Matt Gaetz
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And so he and I were in that big struggle, and I believe he was angry with me and wanted to leak things that would hurt me.
Also, I mean, we're the United States of America.
You can't even go in and out of a casino without people knowing that you're there and without it being on every camera.
And you're telling me that we don't have the video of Epstein killing himself and that we're all just supposed to expect this guy who we know, we know.
All those people who are in the admin now, my friends, they know Epstein was intel.
They know he was tied to our intel.
They know he was tied to Mossad.
They knew he was tied to Saudi.
He was a free agent.
He was willing to go.
Yeah.
And he was willing to go and get this compromise at a time when the British and the Israelis and the United States government needed to get people aligned with the Iraq war.
And there was a worry that people would drift off and start opposing an increasingly unpopular war in Iraq.
And so they got together a bunch of people in academia, politics, media, business, and tried to get them in a compromising situation so that then everyone would stay on board no matter what.
Leaks happen in – I mean I'm not going to sit here and pearl clutch over some leak.
When the FBI took my phone away, I assumed this was all – when they first came – On what grounds did they take it?
Well, they came with a subpoena and said, we want your phone.
And at the time, I was somewhat relieved because I thought, perfect.
If what you think is in my phone is some sort of untoward issue with underage people, have a look.
And obviously, if I'd committed any crimes, they kept my phone for years.