Garcia wrote, ABC News
last month reported about the removal of potential evidence which
may have shielded Epstein from legal scrutiny, and can try
to how he was able to largely evade justice for
more than a decade. And I think that's a valid
line of questioning, right, I mean, you have these computers,
you have this evidence, and it's all in this storage room,
and according to reports, it was moved right before the
house was raided, like for real, and the original investigators
had no questions about that. Alex Acosta, Mariva, Lafauna, nobody
wanted to kick in the door and get that information.
Oh that's right. The operation was being run by Matt Mentchell,
and Matt Mentchell well, he had other ideas, and unfortunately
none of those ideas had anything to do with Jeffrey
Epstein really being held accountable. There was good reason to
believe the computers contained relevant and potentially critical information, and
it was clear Epstein did not want the contents of
his computers disclosed. The OPR report said, well, I wonder
why you really think Jeffrey Epstein wants anyone rifling around
on his computer, considering the nonsense he was up to
highly doubt that. But again, my question is who the
hell tip this guy off, Who let him know that
the cops were coming and that he had to get
rid of all this evidence before they got there. I
think that's a pretty big question, and I think it
really goes to the heart of the real problem down
here in Florida. The fix was in from the very beginning,
before the guy was even arrested. The fix was in,
and I think at this point it's indisputable. In letters
first obtained by ABC News, Garcia formally requested that private
investigator Paul Lavery, Stephen Kira Lee, and William Riley appears
separately for voluntary transcribed interviews. The deadline for the investigators
to respond is April ninth. According to the letters, Epstein's
longtime attorney, Darren Endyke, who sat for a deposition before
the oversight panel last week, told lawmakers that the evidence
was likely never turned over to law enforcement. Like, how's
that even possible if you got in trouble. Believe me,
the FEDS they're getting all of it, whatever information is available,
whatever information exists, they're getting that shit and they're going
to use it against you. But Jeffrey Epstein. Ah, come on,
nothing to see here, folks. Just a guy that was
soliciting a girl for some sex. No big deal. Ah,
she wasn't even a minor, she was about to be eighteen.
That's the kind of bullshit they're pulling on us, and
I find it wholly unacceptable. After Epstein's conviction, after he
served jail time, through conversations with defense counsel, I became
aware that there were computer hard drives in the possession
of private investigators, and Dyke said in his deposition, I
just don't know how they came into possession, but I
knew of the existence of hard drives. Again, he had
no idea. Nobody knew anything, folks. Nobody had any idea
what was going on, and they were all just winging it.
Everybody was just you know, going on vibes. Look, the
truth is, every single person who's come up and given
a deposition so far has lied. They've all perjured themselves,
and nothing's going to happen. This would have to be
a real investigation for something to happen, and it most
certainly is not. Documents released earlier this year by the
Department of Justice shed new light on the removal of
the potential evidence. According to a two thousand and five
memo from private investigator William Riley Till, one of Epstein's
criminal defense lawyers, Lavery visited Epstein's pom Beach home to
remove items of potential evidentiary value less than two weeks
before police raided the mansion in October of two thousand
and five. Obviously tipped off what He just had a vision.
He was sitting around and he called the psychic hotline
and Miss Cleo picked up and she was like, oh yeah, man,
you're going to be raided in two weeks because short
of that, somebody tipped them off. So the question is who.
Lavery removed more than one hundred pieces of potential evidence,
according to an index released by the DOJ, including the
three computers, twenty nine bound telephone directories, and a listing
of nearby messuses, as well as the trove of sexually
explicit materials. Among the removed material was a photo with
a handwritten message saying you better never forget about me
from an unknown woman who signed her name. Class of
two thousand and five. When the Palm Beach Police Department
searched Epstein's home two weeks later, investigators noted that multiple
computers from the property were conspicuously absent from the home,
including one linked to Epstein's surveillance system. Oh, I wonder why.
I'm sure was all just a coincidence, right, Just like
the video from the jail, or the fact that Jeffrey
Epstein was logged in as an African American person in jail,
or the fact that he was put in a cell
with Tartaglione. All this stuff is just a coincidence. And
if you don't think so, you're a conspiracy theorist. That's
the narrative. But the truth is a long way from
their narrative, isn't it. And the truth is we've been
bullshitted from the very beginning. While federal prosecutors attempted to
recover the evidence while investigating Epstein in the lay two
thousands include including a subpoena for Riley for testimony, law
enforcement agreed to abandon the effort when Epstein agreed to
the two thousand and eight plead deal that allowed him
to avoid a lengthy jail sentence. Documents released by the
Department of Justice indicate Epstein's attorneys continue to keep tabs
on the evidence to ensure the material were not disclosed
to attorneys for Epstein's victims and civil litigation. Can you
imagine what was on those computers and how much evidence
the DOJ just let walk away. In two thousand and nine,
Riley confirmed that he would cantinue to store the material
in a safe and secure location, though the evidence location
in the following decade remains unclear. If at any time
you're unable to maintain possession of those materials, or have
any concern whatsoever that mister Epstein's possessions may be compromised
in any manner, please advise me immediately such that we
can take the necessary actions to protect and preserve those
materials as is required in the non prosecution agreement. An
attorney for Epstein wrote in a letter memorializing the conversation
about the evidence. So let's get rid of the NPA,
which is illegal anyway, which has already been shit on
by the court, and then let's get down to business.
Oh wait, Pam Bondi's in charge. She's not going to
do that. That would out all of Donald Trump's friends,
and we can't have that, can we? Billing records of
the private Detective Agency owned by Riley and Curley, both
former Miami police officers, show that the firms invoices for
Epstein and his attorneys span several years and included recurring
charges for a storage facility. According to records included in
the DOJ's release of the Epstein files, the dj knew
exactly where this stuff was and they didn't want to
touch it. Was it that radioactive? I don't know. Maybe
we'll find out, but I doubt it. Riley and Lavery
did not respond to requests for comment last month. Reached
by phone, cure Lee said he would not discuss anything
related to Jeffrey Epstein. Garcia told ABC News, it's incredibly
troubling that Epstein's computers and hard drives were in possession
of private investigators and may have never been seen by
any law enforcement agency. Are we not even going to
mention the fact that he was tipped off? That might
be important, because what does that matter if the law
enforcement agency sees the information that's on the computer or
the evidence that's inside of those documents, if they're not
going to act on it, and if somebody from law
enforcement tipped them off, we got a bigger problem here.
And as you know, I believe we have a bigger
problem here. The idea that now these private investigators have
this enormous amount of information that has not been accessible
to us on the Committee or in Congress or the
American public is pretty significant. Garcia said, they are an
important part of our investigation. House Democrats in the letters
requested that the investigators preserve all relevant material in their possession,
including hard drives, storage devices, backup archived data, cloud based storage, accounts,
financial records, videos, photos, audio recordings, and all communications. The
committee also requested any records reflecting the transfer, custody, or
handling of the above materials and any physical items that
were taken from Jeffrey Epstein's home. They're not going to
get that. You can ask for it, but I don't recall.
I forgot, oh that was placed. I expect a whole
lot of that. Yo. Can we be real any evidence
that was in those files or anything that was on
those hard drives is long gone. What it's all preserved?
Give me a break. While Garcia's invitation for a voluntary testimony,
if the men do not cooperate, the committee could vote
to subpoena them or the Republican chairman of the committee,
Representative James Comer of Kentucky could also unilaterally compel them
to testify. Oh, we're relying on Comer again. Huh. It's
like relying on a blind guide to get you up
Mount Everest. Not really going to work out the way
you think. We're bringing in anyone that has information that
could be helpful to our investigation, and hopefully we'll be
able to get to the truth to the American people
and provide some type of justice for the victims. Comer
said after a recent deposition with Epstein's accountant, Richard Kahn,
I really wish that Comber cared. He doesn't, and it's
his actions that show us at this whole entire thing
is nothing more than a way to help Donald Trump.
That's what he's trying to do. Marie Villafana, the former
assistant US attorney who pushed to indict Epstein during the
investigation in Florida, previously said if the evidence on the
missing computers had been what we suspected it was, it
would have put this case completely to bed. According to
the OPR report, Yeah, Villafana is not a hero here.
And I have an email from Villa Fauna where she's
working with Epstein's lawyers to try and find statutes to
charge them with a lesser crime, and over the weekend,
I'll be sharing that with you. Acosta said he had
no recollection of the efforts to obtain the computers and
objected to the report's conclusion that he should have given
greater consideration to pursuing the evidence before entering the deal
with Epstein. The report said, look, Acosta was just window dressing.
The decision came down from Justice, from Maine Justice, and
that was a Philippe and Mukasey. And remember it was
Menchel who really designed this plea deal, you know, the
guy that ended up being Jeffrey Epstein's buddy. Yeah, that guy.
And as far as the evidence inside of that storage room,
who the hell knows what was in there or what's
in there now? And maybe Congress should stop being nice
and stop asking if this guy wants to come in
or these guys want to come in to talk and
order them to do so. And will that happen? Who knows.
We'll have to see what goes on and if these
investigators try to fight this invitation to speak to Congress,
And like usual, we'll keep an eye on this one,
and we'll see where it all ends up. All the
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