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The Rest Is Politics: US

157. When Will Trump Stop Protecting The “Epstein Class”?

The Rest Is Politics: US

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News, Politics, Government

4.42.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Will Harold Lutnick be sacked over the latest Epstein file revelations? Why are millions of Epstein documents still being kept from Congress? And, what does the case of an Irish man held by ICE reveal about America’s immigration system? Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci as they answer all these questions and more. Sign up to our free newsletter here Become a Founding Member: Go deeper into US politics every week with ad-free listening, members-only miniseries, early access to live show tickets and a bonus members-only Q&A podcast every week. Sign up at ⁠therestispoliticsus.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠therestispoliticsus@goalhanger.com⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Restis Politics US with me, Anthony Scaramucci.

0:12.0

So, so good to have you back, Anthony. We missed you this week.

0:16.0

Caddy, I'm impervious to your charms. Let's go to the running order, Caddy. I'm in charge today.

0:23.7

It's hard to believe that you guys are let me off the dog chain, but here I am. We're going to

0:28.5

talk about the latest Epstein files, and we're going to talk about Howard Lutnik, who I believe

0:34.8

deserves the father of the year award. The same way Trump got the FIFA Peace Prize,

0:40.4

we'll discuss why Howard, after bringing his kids to pedophilia island, deserves father of the year.

0:46.7

And then we're going to talk about the Irishman who was held unconstitutionally and these ice

0:53.6

hearings.

0:57.5

And it's just some incredible situation going on in the United States.

1:00.1

But why don't we start with the Epstein files?

1:03.2

Bring us up to date with where we are right now,

1:05.9

as some of these names have been unredacted.

1:15.8

Okay, Anthony, so the latest on Epstein is that we have about 70 to 80% of the files that have been released are still redacted.

1:24.0

We have members of Congress pushing for more of these files to be released and more of them to be unredacted.

1:26.3

You've got Democratic Congressman Rokane, saying that the DOJ is in blatant violation of the Epstein Transparency Act.

1:31.3

That was the act that said that the DOJ had to release these files.

1:36.3

Members of Congress have had to go to a special room in the DOJ to actually look through the files.

1:41.3

They spent a couple of hours there.

1:42.3

They said it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, however,

1:44.8

because there are so many of these documents.

1:47.0

But some things have emerged this week.

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