The Transparency Mandate: Why the Epstein Files Are Still Raising Questions (3/10/26)

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2:05is to not want these files to be released, especially when the people who want to stop it, consistently yelled and screamed, about locking people up for the last 8-10 years. But now all of a sudden we have actual, disgusting individuals who need to be locked up. And we should pump the brakes. The files shouldn't be released. We should worry about people's reputations, which is crazy as well, considering they've had all these years to come forward and explain themselves and they never did. In fact, they all lied about it. And now that they're getting called out, you have people out here talking about reputational abuse, talking about dragging people through the mud, and it's telling all these people that are worried about these scumbags and the reputations. They don't have anything to say about the survivors. No words of sympathy. In fact, instead they try to set them up and call them traffickers themselves.

3:05So you see what's going on here? They're trying to flip the narrative. They're trying to steal the narrative. And they're all dancing to the tune that's being played by Donald Trump. But in my opinion, if you have nothing to hide, then you'd want all these files to see the light of day. And on the flip side of that, if you're carrying on, the way the Trump administration is carrying on, the question is, what are you hiding? Today we have an article from the Hill and the headline. Release the rest of the Epstein files now. This article was authored by William S. Becker. More than 50 years ago, whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg released thousands of pages of top secret information that revealed how successive American presidents, lied to the American people about the Vietnam War. Tens of thousands of US servicemen died unnecessarily because of the cover-up. Don't think that this is the first cover-up, folks. It most certainly is not.

4:06But we've been able to pull some threads here. And we've been able to disrupt it. Now we haven't made it go away. But I think we've done a great job at disrupting what they planned. And as they adjust on the fly, they're making mistakes. Although the Pentagon papers revealed a much different type of tragedy, the Epstein files will end with a similar result, one way or another. The truth will come out. I really hope so. I think we all deserve the truth, right? We all deserve to know what's going on, how our tax dollars are being spent, what sort of scumbags the government is in bed with. These are all things that are important to the American people. And the fact that they try to cover this up continuously is going to blow up in their faces. When all of this finally comes out, it's going to be so bad, and it's going to cause so much reputational harm to these institutions that I don't think there's going to be any recovery from it.

5:08The Pentagon papers were a study of Vietnam war ordered by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. They consisted of 47 volumes, 3,000 pages of analysis, and 4,000 government documents. To hold them close, the task force that conducted the study made only 15 copies. Ellsberg was a contractor who worked on the study. In 1971, he put himself in legal jeopardy by giving a copy to Marcus Raskin, the late father of representative Jamie Raskin. Raskin, who worked at the National Security Council, linked Ellsberg up with the New York Times, which published the study on its first page. Look, whistleblowers are heroes, man. We need more of them. And if you notice, that's why they're trying to get rid of the protection for the whistleblowers. In such an aggressive manner, they don't want these people ratting them out. In my opinion, people like this, heroes.

6:11The American people deserve to know what their government is doing. It revealed that President Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson had systematically lied to Congress and the American people about the war's progress. They knew it was unwinnable, but allowed it to continue. Although President Richard Nixon's Vietnam policy were not part of the study, he continued the pattern. Tens of thousands of US servicemen died needlessly. Vietnam was the biggest joke in the history of jokes. And the fact that we were even there is such a stain on our country. The Pentagon papers cause lasting damage to American people's trust in the federal government that trust is being damaged again now by the Epstein papers. The millions of documents withheld from Congress and the American people by the US Department of Justice. They may contain information about the sex trafficking of young women

7:12and even minors by powerful people in the orbit of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Blaine Maxwell. Not may, they do. Now, not to the level that some people will have you believe. And I've told you that for a very long time. Epstein wasn't running a traditional trafficking service like Heidi Fleiss. The girls were part of the sweetener for the people he was trying to cajole. So it wasn't like he was, you know, setting people up on back page or Craigslist, that's not what he was doing. And when I say there's layers to this, that's what I'm talking about. Last November, with nearly unanimous bipartisan approval, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the Justice Department to publicly release all unclassified material related to these allegations. However, the department subsequently ignored the law's deadline, releasing only three million documents that did not fully comply with the law's instructions.

8:13And what was the penalty? Nothing. They could just do whatever they want. Must be nice to be the DOJ. That puts Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and FBI Director Cash Patel, and Direct Violation of the Law. They're preventing justice for dozens of women and girls, thousands by the way, some as young as 14, who were allegedly trafficked, raped, or brutalized. The Justice Department's failure to investigate thoroughly and prosecute spanned several presidencies, both Republican and Democratic. I think people need to focus on that more. This is the whole system failure here folks. The whole engine broke. We're not just talking about, you know, the brake system going down or the transmission, the whole ass engine blew up. And then we just drove around with a blown ass engine, like it was no big deal. Well, I assure you it's a big deal. And now we want answers. Raskin, who has seen many of the files, reports that Trump's name

9:16appears more than a million times, because the president's personal history is already riddled with allegations of inappropriate and unwanted sexual conduct with women, the Justice Department's behavior leaves doubts as to whether the remaining files would totally exonerate them of wrongdoing in Epstein's orbit as he claims. If that is truly the case, he could remove any doubt by ordering the department's release of all of them, and that's exactly what I've said from the jump, and all the excuses that are put forward by Trump supporters are all moot. If he has nothing to hide and it'll be exonerated, why not release all the files? Craving the coffee flavor you love, but without the caffeine, Kachavas got you covered with their newest coffee flavor. This all-in-one nutrition shake delivers bold, authentic flavor, crafted from premium, decaffeinated Brazilian beans with 25 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, greens, and so much more. Treat yourself to the flavor and nutrition your body craves. Go to Kachava.com and use code

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11:19Limited time only, price and participation may vary, cannot be combined with any other offer. That's it, that's all, and I know I said it once, and I'll say it a million more times. If it was me, I'd demand that every file is released, and then anybody who said anything crazy about me, I'd sue them. Oh, I molested you, I hurt you, okay, let's go to court, La Zia Discovery. We haven't seen much of that, have we? Congress's credibility is on the line now. It must assert its oversight responsibility, and review the documents to determine whether there are legitimate reasons to withhold them from the public. The Justice Department's behavior already constitutes grounds for impeaching Bondy, Blanche, and Patel. We shouldn't assume that impeachment and conviction would be futile with Congress under Republican control. What member of Congress wants his legacy or her legacy

12:20tarnished by helping to cover up sex crimes at the highest levels of society? You know, I used to think the same thing, but they've done a pretty good job trying to frame this as a hoax. And you see the pivot, they're even attacking the girls who were abused. So if you're coming from that angle, that place, do you really think they're going to vote? For impeaching Bondy, Blanche, and Patel, I have my doubts. Look, I don't trust any of these people, Republican or Democrat, but the way the Republicans are conducting themselves right now is absolutely disgusting, especially considering the Republicans were on top of the hill, yelling about Epstein for years. But now that their guy is in the crosshairs, that he's mentioned a bunch of times, it's all a hoax. Talk about losing credibility and losing it fast. With the entire House of Representatives and the third of the Senate facing re-election

13:21in eight months, who is willing to go on record as a co-conspirator in the Justice Department's cover up? Well, a lot of people look at that Wayne Mullin, whatever his name is, the idiot that just took over for no. Or the moron who didn't vote for this, or the idiots who get up there in Congress and don't ask questions about the survivors and ask Pam Bondy about the Dow. You really think those people care? Their loyalty isn't even to party or country, their loyalty is to Donald Trump, and I have a hard time believing that these people are going to break ranks and do the right thing. Now, obviously, I would love to be surprised, and I would love to come here and eat crow and say to you, look, I was completely wrong. Congress, they really care about this, and they're going to pursue it to the end of the earth. I have a funny feeling. I'll never be coming here and saying that. Who wants to be on record that rich and powerful men are above

14:23the law while children are unprotected from the violence to crimes? And who wants to show that the Republican Party is loyal to or afraid of predators? We've seen Trump resort to dangerous behavior to distract the country when he feels cornered, reckless wars appear to be among them. It's time for the government to prove it will demand justice without fear or favor. We shouldn't have to rely on another Ellsberg to make that happen, and look, I agree a thousand percent now's the time. No more screwing around. We're talking about decades here, and as far as I'm concerned, anybody that's still standing in the way of this release is complicit. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. Craving the coffee flavor you love, but without the caffeine, Kachava's got you covered with their newest coffee flavor. This all-in-one nutrition shake delivers bold, authentic flavor, crafted from premium, decaffeinated Brazilian beans. With 25 grams of protein,

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