November 20, 2025 • 15 mins
President Donald Trump abruptly reversed his longstanding opposition to public disclosure of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s network, telling House Republicans to back a measure requiring the Department of Justice to release Epstein-related files. He previously labelled the disclosure effort a “hoax” and actively resisted it, but as bipartisan and intraparty pressure mounted—including from conservative lawmakers—the tide shifted and he pledged to sign the bill if passed.
The legislation mandates the DOJ to publish all unclassified records tied to Epstein’s investigations within 30 days, with limited allowances for redactions only to protect victims or continuing probes; it explicitly bars withholding records on the basis of embarrassment or political sensitivity. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of Epstein’s ties to powerful figures and renewed demands for accountability, even as questions linger about Trump’s motivations for this pivot and whether it signals a genuine commitment to transparency or a tactical retreat under mounting pressure.
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The legislation mandates the DOJ to publish all unclassified records tied to Epstein’s investigations within 30 days, with limited allowances for redactions only to protect victims or continuing probes; it explicitly bars withholding records on the basis of embarrassment or political sensitivity. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of Epstein’s ties to powerful figures and renewed demands for accountability, even as questions linger about Trump’s motivations for this pivot and whether it signals a genuine commitment to transparency or a tactical retreat under mounting pressure.
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bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
source:
How Trump reversed course on the Epstein files as his administration faces lingering suspicion about their release | CNN Politics
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. You know that feeling when something finally happens
that you've been fighting for, and instead of relief, it
just leaves you staring at the wall and disbelief. Well
that's where I'm at today. Donald Trump signed the Epstein
Bill into law overnight. No cameras, no press conference, no
(00:22):
survivors standing beside him, no acknowledgment of the years of
hell that they live through, just done in silence, like
a guilty man handling something fragile he's terrified to drop.
And I sat there thinking, of course, of course this
is the way it happened, because God forbid he treat
the moment with the dignity and the weight that it deserves.
(00:43):
This is the guy who will hold a full blown
spectacle to sign a bill honoring the inventor of the stapler.
He'll call every news outlet on Earth if he sneezes
unusually loud. He loves the spotlight so much he practically
lives inside the bulb. And yet when it comes to
the Epstein Bill, the one thing that could finally probably
open the doors to the truth, the one thing survivors
(01:05):
prayed for through tears and therapy and courtrooms and nightmares.
He signs it like a receipt and walks away, not
even a word, not even a chair for the people
who are in that ink with blood and you're stolen
from them, And look, I'm not gonna lie. There's something
deeply sickening about it, something lonely, something cruel, because those
(01:25):
survivors deserve to stand there as witnesses. They deserve the
moment they were owed the one time someone in power
should have looked them in the eye and said, look,
I see you. Instead, they get the back door treatment,
like they're an inconvenience, like their baggage, like they're suffering,
is something to be handled quietly and tidy it away. Yeah,
(01:46):
he signed it, fine, but don't spin this into some
noble act. Signing a bill out one am isn't respect.
It's preemptive damage control. It's the behavior of someone terrified
of what happens when those lights come on, because we
all know what the next move looks like. The DOJ
suddenly finds the ongoing investigation escape patch and the whole
(02:07):
thing gets wrapped in black tape, redacted to hell, and
thrown into a vault mark national security and Trump gets
to shrug and say, hey, it's not my call. That's
what the silence was about. That's why you didn't want
the survivors beside them, because you can't stand shoulder to
shoulder with people whose lives were burned to the ground
by a system you're still protecting. You can't pose for
(02:29):
photos with them and then turn around and help bury
the truth. You can't sign the bill at noon and
then pretend three months from now that obstruction is justice.
And I'm telling you, people feel it. The country felt
the hollowness of that move. The signature was supposed to
be a moment of triumph. Instead it felt like someone
closing a door quietly so you don't notice them leaving.
(02:51):
It felt like something stolen. So yeah, it's signed, fine, good,
But don't mistake paperwork for progress, don't mistake silence for strength,
don't mistake a sicknus for accountability, because now comes the
actual test, the part where we see whether he stands
back and lets the truth out or whether he tries
to smother it while pretending his hands are clean. And
(03:11):
I swear if they try to bury this again, if
they try to drag it out, or choke it with redactions,
or wave around the words national security like a magic spell.
We're done playing nice, because these survivors have waited long enough,
They've screamed long enough, They've carried the weight long enough.
So go ahead. Sign it in the dark, whisper through history.
(03:33):
Do it like you're ashamed, because the light's coming anyway,
and when it hits, nobody is escaping it. Today's article
is from CNN and the headline how Trump reverse course
on the Epstein files as his administration faces lingering suspicion
about their release. This article was authored by Adam Cancrine,
(03:53):
Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, and Caitlin Collins. President Donald Trump
on Wednesday sought to bring a US end to perhaps
the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure
compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing months long,
tooth and nail fight to prevent their disclosure. And in
my opinion, this is the biggest scandal that Donald Trump
(04:13):
is faced during either term. I mean, the first time around,
there was all the Russia stuff, but a lot of
that was not above board. If we're being real, there
were a lot of corners cut. There was a lot
going on with the FISA Court that shouldn't have been
going on, and I called all of that out at
the time as well. Look, an overreaching government, no matter
what side of the isle it's on, is bad for
(04:35):
all of us. And I called this shit out then
because I knew that later on down the road if
a real scandal hit, people would use that and say, oh, well,
the witch hunt, the witch hunt, the witch hunt, and
then there'd be no accountability moving forward. And here we are.
So that's why I always said from the beginning when
people were trying to go after Trump with Russia, I
said they were going the wrong direction. If you really
(04:57):
want to go after somebody, any billionaire, follow the money,
find where their money's tied up, and eventually you're going
to find some criminality. But instead they focused on other things,
the salaciousness, right, And when you do that and you
only focus on the salaciousness of the story, that's when
people start losing interest. That's when people start thinking, oh,
(05:19):
this is a political hit job. And of course we
all know that this is something much much more than that.
This is something with tangible evidence, this is something with
actual victims. This isn't just some salacious story where there
is no they're there and there's just a bunch of accusations.
We have years and years of core documents here, So
I know that there was a bunch of fervor about
(05:41):
Russia and Trump. But I think that this is where
he's really the most vulnerable. And when you look at
the reaction by his administration, I think it tells us
that story. The decision represents a stunning reversal for the president,
who aim chiefly at quelling a brewing GOP revolt and
restoring his iron grip over the party. But if you
(06:01):
believe the path will be so easy from here, I
don't think it's going to be easy at all. In fact,
I'm gearing up for a punch fight. There's no doubt
in my mind that we're going to have to drag
all this information kicking and screaming from the government. And
I think that coming up the midterms, you're going to
see a lot of candidates add this to their pledge. Hey,
(06:25):
we're looking for transparency. If you elect us, we're going
to vote to release all of it. We're going to
vote to hold the administration accountable We're going to vote
to hold everybody accountable who is involved. And I think
you're going to see that from candidates moving forward, because look,
this is not just an issue of Jeffrey Epstein being
a disgusting abuser. This goes directly to the heart of
(06:47):
who rules over us, who lords over us, who pulls
the strings? And these people I'm telling you right now,
like I've been telling you for seven years now, six years,
they don't care about you. In fact, they dislike you,
They hate you, and to them, you're nothing but another
tool in the toolbox. And the sooner that people realize that,
the better off we're all going to be. I have
(07:08):
just signed the bill to release the Epstein files. Trump
posted on truth social late in the day, framing the
overwhelming votes for it in Congress as a result of
his involvement. Oh come on, man, is this guy for real?
If it was up to you, nobody would ever say
the name Epstein ever again. You'd criminalize saying the name,
never mind being somebody that's for transparency. The measure becoming
(07:31):
law is now set to open a fraud news stage
in the push for the Epstein files, tied to convicted
sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, putting the Justice Department under fresh
scrutiny and testing the White House's ability to pivot attention
away from the President's past dealings with Epstein and moving
toward more advantageous political ground. Well, sorry, this is going
(07:53):
to hang over everybody like an albatross. Now that people
know what's going on here, Now that people know how
much deeper it is. Now that people know that we
weren't bullshitting them about the so called elite, well get ready,
because people are only getting angrier by the day. At
an unrelated press conference earlier Wednesday, Attorney General of Paumbondi
(08:14):
would only say that the Justice Department would follow the
law when asked about the Epstein files. But already officials
face growing suspicion from Capitol Hill and their magabase that
the administration will use a just open Trump ordered criminal
investigation as an excuse to keep some of the Epstein
case files under wraps. I have no idea how any
(08:35):
court in the land would look at any sort of
prosecution of anybody after the President of the United States
orders that prosecution on the internet. That is not how
this works. I mean, for instance, I just covered the
Brian Colberger situation for three years, and every other day
(08:56):
it was about the jury pool being tainted. There's a
gag order. This one can't say this, this one can't
say that. Do you really think that the court is
going to be okay with Trump directing the DOJ to
open an investigation a couple of days before the files
are released. I have my doubts that that's gonna fly. Now.
Of course, there might be some corrupt judges out there
(09:18):
that are down with it, but I think when all
is said and done, there's no way that that's going
to fly. Now. It's going to be a battle, and
they're gonna try it. But considering some of the rulings
we've seen from judges when it comes to the Trump administration,
I have a feeling there's going to be some pushback
at the federal level. Meanwhile, Justice officials are scrambling to
(09:41):
balance their probe with a looming December deadline for releasing
the documents, after being caught off guard by both Trump's
demand for a new investigation and his subsequent sudden support
Sunday evening for making all the Epstein files public. According
to a person familiar with the matter, like the whole
thing's a shit show. How can anyone look at this
and have any confidence whatsoever? And we're all just outsiders
(10:04):
looking in. Imagine being one of these girls who was abused.
There are family members, their mother, their father, their brother.
The whole thing is just so disgusting to me. And
even as the White House tries to accelerate past the
controversy to focus on the next year's midterm election, there
remains a little sign that Trump supporters are anywhere near
(10:25):
ready to leave it behind. I don't think anyone is.
They keep focusing on Trump's supporters, but if you look
across the aisle, if you look across the spectrum, everybody's
pissed off. I don't know anyone besides the most ardent,
maga folks who aren't mad about this, And I suspect
that those people are mad too, but they don't want
to give the other side political ammunition to go after Trump,
(10:48):
so instead they twist themselves into knots trying to defend
what Trump's up to and how Trump is treated the
situation as a whole. This is a storyline that's going
to continue to dog the president into the second year
of his presidency. Said Alex Kannit, a long time GOP operative.
The Epstein conspiracies have reached moon landing status and will
never stop talking about it. Well, finally, maybe, just maybe,
(11:11):
if all of you would have paid attention when it
was happening, then we wouldn't be in the situation we're in.
So all these people out here, Alex Kannit and the
rest of them, they knew this information was out there.
They ignored all of it. Look, if my dumbask can
find this stuff out, they can too. I'm just some moron,
certainly not some big time political strategist. The relentless intrigues
(11:36):
surrounding the Epstein files marks the rare issue that has
driven the wedge between Trump and the Republican Party he's
led for the last decade, exposing a vulnerability for the
White House, made all the more frustrating by the fact
that it's largely the result of a series of self
inflicted wounds. Bingo one thousand percent. I don't want to
hear shit from Mago, Okay, not a word. Trump has
(12:00):
caused this problem himself, and people that are calling him out,
they're not the enemy. The enemy is the people that
were engaged in this shit. The enemy is the people
that are trying to keep it under wraps. Still, the
people that are mad about it, the people calling it out,
Those are not the enemy, folks. So if you want
to be mad at somebody, be mad at the person
(12:21):
making the decisions. Since it became clear that he could
not suppress the files released, Trump has tried to reunify
the GOP behind a new effort to tie Epstein directly
to the Democratic Party. Look, let the files come out.
Whoever is involved, they're gonna get it. Believe me when
I tell you, at least on this podcast, I don't
(12:42):
give a shit what letters next to your name Democrat, Republican,
independent representative from fucking Mars. If you were enjoying Jeffrey
Epstein's largesse, if you were living off of his teet,
if you were enabling him, and certainly if you are
engaging in the abuse, here's two middle fingers for you.
Fuck you, fuck everyone who looks like you, And I
(13:03):
don't care who has a problem with that. I'm not
some polished ass journalist, and I'm not here looking for
a seat at the table. I'm here to flip that
fucking table right over. In announcing that he signed the bill,
Trump focused squarely on Democrats, writing, perhaps the truth about
these Democrats and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein will soon
be revealed, hopefully, bro, that's what we're looking for. Let
(13:27):
the chips fall and let them fall where they may,
adding the latest hoaes will backfire on the Democrats just
as all the rest have. And this is where he
lost me with the bullshit nonsense, the rhetoric calling it
a hoax. It's not a hoax and it's not something
that Democrats created. Did the Democrats move Glene Maxwell? Did
the Democrats force you to go on to Jeffrey Epstein's plane?
(13:49):
Did the Democrats force Jeffrey Epstein onto your plane? Stop
the bullshit? Please. The offensive has drawn on newly disclosed
Epstein emails that mention various Democrats alongside numerous references to Trump,
a development that the White House officials hope will put
them back on the offense after months under siege. Corresponding
(14:10):
with Epstein would not be a crime, and there's no
evidence in the emails that any of them participated in
Epstein's wrongdoing. Facts, but that's not what this is about.
Don't let them throw you off the course, I've said
from the beginning, everybody around Epstein wasn't engaging in the abuse.
There's layers to it. You have the enablers, you have
the co conspirators, you have the people that were engaging
(14:32):
in the abuse, and then you had the hanger ons.
But everybody has to answer for it, even the people
that were just there. What did you see when did
you see it? Point blank period? Under oath? Is that
too much to ask? Because I promise you, if you
or I were at some party and this shit cracked off,
the FEDS would be at our house, kicking in the door,
demanding answers. So why is it different for all of
(14:55):
these people. All of a sudden there existed a real
opportunity to change the narrative, One official told CNN, noting
that AIDS had only limited knowledge of what was in
the documents compiled by Epstein's estate until the House Committee
you released them last week. All right, folks, we're gonna
wrap up episode one right here, and in the next episode,
we're gonna pick up where we left off. All of
(15:17):
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What's up everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. You know that feeling when something finally happens
that you've been fighting for, and instead of relief, it
just leaves you staring at the wall and disbelief. Well
that's where I'm at today. Donald Trump signed the Epstein
Bill into law overnight. No cameras, no press conference, no
(00:22):
survivors standing beside him, no acknowledgment of the years of
hell that they live through, just done in silence, like
a guilty man handling something fragile he's terrified to drop.
And I sat there thinking, of course, of course this
is the way it happened, because God forbid he treat
the moment with the dignity and the weight that it deserves.
(00:43):
This is the guy who will hold a full blown
spectacle to sign a bill honoring the inventor of the stapler.
He'll call every news outlet on Earth if he sneezes
unusually loud. He loves the spotlight so much he practically
lives inside the bulb. And yet when it comes to
the Epstein Bill, the one thing that could finally probably
open the doors to the truth, the one thing survivors
(01:05):
prayed for through tears and therapy and courtrooms and nightmares.
He signs it like a receipt and walks away, not
even a word, not even a chair for the people
who are in that ink with blood and you're stolen
from them, And look, I'm not gonna lie. There's something
deeply sickening about it, something lonely, something cruel, because those
(01:25):
survivors deserve to stand there as witnesses. They deserve the
moment they were owed the one time someone in power
should have looked them in the eye and said, look,
I see you. Instead, they get the back door treatment,
like they're an inconvenience, like their baggage, like they're suffering,
is something to be handled quietly and tidy it away. Yeah,
(01:46):
he signed it, fine, but don't spin this into some
noble act. Signing a bill out one am isn't respect.
It's preemptive damage control. It's the behavior of someone terrified
of what happens when those lights come on, because we
all know what the next move looks like. The DOJ
suddenly finds the ongoing investigation escape patch and the whole
(02:07):
thing gets wrapped in black tape, redacted to hell, and
thrown into a vault mark national security and Trump gets
to shrug and say, hey, it's not my call. That's
what the silence was about. That's why you didn't want
the survivors beside them, because you can't stand shoulder to
shoulder with people whose lives were burned to the ground
by a system you're still protecting. You can't pose for
(02:29):
photos with them and then turn around and help bury
the truth. You can't sign the bill at noon and
then pretend three months from now that obstruction is justice.
And I'm telling you, people feel it. The country felt
the hollowness of that move. The signature was supposed to
be a moment of triumph. Instead it felt like someone
closing a door quietly so you don't notice them leaving.
(02:51):
It felt like something stolen. So yeah, it's signed, fine, good,
But don't mistake paperwork for progress, don't mistake silence for strength,
don't mistake a sicknus for accountability, because now comes the
actual test, the part where we see whether he stands
back and lets the truth out or whether he tries
to smother it while pretending his hands are clean. And
(03:11):
I swear if they try to bury this again, if
they try to drag it out, or choke it with redactions,
or wave around the words national security like a magic spell.
We're done playing nice, because these survivors have waited long enough,
They've screamed long enough, They've carried the weight long enough.
So go ahead. Sign it in the dark, whisper through history.
(03:33):
Do it like you're ashamed, because the light's coming anyway,
and when it hits, nobody is escaping it. Today's article
is from CNN and the headline how Trump reverse course
on the Epstein files as his administration faces lingering suspicion
about their release. This article was authored by Adam Cancrine,
(03:53):
Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, and Caitlin Collins. President Donald Trump
on Wednesday sought to bring a US end to perhaps
the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure
compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing months long,
tooth and nail fight to prevent their disclosure. And in
my opinion, this is the biggest scandal that Donald Trump
(04:13):
is faced during either term. I mean, the first time around,
there was all the Russia stuff, but a lot of
that was not above board. If we're being real, there
were a lot of corners cut. There was a lot
going on with the FISA Court that shouldn't have been
going on, and I called all of that out at
the time as well. Look, an overreaching government, no matter
what side of the isle it's on, is bad for
(04:35):
all of us. And I called this shit out then
because I knew that later on down the road if
a real scandal hit, people would use that and say, oh, well,
the witch hunt, the witch hunt, the witch hunt, and
then there'd be no accountability moving forward. And here we are.
So that's why I always said from the beginning when
people were trying to go after Trump with Russia, I
said they were going the wrong direction. If you really
(04:57):
want to go after somebody, any billionaire, follow the money,
find where their money's tied up, and eventually you're going
to find some criminality. But instead they focused on other things,
the salaciousness, right, And when you do that and you
only focus on the salaciousness of the story, that's when
people start losing interest. That's when people start thinking, oh,
(05:19):
this is a political hit job. And of course we
all know that this is something much much more than that.
This is something with tangible evidence, this is something with
actual victims. This isn't just some salacious story where there
is no they're there and there's just a bunch of accusations.
We have years and years of core documents here, So
I know that there was a bunch of fervor about
(05:41):
Russia and Trump. But I think that this is where
he's really the most vulnerable. And when you look at
the reaction by his administration, I think it tells us
that story. The decision represents a stunning reversal for the president,
who aim chiefly at quelling a brewing GOP revolt and
restoring his iron grip over the party. But if you
(06:01):
believe the path will be so easy from here, I
don't think it's going to be easy at all. In fact,
I'm gearing up for a punch fight. There's no doubt
in my mind that we're going to have to drag
all this information kicking and screaming from the government. And
I think that coming up the midterms, you're going to
see a lot of candidates add this to their pledge. Hey,
(06:25):
we're looking for transparency. If you elect us, we're going
to vote to release all of it. We're going to
vote to hold the administration accountable We're going to vote
to hold everybody accountable who is involved. And I think
you're going to see that from candidates moving forward, because look,
this is not just an issue of Jeffrey Epstein being
a disgusting abuser. This goes directly to the heart of
(06:47):
who rules over us, who lords over us, who pulls
the strings? And these people I'm telling you right now,
like I've been telling you for seven years now, six years,
they don't care about you. In fact, they dislike you,
They hate you, and to them, you're nothing but another
tool in the toolbox. And the sooner that people realize that,
the better off we're all going to be. I have
(07:08):
just signed the bill to release the Epstein files. Trump
posted on truth social late in the day, framing the
overwhelming votes for it in Congress as a result of
his involvement. Oh come on, man, is this guy for real?
If it was up to you, nobody would ever say
the name Epstein ever again. You'd criminalize saying the name,
never mind being somebody that's for transparency. The measure becoming
(07:31):
law is now set to open a fraud news stage
in the push for the Epstein files, tied to convicted
sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, putting the Justice Department under fresh
scrutiny and testing the White House's ability to pivot attention
away from the President's past dealings with Epstein and moving
toward more advantageous political ground. Well, sorry, this is going
(07:53):
to hang over everybody like an albatross. Now that people
know what's going on here, Now that people know how
much deeper it is. Now that people know that we
weren't bullshitting them about the so called elite, well get ready,
because people are only getting angrier by the day. At
an unrelated press conference earlier Wednesday, Attorney General of Paumbondi
(08:14):
would only say that the Justice Department would follow the
law when asked about the Epstein files. But already officials
face growing suspicion from Capitol Hill and their magabase that
the administration will use a just open Trump ordered criminal
investigation as an excuse to keep some of the Epstein
case files under wraps. I have no idea how any
(08:35):
court in the land would look at any sort of
prosecution of anybody after the President of the United States
orders that prosecution on the internet. That is not how
this works. I mean, for instance, I just covered the
Brian Colberger situation for three years, and every other day
(08:56):
it was about the jury pool being tainted. There's a
gag order. This one can't say this, this one can't
say that. Do you really think that the court is
going to be okay with Trump directing the DOJ to
open an investigation a couple of days before the files
are released. I have my doubts that that's gonna fly. Now.
Of course, there might be some corrupt judges out there
(09:18):
that are down with it, but I think when all
is said and done, there's no way that that's going
to fly. Now. It's going to be a battle, and
they're gonna try it. But considering some of the rulings
we've seen from judges when it comes to the Trump administration,
I have a feeling there's going to be some pushback
at the federal level. Meanwhile, Justice officials are scrambling to
(09:41):
balance their probe with a looming December deadline for releasing
the documents, after being caught off guard by both Trump's
demand for a new investigation and his subsequent sudden support
Sunday evening for making all the Epstein files public. According
to a person familiar with the matter, like the whole
thing's a shit show. How can anyone look at this
and have any confidence whatsoever? And we're all just outsiders
(10:04):
looking in. Imagine being one of these girls who was abused.
There are family members, their mother, their father, their brother.
The whole thing is just so disgusting to me. And
even as the White House tries to accelerate past the
controversy to focus on the next year's midterm election, there
remains a little sign that Trump supporters are anywhere near
(10:25):
ready to leave it behind. I don't think anyone is.
They keep focusing on Trump's supporters, but if you look
across the aisle, if you look across the spectrum, everybody's
pissed off. I don't know anyone besides the most ardent,
maga folks who aren't mad about this, And I suspect
that those people are mad too, but they don't want
to give the other side political ammunition to go after Trump,
(10:48):
so instead they twist themselves into knots trying to defend
what Trump's up to and how Trump is treated the
situation as a whole. This is a storyline that's going
to continue to dog the president into the second year
of his presidency. Said Alex Kannit, a long time GOP operative.
The Epstein conspiracies have reached moon landing status and will
never stop talking about it. Well, finally, maybe, just maybe,
(11:11):
if all of you would have paid attention when it
was happening, then we wouldn't be in the situation we're in.
So all these people out here, Alex Kannit and the
rest of them, they knew this information was out there.
They ignored all of it. Look, if my dumbask can
find this stuff out, they can too. I'm just some moron,
certainly not some big time political strategist. The relentless intrigues
(11:36):
surrounding the Epstein files marks the rare issue that has
driven the wedge between Trump and the Republican Party he's
led for the last decade, exposing a vulnerability for the
White House, made all the more frustrating by the fact
that it's largely the result of a series of self
inflicted wounds. Bingo one thousand percent. I don't want to
hear shit from Mago, Okay, not a word. Trump has
(12:00):
caused this problem himself, and people that are calling him out,
they're not the enemy. The enemy is the people that
were engaged in this shit. The enemy is the people
that are trying to keep it under wraps. Still, the
people that are mad about it, the people calling it out,
Those are not the enemy, folks. So if you want
to be mad at somebody, be mad at the person
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making the decisions. Since it became clear that he could
not suppress the files released, Trump has tried to reunify
the GOP behind a new effort to tie Epstein directly
to the Democratic Party. Look, let the files come out.
Whoever is involved, they're gonna get it. Believe me when
I tell you, at least on this podcast, I don't
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give a shit what letters next to your name Democrat, Republican,
independent representative from fucking Mars. If you were enjoying Jeffrey
Epstein's largesse, if you were living off of his teet,
if you were enabling him, and certainly if you are
engaging in the abuse, here's two middle fingers for you.
Fuck you, fuck everyone who looks like you, And I
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don't care who has a problem with that. I'm not
some polished ass journalist, and I'm not here looking for
a seat at the table. I'm here to flip that
fucking table right over. In announcing that he signed the bill,
Trump focused squarely on Democrats, writing, perhaps the truth about
these Democrats and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein will soon
be revealed, hopefully, bro, that's what we're looking for. Let
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the chips fall and let them fall where they may,
adding the latest hoaes will backfire on the Democrats just
as all the rest have. And this is where he
lost me with the bullshit nonsense, the rhetoric calling it
a hoax. It's not a hoax and it's not something
that Democrats created. Did the Democrats move Glene Maxwell? Did
the Democrats force you to go on to Jeffrey Epstein's plane?
(13:49):
Did the Democrats force Jeffrey Epstein onto your plane? Stop
the bullshit? Please. The offensive has drawn on newly disclosed
Epstein emails that mention various Democrats alongside numerous references to Trump,
a development that the White House officials hope will put
them back on the offense after months under siege. Corresponding
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with Epstein would not be a crime, and there's no
evidence in the emails that any of them participated in
Epstein's wrongdoing. Facts, but that's not what this is about.
Don't let them throw you off the course, I've said
from the beginning, everybody around Epstein wasn't engaging in the abuse.
There's layers to it. You have the enablers, you have
the co conspirators, you have the people that were engaging
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in the abuse, and then you had the hanger ons.
But everybody has to answer for it, even the people
that were just there. What did you see when did
you see it? Point blank period? Under oath? Is that
too much to ask? Because I promise you, if you
or I were at some party and this shit cracked off,
the FEDS would be at our house, kicking in the door,
demanding answers. So why is it different for all of
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these people. All of a sudden there existed a real
opportunity to change the narrative, One official told CNN, noting
that AIDS had only limited knowledge of what was in
the documents compiled by Epstein's estate until the House Committee
you released them last week. All right, folks, we're gonna
wrap up episode one right here, and in the next episode,
we're gonna pick up where we left off. All of
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