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Andrew Weissmann

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The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

You know, Judge Miller thinks that it should have been more.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

But Ali Nathan, very good judge in the Southern District, now Second Circuit judge, said 20 years.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

That is what she's going to do absent the president giving her some kind of pardon or commutation.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

And so they could immunize her and force her to testify before Congress.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

And then if she lies, she could be prosecuted.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

If she refuses to testify, that's a separate crime of contempt of court.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

That's what Steve Bannon was charged with and convicted of.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

And any time that she would do for that would be consecutive to her current time.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

So anyway, they have a way to force her to actually have to come to Congress and answer questions.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

And actually confront her with a whole host of things.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

I am particularly interested in the email exchange, which we just learned about, where Jeffrey Epstein said the dog that didn't bark is Donald Trump, meaning he has not said anything about us and what I was doing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

And she doesn't say anything.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

what are you talking about?

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

Like, what are you, I don't know what you're doing that he would possibly know about.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

She doesn't say, why would he possibly know about this?

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

Instead, she says, and I'm going to paraphrase it, I was thinking about that too.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

So why would you give that answer if this is somebody who you think would have no idea about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to?

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

Well, and also the Republicans who just voted to sort of force the president to do this, they could say we want to hear from Glenn Maxwell and they could join with Democrats and do this.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

And the other is I think it's worth people talking about it so that there's sort of public pressure for accountability here and let the Republicans who had taken this step with respect to documents now take a step with respect to a witness.

The Bulwark Podcast
Andrew Weissmann: Just Release the Damn Epstein Files

Yeah.