July 18, 2025 • 12 mins
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Jeffrey Epstein Scandal & Transparency:
- The speaker demands full transparency regarding the Epstein case, especially the release of documents and names involved.
- Emphasis is placed on protecting victims' identities while still exposing the truth.
- Frustration is expressed over the lack of accountability—only Ghislaine Maxwell has been jailed.
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Criticism of Media and Political Bias:
- The Wall Street Journal is accused of publishing a "hit piece" on Donald Trump, which Trump is reportedly threatening to sue over.
- The media is criticized for using the Epstein story to attack Trump rather than seeking justice for victims.
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Support for Donald Trump:
- The speaker defends Trump against accusations related to Epstein.
- Argues that Trump is being unfairly targeted by the media and political opponents.
- Calls for Trump to uphold his promise of transparency.
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Critique of the Democratic Party:
- Democrats are accused of ignoring the Epstein case when they had control of the DOJ.
- The speaker claims Democrats are only interested in the case now because they believe it can damage Trump.
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Chris Cuomo’s Commentary:
- Surprisingly, Cuomo is quoted in agreement with some conservative views, criticizing the media's handling of the Epstein story.
- His remarks are used to support the argument that the media is being opportunistic.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It could look at this Jeffrey Epstein hoax also because
that's the same stuff that's all put out by Democrats.
Some of the naive Republicans fall right into line like
they always do. They just don't have the they don't
have the sustainability. They don't have There's something they don't
have that sticktuitive like glue. The Democrats, you know, they
have bad policy, they have bad candidates, they have bad everything,
(00:24):
but they stick together and the Republicans don't do that.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
This is a forty seven Morning Update special edition with
Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Good Friday morning. It is so nice to have you
with us on the forty seven Morning Update.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
And we've got one big story with two big aspects
to it, Jeffrey Epstein, the Epstein files, and a shocking
Wall Street Journal attack on President Donald Trump. I'm going
to break down why the President's now saying he is
going to sue the Wall Street Journal. I'm also going
to break down what many conservatives like myself want when
(00:56):
it comes to government and transparency and why this has
comes such a big issue out of nowhere in the media.
It's for one reason. They want to hurt President Donald Trump.
All Right, I want to take a moment talk about
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You've seen what's been happening with interest rates, and you've
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(03:12):
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Speaker 2 (03:27):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
All right, let's deal comprehensively with the entire epscene scandal,
the papers, what should be put out there, and the
media obsessing over this story. On top of the fact
that the Wall Street Journal has come out with a
massive hit piece on Donald Trump. He's now threatening to
(03:50):
sue the Wall Street Journal. Now you want to know
how crazy this article is. Even Chris Cuomo speaking out
about the Wall Street Journal's reporting, and I want you
to listen to what he had to say.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
But I get that he's pissed off, Okay, and he's
not wrong. This Wall Street Journal piece is a hack job, okay.
And he says he's suing Rupert Murdoch, who he you know,
is his buddy. They have, you know, Fox kind of
made Trump, you know, And he's suing the journal, He's
suing everybody. He says he didn't write the birthday letter
(04:27):
that they're ascribing to him to Epstein for his fiftieth birthday.
I mean, it's so stupid, Okay. The Epstein story is
about abusing kids who didn't have the power or agency
to do anything about it. That rich and powerful people
may have known it was going on and they got
away with it. That's the story.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
It's not that Trump liked a scumbag. Okay, Now I
get that. In the media, this is great because it's
bad for Trump and he's going crazy and he's gonna
pump and move the story for the Wall Street Journal
right now by saying it's fake and it's wrong, but
it doesn't move the needle in the country. It's gonna
make you some money, Rupert, great for you, just what
you need. But this is why we can't get anywhere.
The guy says, I didn't write the letter. The letter
(05:11):
is meaningless. You put out the piece anyway, and there's
no light on what really matters. Now.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
The point that Cuomo, not a conservative, is making there
is absolutely right. Politics should not be involved in this.
This is the reason why so many MAGA conservatives like
myself have been saying we want total transparency. Why because
we don't trust the government. Why because they've given us
reasons to not trust them. We have watched them weaponize
(05:38):
the government to go after Donald Trump. We've watched them
weaponized the government to sell lies like the Russian collusion story,
to try to undermine the American people and overthrow the
will of the people. We have witnessed them lie about
the Hunter Biden laptop. We've witnessed the deep state and
all the leaders are supposed to trust the CIA and
other intelligence organizations sign a letter saying that the Hunter
(06:00):
Biden laptop was a lie. We have witnessed them lie
about the money that was coming into the Biden crime family.
We now have witnessed the media cover for the president
units it's America, Donald Trump. Let me rephrase that Joe
Biden with his massive cognitive decline, but they said over
and over again, it wasn't happening. So this story is
(06:22):
about transparency, whether there's a list or not. I want
to see it all with making sure that we protect
the victim's identities. I want to make sure that I
don't have to trust the deep state. I believe as
a citizen, I deserve to know what happened. I also
(06:42):
want to know why no one else went to jail.
Can we just go over that again? Why is it
that no one has gone to jail except for one person?
That's it, Maxine, all of this abuse. That is why
concern are angry right now. Now, Notice what the left
(07:03):
is doing. They're going all in on Epstein because they
think it hurts Donald Trump. They're going in not because
they want to protect kids, not because they want justice,
not because they care about whoever abused children being outed
and exposed and maybe even indicted or arrested. Which again,
(07:24):
only one person's gone to jail. No, no, no, they think
this now hurts Donald Trump. And again I go back
to Chris Cuomo. Chris Cuomo, a lefty saying this on
his show about the left, he believes is also making
a huge mistake.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Making a mistake going all in on this Epstein bs.
You did nothing to release any information about this case
on your watch, okay, And you watched a woman go
down for Epstein's crimes and did nothing to add to
any sense of accountability for anybody else then, so going
all in now is obvious and gratuitous and ugly. Okay,
(08:05):
And look I get the play. This is bad for Trump,
so we got to be all in there. You need
to give the majority reason to believe that you would
be better, not that just he is worse. Do you
understand that's the key, Not MAGA sucks, okay, Not that
(08:25):
they lied to you MAGA, So vote for us because
MAGA was formed in part out of desperation for feeling
that you on the left lie and don't deliver. So
this battle of attrition is just going to create two losers.
My suggestion is be less about your opponent and more
about restoring opportunity, less about who is woke and more
(08:47):
about who is broke.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
And I agree, by the way, with nine percent of
what Coomo said there.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
The left is making a mistake going all in on Epstein,
and you need to give a reason why you're better
and they're not. I'll give you another example, Arb calling
out Raskin today saying you could have gotten the Epstein
files from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty five when
Democrats controlled the DOJ. Why didn't the Democrats call for
(09:14):
the release then?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Right?
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Because this is not about actual justices, about attacking Donald Trump.
And Raskin's response was, well, there were other cases going on.
I don't know there are pictures of Trump and Epstein.
That's literally his response. So, in other words, Democrats didn't
care because Democrats are pos's that's what this boils down to.
(09:38):
They only care now because they think this is going
to hurt Donald Trump.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Now.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
I also want to be clear why so many conservatives
are frustrated right now.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I am one of them.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I am not demanding that you give me something that
doesn't exist. I'm not demand that you fabricate something, not
demand that you go out and arrest innocent people. I
am demanding transparency This should be about the victims. And
the point I would say to President Trump right now
if I was sitting with him, is, mister President, you
(10:09):
promised transparency. You did it on rfk assassination, you did
it on Martin Luther King, You've done it on many
other issues.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
The American people want the same level of transparency, even
if the transparency shows us nothing. I don't know if
there's an Epstein list. I've been told there is an
Epstein list. I've been told that this was there for
a long time. Now.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
If that was a lie and I was lied to,
then show me what you do have, show me that
there is maybe not as much there as we thought.
And look, I think one of the reasons why Democrats
talked about the Epstein list is because they kept saying
over and over again, Donald Trump's in the Epstein files.
(10:55):
Donald Trump's in the Epstein list. Donald. They used that
to attack Donald Trump. If there is nothing in there,
then fine. There's a point that's been made by as lawyers.
Most criminals don't keep records of their crimes. That may
be true, but there's a lot of information that's been redacted.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Now.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I want to protect the victims as many conservatives do.
But I also think that I deserve to see more
than what we are seeing right now now. I think
the presence moving towards that. I also want to be
clear about one other thing that's been a lie. There
have been people that have been saying that Donald Trump
can release everything, all of it instantly.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Is the president United It's America. That is a lie.
If you talk to judges and lawyers, they will tell
you no.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
Much of what would be released would have to be
approved by judges or by a judge. A great example
of that is all of the witnesses and all the
people that went before the grand jury. That information would
have to be approved by a judge. So when they
tell you that Trump can give you everything, they are
(12:03):
lying to you.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
That is not true. He cannot give you everything.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
What am I asking for in so many other conservatives
total transparency. Whether it's nothing or whether it's something. We'll
figure that out. And that is the point that many
Americans say they want and also why they voted for
Donald Trump.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast. Right now and for more
in depth news. Also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow
It could look at this Jeffrey Epstein hoax also because
that's the same stuff that's all put out by Democrats.
Some of the naive Republicans fall right into line like
they always do. They just don't have the they don't
have the sustainability. They don't have There's something they don't
have that sticktuitive like glue. The Democrats, you know, they
have bad policy, they have bad candidates, they have bad everything,
(00:24):
but they stick together and the Republicans don't do that.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
This is a forty seven Morning Update special edition with
Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Good Friday morning. It is so nice to have you
with us on the forty seven Morning Update.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
And we've got one big story with two big aspects
to it, Jeffrey Epstein, the Epstein files, and a shocking
Wall Street Journal attack on President Donald Trump. I'm going
to break down why the President's now saying he is
going to sue the Wall Street Journal. I'm also going
to break down what many conservatives like myself want when
(00:56):
it comes to government and transparency and why this has
comes such a big issue out of nowhere in the media.
It's for one reason. They want to hurt President Donald Trump.
All Right, I want to take a moment talk about
the economy. You've been seeing what's happening on Wall Street,
You've seen what's been happening with interest rates, and you've
probably seen gold prices hitting all time record highs. Why
(01:18):
because there is uncertainty all over the world right now,
and when there is uncertain times, you want real answers
about your financial stability. Well, at Kurt Elliott Precious Medals,
you get more than gold and silver. You get trusted
guidance from a team that puts people first always. You
also get transparency. This is why I recommend them. Their
(01:41):
mission is clear. They want to help you protect what
matters most with real medals, real service, and real clarity.
Now here's why I love what they do at Kurt
Elliott Precious Medals number one bullyon only approach. They focus
on investment grade medals, not overpriced quote collectibles or gimmick
(02:02):
products that cost you an insane amount of money for
what you're actually getting. What they do is they sell
you more metal for your money and fair value when
it's time for you to actually sell. They also have
upfront transparent pricing just eight percent when you buy and
zero commissions when you go to sell. There are no
(02:23):
hidden fees on top of that. Ever, that is the
reason why I recommend them. They also make sure they
give you personalized guidance for you. You're never just a number,
no pressure, always real answers, and they make sure that
you are in control. So if you're ready for real,
honest clarity and all of the BS taken out, visit
(02:47):
k EPM dot com slash ben that's k e PM
dot com slash ben to schedule your personal portfolio review.
Ask about today's market window and how the current silver
to gold ratio might work in your favor. Protect what
matters plan with clarity KEPM dot com slash ben or
(03:12):
seven two zero six O five thirty nine hundred. That's
seven two zero six O five thirty nine hundred. Kurt
Elliott Precious Metals Smarter Metal Investing starts with them. It's
a forty seven morning update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
All right, let's deal comprehensively with the entire epscene scandal,
the papers, what should be put out there, and the
media obsessing over this story. On top of the fact
that the Wall Street Journal has come out with a
massive hit piece on Donald Trump. He's now threatening to
(03:50):
sue the Wall Street Journal. Now you want to know
how crazy this article is. Even Chris Cuomo speaking out
about the Wall Street Journal's reporting, and I want you
to listen to what he had to say.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
But I get that he's pissed off, Okay, and he's
not wrong. This Wall Street Journal piece is a hack job, okay.
And he says he's suing Rupert Murdoch, who he you know,
is his buddy. They have, you know, Fox kind of
made Trump, you know, And he's suing the journal, He's
suing everybody. He says he didn't write the birthday letter
(04:27):
that they're ascribing to him to Epstein for his fiftieth birthday.
I mean, it's so stupid, Okay. The Epstein story is
about abusing kids who didn't have the power or agency
to do anything about it. That rich and powerful people
may have known it was going on and they got
away with it. That's the story.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
It's not that Trump liked a scumbag. Okay, Now I
get that. In the media, this is great because it's
bad for Trump and he's going crazy and he's gonna
pump and move the story for the Wall Street Journal
right now by saying it's fake and it's wrong, but
it doesn't move the needle in the country. It's gonna
make you some money, Rupert, great for you, just what
you need. But this is why we can't get anywhere.
The guy says, I didn't write the letter. The letter
(05:11):
is meaningless. You put out the piece anyway, and there's
no light on what really matters. Now.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
The point that Cuomo, not a conservative, is making there
is absolutely right. Politics should not be involved in this.
This is the reason why so many MAGA conservatives like
myself have been saying we want total transparency. Why because
we don't trust the government. Why because they've given us
reasons to not trust them. We have watched them weaponize
(05:38):
the government to go after Donald Trump. We've watched them
weaponized the government to sell lies like the Russian collusion story,
to try to undermine the American people and overthrow the
will of the people. We have witnessed them lie about
the Hunter Biden laptop. We've witnessed the deep state and
all the leaders are supposed to trust the CIA and
other intelligence organizations sign a letter saying that the Hunter
(06:00):
Biden laptop was a lie. We have witnessed them lie
about the money that was coming into the Biden crime family.
We now have witnessed the media cover for the president
units it's America, Donald Trump. Let me rephrase that Joe
Biden with his massive cognitive decline, but they said over
and over again, it wasn't happening. So this story is
(06:22):
about transparency, whether there's a list or not. I want
to see it all with making sure that we protect
the victim's identities. I want to make sure that I
don't have to trust the deep state. I believe as
a citizen, I deserve to know what happened. I also
(06:42):
want to know why no one else went to jail.
Can we just go over that again? Why is it
that no one has gone to jail except for one person?
That's it, Maxine, all of this abuse. That is why
concern are angry right now. Now, Notice what the left
(07:03):
is doing. They're going all in on Epstein because they
think it hurts Donald Trump. They're going in not because
they want to protect kids, not because they want justice,
not because they care about whoever abused children being outed
and exposed and maybe even indicted or arrested. Which again,
(07:24):
only one person's gone to jail. No, no, no, they think
this now hurts Donald Trump. And again I go back
to Chris Cuomo. Chris Cuomo, a lefty saying this on
his show about the left, he believes is also making
a huge mistake.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
Making a mistake going all in on this Epstein bs.
You did nothing to release any information about this case
on your watch, okay, And you watched a woman go
down for Epstein's crimes and did nothing to add to
any sense of accountability for anybody else then, so going
all in now is obvious and gratuitous and ugly. Okay,
(08:05):
And look I get the play. This is bad for Trump,
so we got to be all in there. You need
to give the majority reason to believe that you would
be better, not that just he is worse. Do you
understand that's the key, Not MAGA sucks, okay, Not that
(08:25):
they lied to you MAGA, So vote for us because
MAGA was formed in part out of desperation for feeling
that you on the left lie and don't deliver. So
this battle of attrition is just going to create two losers.
My suggestion is be less about your opponent and more
about restoring opportunity, less about who is woke and more
(08:47):
about who is broke.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
And I agree, by the way, with nine percent of
what Coomo said there.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
The left is making a mistake going all in on Epstein,
and you need to give a reason why you're better
and they're not. I'll give you another example, Arb calling
out Raskin today saying you could have gotten the Epstein
files from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty five when
Democrats controlled the DOJ. Why didn't the Democrats call for
(09:14):
the release then?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Right?
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Because this is not about actual justices, about attacking Donald Trump.
And Raskin's response was, well, there were other cases going on.
I don't know there are pictures of Trump and Epstein.
That's literally his response. So, in other words, Democrats didn't
care because Democrats are pos's that's what this boils down to.
(09:38):
They only care now because they think this is going
to hurt Donald Trump.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Now.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
I also want to be clear why so many conservatives
are frustrated right now.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I am one of them.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I am not demanding that you give me something that
doesn't exist. I'm not demand that you fabricate something, not
demand that you go out and arrest innocent people. I
am demanding transparency This should be about the victims. And
the point I would say to President Trump right now
if I was sitting with him, is, mister President, you
(10:09):
promised transparency. You did it on rfk assassination, you did
it on Martin Luther King, You've done it on many
other issues.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
The American people want the same level of transparency, even
if the transparency shows us nothing. I don't know if
there's an Epstein list. I've been told there is an
Epstein list. I've been told that this was there for
a long time. Now.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
If that was a lie and I was lied to,
then show me what you do have, show me that
there is maybe not as much there as we thought.
And look, I think one of the reasons why Democrats
talked about the Epstein list is because they kept saying
over and over again, Donald Trump's in the Epstein files.
(10:55):
Donald Trump's in the Epstein list. Donald. They used that
to attack Donald Trump. If there is nothing in there,
then fine. There's a point that's been made by as lawyers.
Most criminals don't keep records of their crimes. That may
be true, but there's a lot of information that's been redacted.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Now.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I want to protect the victims as many conservatives do.
But I also think that I deserve to see more
than what we are seeing right now now. I think
the presence moving towards that. I also want to be
clear about one other thing that's been a lie. There
have been people that have been saying that Donald Trump
can release everything, all of it instantly.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Is the president United It's America. That is a lie.
If you talk to judges and lawyers, they will tell
you no.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
Much of what would be released would have to be
approved by judges or by a judge. A great example
of that is all of the witnesses and all the
people that went before the grand jury. That information would
have to be approved by a judge. So when they
tell you that Trump can give you everything, they are
(12:03):
lying to you.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
That is not true. He cannot give you everything.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
What am I asking for in so many other conservatives
total transparency. Whether it's nothing or whether it's something. We'll
figure that out. And that is the point that many
Americans say they want and also why they voted for
Donald Trump.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast. Right now and for more
in depth news. Also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow
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