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Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene And The Art Of The Epstein Cover Up (4/23/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. When it comes to Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump,
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there's no doubt in my mind that there's an active
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cover up underway. And when you hear stories from people
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like Marjorie Taylor Green, who was writing Shotgun with Trump
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for all these years, and how Trump just absolutely turned
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on people like her over the Epstein files and over
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her support of transparency, I think it's a very very
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bad look for Donald Trump. And I think it really
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illuminates the issue at hand that Donald Trump is overseeing
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a cover up as we speak, and I think that's
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where the focus should be. I know everybody wants to
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talk about the salacious allegations, right of course, But do
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you think that it's more likely that you're going to
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hold these people accountable for that or for this cover up?
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We have to deal in reality, right. There's what we
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want to happen, and then there's what's likely to happen.
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So I prefer to deal in reality. And I think
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that if you want accountability when it comes to the
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institutions and government officials, then you'd be focusing on the
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cover up. Because if we can expose that it's going
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to expose everything, right, the mask will fully be off.
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And once that happened and people had a real look
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at what was really going on and who allowed it
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to happen, and not only in this administration, but going
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all the way back to the very beginning, every single
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person that played a part, especially those that were in government,
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they need to be held accountable. You want to talk
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about corruption, you want to talk about fraud, you want
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to talk about engaging in rico like behavior, Well, all
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these people that were around Epstein and protecting them, that's
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what they were doing. And then when you add to
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that the fact that people like Marjorie Taylor Green have
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come out and said that Trump himself was trying to
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stop these files from coming out all because they were
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going to embarrass some of it as friends, that's obstruction,
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and that, my friends, is surefire evidence of a cover up.
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Today's article is from the ib Times and the headline
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Trump flat out toll pound Bondi to withhold Epstein files
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to protect mar Lago friends. MTG claims this article was
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authored by Christelle Mae. The Pizza, a fresh allegation from
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Marjorie Taylor Green has reignited scrutiny over the handling of
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the Jeffrey Epstein case, with claims that President Trump personally
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intervened to block the release of sensitive files. Can we
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get a special council? Please? Can we have somebody that's
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independent take a look at all these allegations and all
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these claims and put it together and make a case. Enough, already,
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these are serious allegations being made by somebody who used
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to be a congresswoman. I would think that those allegations
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would be looked at. The claim surf during a broadcast
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interview and has rapidly circulated online, raising questions about transparency,
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political influence, and the extent of undisclosed material tied to
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the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Well, there's a ton more
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information that we don't know, and they've already said that
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they have what three million more pages of documents, but
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they're all duplicative and they might not, you know, have
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anything to do with Epstein until they do. And that's
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part of the cover up as well. And I've never
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seen an administration so brazenly ignore the law. It is unbelievable.
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And there's people out there cheering it on Unfortunately for them,
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when the other quote unquote side wins the election, all
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that joy is going to turn to ash in their
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mouth because the other side is going to do the
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same thing. Green alleged that Trump directly instructed former Florida
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Attorney General Pambondi not to release documents related to Epstein,
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citing concerns that people are going to get hurt. The remarks,
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and sheiated, could have far reaching implications for ongoing public
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demands for accountability in one of the most scrutinized criminal
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cases in recent US history, and it should. This is
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something we all know. The problem is can we prove it?
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And I think that with Marjorie Taylor Green coming out
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and saying this, that's a big step. And I think
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that if I was an investigator trying to build the case,
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I'd certainly want to talk to Marjorie Taylor Green. And
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I think the record reflects all of this. We know
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that Donald Trump was trying to bully people into not
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supporting the Transparency Act. Look what he did with Lauren Bobert.
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I mean, look at what happened with Marjorie Taylor Green,
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and look at Donald Trump's overall crash out when it
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comes to Epstein. Does that look like the actions of
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an innocent man? To you? Does that look like a
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man with nothing to hide, a man that has nothing
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to hide, a man that fears nothing in those files?
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Is going to release them and be the hero like
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he said he was going to be, but instead he'd
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rather burn political capital and protect people that were adjacent
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and co conspirators to Jeffrey Epstein. So ask yourself why
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it's not a big mystery. He's not doing it out
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of the kindness of his heart. He's doing it out
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of self preservation. But in doing so, he's caused himself
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a bigger problem, and that problem is the cover up.
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Speaking in an interview with the program hosted by Shannon Joy,
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Green stated that Trump flat out told Bondy to withhold
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the Epstein files. That's against the law, that's substruction, and
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that's the kind of thing that could send Donald Trump
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to jail. I mean, if we're being real, if we're
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in a real country with real justice. But the problem
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is it's not salacious enough for people. And make no mistake,
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a lot of people out there that are running their
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fat yap. It's all about engagement for them. It's all
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about driving that engagement, saying crazy bizarre shit and driving
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engagement the Candice Owen's playbook. And there's plenty of people
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on the left that do the same thing, especially when
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it comes to this topic. You have the crass and tines,
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you know, the mightist people. They don't know they're talking about.
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When it comes to Epstein, they just knew that it
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was driving engagement, so they jumped on board. But the
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truth is, anybody who understands what's going on here knows
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that if you want real justice and you want people
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to be held accountable, there's literally only one path available,
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and that path is uncovering and untangling this cover up.
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She further claimed that Trump privately acknowledged the potential fallout
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of disclosure, saying, my friends will get hurt. People at
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mar A Lago, they're going to get hurt. Not a
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word about the survivors getting hurt, not a word about
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the rest of us being screwed. But as long as
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his friends at Mara Lago are taking care of that's
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all that matters, right, I mean, you got to make
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sure that the people that are paying the bills are
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taking care of And if Trump is good at doing anything.
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It's that the interview publicly accessible via a livestream mark archive,
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where Green also asserted that Trump discouraged broader internal discussion
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about releasing documents tied to Epstein's network. In a separate
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clip shared on social media, Green alleged that Trump was
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blocking everybody and communicated similar warnings to senior Republican figures,
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including how Speaker Mike Johnson. I'm guessing to James Colmer too,
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because James Comer has been dancing too Trump's tune. Has
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this dude even been at a step once? He's done
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everything that Trump wanted? And I still can't shake the
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feeling that the White House had something to do with
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the fact that nobody from the GOP went to speak
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to Wexner. That was a message, and believe me, it
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was received at least by me, loud and clear. These
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statements have not been independently verified, an no official transcript
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from a government proceeding corroborates Green's account at the time
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of the writing, Well, okay, so either you believe her
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or you don't. What it comes down to, and me personally,
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considering the whole situation and the way Trump has acted,
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I believe what she's saying. The Epstein files broadly referred
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to a collection of court documents, depositions, financial records, and
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investigative material linked to Epstein's trafficking operation. Several batches of
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documents have already entered the public domain through litigation, most
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notably via the defamation case brought by Virginia Roberts against
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Glaane Maxwell, unsealed in stages by US courts. Court filings
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from the U S District Court for the Southern District
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of New York includes warned depositions and witness testimony. These
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records detail Epstein's network, alleged co conspirators, and victim's accounts,
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and nothing ever came of it. All that stuff was
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there for everybody to see. And it took Julie K.
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Brown writing that article to kick anybody into gear. And
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just because they were embarrassed, not because they cared. Keep
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that in mind. If they cared, they would have taking
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care of it a long time ago. The US Justice
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Department also released material tied to Maxwell's twenty twenty one
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criminal trial, including indictments and evidentiary summaries, which are publicly
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accessible through official core databases. However, significant portions of investigative
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records remain sealed or heavily redacted. These include grand jury materials,
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FBI investigative files, and certain financial transaction records. Well, we've
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gotten some of the grand jury documentation, and there was
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a nothing burger. The grand jury is never going to
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give us what we want to see because they're only
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getting a sanitized version of what happened, basically a summary
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just enough to indict. So the grand jury documents were
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never really a big deal. It's the three to zero twos.
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And it's also the inner department communications that's very important
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because it gives us a look at the thought process
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behind the decisions to charge or not sho Arch and
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I think that's where the real meat of this story
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is living. Legal experts note that such documents are often
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protected due to privacy concerns, ongoing investigations, or evidentiary rules
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governing grandeury secrecy. Pam Bondi served as Florida's Attorney general
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from twenty eleven and later joined Trump's legal defense team
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during his first impeachment trial. Her office did not prosecute
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Epstein directly, as his controversial two thousand and eight plea
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deal was negotiated earlier under a federal prosecutors led by
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then US Attorney Alexandra Acosta. That agreement, formerly known as
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a non prosecution Agreement, has been widely criticized. Twenty nineteen
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ruling by US District Judge Kenneth Merra found that federal
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prosecutors violated the Crime Victim's Rights Act by failing to
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notify victims before finalizing the deal, and again nothing came
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of it. Nobody was held accountable, nobody lost her pension,
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nobody had to come up and explain their decision making.
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The only people who suffered, once again were the survivors.
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Bondi is not publicly confirmed Green's allegation. There's no documented directive,
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memo or court filing indicated that she was instructed by
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Trump to suppress Epstein related records. He said, she said,
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do you think Trump's gonna put that in writing? I mean,
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then again, knowing Trump, maybe he would because he just
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doesn't care, right, He doesn't care about law, he doesn't
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care about order. He cares about self and power and
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increasing that power. But that said, I highly doubt that
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there was some kind of written directive telling Bondi not
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to investigate any further and to drop everything. I highly
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doubt that. But did he say it to her? Did
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he tell her that? Probably? Requests for a comment from
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Bondi and Trump representatives were made by various journalists in
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similar reporting contexts. Have his door been met with denials
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of wrongdoing regarding Epstein. Green's claims also extend beyond document suppression.
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She alleged that Trump flat out refused to host Epstein
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victims in the Oval office. Of course he did. He
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thinks it's a hoax. He thinks it's fake, and he
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thinks those survivors are lying. He won't come out and
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say it, but that's what he thinks, and his actions
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speak a lot louder than words ever could. This assertion
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contrasts with broader public pressure from victim advocates, who have
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long called for greater transparency and direct engagement from political leaders.
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The Epstein case has become a touchstone for debates over
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a lead accountability figures across political and business. Fears have
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fa scrutiny due to past associations with Epstein, though association
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alone does not imply wrongdoing, while lying about it does.
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Giving interviews and saying you had no idea about Epstein
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or why anybody would think your friends only for us
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to find out later that you are lying doesn't look good.
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And while it doesn't prove any wrongdoing, it definitely opens
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the door to questions. Green's remarks have triggered renewed calls
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from lawmakers and advocacy groups to declassify or on sealed
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remaining records were legally permissible. The central issue raised by
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Green's allegation is not only whether Trump intervened, but what
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information remains inaccessible to the public. Unreleased materials could include
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investigative leads that never resulted in charges, identities of unindicted individuals,
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and sensitive victim testimony. The FBI has acknowledged and passed
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public statements in court filings that Epstein related investigations involved
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numerous potential victims and witnesses across multiple jurisdictions. Some records
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may remain sealed indefinitely due to these complexities. Without verifiable
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documentation supporting Green's claims, her statements remain allegation, yet they
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underscore persistent concerns about transparency in a case that continues
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to draw global attention. And look, there's no doubt about
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it when you have something like this going on, where
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there's allegations of a cover up already and you have
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somebody like Marjorie Taylor Green come out and confirm it.
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I'm more convinced now than I've ever been that the
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DOJ led by the White House is engaged in a
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cover up, and that, of course leaves us with a
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million dollar question, what's Congress going to do about it?
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