Democrats release photos of Trump from Epstein estate
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Ankur Desai, and in the early hours of Saturday, December the 13th, these are our main stories. US Democrats released photos from the estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring rich and powerful people, including President Trump. Thailand has carried out further attacks on Cambodia, the day after President Trump said the two countries' leaders had agreed to a new ceasefire. And European Union member states decide to freeze Russian assets worth more than $200 billion for an indefinite period. Also in this podcast, the security forces in Iran have arrested the winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, Nargis Mohammadi. And King Charles says his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year.
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We start in the US, where Democrats have released 89 photos from the estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, some of which feature rich and powerful people who'd mixed with him, including Donald Trump and the former President Bill Clinton. All those pictured have strongly denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and the images do not depict any misconduct. The White House has accused Democrats of seeking to create a false narrative. I asked a correspondent in Washington, Sean Dilley, what they showed.
They show absolutely nothing that we haven't known for a long time. It does demonstrate, it reiterates the very powerful relationships that Epstein had with some key world figures. But Donald Trump's never denied, for example, that he and Jeffrey Epstein were friends. He said they fell out. in the early 2000s, for instance. So it's a matter of record and full admission that he would be in photographs historically. Same with Bill Clinton, Bill Gates there, Steve Bannon, the former White House advisor, Andrew Mountbatten, you know, all these names that people would know are there. And I'm going to be absolutely clear, having gone through the photos that have been released by the Oversight Committee, and of course, there could be more released.
But none of the photos are a smoking gun. Barely any of them. In fact, frankly, none of them are even a slightly soaking wet water pistol.
So then why are Democrats releasing them now? And what are we hearing from the Republicans where some have said in the past they wanted these files and photos released?
The Democrats, and specifically let's focus on Robert Garcia, who essentially heads the Democrat part of this oversight committee. They're saying this is about transparency. They say that they've obtained 95,000 images from the Epstein estate. Now, what we do know is that separately, after this long running sort of drama that was happening within the White House and Capitol Hill. Donald Trump, who during the election and his campaign said he would like to release them, suddenly seemed to be less keen on doing so.
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4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:08
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Why did Democrats release photos of Trump from Epstein's estate?
7:08–11:57
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What accusations are Republicans making regarding the photo release?
11:57–28:37
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What are the implications of the ongoing conflict between Thailand and Cambodia?
28:37–29:33
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