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UK Launches National Taskforce to Investigate Epstein-Linked Abuse Allegations · The Epstein Chronicles

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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. Over in the UK, things are still moving
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to the Epstein investigation, as we're learning
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  Speaker 1: that the police over in the UK have now set
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  Speaker 1: up a new task force that is going to be
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  Speaker 1: taking a look at possible exploitation and abuse by Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein and related to Jeffrey Epstein over in the UK.
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  Speaker 1: And this is not the first task force that we've
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  Speaker 1: seen over in the UK related to Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: back here in the good old United States, it's wall
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  Speaker 1: to wall coverage of the war, and unfortunately, I think
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  Speaker 1: that was the whole purpose. I know that sounds cynical
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  Speaker 1: and conspiratorial, and I can't prove it, but it's obvious
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  Speaker 1: to me that these domestic issues played a gigantic part
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  Speaker 1: in initiating that war. And the more the administration tries
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  Speaker 1: to ignore this topic and the more they try to
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  Speaker 1: make us move on, the more convinced of that I am.
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  Speaker 1: So today we have an article from the Deli Mail
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  Speaker 1: and the headline new police task force to investigate UK
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  Speaker 1: exploitation and sexual abuse linked to Jeffrey Epstein. This article
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  Speaker 1: was authored by Ryan Hooper. Police have stepped up their
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  Speaker 1: investigation into UK based sexual abuse allegations linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: Well look, there was a lot of talk and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of allegations that were made over the years about
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  Speaker 1: the UK, and that's why when Scotland Yard the Met
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  Speaker 1: Police Department closed their investigation, I told you it was crazy.
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  Speaker 1: There was plenty of evidence. The problem was they couldn't
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  Speaker 1: expose that evidence without exposing Prince Andrew, and the Queen
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  Speaker 1: was just not going to allow it. But now that
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  Speaker 1: the Queen is gone and this ball has started rolling,
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  Speaker 1: I think we're going to see a lot more come
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  Speaker 1: out about Prince Andrew and the bullshit he was up to.
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  Speaker 1: Because if you think that it started and stopped with Virginia,
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  Speaker 1: you got another thing coming. Look at how emboldened he
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  Speaker 1: was and look at how confidently he lied to everybody
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  Speaker 1: during that BBC interview. This is a man that was
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  Speaker 1: involved in all kinds of wild shit, whether it's financial,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's passing confidential information, or whether it's engaging in
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  Speaker 1: abuse with Epstein or adjacent Tooham. This piece of shit
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  Speaker 1: was doing it all and I really hope that this
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  Speaker 1: task force is going to do the right thing and
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  Speaker 1: really dig deep, because if they do, I think they're
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  Speaker 1: going to find everything they want and more detectives pouring
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  Speaker 1: over the welter of material release by the US Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice have set up a Gold Group a specialists
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  Speaker 1: to look in allegations of sexual offending, including abuse, exploitation,
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  Speaker 1: and trafficking carried out in the UK. And if they
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  Speaker 1: really dig deep here and they do a real investigation,
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  Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are gonna get caught up.
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  Speaker 1: And can we talk about the pilots please. These pilots
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  Speaker 1: knew exactly what they were doing. A guy like Vasaski
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  Speaker 1: knew exactly what was up. We all read the deposition together.
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  Speaker 1: You heard what he had to say. Did you believe them? Well,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure you didn't because of the things he was
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  Speaker 1: saying were wholly unbelievable. And we know that now. And
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  Speaker 1: how many of these people that gave depositions in the
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  Speaker 1: past have now been shown to be liars due to
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  Speaker 1: the release of these documents. Has anyone been charged with perjury?
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  Speaker 1: Has anybody been arrested? I bet you you would be
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  Speaker 1: go ahead and lie during a deposition and see how
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  Speaker 1: quick you get charged with perjury. The pedophile financier had
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  Speaker 1: links to the UK, including through the former Duke of
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  Speaker 1: York Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, his wife Sarah Ferguson, and labor
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  Speaker 1: grandee Peter Mandelsson, and is believed to have visited Buckingham
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  Speaker 1: Palace and ten Downing Street, Let's not forget, had himself
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  Speaker 1: a nice little visit with Tony Blair himself. You see,
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's not a new figurehead here. Epstein's been around these
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  Speaker 1: people forever and he was accepted, not just around him,
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  Speaker 1: not just a hanger on, but a well respected member
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  Speaker 1: of their inner circle. And I think that's what people
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  Speaker 1: leave out of this story. Oh, Epstein was just a
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  Speaker 1: great con man. No, he wasn't. That wasn't all he
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  Speaker 1: was sure, that was part of it. But the truth
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  Speaker 1: is a lot of these people they didn't have to
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  Speaker 1: be conned. They walked into this with their eyes wide open,
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  Speaker 1: knowing exactly what they were getting into, and they just
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  Speaker 1: thought they'd be protected. When you have a guy like Epstein,
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  Speaker 1: with all of his contacts, all of his protections, of
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  Speaker 1: course you feel like you're going to be protected as well.
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  Speaker 1: And then you add to that we're talking about the
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  Speaker 1: Prince of England. This dude never thought he was gonna
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  Speaker 1: get caught up. He died in prison in twenty nineteen
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  Speaker 1: after being found hanged in his cell while awaiting trial
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  Speaker 1: for child trafficking offenses. Around a dozen police forces in
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  Speaker 1: the UK have already confirmed that they're looking into any
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  Speaker 1: potential crimes carried out on their patch linked Epstein. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be hard to find
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  Speaker 1: people who were abused by Epstein over in the UK,
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  Speaker 1: even if it was just a transit point. There has
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  Speaker 1: to be a reckoning, right Who allowed it? Why was
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  Speaker 1: Epstein allowed to move so unburdened through these airports? And
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  Speaker 1: how come there weren't mechanisms there to stop them, especially
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  Speaker 1: after he was already a convicted sex offender. You think
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  Speaker 1: you'd have more scrutiny, right, Oh, well, this guy's out
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  Speaker 1: here diddling kids come into our country. Man, maybe we
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  Speaker 1: should tell him to fuck off In my best logan
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  Speaker 1: Roy voice, fuck off is what I would say to him.
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  Speaker 1: But no, somebody in the UK thought it would be
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  Speaker 1: a good idea to continue to allow Epstein access. So
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  Speaker 1: who was it and why? And now the National Group
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  Speaker 1: set up in February to support police forces with their investigations.
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  Speaker 1: Has confirmed it's created a separate strand to focus solely
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  Speaker 1: on violence against women and girls allegations, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that's a great move because if you're just focusing on
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  Speaker 1: that strand and you're following that lead, then you're going
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  Speaker 1: to have more people that are in the game, right,
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  Speaker 1: people that are actually looking for victims, people that are
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  Speaker 1: looking for girls who might want to speak out. And
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  Speaker 1: I think a lot of these women that are going
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  Speaker 1: to come forward or maybe come forward are located over
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  Speaker 1: in Europe. So I think it's important that we have
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  Speaker 1: that kind of investigation going on, and we know we
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  Speaker 1: can't count on the United States to do it. And
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  Speaker 1: it pains me to say that, it is unbelievably embarrassing
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  Speaker 1: to say that, but here we are. They've approached potential
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  Speaker 1: victims to share their accounts, including women who have previously
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  Speaker 1: spoken to BBC Newsnight, Good Morning Britain. The group will
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  Speaker 1: be chaired by Assistant Chief Constable Clare Bell, Deputy Director
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  Speaker 1: of the National Center for Violence Against Women and Girls
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  Speaker 1: and Public Protection. So I'm not familiar with any of
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  Speaker 1: these figures over in the UK, so I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: you know about like political moves or anything like that,
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  Speaker 1: but I think it's a really good idea to have
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  Speaker 1: a task force that is solely focused on girls who
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  Speaker 1: are abused. Considering our own DOJ has said there's over
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  Speaker 1: a thousand, probably a good idea to figure out who's who,
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  Speaker 1: who is abused where, and if anyone can be held accountable. No,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to prioritize identifying the scale, scope and nature
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  Speaker 1: of any potential UK based defending within the files and
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  Speaker 1: establishing a nationally coordinated and consistent approach to gathering and
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  Speaker 1: assessing intelligence. Acc Bell said policing operates locally, but must
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  Speaker 1: remain nationally coherent, which is why the coordination group have
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  Speaker 1: been established to ensure we're joining the dots as the
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  Speaker 1: public would expect. Working with the NCAA, we are reviewing
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  Speaker 1: and assessing the published files. We have also reached out
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  Speaker 1: to survivors who have shared their experiences with the media
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  Speaker 1: to invite them to speak to UK authorities should they
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  Speaker 1: feel comfortable to do so. Police forces may receive direct
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  Speaker 1: contact from potential victims and survivors reporting matters that are
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  Speaker 1: not contained in the EPSTEIN files. Release officers will listen
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  Speaker 1: with care to anyone who takes a courageous step of
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  Speaker 1: contacting us. Well, isn't that nice? This is what they
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  Speaker 1: should have done years ago. If they were really serious,
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  Speaker 1: they would have done it. But again it was all
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  Speaker 1: about Andrew. Remember they were trying to protect the monarchy
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  Speaker 1: and the Queen was alive at the time. So it's
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  Speaker 1: not like Scotland Yard is going to go against the Queen, right,
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  Speaker 1: not exactly something that they're apt to do, but in
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  Speaker 1: this current environment, I would think that they're going to
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  Speaker 1: charge hard and they're going to look deep because they
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  Speaker 1: know right, they know that the people are watching, and
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  Speaker 1: there has to be some kind of accountability. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: the question is, like always, will it be real accountability
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  Speaker 1: or just theater. She said that the police would be
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  Speaker 1: meticulous in its assessment of the files, which include more
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  Speaker 1: than three million documents and pictures released in tranches by
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  Speaker 1: the US. She said the volume of material is significant
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  Speaker 1: and the detailed assessment of the files will take time,
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  Speaker 1: which I fully appreciate can be both frustrating and traumatic
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  Speaker 1: for anyone impacted. But it's crucial that we get this right.
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  Speaker 1: Taking a methodical and coordinated approach to safeguard the integrity
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  Speaker 1: of any potential investigation. Well, that's certainly something they should
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  Speaker 1: keep in mind, because you want to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: you're evident is usable, and if you're collecting it in
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  Speaker 1: a way that's not going to stand up in court,
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  Speaker 1: well what's the point. So it's important that they do
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  Speaker 1: the right thing, and hopefully they do. I hope that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to go as hard as they can to
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  Speaker 1: try and find people who are involved, because I think
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  Speaker 1: if they do that, they're going to hit pay dirt.
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  Speaker 1: Our priority throughout will remain the safety, well being and
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  Speaker 1: confidence of the survivors. The VAWG Coordination Group will work
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  Speaker 1: alongside the NCAA and the Tackling Organized Exploitation Program and
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  Speaker 1: draw upon the expertise of colleagues from HYDRANT, the CSE
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  Speaker 1: Child Sexual Exploitation Task Force, and Operation Beaconport. Acc Bell added,
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  Speaker 1: no single crime takes priority over another, and the establishment
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  Speaker 1: of the second group and investment in additional intelligence resources
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  Speaker 1: reflects the increasing complexity and sensitivity of these matters. Yo,
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  Speaker 1: it's so crazy that they're so late to the party.
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  Speaker 1: If you would have just paid even a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of attention previously, you would have known how bad things
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  Speaker 1: were in the UK and how Jeffrey Epstein was exploiting
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  Speaker 1: girls by the dozen. Running in tandem, the group will
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  Speaker 1: enable us to consider any and all potential offending and
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  Speaker 1: reaffirm our commitment to victims and survivors of abuse. We
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  Speaker 1: remain focused on protecting people and maintaining public confidence. US
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  Speaker 1: lawmakers have repeatedly called for mister mount bat and Windsor
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  Speaker 1: to answer questions about his links to Epstein. He's denied
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  Speaker 1: any wrongdoing over his Epstein links. Pressures also mounting on
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  Speaker 1: Ferguson to testify in the US over her apparent friendship
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  Speaker 1: with Epstein, although there's been no formal request for her
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  Speaker 1: to do so. Files released by the Department of Justice
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  Speaker 1: in January revealed she remained in contact with the disgraced
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  Speaker 1: financier pedophile, including just seventeen days before his release from
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  Speaker 1: a Florida jail for soliciting sex with minors. Last month,
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  Speaker 1: both mister Mandelssohn and mister mount Batten Windsor were separately
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  Speaker 1: arrested by police in connection with the pedophile financier. They
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  Speaker 1: were both released under investigation. So what this tells me
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  Speaker 1: is that things are advancing over in the UK, and
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  Speaker 1: they're looking to open up a few more doors, so
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  Speaker 1: we'll see what the UK comes up with and just
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  Speaker 1: how deep and how far this investigation goes. Until then,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to do it for this one. All the
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