Trump’s Dark Past Surfaces as Deadline Terrifies Him

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What strategies is Trump using to cover up the Epstein files?

Otis Jiry 0:00
Biltema.
Ben Meiselas 0:30
Donald Trump and his regime are doing everything they can to cover up his dark, sick, dastardly past. We were wondering, okay, what was their strategy going to be to block the release of the Epstein files when, based on the current law, they must be released on December 19th? And we've been flagging here what the evolving plan was by the Department of Justice and the FBI. They were going to say that they've released all of the documents that they're required to by law and that are otherwise not prohibited by court orders. Remember last week we showed you that one of the first moves the DOJ did was they rushed into federal court. to demand that grand jury testimony be released when under federal rule of criminal procedure 6E and federal rule of criminal procedure 6, this grand jury testimony is not allowed to be produced.
Ben Meiselas 1:19
And so what I said this Trump regime was going to do is when the federal courts denied the production of grand jury testimony, they're going to say, see, the courts are denying the production of documents and they were going to try to trick you and trick the public that may not know about the way court proceedings work and grand jury proceedings versus the files that, oh, look, a court's the one blocking it. So there's nothing we can do if the courts are blocking. Well, we have a few things happening right now. There has been public records requests made, and we have federal judges in D.C. like Judge Tanya Chutkin expediting the FOIA request, the Freedom of Information Act request to turn over the Epstein files.
Ben Meiselas 1:57
We have other federal judges like Judge Berman and others expediting

What legal actions are being taken to expedite the release of Epstein documents?

Ben Meiselas 2:00
in New York who were basically saying to the Department of Justice, all right, based on the Epstein transparency law, tell us all the documents that are out there and let us know what's included in your file. Don't try to set us up as the court. And here's what we're seeing as well. This is what Kash Patel said when he was on state regime media, which calls itself Fox on Tuesday evening. This is basically the plan that the regime is laying out to cover up the files, just so you see what's taking place here. Patel is responding to Laura Ingraham and they act like the Epstein files are released. So Ingraham's like, all right, so you wait a little long, but now they're out there. So do you think that you may have took a little bit too much heat for waiting so long?
Ben Meiselas 2:44
And then you'll hear what Cash Patel goes. He's like, well, We are putting out as much as we can that is lawful and not prohibited by court orders. Now, they're gonna make the decision what they consider to be lawful, and they're gonna say anything that involves privacy issues or any of these powerful men who are listed in there who were never actually charged, we can't release their names. And remember what MAGA Mike Johnson said, because we'll be creating a class of new victims. It's sick and disgusting what they're saying, but that's what they're saying is that all these other people who are listed who were never prosecuted, we can't make them the new victims. I know it's horrific.

How is the DOJ planning to respond to the December 19 deadline?

Ben Meiselas 3:23
That's what MAGA Mike said. But I just want you to watch this. This is the Trump regime plan. They've got propaganda media, Fox, that's kind of trying to tell its audience like, So you're doing it, right? You did what you got to do. And then Cash Patel's like, well, we already released 40,000 documents. We've done a lot. And, you know, we're just going to produce what's lawful and what's not prohibited by court orders. I want you to watch what he says right here, because this is very telling. Here, play this clip.
Mr. Director, our viewers also are just they're chomping at the bit on why it took the Epstein files so long to be released. Any any regrets there? Was that an unforced error? Just should we have gotten them out earlier?

What role does Kash Patel play in the Epstein file controversy?

Just get them all out there. Just thought I'd give you a chance to react to that. Yeah, look, this FBI has produced 40,000 pages of documents to Congress. To put that in comparison, Wray put out 13,000 in seven years and Comey put out 3,000.

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