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The Republican Epstein Report: A Mountain of Evidence and a Shortage of Accountability (11/11/26) · Beyond The Horizon

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. One of the biggest issues when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to Jeffrey Epstein and the federal government, obviously, is the NPA.
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  Speaker 1: But not just the NPA itself, but the people that
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  Speaker 1: were responsible for the NPA happening. And now, we have
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  Speaker 1: a new House Oversight Committee report that is devastating to
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  Speaker 1: the federal government. And keep in mind that this is
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  Speaker 1: a report that was conducted by James Comer and his side.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not the Democrats who did this. This is
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  Speaker 1: James Comer himself. And according to him, and the people
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  Speaker 1: responsible for the report, the reason that Jeffrey Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine Maxwell were able to get away with what they
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  Speaker 1: got away with was because of institutional failure. And that's
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  Speaker 1: certainly true. But there were people behind the decisions that
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  Speaker 1: were being made. And those people have to be held accountable.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're looking for accountability, what better place to
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  Speaker 1: start than at the NPA? So today we have an
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  Speaker 1: article from Fox News and the headline, Explosive House Report
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  Speaker 1: Exposes Failures It Says Allowed Epstein's Abuse to Continue for Years.
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  Speaker 1: This article was authored by Pedro B. Rodriguez-Apricio and Elizabeth Elkind.
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  Speaker 1: The House Oversight Committee released a report concluding, that prosecutorial failures,
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  Speaker 1: preferential treatment, and institutional negligence allowed Jeffrey Epstein and Glenn
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell to continue sexually exploiting young women and girls for years.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was a hoax. Isn't that what Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump told us? I could have swore that's what he
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  Speaker 1: told us. Wait a minute, you mean Donald Trump was
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  Speaker 1: bullshitting and this isn't a hoax? And there was institutional
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  Speaker 1: protection that Jeffrey Epstein was receiving? Fuck, almost like we've
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  Speaker 1: been following the story, huh? The investigation, led by James Comer,
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  Speaker 1: raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest involving federal prosecutors,
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  Speaker 1: financial institutions that overlook warning signs of sex trafficking, and
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  Speaker 1: individuals accused of facilitating Epstein's abuse. That's all true. All
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  Speaker 1: of that occurred. And when we get the actual report,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get that added to the catalog. But there's no
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  Speaker 1: doubt that everything that occurred around that first prosecution was
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  Speaker 1: straight up garbage. And it all needs to be addressed.
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  Speaker 1: And the best way to do that, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: is to get rid of the NPA. You can do
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  Speaker 1: that retroactively. Jeffrey Epstein was in dereliction of it. That
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  Speaker 1: man didn't follow one single rule that was dropped on
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  Speaker 1: his dome piece. Just did whatever he wanted, even when
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  Speaker 1: he was supposed to be incarcerated. The report identified two
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  Speaker 1: former federal prosecutors whose involvement in Epstein's original investigation raised
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  Speaker 1: potential conflicts of interest. And these were people we've talked about, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: Matthew Menschel, and Lillian Sanchez, and of course other people too.
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  Speaker 1: How many prosecutors jumped ship and went to work for Epstein? Multiple. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: and by the way, a judge as well. Matthew Menchel,
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  Speaker 1: a senior federal prosecutor who recommended resolving Epstein's case through
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  Speaker 1: a non-prosecution agreement, previously had a romantic relationship with Lillian Sanchez,
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  Speaker 1: who later represented Epstein. Menchel did not recuse himself from
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  Speaker 1: the investigation and continued communicating and meeting with Epstein after
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  Speaker 1: the agreement, according to the documents cited by the committee.
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  Speaker 1: And all of that's factual too, and I'm glad the
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  Speaker 1: committee is on it. I've been pointing this out for years.
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  Speaker 1: This is unacceptable. You have prosecutors working for the American government,
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  Speaker 1: and they hop ship, and then the cases that they
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  Speaker 1: were working on are now the cases they're defending in
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  Speaker 1: the private sector? That shit is unacceptable to me. And
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  Speaker 1: never mind Matthew Menchel, who's an absolute clown. This guy
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  Speaker 1: was one of the lead prosecutors, one of the dudes
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  Speaker 1: making decisions. And then palling around with Epstein, going skiing
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  Speaker 1: with him. I know he says he didn't, but I
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  Speaker 1: have my doubts. When you look at the emails and
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  Speaker 1: you look at their conversations, it's obvious they were buddies.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators also learned of an alleged photograph showing Menschel skiing
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  Speaker 1: with Epstein in Colorado in the early 2000s, but could
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  Speaker 1: not verify its existence or establish that Menschel's decisions were
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  Speaker 1: weren't properly influenced. Oh yeah, everything was on the up
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  Speaker 1: and up, right? I'm sure he didn't give his buddy
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  Speaker 1: Epstein any kind of hookup. They think you're dumb. That's
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  Speaker 1: really what it comes down to. Menchel, however, denied ever
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  Speaker 1: skiing with Epstein in a statement to the Miami Herald,
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  Speaker 1: but did not deny meeting with him after leaving the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney's Office. His attorney said their correspondence concerned potential legal
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  Speaker 1: representation and referrals, none of which resulted in business. His
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  Speaker 1: attorneys also maintained that Menchel was not responsible for the
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  Speaker 1: final plea agreement, which was more lenient than the arrangement
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  Speaker 1: he recommended. A 2020 Justice Department office, a professional responsibility report,
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  Speaker 1: found that Menchel failed to disclose his relationship with Sanchez
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  Speaker 1: to supervisors, but found no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct. Well,
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  Speaker 1: that's because the OIG report was a whitewash. The whole
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  Speaker 1: point of that report was to do what it did.
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  Speaker 1: Provide cover. for the institution. It wasn't about getting to
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  Speaker 1: the bottom of what happened. The whole ass government has
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  Speaker 1: wanted this to go away. For decades. Not just Trump. Everybody.
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  Speaker 1: And give me a break. No prosecutorial misconduct? Really? I
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  Speaker 1: have a very, very hard time believing that. And if
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  Speaker 1: that's the case, release all of the emails, unredacted, and
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  Speaker 1: let us see. Sanchez did not respond to Fox News
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  Speaker 1: Digital's request for comment. Former federal prosecutor Bruce Reinhart established
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  Speaker 1: a private law practice while employed by the U.S. Attorney's
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  Speaker 1: Office and later represented Epstein Associates. His practice was involved
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  Speaker 1: in matters related to Epstein's work release program. But no
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  Speaker 1: big deal, no conflict of interest, nothing to see here.
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  Speaker 1: And if you ask questions, well, you're just a conspiracy theorist. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: back here in reality, the whole entire thing was corrupt
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  Speaker 1: from the very beginning. Former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta testified
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  Speaker 1: that he did not know whether Reinhart had access to
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  Speaker 1: information about the Epstein investigation. And these are all names
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  Speaker 1: that I've told you about for years. And it's nice
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  Speaker 1: to see that Fox News is finally catching up, but
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  Speaker 1: this isn't new information. This isn't stuff that was hidden.
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  Speaker 1: We know this. And nothing was ever done. And that
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  Speaker 1: just adds to my anger, right? How the fuck do
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  Speaker 1: you explain it? You guys knew what was going on,
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  Speaker 1: and you did shit about it. So how do you
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  Speaker 1: think anyone's going to trust the institutions if you don't
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  Speaker 1: go back and fix things? Especially things such as this.
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  Speaker 1: The committee said it urged the Justice Department to investigate
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  Speaker 1: further former mayor of Miami, Beach Philip Levine, and celebrity
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  Speaker 1: hairstylist Frederick Fakai. Following testimony from Sarah Kellan, a former
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  Speaker 1: Epstein assistant, who alleged that Epstein and two associates sexually
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  Speaker 1: abused her. Both Levine and Fakai have denied the allegations
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  Speaker 1: in earlier statements. Levine and Fakai did not respond to
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  Speaker 1: Fox News Digital's request for comment. Kellen also testified that
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  Speaker 1: Epstein instructed another assistant to remove computers, hard drives, and
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  Speaker 1: other equipment from his Palm Beach home before authorities searched
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  Speaker 1: the property in 2005. Investigators believe the equipment could contain
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  Speaker 1: evidence that of sexual exploitation. Yeah, no shit. Why do
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  Speaker 1: you think they removed it? They were just doing a
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  Speaker 1: little redecorating? Just happened to fall in the same time
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  Speaker 1: period that the raid was about to take place? Epstein's attorney,
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  Speaker 1: Darren Indyk, testified that he later learned the hard drives
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  Speaker 1: were in the possession of private investigators. Federal investigators identified
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  Speaker 1: potential lead concerning the equipment, but abandoned the effort before
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  Speaker 1: finalizing Epstein's non-prosecution agreement. because that was part of it.
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  Speaker 1: Part of the deal was that the government didn't get
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  Speaker 1: the computer or hard drives. Imagine a child sex offender,
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  Speaker 1: and that's the deal you're entering in with them? The
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  Speaker 1: report also examined whether Sandy Berger, former National Security Advisor
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  Speaker 1: to President Clinton, warned Epstein about the search, given that
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  Speaker 1: he sent Epstein an urgent message 18 days before the search. However,
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  Speaker 1: the committee found no evidence establishing that Berger tipped them
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  Speaker 1: off or that the message concerned the investigation. Well, that's
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  Speaker 1: always been the rumor, but we don't have the evidence
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  Speaker 1: for it. Do I doubt that it happened? No. Sandy
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  Speaker 1: Berger wasn't a great guy. Just another Washington, D.C. scumbag.
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  Speaker 1: So if he could help Epstein out, and he was
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  Speaker 1: going to get something on the back end, you know
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  Speaker 1: he'd be down for it. But that said, we don't
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  Speaker 1: have evidence that directly puts Sandy Berger in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of it. The committee recommended further investigations, stronger protections for
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  Speaker 1: trafficking survivors, and reforms to prevent similar federal law enforcement failures.
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  Speaker 1: Among those recommended for further investigation was Leslie Groff, Epstein's
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  Speaker 1: executive assistant for nearly two decades. And that's good. She
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  Speaker 1: should be investigated. But so should Les Wexner. But the GOP,
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  Speaker 1: they couldn't be bothered to do that. God forbid. God
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  Speaker 1: forbid the GOP. Goes and talks to Les Wexner. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: can you imagine? They talked all that shit, acted hard,
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  Speaker 1: acted tough, ran a bunch of yap, and then sat
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  Speaker 1: on their hands when it comes to Wexner. Why? Because
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  Speaker 1: the guy donates to you? Bunch of scumbags. Groff, who
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  Speaker 1: scheduled Epstein's daily massage appointments and coordinated travel and lodging
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  Speaker 1: for women visiting his properties, testified that she was unaware
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  Speaker 1: he sexually was abusing young women and girls. Groff continued
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  Speaker 1: working for Epstein after his 2000 conviction. Groff did not
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  Speaker 1: respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Oh, she's
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  Speaker 1: not going to. Why the hell would she? The committee
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  Speaker 1: also identified billionaire financier Leon Black as a major source
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  Speaker 1: of Epstein's income following his 2008 conviction. Black paid Epstein
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  Speaker 1: approximately $ 158 million in to $ 170 million for purported tax
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  Speaker 1: and estate planning services. The committee identified an agreement involving
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  Speaker 1: a woman with whom Black had an extramarital relationship that
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  Speaker 1: reportedly required payments of $ 100, 000 per month for 15 years,
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  Speaker 1: among other benefits, in exchange for confidentiality. Epstein reportedly advised
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  Speaker 1: Black on the agreement. And that's the deal with Guzel Ganieva,
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  Speaker 1: the Russian woman that Leon Black was having that affair with.
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  Speaker 1: Black cited an independent investigation that found he was not
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  Speaker 1: involved in Epstein's criminal activities, although the committee questioned its independence. Well, good,
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  Speaker 1: they should. That's something I've talked about for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Internal investigations should not be given that much weight. Black
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  Speaker 1: also refused to fully answer certain committee questions and failed
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  Speaker 1: to comply with subpoenas prompting a unanimous vote in September
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  Speaker 1: 2026 to hold him in criminal contempt of Congress. Black
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  Speaker 1: did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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  Speaker 1: The report also examined Epstein's relationship with current and former
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  Speaker 1: public officials. Katherine Rumler, former White House counsel under Barack Obama,
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  Speaker 1: maintained a professional relationship with Epstein after his 2008 conviction
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  Speaker 1: and received expensive gifts, including designer handbags, boots, spa services,
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  Speaker 1: and travel upgrades. Nothing like accepting shit from a sexual predator.
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  Speaker 1: Great job, Kathy Rumler. Another embarrassment? In a 2016 email,
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  Speaker 1: Rumler joked about receiving the best massage ever, but not
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  Speaker 1: your kind of massage. Rumler acknowledged the remark was in
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  Speaker 1: poor taste and testified that she believed Epstein had resolved
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  Speaker 1: his criminal case and was living lawfully. Yeah, okay, sure.
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  Speaker 1: And if you really believe that, nobody should ever retain
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  Speaker 1: your services as a lawyer again. She also testified that
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  Speaker 1: a May 2019 meeting with Epstein concerned potential litigation threatened
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  Speaker 1: by attorney Michael Avenatti, not a criminal investigation. The report
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  Speaker 1: identified Representative Stacey Plaskett as having exchanged text messages with
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  Speaker 1: Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing, including communications, about questioning
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  Speaker 1: a witness. Plaskett shouldn't even have a job. What an embarrassment,
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  Speaker 1: and the fact people aren't going crazy about that is bananas.
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  Speaker 1: You have to have the same standard no matter what
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  Speaker 1: political party the scumbags are in. And when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to Stacey Plaskett, she should be getting called out by
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  Speaker 1: Robert Garcia and the caucus. Plaskett did not deny exchanging
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  Speaker 1: the messages. Her office said she received texts from staff, constituents,
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  Speaker 1: and members of the public, including Epstein, whom she described
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  Speaker 1: as a constituent who contacted her following a widely circulated
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  Speaker 1: hearing exchange. The committee did not allege any wrongdoing by Plaskett.
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  Speaker 1: Rumler and Plaskett did not respond to Fox News Digital's
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  Speaker 1: request for comment. The report also cited an email indicating
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  Speaker 1: that House Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries' campaign solicited a donation
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  Speaker 1: from Epstein. Jeffries, however, said he had no recollection of
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  Speaker 1: the email and that he never met or communicated with Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: Federal election records reportedly show no donations from Epstein to
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  Speaker 1: Jeffries or the committees involved. Reports identified Lisa Rossi of
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  Speaker 1: the political consulting firm Dynamic SRG as the sender of
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  Speaker 1: the message. Jeffries did not respond to Fox News Digital's
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  Speaker 1: request for comment. Regarding Epstein's death in 2019, the committee
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  Speaker 1: identified serious prison security failures, but did not overturn the
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  Speaker 1: official suicide finding. The report also criticized the Justice Department
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  Speaker 1: for missing disclosure deadlines and exposing survivors' personal information during
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  Speaker 1: the release of millions of Epstein-related documents. The Republican-led investigation
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  Speaker 1: stated that it uncovered no evidence implicating President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: in Epstein's criminal activities and accused congressional Democrats of politicizing
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  Speaker 1: the investigation. Yeah, well, what about the cover-up? I would
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  Speaker 1: say that there's plenty of evidence of criminality there. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about an ongoing cover-up. And hopefully the doors
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  Speaker 1: of that cover-up get blown off. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: if that's ever going to happen... The time is certainly now.
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  Speaker 1: Will it happen? Well, that my friends is of course
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  Speaker 1: the million dollar question. And until we have the answer
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  Speaker 1: to that question and many others, the flags of discontent
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  Speaker 1: are going to continue to wave. And as far as
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  Speaker 1: the report goes, once I have the actual report in
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  Speaker 1: my hand, we'll get that added to the catalog as well.
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  Speaker 1: All the information that goes with this episode can be
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