December 2, 2025 • 14 mins
Dan Bongino, once loudly positioning himself as a crusader who would expose the truth about the Jeffrey Epstein files, has faced sharp criticism after declaring that he found no meaningful evidence of broader criminal networks or institutional involvement. After months of hyping “day one releases” and promising to blow open the case if he ever gained access, Bongino’s public stance quickly shifted once he was in a position to review materials. His abrupt insistence that the case amounted to nothing more than the actions of a lone predator has fueled accusations that he folded under pressure and retreated from his earlier rhetoric. Critics argue that his reversal echoes a familiar pattern: loud outrage while cameras are rolling, followed by silence and procedural excuses once genuine accountability becomes possible.
The backlash has been fierce among those who believed Bongino would expose government failures and powerful co-conspirators connected to Epstein. Instead, they accuse him of becoming indistinguishable from the very institutional voices he long condemned, defending official narratives rather than challenging them. Critics view his performance as a high-profile capitulation, arguing that he abandoned survivors and the public’s demand for transparency by minimizing the scope of Epstein’s network and suggesting there was nothing more to uncover. The sentiment among detractors is blunt: meet the new boss—same as the old boss.
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Dan Bongino Scrambles to Explain Epstein Files Redaction Email
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The backlash has been fierce among those who believed Bongino would expose government failures and powerful co-conspirators connected to Epstein. Instead, they accuse him of becoming indistinguishable from the very institutional voices he long condemned, defending official narratives rather than challenging them. Critics view his performance as a high-profile capitulation, arguing that he abandoned survivors and the public’s demand for transparency by minimizing the scope of Epstein’s network and suggesting there was nothing more to uncover. The sentiment among detractors is blunt: meet the new boss—same as the old boss.
to contact me:
bobbycapucc@protonmail.com
source:
Dan Bongino Scrambles to Explain Epstein Files Redaction Email
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. So, Dan Bongino, the guy that was going
to come in and save all of us. You remember
that guy, right, the crusader, the dude that was going
to release the Epstein files and was going to save
all the children. Don't you remember that guy? You know,
the man who talked real tough on his podcast all
(00:21):
the time. Well, it turns out that Dan Bongino is
nothing more than a swamp rout himself. And all that
tough talk, all that bluster, all that bs about holding
people accountable, well right out the window. Today we have
an article from The Deli Beast and the headline dan
Bongino scrambles to explain Epstein file's redaction email. This article
(00:43):
was authored by Tom Latcham, FBI Deputy Director. Dan Bongino
is on the defensive after the release of an email
showing he'd been made aware of the Trump administration sweeping
redactions of Jeffrey Epstein files on his second day on
the job. About Cash Betel telling us that it was
a first day release. Remember that bullshit, Remember him sitting
(01:05):
on that Glenn Beck show talking all that nonsense. Keep
that in mind when you hear this bullshit coming from
Bongino and his boss, Cash Pattel. Bongino, fifty, was appointed
to the post in March, having carved out a career
as a MAGA friendly podcaster who regularly demanded the government's
full and unredacted release of all documents relating to the
(01:26):
late pedophile financier bro. This would be akin to me
taking a job with the federal government and then reversing
course on everything I've told you for all these years.
Why would you trust me after that? So why does
anyone trust Dan Bongino, Because that's what he did. He
spent all this time grifting, making pretend he cared about
(01:47):
the Epstein files, making pretend he cared about the survivors,
when in reality, all he cared about was engagement. Like
most of these people, and at this point, it's like
we have a reality TV show going on in the
White House, a bunch of Internet personalities led by the
biggest Internet personality of all, Donald Trump. And honestly, with
the whole ass administration, there's not one adult in the room.
(02:10):
And when you have a bunch of yes men who
live their life on their knees, worshiping somebody like Donald Trump,
We're never going to get anything done, nothing worthwhile when
it comes to Epstein anyway, especially because all these people
are the ones that are being protected. So you don't
need to be a genius to figure out that Dan
Bongino bullshitted you, just like the rest of the people
in this administration. But with the Trump administration having fought
(02:33):
a month's long campaign to keep the file secret, which
included a frantic scramble by the FBI last spring to
make sweeping redactions, Bongino has since changed his tune with
minimal explanation. Well, you don't deserve that now. If he
was still doing his podcast, you'd get some stupid ass
explanation and people would buy it because their confirmation bias
(02:54):
would tell them to. But the truth is, Dan Bongino
can't be trusted. And I know some people don't want
to hear that, But the truth isn't always pleasant, bro.
The truth is not something that is always digestible. But
the truth is what the truth is. And my suggestion
is that if the truth bothers you, you should probably
reevaluate your position, right because if it's uncomfortable to learn
(03:17):
the truth about somebody like Dan Bongino, then boy, oh boy,
wait until you learn what he's been hiding. The former
law enforcement officer insisted in May, a month after the
March and April redaction sprint, that the administration was taking
its time with the material in order to protect Epstein's victims.
He had not publicly addressed the files since that time.
(03:37):
And remember the whole hubbub. Dan Bongino's gonna quit. Dan
Bongino's a man of honor. No he's not, sorry, he's not.
And look, I hate breaking the balls of any fellow Paisano,
but everybody gets held to account here. If my own
father was found in those fucking files, you better believe
I'd hold him to account as well. Let me be
(03:57):
very clear, I have no favs, and anybody who was
associated with Jeffrey Epstein in any regard needs to answer
for it. Not that difficult, right if you're innocent, Step forward, Hey,
this is what I did, this is what I know,
this is who I saw. But no, everybody wants to
run from it. Everybody wants to hide from it, and
everybody wants to make the problem much bigger than it
(04:20):
already is. So shut the fuck up with all the
complaining about people that are looking for the truth, because
at this point there's only two teams, Humanity and Predator.
And unfortunately, it looks like Bongino has made his choice.
But internal FBI emails published by Bloomberg over the weekend
showed that he had been forwarded an email on March eighteenth,
(04:40):
the day after he joined the bureau, related to guidance
on the types of redactions to apply to the Epstein files.
Simple survivor names, that's it. And any kind of case
agent that might have worked undercover, that's cool too. Besides that,
no redactions. And if you're going to redact something and
call it national security, you better tell us what you're
talking about. They can't have it both ways, right, It
(05:03):
can't be a national security if Epstein wasn't working for
the government, ken it. I mean, how are you going
to explain to a court that a guy that was
molesting girls and children is also a national security threat?
What does that even mean? So they're gonna have to
answer for that, that's for sure. After some question what
he said about his role in the redactions, Bongino broke
(05:26):
his month long silence on the matter late Sunday to
say the email was really just not that big of
a deal, folks. I entered on duty on March seventeenth.
The emails in the chain you see forwarded to me
at my request were sent before I began in my position.
Bongino wrote on X I wanted to review what have
been done before I entered on duty. It was a priority,
(05:49):
and as you can see, they responded immediately, I'm glad
that these emails are available for your review. Translation. God
damn it, how did you get those emails? Because if
dani Ybanino wanted to talk about this, he talk about it.
If you wanted to make a big stink about it,
he'd do it, And if you want it to be
a real man, he'd step down in protest. But nobody
(06:10):
wants to do that, right. Everybody wants to be on
the career trajectory. Everybody wants to hitch their cart to
the Trump train. Well, that's gonna end up being a disaster,
and I think it's going to come back to bite
all of these people directly in the ass. You can't
have loyalty to a man who has no loyalty to
anybody but himself, because when all is said and done.
(06:30):
You're getting thrown right under the bus. Look what's going
on with those strikes down in Venezuela. They just threw
the admiral under the bus. Oh, Admiral so and so
is such a great guy. Yeah, let's out him on
social media. The whole thing is just foo bar bro. Like,
I wake up every day and I say to myself,
what kind of bullshit am I going to wake up
to today? You know, not to go too far off
(06:51):
the subject here, but these guys talk about maha. They
talk about how they're going to stop these drugs from
coming into America. Not a single word about dealing with
the addiction problem that's ravaging our country. And for those
of you who have listened to the podcast for quite
some time, you know that's something I talk about quite
a bit. It's very important to me. I've lost many
friends and family members to overdose. So this shit is
(07:14):
real and blown up. A few boats in Venezuela ain't
doing shit about it. And I'll tell you what, I'm
getting to the point where I'm gonna have to start
a whole ass other podcast to start talking about some
of these other topics, because the narrative that they're pitching
to us is not fitting with what the reality on
the ground is. And as you're all aware, it's not
just about Epstein either, but about everything. Basically, he did
(07:36):
not elaborate further on the redactions or what is in
the files. However, the internal correspondence obtained by Bloomberg FOYA
files raised his questions about Bongino's role in the special
Redaction project as well about the project itself. Well, there's
no doubt that this dude was heavily involved in all
of it. Now, was he involved in this part of it?
(07:57):
I don't know. He was hired the day before or
this email came, so unless he was working before he
got hired, I don't know. But when we're talking about
this administration, we're talking about these people. I don't put
anything past them, Honestly. The documents show the bureau scrambling
over several months in the first half of twenty twenty
(08:19):
five to prepare the Epstein related records for a potential release,
running up almost one million dollars in overtime for staff
as the Trump administration dithered over what to make public
And where do you think that money comes from? That's right,
you and me. And now that it's about to be
tax time, keep that in mind as you're paying them
an arm and a leg. After promising to release all
(08:43):
the Justice Departments Epstein files during his campaign, Trump put
Attorney General Pam Bondi in charge of the matter. After
his return to the White House in February. Bondy sixty
further stoked anticipation of major revelations to come by telling
supporters Epstein's client was sitting at her desk and I
told you back then, we had trouble because there has
(09:04):
never been a list. The closest thing we have to
a list is the message pads and the black book.
Do you really think that an intelligence operation is going
to keep a bunch of spreadsheets with a list of people.
That's not how it works. And that list was always misdirection.
And I've told you guys that for years now, literally years,
(09:27):
according to Bloomberg. FBI Director Cash Pttel then ordered roughly
one thousand agents to the Bureau Central Records Complex in Winchester,
Virginia for crash redaction training on what was dubbed the
Epstein Transparency Project or Special Redaction Project. And let's not
cut corners. The whole. Last reason that they're not releasing
this stuff is because Donald Trump's Name's in it. Now, again,
(09:49):
let's be very clear for the morons in the back,
I'm not saying that Trump was diddling anybody. I don't
have that evidence, and as you all know, it's not
about what I know, it's about what I can prove.
So as far as someone's saying that Trump was involved
in the actual diddling, I haven't seen that evidence. What
I have seen, though, and what I'm seeing each and
every day, is a cover up coming directly from the
(10:13):
White House, and that is bad news as well. Even
if you aren't part of Jeffrey Epstein abusing people, well,
now you're covering it up. And I guess for some
people that's okay, but not for me. The whole entire
thing is disgusting and it makes me ill. Between March
seventeenth and March twenty second alone, the Bureau paid eight
(10:33):
hundred and fifty one thousand, three hundred and forty four
dollars in overtime. From January to July, staff logged four thousand,
seven hundred and thirty seven overtime hours, more than seventy
percent of which occurred in March, as agents work nights
and weekends. On May tenth, at this point, having apparently
been aware of the redaction process for almost two months,
(10:54):
Bongino wrote on X there are voluminous amounts of downloaded
child sexual abuse material that we are dealing with. There
are also victim statements that are entitled to specific protection.
We need to do this correctly, But I do understand
the public's desire to get the information out there. Well,
I guess you don't understand that desire anymore, though, right,
Danny Boy, to hell with all the people who were abused,
(11:16):
To hell with everybody who was screwed, to help with
everybody who was treated like nothing more than cattle. They
don't matter, right because you're a boss. Donnie Diddles says, No,
it's all so absurd, and honestly, it's hard to wrap
your mind around it. It's truly like we're living in
that movie Idiocracy. The Justice Department finally tried to put
(11:38):
the whole matter to rest on July seventh, when Bondi
issued a formal statement saying that they had found no
incriminating client list. That same day, the Department of Justice
and the FBI announced that no further files from the
Epstein investigation would be released, a move that came as
a shock to many of Trump's own supporters. And what's
wild is a lot of those people are making excuse like, oh, well,
(12:01):
it's because of this that or the other thing, or
the Biden administration did this, that or the other thing.
I don't want to hear that, and the survivors don't
want to hear that. And I promise you that voters
don't want to hear it either. You're in charge, now
fix it. While Bongino was not commented directly on the
case since early June, and only then to say he
(12:23):
believed Epstein's death and custody had been a suicide, he
was reportedly enraged by the DOJ's nothing to see her
announcement in July. I don't even believe that. Sorry, I
don't believe that at all, CNN reported at the time.
Bongino had to skip work, threatened to resign, and clash
with Bondi over the administration's reversal on releasing more Epstein files.
(12:44):
Fire them all, they should all be gone. Not one
of these people cares about you, that's for damn sure.
Though Bongino returned. His relationship with the White House and
the Justice Department were said to have been strained. Well,
he sure fell in line. Now has any can you
imagine that conversation? Despite initial resistance, Trump seventy nine signed
(13:06):
the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November nineteenth, compelling the
DOJ to release the records within thirty days, while allowing
redactions to protect ongoing probes and victims. So crazy, ongoing probes.
I thought everything was closed. That's what the memo said.
That's what started this whole thing. Now we have ongoing probes.
What does that even mean? Can you justify that? Can
(13:28):
you show us an indictment? Can you show us that
you're having interviews with people? What's the process? Because breaking news,
nobody believes you ro none of us. A Manhattan judge
has since pushed the DOJ to clarify exactly what it
will unseal. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein,
(13:49):
with whom he had a long and much publicized friendship.
The Daily Beast contacted the FBI, DOJ, and White House
for comment. The DOJ declined to comment. Of course, they
they have nothing to say, nothing to see here. The
Epstein stuff is just overblown. It's a democratic hoax and
it's time for everybody to move on. Well breaking news,
(14:10):
nobody's moving on. We're not going anywhere, and the more
you push, the more we're gonna pull. So here's an idea.
Stop all the bullshit, stop all the propaganda, and release
the files. All of the information that goes with this
episode can be found in the description box.
What's up everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. So, Dan Bongino, the guy that was going
to come in and save all of us. You remember
that guy, right, the crusader, the dude that was going
to release the Epstein files and was going to save
all the children. Don't you remember that guy? You know,
the man who talked real tough on his podcast all
(00:21):
the time. Well, it turns out that Dan Bongino is
nothing more than a swamp rout himself. And all that
tough talk, all that bluster, all that bs about holding
people accountable, well right out the window. Today we have
an article from The Deli Beast and the headline dan
Bongino scrambles to explain Epstein file's redaction email. This article
(00:43):
was authored by Tom Latcham, FBI Deputy Director. Dan Bongino
is on the defensive after the release of an email
showing he'd been made aware of the Trump administration sweeping
redactions of Jeffrey Epstein files on his second day on
the job. About Cash Betel telling us that it was
a first day release. Remember that bullshit, Remember him sitting
(01:05):
on that Glenn Beck show talking all that nonsense. Keep
that in mind when you hear this bullshit coming from
Bongino and his boss, Cash Pattel. Bongino, fifty, was appointed
to the post in March, having carved out a career
as a MAGA friendly podcaster who regularly demanded the government's
full and unredacted release of all documents relating to the
(01:26):
late pedophile financier bro. This would be akin to me
taking a job with the federal government and then reversing
course on everything I've told you for all these years.
Why would you trust me after that? So why does
anyone trust Dan Bongino, Because that's what he did. He
spent all this time grifting, making pretend he cared about
(01:47):
the Epstein files, making pretend he cared about the survivors,
when in reality, all he cared about was engagement. Like
most of these people, and at this point, it's like
we have a reality TV show going on in the
White House, a bunch of Internet personalities led by the
biggest Internet personality of all, Donald Trump. And honestly, with
the whole ass administration, there's not one adult in the room.
(02:10):
And when you have a bunch of yes men who
live their life on their knees, worshiping somebody like Donald Trump,
We're never going to get anything done, nothing worthwhile when
it comes to Epstein anyway, especially because all these people
are the ones that are being protected. So you don't
need to be a genius to figure out that Dan
Bongino bullshitted you, just like the rest of the people
in this administration. But with the Trump administration having fought
(02:33):
a month's long campaign to keep the file secret, which
included a frantic scramble by the FBI last spring to
make sweeping redactions, Bongino has since changed his tune with
minimal explanation. Well, you don't deserve that now. If he
was still doing his podcast, you'd get some stupid ass
explanation and people would buy it because their confirmation bias
(02:54):
would tell them to. But the truth is, Dan Bongino
can't be trusted. And I know some people don't want
to hear that, But the truth isn't always pleasant, bro.
The truth is not something that is always digestible. But
the truth is what the truth is. And my suggestion
is that if the truth bothers you, you should probably
reevaluate your position, right because if it's uncomfortable to learn
(03:17):
the truth about somebody like Dan Bongino, then boy, oh boy,
wait until you learn what he's been hiding. The former
law enforcement officer insisted in May, a month after the
March and April redaction sprint, that the administration was taking
its time with the material in order to protect Epstein's victims.
He had not publicly addressed the files since that time.
(03:37):
And remember the whole hubbub. Dan Bongino's gonna quit. Dan
Bongino's a man of honor. No he's not, sorry, he's not.
And look, I hate breaking the balls of any fellow Paisano,
but everybody gets held to account here. If my own
father was found in those fucking files, you better believe
I'd hold him to account as well. Let me be
(03:57):
very clear, I have no favs, and anybody who was
associated with Jeffrey Epstein in any regard needs to answer
for it. Not that difficult, right if you're innocent, Step forward, Hey,
this is what I did, this is what I know,
this is who I saw. But no, everybody wants to
run from it. Everybody wants to hide from it, and
everybody wants to make the problem much bigger than it
(04:20):
already is. So shut the fuck up with all the
complaining about people that are looking for the truth, because
at this point there's only two teams, Humanity and Predator.
And unfortunately, it looks like Bongino has made his choice.
But internal FBI emails published by Bloomberg over the weekend
showed that he had been forwarded an email on March eighteenth,
(04:40):
the day after he joined the bureau, related to guidance
on the types of redactions to apply to the Epstein files.
Simple survivor names, that's it. And any kind of case
agent that might have worked undercover, that's cool too. Besides that,
no redactions. And if you're going to redact something and
call it national security, you better tell us what you're
talking about. They can't have it both ways, right, It
(05:03):
can't be a national security if Epstein wasn't working for
the government, ken it. I mean, how are you going
to explain to a court that a guy that was
molesting girls and children is also a national security threat?
What does that even mean? So they're gonna have to
answer for that, that's for sure. After some question what
he said about his role in the redactions, Bongino broke
(05:26):
his month long silence on the matter late Sunday to
say the email was really just not that big of
a deal, folks. I entered on duty on March seventeenth.
The emails in the chain you see forwarded to me
at my request were sent before I began in my position.
Bongino wrote on X I wanted to review what have
been done before I entered on duty. It was a priority,
(05:49):
and as you can see, they responded immediately, I'm glad
that these emails are available for your review. Translation. God
damn it, how did you get those emails? Because if
dani Ybanino wanted to talk about this, he talk about it.
If you wanted to make a big stink about it,
he'd do it, And if you want it to be
a real man, he'd step down in protest. But nobody
(06:10):
wants to do that, right. Everybody wants to be on
the career trajectory. Everybody wants to hitch their cart to
the Trump train. Well, that's gonna end up being a disaster,
and I think it's going to come back to bite
all of these people directly in the ass. You can't
have loyalty to a man who has no loyalty to
anybody but himself, because when all is said and done.
(06:30):
You're getting thrown right under the bus. Look what's going
on with those strikes down in Venezuela. They just threw
the admiral under the bus. Oh, Admiral so and so
is such a great guy. Yeah, let's out him on
social media. The whole thing is just foo bar bro. Like,
I wake up every day and I say to myself,
what kind of bullshit am I going to wake up
to today? You know, not to go too far off
(06:51):
the subject here, but these guys talk about maha. They
talk about how they're going to stop these drugs from
coming into America. Not a single word about dealing with
the addiction problem that's ravaging our country. And for those
of you who have listened to the podcast for quite
some time, you know that's something I talk about quite
a bit. It's very important to me. I've lost many
friends and family members to overdose. So this shit is
(07:14):
real and blown up. A few boats in Venezuela ain't
doing shit about it. And I'll tell you what, I'm
getting to the point where I'm gonna have to start
a whole ass other podcast to start talking about some
of these other topics, because the narrative that they're pitching
to us is not fitting with what the reality on
the ground is. And as you're all aware, it's not
just about Epstein either, but about everything. Basically, he did
(07:36):
not elaborate further on the redactions or what is in
the files. However, the internal correspondence obtained by Bloomberg FOYA
files raised his questions about Bongino's role in the special
Redaction project as well about the project itself. Well, there's
no doubt that this dude was heavily involved in all
of it. Now, was he involved in this part of it?
(07:57):
I don't know. He was hired the day before or
this email came, so unless he was working before he
got hired, I don't know. But when we're talking about
this administration, we're talking about these people. I don't put
anything past them, Honestly. The documents show the bureau scrambling
over several months in the first half of twenty twenty
(08:19):
five to prepare the Epstein related records for a potential release,
running up almost one million dollars in overtime for staff
as the Trump administration dithered over what to make public
And where do you think that money comes from? That's right,
you and me. And now that it's about to be
tax time, keep that in mind as you're paying them
an arm and a leg. After promising to release all
(08:43):
the Justice Departments Epstein files during his campaign, Trump put
Attorney General Pam Bondi in charge of the matter. After
his return to the White House in February. Bondy sixty
further stoked anticipation of major revelations to come by telling
supporters Epstein's client was sitting at her desk and I
told you back then, we had trouble because there has
(09:04):
never been a list. The closest thing we have to
a list is the message pads and the black book.
Do you really think that an intelligence operation is going
to keep a bunch of spreadsheets with a list of people.
That's not how it works. And that list was always misdirection.
And I've told you guys that for years now, literally years,
(09:27):
according to Bloomberg. FBI Director Cash Pttel then ordered roughly
one thousand agents to the Bureau Central Records Complex in Winchester,
Virginia for crash redaction training on what was dubbed the
Epstein Transparency Project or Special Redaction Project. And let's not
cut corners. The whole. Last reason that they're not releasing
this stuff is because Donald Trump's Name's in it. Now, again,
(09:49):
let's be very clear for the morons in the back,
I'm not saying that Trump was diddling anybody. I don't
have that evidence, and as you all know, it's not
about what I know, it's about what I can prove.
So as far as someone's saying that Trump was involved
in the actual diddling, I haven't seen that evidence. What
I have seen, though, and what I'm seeing each and
every day, is a cover up coming directly from the
(10:13):
White House, and that is bad news as well. Even
if you aren't part of Jeffrey Epstein abusing people, well,
now you're covering it up. And I guess for some
people that's okay, but not for me. The whole entire
thing is disgusting and it makes me ill. Between March
seventeenth and March twenty second alone, the Bureau paid eight
(10:33):
hundred and fifty one thousand, three hundred and forty four
dollars in overtime. From January to July, staff logged four thousand,
seven hundred and thirty seven overtime hours, more than seventy
percent of which occurred in March, as agents work nights
and weekends. On May tenth, at this point, having apparently
been aware of the redaction process for almost two months,
(10:54):
Bongino wrote on X there are voluminous amounts of downloaded
child sexual abuse material that we are dealing with. There
are also victim statements that are entitled to specific protection.
We need to do this correctly, But I do understand
the public's desire to get the information out there. Well,
I guess you don't understand that desire anymore, though, right,
Danny Boy, to hell with all the people who were abused,
(11:16):
To hell with everybody who was screwed, to help with
everybody who was treated like nothing more than cattle. They
don't matter, right because you're a boss. Donnie Diddles says, No,
it's all so absurd, and honestly, it's hard to wrap
your mind around it. It's truly like we're living in
that movie Idiocracy. The Justice Department finally tried to put
(11:38):
the whole matter to rest on July seventh, when Bondi
issued a formal statement saying that they had found no
incriminating client list. That same day, the Department of Justice
and the FBI announced that no further files from the
Epstein investigation would be released, a move that came as
a shock to many of Trump's own supporters. And what's
wild is a lot of those people are making excuse like, oh, well,
(12:01):
it's because of this that or the other thing, or
the Biden administration did this, that or the other thing.
I don't want to hear that, and the survivors don't
want to hear that. And I promise you that voters
don't want to hear it either. You're in charge, now
fix it. While Bongino was not commented directly on the
case since early June, and only then to say he
(12:23):
believed Epstein's death and custody had been a suicide, he
was reportedly enraged by the DOJ's nothing to see her
announcement in July. I don't even believe that. Sorry, I
don't believe that at all, CNN reported at the time.
Bongino had to skip work, threatened to resign, and clash
with Bondi over the administration's reversal on releasing more Epstein files.
(12:44):
Fire them all, they should all be gone. Not one
of these people cares about you, that's for damn sure.
Though Bongino returned. His relationship with the White House and
the Justice Department were said to have been strained. Well,
he sure fell in line. Now has any can you
imagine that conversation? Despite initial resistance, Trump seventy nine signed
(13:06):
the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November nineteenth, compelling the
DOJ to release the records within thirty days, while allowing
redactions to protect ongoing probes and victims. So crazy, ongoing probes.
I thought everything was closed. That's what the memo said.
That's what started this whole thing. Now we have ongoing probes.
What does that even mean? Can you justify that? Can
(13:28):
you show us an indictment? Can you show us that
you're having interviews with people? What's the process? Because breaking news,
nobody believes you ro none of us. A Manhattan judge
has since pushed the DOJ to clarify exactly what it
will unseal. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein,
(13:49):
with whom he had a long and much publicized friendship.
The Daily Beast contacted the FBI, DOJ, and White House
for comment. The DOJ declined to comment. Of course, they
they have nothing to say, nothing to see here. The
Epstein stuff is just overblown. It's a democratic hoax and
it's time for everybody to move on. Well breaking news,
(14:10):
nobody's moving on. We're not going anywhere, and the more
you push, the more we're gonna pull. So here's an idea.
Stop all the bullshit, stop all the propaganda, and release
the files. All of the information that goes with this
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