Sentence Splitter
The congressional order requiring the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files was build as a victory for transparency last month when it was signed into law
Since the files started being released a day laid in small increments and with heavy redactions, it's become a chaotic spectacle of incompetence, technical failure, and selective disclosure, making the most unhinged conspiracy theorists look reasonable
On Christmas Eve, it was announced that additional files had been uncovered and that it would likely take a few more weeks for the full data set to be released
The scale of the emission is staggering
To date, the Department of Justice has released just 11,034 documents
Yet, with this sudden request for delay, the department admitted that it has uncovered over a million additional records that still need to be reviewed
This admission is a humiliating reversal for Attorney General Pal Bondi, who in February told the public that the relevant files were sitting on her desk and ready for review
This pivot from ready to release to too much to process confirms the worst fears of transparency advocates
Simple math dictates that if a million documents remain hidden, the public has seen perhaps 1% of the total cash
Rather than the flood of clarity Congress demanded, we've received a muddy trickle, a disparity that critics argue amounts to a deliberate failure to comply with the law
The incompetence was absolute
Ordinary members of the public quickly discovered that some redacted text could be revealed by simply copying and pasting the document into a different format
These digital slipups exposed not sensitive victim data, but financial records and details that the law explicitly forbade the DOJ from hiding, proving that the censorship was often protecting reputations, not victims
Beyond the political theater, genuine scandals have emerged from the recently released files that contradict the official narrative that we've been fed
For months, administration officials like Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Cash Patel insisted that there was no client list and nothing to see in the files
Patel went further, telling Congress that there's no credible information, none, that Epstein traffked women to others
The documents prove otherwise
Buried within the release is a revelation that federal agents identified and attempted to contact 10 potential co-conspirators immediately after Epstein's 2019 arrest
While most names remain redacted, the existence of this list confirms that suspects beyond Epstein and Chellain Maxwell have been on the FBI's radar for years
Equally damning is the revelation of catastrophic institutional failure
We now know the FBI was alerted to Epstein's abuse as far back as 1996 when Maria Farmer reported that the then 43-year-old financier had stolen nude photos of her sisters aged just 12 and 16
The FBI report notes that Epstein was believed to have sold the pictures to potential buyers, a chilling detail that hints at the very trafficking network Patel denied existed
These revelations, importantly, shatter a lingering myth perpetuated by commentators like Megan Kelly that Epstein was merely a playboy who took advantage of willing teenagers dazzled by his wealth and celebrity connections
The files depict a much nastier, more dangerous reality
a predator who threatened to burn down a teenage victim's house if she spoke out and whose victims were often small children, not party girls
Then there are the bizarre anomalies that feel pulled from a tabloid fever dream
Buried in the cache was a suicide note purportedly written by Epstein to disgrace gymnastics doctor Larry Nasser containing grotesque claims about the US president
The Department of Justice has officially labeled the letter's contents unfounded and false
And there are many reasons to believe that it might be a hoax, but they released it anyway
A decision that's only fueled the very speculation they seem to want to discourage
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To tell the full story, we have to look far beyond the government's muddy trickle of information
We'll combine the Department of Justice files with new data and photos released by the House Oversight Committee and groundbreaking reporting from the New York Times
While the FBI sat on its hands, reporters were digging through archives, interviewing people who had worked with Epstein and knew him socially to reveal the true source of his wealth, exposing him not as a financial wizard, but instead as a relentless scammer who built his empire on a lifetime of frauds, Ponzylike schemes, and the betrayal of friends
The contrast between the investigative success of the press and the abject failure of the state is damning
The government has all the tools needed to uncover the truth
The power to compel testimony, the ability to track the movement of every cent through the banking system and full access to the IRS tax records
Yet, it was journalists, not federal agents, who connected the dots
It's crazy that the ball has been dropped like this on such a high-profile case
And it's no wonder that conspiracy theories have bloomed because, as the files now prove, an actual conspiracy existed
Today, I'm going to break down the new data releases in three parts
First, we'll examine the new evidence of co-conspirators and the specific warnings that the FBI ignored in the 1990s
Second, we'll contrast the government's chaotic redacted dump with the forensic accounting done by journalists that finally explains the mechanics of Epstein's wealth
And finally, we'll ask the question that the DOJ is seemingly desperate to avoid
If the government knew in 1996 what Jeffrey Epstein was up to, why did it take 23 years and a billion dollars in stolen money to stop him
For months, the official line from Washington had been that the conspiracy began and ended with Jeffrey Epstein and his jailed accomplice Maxwell
The administration insisted that the circle of guilt was a closed loop
In sworn testimony to Congress, FBI director Cash Patel was unequivocal. >> Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to besides himself? >> Himself
There is no credible information, none
If there were, I would bring the case yesterday. >> This claim strained credul from the moment it was uttered
The public has long known, thanks to leaks like the birthday book, that Epstein did not operate in a vacuum
But what was once strong suspicion is now documented fact
The files prove unequivocally that Patel's testimony was at best a catastrophic failure of memory and at worst a lie
Buried in this week's chaotic document dump is a heavily redacted email chain from July 2019 sent just hours after Epstein's arrest
In it, an FBI agent asks a colleague for an update on the status of the 10 co-conspirators
This is not speculation
It's a timestamped federal record
The email confirms that from the very first moments of the 2019 investigation, the FBI had identified 10 specific targets
So, who were they and why were they never charged
The DOJ has redacted seven of the 10 names, citing privacy concerns, a justification the new law explicitly forbids for anyone other than victims
However, three of the names were left visible
Galain Maxwell, Jean Luke Brunell, the French modeling agent who died in prison awaiting trial, and Leslie Wexner, the billionaire retail tycoon behind Victoria's Secret
Wexner's inclusion is explosive
For decades, he was Epstein's primary patron, entrusting the former math teacher with total control over his billions
While Wexner severed his financial ties in 2007 and claims that he was never a target of the federal investigation, his presence on a verified FBI suspect list suggests that agents believe that the money trail and the abuse trail were intertwined
The most chilling evidence of a wider conspiracy comes not from 2019, but from 1996
Included in the files is a police report filed by Maria Farmer, an artist who worked for Epstein
She told the FBI explicitly that Epstein and Maxwell had stolen nude photographs of her younger sisters, aged 12 and 16, that she had taken for her own personal artwork
Crucially, the report notes that Epstein was believed to have sold the pictures to potential buyers
This single sentence destroys the lonewolf narrative
If Epstein and Maxwell were selling photographs like this, then there were buyers
And if the FBI knew about potential buyers of this type of material in 1996 and co-conspirators in 2019, the question is no longer if others were involved
The question is why the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world decided to stop looking for them
While the co-conspirators list points to a cold, hard cover up, much of the release resembles a hall of mirrors, a chaotic junk drawer of evidence that mixes genuine leads with bizarre anomalies
Take the suicide note
Buried in the cash is a letter purportedly written by Epstein to Larry Nasser, the disgraced gymnastics doctor
Nasser is a true monster who was convicted of abusing more than 150 women and girls and sentenced to 175 years in prison
Some estimates of the number of victims goes beyond 300
Dear ln, the note reads, as you know by now, I've taken the short route home
Good luck
We shared one thing, our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they'd reach their full potential
Our president also shares our love of young new girls
It then makes a lewd reference to the president's treatment of women and signs off life is unfair
Yours, J
Epstein
While the existence of a letter to Larry Nasser has been public knowledge since 2023 when the Associated Press reported on a return to sender envelope turning up in the jail's mail room
There are compelling reasons to doubt the document's authenticity
First, investigators have never established a clear link between Epstein and Nasser
So, why would Epstein choose to send his final thoughts to a stranger in a different prison rather than to a friend or family member
Second, the letter was postmarked 3 days after Epstein's death, which could theoretically be explained by the delays inherent in the prison mail inspection system
However, the markings indicate it was mailed from Northern Virginia, hundreds of miles from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, where Epstein died
Even if the note was written by Epstein, he would have known that it would be read by the prison mailing system and may be given extra attention after his death
So even if authentic, the note could still have been a final act of revenge on his old friend Trump
The DOJ may have dismissed the note as a forgery based on handwriting analysis, but its contradictions guarantee it'll be dissected by conspiracy theorists for decades to come
It feeds the conspiracy that there was a celebrity ring of abusers who were all in touch with each other
But it also contradicts the conspiracy that many believe that Epstein was murdered in prison to silence him
The Department of Justice took the unusual step of labeling the letter unfounded and false upon release, yet included it anyway
Then there's the bizarre footage of Epstein appearing to choke himself in his prison cell
A video that circulated online for years and is now formally included in the files simply because someone emailed it to the FBI asking if it was real
But if the noise is distracting, the silence regarding the president is deafening
Administration officials have repeatedly claimed that they're prioritizing transparency
Yet, the process has been dogged by accusations of bias
Internal documents reveal that the FBI referred to the effort as the Special Redaction Project, an initiative that racked up over $850,000 in overtime costs in a single week back in March
So, who knows what the total cost of the reductions has come to by now
But the return on that investment appears to be a sophisticated form of obstruction
Upon release, users reported a bizarre technical anomaly
Searching the digital files for Trump yielded almost zero results, making it look like the president didn't appear in the files at all
People eventually worked out that his name could only be found if you searched for Trump with a space at the end, a coding glitch that rendered him invisible to the general public
Meanwhile, specific files, including a photo of a desk in Epstein's home displaying two pictures of the president, were quietly removed from an online database and then re-uploaded only after a public outcry
Perhaps the most telling was the DOJ's framing when releasing the documents
The department included an unusually specific disclaimer warning that the files contained untrue and sensationalist claims about President Trump
No such warning was offered for the other well-known figures mentioned in the files
And then there's the incompetence
At least 550 pages were released entirely blacked out, a move that critics argue violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act
But some of the censorship was as poor as it was heavy-handed
Ordinary members of the public quickly discovered that some redactions were merely black bars placed over live text which could be revealed by copypasting the document into a text file
These hacks didn't all expose sensitive victim data, which was supposed to be what was being redacted, but instead financial records and details about Epstein's estate, proving that the censorship was designed to shield the powerful from embarrassment rather than to protect victims from further harm
If the technical failures were absolute, the political weaponization was strategic
But before we dissect the politics, we must address the sheer scope of the orbit
The files feature a surreal cast of characters that spans the entire spectrum of the global elite
The names dragged into the sunlight range from rock stars like Mick Jagger, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson
A Jagger was photographed with Clinton and a redacted image of a woman
While he hasn't made any statements about the release, there's no suggestion that he was involved with or aware of any of the actions of Bill Clinton or Jeffrey Epstein
There were Hollywood A-listers in the files like Kevin Spacy and Leonardo DiCaprio, titans of science and industry like Bill Gates and Nam Chomsky, and even David Copperfield, the magician, the creepiest style of entertainer
It's important to state clearly that appearing in a photograph with Jeffrey Epstein or flying on his jet does not inherently imply criminal wrongdoing
For many, Epstein was simply a fixture of the social circuit, a wealthy donor whose sinister reality was hidden in plain sight
But for others, the association was far deeper
Former President Bill Clinton featured heavily in the first batch of release documents
While the files contain no evidence of specific crimes, they confirm a long comfortable friendship that Clinton has spent years trying to downplay
He's seen relaxing in hot tubs and swimming with Chellain Maxwell
Images that are embarrassing, if not indictable
Yet for the current White House, embarrassing was not enough
In a move that stripped away any pretense of impartiality, a deputy press secretary tweeted a photo from the files showing Clinton with Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and three small children
The children's faces were redacted, implying that they were possible victims
The implication was a lie
The photo had been taken at a public charity event and the children belonged to Jackson and Diana Ross
The fact that the White House deputy press secretary felt the need to manufacture a scandal when the reality of Clinton's association with Epstein was already damaging enough speaks volumes about how low political figures will go to discredit each other
We're also left with the question of whether prior administrations kept these files sealed, not to protect justice, but because Epstein was a bipartisan embarrassment who compromised everyone he was involved with
This question of protection then brings us to Alexander Acasta, the former labor secretary who has long sat at the center of the Epstein saga's darkest theory
As the prosecutor who signed off on Epstein's sweetheart plea deal in 2008, Aosta famously claimed he was told to back off because Epstein belonged to intelligence and was above his pay grade
He later denied saying this, but if true, this suggests that for decades, the US government didn't just ignore a predator, it shielded one
The cost of that protection is made viscerally clear in the new photos released by the House Oversight Committee
These images destroy once again the party girl myth once and for all
They show young girls with lines from the novel Lolita written in black marker across their bodies on their chests, feet, and spines
It's a grotesque display of branding that turns literary pretention into evidence of systematic abuse
While most of the press has been about Clinton and Trump, the public figure who emerges most damaged by the New Files is not a politician, but a prince, or at least a former prince
Welcome peasants
This is diary of a professional eminent duke and orator. >> The documents about Andrew contain what might be the closest thing to a smoking gun in the entire release
An email exchange between Chellain Maxwell and a sender signed simply a who has widely been identified as Prince Andrew
In the emails, the former prince writes from Bal Marl to ask Maxwell if she has found him any new inappropriate friends, later discussing an upcoming trip to Peru
Maxwell instructs an associate to organize two-legged sightseeing for the prince, specifying that the women should be intelligent, pretty, fun, and from good families
The revelation that a member of the royal family was using official travel budgets to procure women via Epstein and Maxwell is a scandal that no amount of redaction can hide
If the failure to investigate the sexual crimes was a tragedy, the failure to investigate the financial crimes was a farce
I made a whole video about this a while back
Tracking the sources of Epstein's wealth would answer many questions about him and his co-conspirators
If there's anyone capable of working out how a high school math teacher transformed into a billionaire, it should be the Department of Justice
After all, the government possesses the ultimate investigative toolkit, the power to compel testimony, the ability to track the movement of every cent through the global banking system, and full access to IRS tax records
Yet, in more than 40 years of suspicious activity, federal agents failed to uncover the answer to the most basic question of the Epstein saga
Where did all the money come from
It took a team of journalists from the New York Times digging through dusty archives and interviewing forgotten associates, financial victims, and ex-girlfriends to finally dismantle the myth
I'll leave a link to the article in the description as it's well worth a read
As the journalists point out, for decades, Epstein sold himself as a financial doctor to the ultra wealthy, a renegade genius who could see patterns in the market that others missed
and an expert in taxes who could even sell tax planning services to people as financially sophisticated as private equity tycoons
The Times revealed a much grubbier reality
Epstein was no wizard
He was instead a relentless scammer who built his empire on a foundation of Ponzylike schemes, fraud, and a systematic betrayal of friends
He always seemed to know who to rip off and who it was more valuable to keep on as a friend
He started his career at Bear Sterns in 1976, having been hired by the firm's chairman, Ace Greenberg, specifically because he fit the profile of what Greenberg called PSD, someone who was poor, smart, and had a deep desire to become rich
He rose quickly even after he was caught lying about his education, claiming to have degrees from two separate colleges despite never graduating
He basically treated his resume like a creative writing assignment
And on Wall Street in the 70s, that was apparently a passing grade
He got away with a lot at Bear Sterns because his supervisors knew he was dating the chairman's daughter and viewed him as protected
Even still, his time on Wall Street didn't last
He left in 1981 after he was caught breaking federal rules
He had abused his expense account without consequence, but he was finally cornered for lending money to a friend in violation of regulations and funneling lucrative hot IPO shares to a girlfriend
After the firm fined and suspended him, he resigned
After leaving Wall Street, Epstein told people that he was a bounty hunter who could track down lost assets
But the reality was often just fraud
In 1982, for instance, he convinced an acquaintance named Martin Stroll to invest roughly 10% of his net worth, around $450,000, into a crude oil deal
The money vanished and Epstein essentially ghosted him
at one point sending Stroll a single quart of oil as a mockery when he demanded proof of the investment
He then moved on to partner with Steven Hoffenberg at a firm called Towers Financial, being paid $25,000 a month as a consultant
Hoffenberg would later claim that Epstein helped orchestrate the massive Ponzi scheme there that defrauded investors of nearly $500 million
Huffenberg went to prison and Epstein walked free
He also used the facade of highstakes corporate raiding to mask simple market manipulation
In 1988, he and some partners executed a pump and dump strategy with a chemical company called Penwald, driving up the stock price with a takeover bid
They then sold their shares for a large profit, but Epstein refused to return the investment to the friends he had recruited to fund the deal, effectively stealing their capital
His biggest source of wealth, however, was retail billionaire Leslie Wexner
Despite warnings from Wexner's own financial advisor, who told the billionaire he smelled a rat, Epstein managed to gain power of attorney over Wexner's entire fortune
Wexner later claimed that Epstein misappropriated vast sums of his money, which Epstein used to buy mansions, planes, and perhaps most importantly, credibility
He used his access to Wexner to open doors to the highest corridors of power, infiltrating the Clinton White House and sitting on boards for prestigious institutions like Rockefeller University
The documents also show just how close he got to the establishment through the people he trusted to manage his estate
Newly released Justice Department documents revealed that two of the biggest names in finance and policy were named as executives in his wills
Jess Staley, the former Barkley CEO, was listed as an executive in wills from 2013 and 2014
This compounds the scrutiny that Staley faced for being banned from the UK banking industry for acting without integrity regarding his ties to Epstein
Even Larry Summers, the former US Treasury Secretary, was named as a successor executor in the 2014 well
While Summers claims he had absolutely no knowledge of this and is deeply ashamed of the association, his inclusion in the document highlights just how effective Epstein's fraud really was
In the end, Epstein didn't get rich because he was a market genius
He got rich because regulators looked the other way while he looted the accounts of those who trusted him
If money was the fuel, the destination was legitimacy
The New York Times investigation makes it clear that Epstein didn't just want to be rich
He wanted to be untouchable
And to do that, he needed to embed himself so deeply in the establishment that no one would dare question him
His most ambitious target was the Clinton White House
In February 1993, just weeks after Bill Clinton was inaugurated, Epstein walked into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue alongside Leslie Wexner
He didn't just show up empty-handed, either
Epstein had become a political donor, having contributed $10,000 to help refurbish the White House
A donation that secured him a spot at a reception with the president
Obviously, nowadays, presidential meetings are much more expensive and paid for in crypto
Money was only part of the equation
He also used people as currency
The Times reports that Epstein leveraged a connection with Lynn Forester, a successful executive who would later marry into the Rothschild family
Epstein reportedly convinced her that he could help her in her divorce settlement, insisting that he was the only one who could protect her assets
Through Forester, who was an appointee to the White House Advisory Commission, Epstein had his foot in the door
The strategy worked and by 1995 Epstein was close enough to the president that Clinton wrote a personal get well soon note to Epstein's mother scrolling hang in there on a yellow post-it note that Epstein kept
Once he had political access, he aimed for social prestige, setting his sights on the Rockefeller family
Using his foundation funded largely by other people's money, Epstein began donating heavily to Rockefeller University and the Trilateral Commission, buying himself a seat at the table
In 1995, David Rockefeller welcomed Epstein to the board of Rockefeller University
He parlayed this into yet another lie, telling people that he managed money for the Rockefellers, a claim that the family's actual financial advisor say was completely false
Perhaps the most strategic relationship he purchased was with the legal scholar, Alan Dersuitz
In 1996, Epstein met Dersuits in Martha's Vineyard, dropping names of Harvard elites like Larry Summers
He worked hard to ingratiate himself, even flying Dersawitz to Ohio to a birthday party for Less Wexner
But the Times uncovered a transaction that was far more significant than a party invite
Epstein had convinced a hedge fund manager to let Durowitz invest in his fund
When the fund suffered massive losses and wiped out Dersawitz's investment, Epstein stepped in
He bullied the fund manager into making Duruititz whole, threatening to pull Wexner's $30 million investment from the fund if the fund manager didn't sort it out
The fees on Wexner's investment more than covered the cost of making Duruits whole, so it went through
It was a master stroke of manipulation
By using Wexner's money as leverage, Epstein ensured that a prominent legal mind owed him a big favor
That favor paid dividends years later
When Epstein was finally arrested in 2005 in Florida, Durowitz helped engineer the now infamous Sweetheart deal that allowed Epstein to escape federal prosecution and serve a light sentence
In hindsight, it wasn't just generosity
it was an insurance policy paid for with stolen money
In the end, when you step back and look at the reality exposed by these documents, you're left with a single uncomfortable realization
Jeffrey Epstein wasn't a ghost in the machine
He was a product of it
Perhaps the most haunting quote in the New York Times investigation comes from Michael Tenenbomb
Tenonbomb was the senior executive at Bear Sterns who supervised Epstein's early rise after Ace Greenberg hired him
Looking back on the man he promoted the college dropout who lied his way into a job and then scammed his way into a fortune, Tenebomb admitted, "I didn't realize that I was creating one of the monsters of Wall Street." Of course, he didn't do it alone
It took a village of billionaires, bankers, and politicians to raise this monster
And that brings us to the uncomfortable truth that I've spoken about in my previous videos
The Epstein files are the ultimate proof that there's a two-tier justice system in the United States
One set of rules for you and me and a completely different set for the well-connected elites
For years, this scandal has been treated like a political football
But the reality is that both parties had reasons to keep these files under lock and key
On the right, you had Republicans desperate to cover up Donald Trump's 15-year friendship with a man he once called a terrific guy
On the left, you had Democrats willing to turn a blind eye to Bill Clinton's association with Epstein, largely to protect Hillary Clinton when she was seen as the future of the party
Today, the Clintons are seen as being less politically relevant, and for that reason, the shield is slipping
A newly released email from a federal prosecutor reveals that flight logs show Trump flew on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously reported, including on flights where Gilain Maxwell was a passenger
We have to remember that what we're looking at today is just the tip of the iceberg
The files that have been released so far are only a fraction of the total evidence
We also need to ask serious questions about the redactions that are in place
Are these documents being blacked out to protect victims or are they being blacked out to protect the personal reputations of important people
There is a final bitter irony buried in the files from the US Virgin Islands
In 1999, when Epstein was applying for the tax breaks that would save him millions, he was asked if he would consider teaching a course at the local university
Epstein replied that he would love to
He said that his priority would be to educate young people on the ethics of business
He told the commission the ethics of business is very difficult nowadays
Epstein teaching a course like this is a little bit like the iceberg teaching a course on maritime safety
For Jeffrey Epstein, ethics weren't difficult
They were non-existent
And until we see the rest of these files, and until something is done about the two-tier justice system that protected them, the story isn't really over
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