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The Expanding UK Investigation Into Epstein’s Network and Political Connections · 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. In this episode, we're gonna hop across the
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  Pond and we're gonna check in on what's going on
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  with the UK investigation into the Epstein files. And according
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  to an anti corruption cop in the UK named Simon Hurst,
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  who is the head of the Greater Manchester Police's Anti
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  corruption unit, he says that they're coordinating a national review
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  of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged crimes
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  in the UK, and of course that includes Prince Andrew.
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  And when Prince Andrew was first arrested, this was the
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  biggest fear of Andrew's camp because once that door to
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  criminality's opened, they're gonna walk through it. And when you're
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  somebody like Prince Andrew with a lot to hide, it
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  becomes a very very tenuous situation. And for Prince Andrew,
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  he's never been in more jeopardy of being held accountable. Remember,
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  his mom's not around to save him anymore, and I
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  highly doubt his brother is going to step up. So
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  Prince Andrew is exposed and it's the first time in
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  his whole entire life that that's the case. So today
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  we have an article from The Mirror and the headline
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  anti corruption cop in UK Epstein files probe vows relentless
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  pursuit of justice. This article was authored by Dan Warburton,
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  a senior anti corruption cop reviewing the Epstein files, has
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  vowed to be relentless in the pursuit for truth and justice.
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  Now frame that next to the way our cops are
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  talking here in America, Cash, Betel, Todd, Blanche, Pam BONDI,
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  everybody involved, and the differences are stark. They're talking about
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  a robust investigation here and going after people. In America,
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  we're being told it's time to move on. Superintendent Simon Hurst,
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  head of the Greater Manchester Police Anti corruption Unit, is
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  overseeing a national review of documents which sparked a wave
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  of criminal probes across the UK. Detective Hurst was assigned
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  PIP four status for the review, giving him the power
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  to focus on the strategic management of the highly complex,
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  high profile or major crime investigations. So this is the
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  key guy that's looking into this, Their top dog, I guess,
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  and according to him, he's gonna leave no stone unturned. Now,
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  of course I'm cynical, so I take everything with a
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  grand assault and after all the bullshit and the betrayals,
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  I'm gonna show me mode. You can say whatever you want,
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  but start doing something. Let's see some tangible action on
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  the ground. That would be nice. He's working across a
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  new national specialist team set up to identify UK violence
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  against women identified in the release files on the US
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  child trafficker, but he's also focused on all other potential
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  crimes which may emerge in the tranch of documents made
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  public by the US Department of Justice last month. And
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  that's always the jeopardy you're in when you have a
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  criminal case brought against you, because the government can always
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  supersede the indictment. They can add new charges. Oh we
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  found more evidence, so we're charging them with X, Y
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  and Z on top of the original charges. And once
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  they open that door they walk through it, they're going
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  to start looking at everything, your tax returns, who you
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  gave money to, who you got money from, where you were,
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  who you were with, all of it. And it's all
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  fair game right now. Writing on LinkedIn, detective Hirst said
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  it's an honor and privilege to be asked to help
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  coordinate such important work. I promise that I and all
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  those that work with me will be relentless in the
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  pursuit of truth and justice. Well, that would be refreshing
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  because very rarely has anyone been in the pursuit of
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  truth or justice when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein, at
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  least nobody in law enforcement, So that would be a
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  nice change. Pedophile financier Epstein had links to the UK
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  through the former Duke of York Andrew mount Batton Winsol
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  sixty six and his ex wife Sarah Ferguson sixty six.
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  He was also linked to labor grandee Peter Mandelson seventy
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  two and is believed to have visited Buckingham Palace not
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  believed to he definitely did, and also Sandringham and who
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  the hell knows were else. How about when one of
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  his assistants took a picture in the Queen's throne? No
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  big deal, right, not disrespectful. Epstein died in prison in
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  twenty nineteen, aged sixty six, after being found hanged in
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  his cell while awaiting trial for child sex trafficking offenses.
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  Around a dozen police forces in the UK have already
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  confirmed that the looking into any potential crimes carried out
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  on their patch linked to EPSTEIN. The national group, set
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  up in February to support police forces with their investigations,
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  confirmed last week it had created a separate strand to
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  focus solely on violence against women and girls' allegations. This
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  is what I was talking about, and it's only going
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  to expand. Now are they going to be successful and
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  bring anyone to justice? I have my doubts. Now, if
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  we're talking about the other crimes passing on information, you know,
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  process crimes, maybe I think there's a good possibility that
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  people could end up getting some bracelets for that, but
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  anything further, I'm just not confident that we'll see any
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  kind of meaningful law enforcement action. They have already approached
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  potential victims to share their accounts, including women who have
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  previously spoken to BBC Newsnight and Good Morning Britain. The
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  group is chaired by Assistant Chief Constable Clara Bell, deputy
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  director at the National Center for Violence Against Women and
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  Girls and Public Protection and CVPP. So I'm not too
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  familiar with any of these bodies over in the UK,
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  so I'm not gonna have too many comments as far
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  as you know, personality wise, because I'm not familiar with
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  the people who are running these groups. All I can
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  say is that it's nice to see that at least
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  there's something as far as the law enforcement effort to
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  get to the bottom of what occurred. And I would
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  really love to see that in America, but we're not
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  gonna have it, not with Todd Blanche, certainly not with
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  Pam Bondy. And unfortunately, the real gorilla in the room
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  that's causing problems is Donald Trump. Everything's happening at his command.
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  He doesn't want these files out, so all the s
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  men that surround him, they're gonna do whatever Donald Trump wants.
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  And make no mistake, the DOJ is nothing more than
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  another arm for the President at this point, and that's
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  not what the DOJ is supposed to be. It will
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  prioritize identifying the scale, scope and nature of any potential
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  UK based offending within the files, and establishing a nationally
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  coordinated and consistent approach to gathering and assessing intelligence. Assistant
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  Chief Constable Bell said last week. Policing operates locally, but
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  must remain nationally coherent, which is why the coordination groups
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  have been established to ensure that we're joining the dots
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  as the public would expect. Look, I hope this is
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  a tangible investigation and they're not just blown, smoke up
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  or ass because we know that the authorities in the
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  UK previously had zero desire to look into any of this.
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  So are they just doing it now because people are
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  demanding it or are they dedicated to really looking for
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  the truth. And I hope it's that they're dedicated, but
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  like usual, I have my doubts. Working with the NCAA
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  National Crime TME agency, we're reviewing and assessing the published files.
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  We have also reached out to survivors who have shared
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  their experiences with the media to invite them to speak
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  to UK authorities should they feel comfortable to do so.
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  Police forces may receive direct contact from potential victims and
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  survivors reporting matters that are not contained in the Epstein
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  files released. Officers will listen with care to anyone who
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  takes the courageous step of contacting us. And my guess
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  is there's going to be a lot of people that
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  reach out. Will some of them be crazy people, probably,
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  but the vast majority of people that are contacting the
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  authorities are people that have been wronged by Jeffrey Epstein
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  and his associates. So I'm sure they're going to have
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  their work cut out for them. Over in the UK.
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  She said that the police would be meticulous in its
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  assessment of the files, which includes more than three million
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  documents in pictures released in tranches by the US. She
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  said the volume of material is significant and the detail
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  assessment of the files will take time, which I fully
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  appreciate can be both frustrating and traumatic for anyone impacted,
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  but it's crucial that we get this right, taking a
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  methodical and coordinated approach to safeguard the integrity of any
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  potential investigation. Our priority throughout will remain the safety, well
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  being and confidence of victims, and that, of course is
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  the right way to go about it. You have to
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  center the survivors, right, They're the ones who suffered, They're
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  the ones who went through it. They're the ones that
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  need justice. Now, the rest of us have been wronged
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  as well, but it pels in comparison to what these
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  girls went through. So that's why it's important to make
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  sure that these survivors are centered and that justice comes
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  to those who hurt them. The VOGUE Coordination Group will
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  be working alongside the NCAA and the Tackling Organized Exploitation
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  Program to X and draw upon the expertise of colleagues
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  from HYDRANT, the CSE, Child Sexual Exploitation Task Force, and
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  Operation Beaconport. Assistant Chief Conspell added, no single crime takes
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  priority over another, and the establishment of this second group
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  and investment in additional intelligence resources reflects the increasing complexity
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  and sensitivity of these matters. Running in tandem, the group
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  will enable us to consider any in all potential offending
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  and reaffirm our commitment to victims and survivors of abuse.
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  We remain focused on protecting people and maintaining public confidence. Well,
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  good luck with that. I don't think anybody's confident in
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  any of these institutions, whether it's the UK or America.
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  And that's because these institutions, well, they failed us time
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  and time again. US lawmakers have repeatedly called for mister
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  Mountbatten Windsor to answer questions about his links to Epstein.
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  He's denied any wrongdoing over his Epstein links. Is also
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  mounting on Miss Ferguson to testify in the US over
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  her apparent friendship with Epstein, although there has been no
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  formal request for her to do so. I think it's performative,
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  and I don't think that Fergie's gonna offer anything up
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  if we bring her in front of Congress. I'd much
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  rather hear from Leslie Groff or Adriana Ross or Sarah
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  Kell and Vickers. Files released by the Department of Justice
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  in January revealed she remained in contact with the disgraced financier,
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  including just seventeen days before his release from a Florida
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  jail for soliciting sex with miners. What they mean by
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  that is abusing kids. No such thing as a child
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  prostitute can't solicit miners. That makes you a child molester.
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  Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Last month, both
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  mister Mandelsson and mister mount batt and Windsor were separately
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  arrested by policing connection with the passing of information to Epstein.
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  They were both released under investigation, and of course that
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  investigation is ongoing, and like usual, we're going to follow
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  along with it wherever it goes and when it comes
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  to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes in the UK and Yourope, this
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  story is still unfolding, and like usual, we're going to
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  be here for all of it, every step of the way.
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  Every story that drops will have it added to the catalog.
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  And to all of you who have been rolling with
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  me for all these years, and to those of you
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  who have just shown up, I appreciate each and every
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  one of you. You folks are the real ones, the
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  people who haven't been distracted, the people who continue to
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  demand justice, and the people who refuse to move on,
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  because it's you folks who keep the pressure on. And
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  if and when we ever get to a point where
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  we have real justice, it's going to be because of
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  you that we got there. So I just wanted to
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  thank all of you for your contributions and for not
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  letting the story die, because, believe me, that's the goal.
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  But there's one thing that they didn't account for this time,
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  and that's you, And when all is said and done,
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  that might be their biggest mistake. All the information that
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