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Will Sommer

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The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

I suspect the documents are just, you know, the D.C. police saying, yeah, we think it was a botched robbery and that's it. But now that the FBI has continued to withhold the documents and said, well, maybe we'll give you a list of the documents. So now that we see these pro Trump influencers saying, you know, Pam Bondi, God darn it, you got to release this stuff. And let's say she does release it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

They're still going to be mad because there's not a document that says Hillary Clinton. Here's a picture of Hillary Clinton shooting Seth Rich. And so that's going to keep going. And I think she's I mean, it depends how much Trump cares about this stuff. Probably not hugely, but I do think she's really being set up to take the fall for a lot of these conspiracy theories not coming true.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

They're still going to be mad because there's not a document that says Hillary Clinton. Here's a picture of Hillary Clinton shooting Seth Rich. And so that's going to keep going. And I think she's I mean, it depends how much Trump cares about this stuff. Probably not hugely, but I do think she's really being set up to take the fall for a lot of these conspiracy theories not coming true.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

They're still going to be mad because there's not a document that says Hillary Clinton. Here's a picture of Hillary Clinton shooting Seth Rich. And so that's going to keep going. And I think she's I mean, it depends how much Trump cares about this stuff. Probably not hugely, but I do think she's really being set up to take the fall for a lot of these conspiracy theories not coming true.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

There's this real focus on they imagine that there's this huge client list that's going to be, you know, Oprah, Tom Hanks and whoever. I mean, it's be very vindicating. But on the other hand, as you said, I mean, Julie Brown, who knows this better than anybody and other Epstein reporters have said there isn't really a client list.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

There's this real focus on they imagine that there's this huge client list that's going to be, you know, Oprah, Tom Hanks and whoever. I mean, it's be very vindicating. But on the other hand, as you said, I mean, Julie Brown, who knows this better than anybody and other Epstein reporters have said there isn't really a client list.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

There's this real focus on they imagine that there's this huge client list that's going to be, you know, Oprah, Tom Hanks and whoever. I mean, it's be very vindicating. But on the other hand, as you said, I mean, Julie Brown, who knows this better than anybody and other Epstein reporters have said there isn't really a client list.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

The names have been redacted to mostly victims or people who weren't really involved, but just who come up in the documents. Nevertheless, I mean, Pam Bondi was kind of ramping this up. She said, I've got the list on my desk. We've just got to review it. And so then a few days later, all these influencers, these MAGA people come to the White House for an unrelated meeting.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

The names have been redacted to mostly victims or people who weren't really involved, but just who come up in the documents. Nevertheless, I mean, Pam Bondi was kind of ramping this up. She said, I've got the list on my desk. We've just got to review it. And so then a few days later, all these influencers, these MAGA people come to the White House for an unrelated meeting.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

The names have been redacted to mostly victims or people who weren't really involved, but just who come up in the documents. Nevertheless, I mean, Pam Bondi was kind of ramping this up. She said, I've got the list on my desk. We've just got to review it. And so then a few days later, all these influencers, these MAGA people come to the White House for an unrelated meeting.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

And according to ABC's reporting, Pam Bondi then said, we'll surprise them with the Epstein documents. And so she and Cash showed up and said, like, hey, we got them. And then as we know, it turned out to be nearly entirely previously released files. But it still occasioned this kind of like...

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

And according to ABC's reporting, Pam Bondi then said, we'll surprise them with the Epstein documents. And so she and Cash showed up and said, like, hey, we got them. And then as we know, it turned out to be nearly entirely previously released files. But it still occasioned this kind of like...

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

And according to ABC's reporting, Pam Bondi then said, we'll surprise them with the Epstein documents. And so she and Cash showed up and said, like, hey, we got them. And then as we know, it turned out to be nearly entirely previously released files. But it still occasioned this kind of like...

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

In retrospect, kind of sick, the photo op, everyone's like, look, we got evidence of the child trafficking. Yeah, there was a smiling. Yeah, very happy about it. Because they say that they were sending the message to the press. They were taking pictures of them like, we're the media now.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

In retrospect, kind of sick, the photo op, everyone's like, look, we got evidence of the child trafficking. Yeah, there was a smiling. Yeah, very happy about it. Because they say that they were sending the message to the press. They were taking pictures of them like, we're the media now.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

In retrospect, kind of sick, the photo op, everyone's like, look, we got evidence of the child trafficking. Yeah, there was a smiling. Yeah, very happy about it. Because they say that they were sending the message to the press. They were taking pictures of them like, we're the media now.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

Yeah, and in this case, these are even more sensitive documents. Let's make sure they're treated with, you know, the discretion and the respect, you know, that this issue deserves. Right, think about the victims, right, on respect, right? Yeah, instead of a, it's sort of a party favor for visiting the White House.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

Yeah, and in this case, these are even more sensitive documents. Let's make sure they're treated with, you know, the discretion and the respect, you know, that this issue deserves. Right, think about the victims, right, on respect, right? Yeah, instead of a, it's sort of a party favor for visiting the White House.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

Yeah, and in this case, these are even more sensitive documents. Let's make sure they're treated with, you know, the discretion and the respect, you know, that this issue deserves. Right, think about the victims, right, on respect, right? Yeah, instead of a, it's sort of a party favor for visiting the White House.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Across the MAGA-Verse

And so instead, we get, we have Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec, who are kind of like notorious Pizzagate promoters. and sort of right-wing media characters. I guess when it comes to the credibility of their claims, perhaps I would not give them the Epstein documents. We have a woman named Jessica Reed Krause, who I think, you know, put a pin in that.