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The Epstein Flag List and the Rush to Close the Case · 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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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. Now, I know this is going to come
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  Speaker 1: as a surprise, but the DOJ has not exactly been
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  Speaker 1: honest with us about the methods that they used when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to redactions. And now, according to a new report,
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  Speaker 1: that there was a flag list, which was a list
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  Speaker 1: of topics that should be flagged as they're going through
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  Speaker 1: the documents so that those documents could be reviewed further
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  Speaker 1: to make sure they weren't politically explosive or damaging to
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  Speaker 1: the administration or the administration's friends. And of course, who
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  Speaker 1: was directly in the middle of all of it? You
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  Speaker 1: guessed it, Todd, baby Billy Blanche. In this episode, we
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  Speaker 1: have an article from Raw Story and the headline, Scrambling
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  Speaker 1: DOJ Rushed to Shut Epstein Case as Flag List Surfaced
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  Speaker 1: Big Names. This article was authored by Jordan Green. Days
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  Speaker 1: after an explosive meeting at the White House Situation Room
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  Speaker 1: last July, To address a crisis threatening to engulf the
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration, FBI Director Kash Patel sought clarity on how
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  Speaker 1: the scandal might implicate powerful men linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: Addressing Patel as boss and citing prior discussion between the two,
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  Speaker 1: an FBI official from the Bureau Information Management Division responded
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  Speaker 1: by sending the director an email with a collection of
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  Speaker 1: spreadsheets named Flagged Item Lists. Based on guidance calling on
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  Speaker 1: FBI personnel, tasked with redacting material from the Epstein files
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  Speaker 1: to flag items of interest for discussion with DOJ attorneys.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI official informed Patel that the list included public figures,
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  Speaker 1: potentially classified information, potential CSAM, etc. So there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: we don't have, okay? And the people out there that
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  Speaker 1: want to think that all these files have been released,
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  Speaker 1: stop being dumb. I mean, honestly. Oh, they're duplicative. They
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  Speaker 1: have nothing to do with what's going on Cool, let
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  Speaker 1: us see them. Let us decide that. Because at this point,
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  Speaker 1: nobody trusts you, Todd Blanche. Nobody. The guidance to flag
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  Speaker 1: these sensitive items from the Epstein files came from the
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  Speaker 1: Department of Justice Assistant Director Shannon Perry in Form Patel.
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  Speaker 1: Heading the effort for the Department of Justice was Todd Blanche,
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  Speaker 1: then the Deputy Attorney General and formerly President Donald Trump's
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  Speaker 1: criminal defense lawyer. Blanche is now awaiting confirmation as Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General from the U.S. Senate. Like I've told you from
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  Speaker 1: the jump, Todd Baby Billy Blanche and his disgusting fingerprints
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  Speaker 1: all over this shit, and he's going to have to
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  Speaker 1: own it. This is his legacy. Keep that in mind.
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  Speaker 1: This Epstein nonsense, that's going to be Todd Blanche's legacy.
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  Speaker 1: That's what people are going to remember him for. The
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  Speaker 1: man who whitewashed the Epstein scandal. Talk about a shitty legacy.
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  Speaker 1: The email from Parry and other documents about sensitive items
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  Speaker 1: flagged for review by the DOJ, including references to public figures,
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  Speaker 1: was quietly released by the FBI last week and are
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  Speaker 1: being reported here for the first time. The material in
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  Speaker 1: the flagged items list had already been turned over to
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  Speaker 1: the Department of Justice four months earlier, Parry told Patel
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  Speaker 1: in a July 21, 2025 email. Remember, this all started
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  Speaker 1: about a year ago now, when this all blew up again.
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  Speaker 1: And this has been going on since. And the fact
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  Speaker 1: that we still don't have a special counsel after all
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  Speaker 1: this bullshit is just insane to me. I mean, how
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  Speaker 1: much more nonsense are we going to take? Now, hopefully,
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  Speaker 1: if there's a new Congress after the election, they get
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  Speaker 1: their shit together. But I'm not confident. We all know
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  Speaker 1: that power protects power. The items were produced as part
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  Speaker 1: of the approved project plan, per DOJ's guidance, to flag
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  Speaker 1: items of interest for discussion with DOJ attorneys that were redacted.
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  Speaker 1: The internal discussion at the FBI about public figures potentially
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  Speaker 1: implicated in the scandal was starkly different from an awkward
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  Speaker 1: public memo jointly released with the DOJ exactly two weeks
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  Speaker 1: earlier that cited an exhaustive review of investigative holdings relating
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  Speaker 1: to Jeffrey Epstein and the federal agency's commitment to transparency.
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  Speaker 1: Remember the nonsense they tried to pitch to us with
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  Speaker 1: that letter? Oh, there's nothing left to see. Nobody needs
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  Speaker 1: to be investigated. You need to move on. Meanwhile, they're
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  Speaker 1: hiding a bunch of bullshit, they're protecting a bunch of people,
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  Speaker 1: and they're lying directly to the American public. The material,
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  Speaker 1: the agency said, did not expose any additional third parties
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  Speaker 1: to allegations of illegal wrongdoing and did not uncover evidence
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  Speaker 1: that could predicate an investigation into against uncharged third parties.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine going through everything we've went through, looking at all
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  Speaker 1: those documents, all those court documents, all the allegations, and
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  Speaker 1: thinking there's nothing there. I mean, it's absurd. It truly
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  Speaker 1: is absurd. A DOJ spokesperson told Raw Story that any
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  Speaker 1: guidance on how or what the flag was given for
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  Speaker 1: the purpose of general awareness in preparation for disclosure. The
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  Speaker 1: spokesperson's statement is jarringly at odds with the July 7th,
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  Speaker 1: 2025 memo that was a product of the document review.
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  Speaker 1: The memo specifically stated that it was the determination of
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  Speaker 1: the DOJ and FBI that no further disclosure would be
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  Speaker 1: appropriate or warranted. The DOJ did not respond to a
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  Speaker 1: request for clarification on the statement. Of course they didn't.
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  Speaker 1: They're not beholden to you. What, you think the taxpayer
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  Speaker 1: pays the bills? Two weeks after the release of the
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  Speaker 1: DOJ and FBI memo attempting to put concerns about Epstein's arrest,
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  Speaker 1: Perry was forwarding Patel material specifically flagged so top administration
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  Speaker 1: officials could scrutinize possible links between powerful men and the
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  Speaker 1: notorious sex traffickers most heinous crimes. So basically going through
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  Speaker 1: everything and making sure their friends are protected. What we
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  Speaker 1: have here, folks, is a cover-up that's happening in real time.
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  Speaker 1: Not one that happened 50 years ago. Not one that
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  Speaker 1: happened after JFK was killed, but right now, as we speak.
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  Speaker 1: And it's being managed by Todd Blanche. The email included
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  Speaker 1: a list of six criminal cases linked to Epstein, among
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  Speaker 1: them an FBI investigation launched by the Miami Field Office
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  Speaker 1: in 2006. That case file includes a video file capturing
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  Speaker 1: a 2009 FBI sting operation resulting in the arrest of
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  Speaker 1: Alfredo Rodriguez, the former house manager for Epstein's home in
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  Speaker 1: Palm Beach. on suspicion of selling the so-called black book
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  Speaker 1: containing phone numbers of young women and girls that Epstein abused.
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  Speaker 1: Not just that, but everybody. That black book had all
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  Speaker 1: the names of all of his associates, everybody that was
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  Speaker 1: dealing with him, all of his friends, and everybody that
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  Speaker 1: he thought that, you know, was in his circle. A
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  Speaker 1: description of the video capturing the conversation between Rodriguez and
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  Speaker 1: an FBI undercover employee that was flagged for the DOJ's
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  Speaker 1: review contains just the sort of details about potential involvement
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  Speaker 1: by Epstein associates that Trump supporters had avidly sought. The
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  Speaker 1: two talked about the girls, other employed by Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's associates. The description reads, The two discussed things that
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  Speaker 1: happened between the girls and Epstein's associates. There are associates
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  Speaker 1: named during the conversations. So why don't we have that?
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  Speaker 1: Why wasn't that released? Who are they trying to protect?
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  Speaker 1: And why? Aside from Glenn Maxwell, Epstein's partner, who was
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  Speaker 1: convicted of sex trafficking in 2021, the description does not
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  Speaker 1: name any of the associates cited by Rodriguez. But when
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  Speaker 1: the video was released, along with millions of other records
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  Speaker 1: through the Epstein Files Transparency Act in January 2026, the
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  Speaker 1: associates mentioned by Rodriguez were revealed to be former Israeli
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Attorney Alan Dershowitz, among others. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I wonder why Dershowitz was running for the exits. Remember
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  Speaker 1: all the big blustery talk? Oh, I can't wait to
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  Speaker 1: speak to Congress. Then the dude bounces, doesn't show up,
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  Speaker 1: just ghosts the whole process. Sit all the way down
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  Speaker 1: and shut all the way up. Nobody wants to hear it, Mr. I-kept-my-underpants-on.
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  Speaker 1: Here Mr. Epstein says, Mr. Brock, I'll fly you to
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  Speaker 1: New York. and some of the girls that came along
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  Speaker 1: the way, Rodriguez says in the video, which Raw Story reviewed.
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  Speaker 1: You can bring this guy down like in no time.
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  Speaker 1: Barack told the Wall Street Journal in 2023 that he
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  Speaker 1: met with Epstein at his various mansions, but never participated
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  Speaker 1: in any party or any other inappropriate event with him,
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  Speaker 1: and never met with any girls or minors, not even
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  Speaker 1: with adult women, in the context of any inappropriate behavior. Well,
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  Speaker 1: that's not what Virginia said. So? Believe what you will.
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  Speaker 1: Rodriguez told the undercover employee that Dershowitz would typically sit
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  Speaker 1: at the pool with a glass of wine. Although there
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  Speaker 1: was hanky-panky upstairs, Rodriguez said he never saw any indication
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  Speaker 1: that he took part. Although there were sometimes naked or
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  Speaker 1: topless girls around the pool. He saw nothing. Him and
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  Speaker 1: Epstein weren't friends. Come on. I was just his lawyer.
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  Speaker 1: I was just over there every now and then. No
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  Speaker 1: big deal. And when I got my massage... Rodriguez's testimony
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  Speaker 1: has been completely discredited. Dershowitz told Raw Story he was
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  Speaker 1: a criminal. He died from cancer in 2014 after serving
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  Speaker 1: his sentence. Rodriguez's testimony has been completely discredited. Dershowitz told
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  Speaker 1: Raw's story. He was a criminal. I never saw any
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  Speaker 1: females at the pool, naked, topless, or otherwise. Complete fabrication. Okay, well,
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  Speaker 1: you call him a liar. I feel the same way
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  Speaker 1: about you. So I don't believe your story, Mr. Dershowitz.
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  Speaker 1: That's my personal opinion. Dershowitz was also flagged by the
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  Speaker 1: FBI as a public figure linked to Epstein around the
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  Speaker 1: time of the controversial memo and the meeting of top
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  Speaker 1: officials at the Situation Room to strategize about how to
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  Speaker 1: insulate Trump from the furor surrounding the administration's handling of
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  Speaker 1: the Epstein files. Leslie Backshise, a special agent in charge
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  Speaker 1: of the New York field office, sent an email to
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  Speaker 1: FBI colleagues on July 10th alerting them that Dershowitz was
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  Speaker 1: referenced in the Epstein child sex trafficking investigation in two
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  Speaker 1: FBI witness interviews. Minutes later, Charles Yarborough, assistant director of
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  Speaker 1: the FBI's criminal investigation division, forwarded the email to Patel.
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  Speaker 1: Gotta protect Trump's homies, right? Gotta make sure everybody's hooked up.
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  Speaker 1: Can't let the cover-up be exposed, can we? Dershowitz was
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  Speaker 1: not considered a subject in the investigation and no evidence
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  Speaker 1: was uncovered during the investigation to suggest Dershowitz was involved
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  Speaker 1: in the abuse of minors. Bakshis wrote, she went on
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  Speaker 1: to summarize the two witness interviews. And look, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: saying that he did. What I am saying is that
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  Speaker 1: he lies about his relationship with Epstein. They were a
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  Speaker 1: lot closer than he says. And I think there's plenty
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  Speaker 1: of witnesses that have come forward and painted that picture.
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  Speaker 1: Another witness told the FBI that they met Dershowitz at
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's home when he was alone without his wife and
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  Speaker 1: he received a massage, in contradiction to public statement previously
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  Speaker 1: made by Dershowitz. Both proffers are provably false, Dershowitz told
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  Speaker 1: Raw Story. I never had sexual contact with anyone other
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  Speaker 1: than my wife since the day I met Jeffrey Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: I never did anything improper with regard to Epstein. I
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  Speaker 1: have been the victim of disprovably false accusations. I asked
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  Speaker 1: the FBI to investigate the false allegations against me. But
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  Speaker 1: still doesn't have the courage to go speak to Congress.
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  Speaker 1: Got it. The FBI did not respond to a detailed
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  Speaker 1: set of questions for this story. Blanche, who was up
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  Speaker 1: for confirmation as Attorney General, wrote in response to a
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  Speaker 1: question posed by Senator Dick Durbin that the FBI pursued
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  Speaker 1: all investigative leads in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: Glenn Maxwell. Blanche wrote, consistent with the long-standing principle of
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  Speaker 1: federal prosecution as outlined in the Justice Manual, several experienced
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  Speaker 1: prosecutors and investigators have reviewed the material and determined that
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  Speaker 1: additional prosecutions are unavailable at this time. In response to
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  Speaker 1: questions from Senators, Blanche refused to comment on whether Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice has initiated any new investigations related to Epstein's
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking ring since the beginning of the second Trump administration.
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  Speaker 1: The documents were released by the FBI in response to
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  Speaker 1: a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the non-profit
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  Speaker 1: Democracy Forward Foundation. Despite the Trump-Vance administration's attempts to forestall
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  Speaker 1: transparency to its handling of the Epstein files with delay tactics,
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  Speaker 1: Democracy Forward will keep fighting in court to ensure the
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  Speaker 1: public has access to more of these important documents, said
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  Speaker 1: Dan McGrath, special counsel for oversight at the non-profit. So
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  Speaker 1: how many more examples do we need that there's a
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  Speaker 1: cover-up underway, and that that cover-up is being managed by
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  Speaker 1: none other than Todd Blanche? All the information that goes
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