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struggle4progress

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Sun Sep 7, 2025, 07:40 PM Sunday

Is Trump interfering in Epstein case? [View all]

Glenn, it looks like Donald Trump's DOJ is now interfering in an effort to get some exposure, some clarity as it relates to Epstein. Can you explain what just happened?

Yeah, Brian, the cover up continues. And you know, the leader of the cover up effort is the Department of Justice, obviously acting on behalf of Donald Trump. Here's what happened. Um, an NBC News reporter filed a request with the a court in New York regarding the Epstein case. When Epstein was arrested in 2019 before he turned up dead in his jail cell, the prosecutors had filed um a document in court and it said these two people are potential witnesses in the case and they redacted the names of the witnesses. Why? Because ordinarily when witnesses are about to testify in a trial, you don't want their names becoming public before they testify. It turns out these two people were individuals that Epstein paid $100,000 to in one case and $250,000 to in another case right after the Miami Herald newspaper down in Florida began publishing a series about Epstein sex crimes and this horrific sweetheart deal that the US attorney down in Florida gave to Epstein ...

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