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The Rest Is Politics: US

100. Epstein and Trump: What's Really Going On?

The Rest Is Politics: US

Goalhanger

News, Government, Politics

4.42.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Was Donald Trump told by the Department of Justice that his name was in the Epstein Files? Are Epstein’s victims being forgotten amid the political chaos? And will Trump ever run out of distractions? Join Katty and Anthony as they answer all these questions and more. Become a Founding Member Support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening, gain exclusive access to our mini-series, and get a bonus members-only Q&A episode every week! Just head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://therestispoliticsus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to sign up today. Instagram: @RestPoliticsUS Twitter: @RestPoliticsUS Email: therestispoliticsus@goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Producer: Fiona Douglas Video Editor: Kieron Leslie  Social Producer: Charlie Johnson Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Exec Producers: Tony Pastor, Jack Davenport  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:19.9

Welcome to the Restis Politics, U me, Katty Kay, in London still.

0:26.6

And I'm Anthony Scaramucci. I'm still Anthony Scaramucci, thank God. So, Katie, what are we talking about today?

0:32.4

Well, we did debate, Anthony, whether we should do some other subjects today. But there is so much happening around the Epstein scandal that we are going to spend the

0:41.7

program talking about that.

0:43.0

We will look at all the latest news there.

0:45.8

We've got the Department of Justice visiting Galane Maxwell in prison.

0:51.1

We've got the new Wall Street Journal story saying that Donald Trump's name

0:55.6

is actually in the Epstein files. We'll discuss what that actually may or may not mean and that

1:01.2

he has known about this because Pam Bondi told him about it back in May. We've got the house

1:06.4

suddenly going on holiday a day early in order not have to take a vote on the Epstein far.

1:11.8

So lots of little bits.

1:12.9

And then in the second half of the program, we'll talk about how the Democrats are responding to this.

1:17.9

But I thought it was worth starting, Anthony, to remind people that at the heart of the Epstein scandal, we speak a lot about the politics of this.

1:26.5

But at the heart of the Epstein scandal, we speak a lot about the politics of this, but at the heart of the Epstein scandal are hundreds of girls, children who were raped by Jeffrey Epstein over many years.

1:36.5

And I think sometimes their voices get forgotten in all this, because obviously this is a big political story, right?

1:42.1

And we'll talk about the politics of this.

2:03.4

But it's partly also a big political story because of the awfulness of what Jeffrey Epstein did. And last night on MSNBC, actually Lawrence O'Donnell on his program, read some of the transcript of the deposition of Gilaine Maxwell, who was the kind of cohort, the associate of Jeffrey Epstein, on his program. And it was actually the federal prosecutor Maureen Comey,

2:09.3

who is the daughter of Jim Comey. We will talk about that in a second because she's just been fired,

2:14.0

who was questioning the witnesses. So we are going to talk about the testimony of some of the victims, and I want to preface

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