#1754 The Epstein Files and Donald Trump, Our Predator-in-Chief

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🗓️ 25 November 2025

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Air Date 11/25/2025

We live in a world awash with baseless conspiracy theories but that doesn't mean there are no true conspiracies, as exemplified by Jeffrey Epstein. But it bears repeating, that we didn't need the exposure of a massive conspiracy to know that Donald Trump was a sexual predator because he said as much on tape before he was elected the first time in 2016.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Trump Welcomes Murderer to White House; Congress Votes to Release 'Epstein Files' - The BradCast - Air Date 11-18-25

KP 2: How Epstein Email Politics Shifted Over The Weekend Part 1 - Brian Lehrer A Daily Podcast - Air Date 11-17-25

KP 3: 1992 Tape Of Trump And Epstein - The Day That Was - MS Now - Air Date 7-18-19

KP 4: Epstein Emails: The Inbox Of The Rich & Heinous Part 1 - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 11-18-25

KP 5: 16 Women and Donald Trump • Trump's History of Sexual Assault - Brave New Films - Air Date 11-15-17

KP 6: Epstein's Arms Deal And Intelligence Connections With Israel W Murtaza Hussain Part 1 - The Majority Report - Air Date 11-18-25

KP 7: Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire with Van Jackson Part 1 - The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer - Air Date 11-16-25

(00:50:50) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the conspiracy of wealth and power

DEEPER DIVES

(00:57:28) SECTION A: INBOX FALLOUT

(01:45:02) SECTION B: EPSTEIN WORLDWIDE

(02:18:32) SECTION C: PREDATOR-IN-CHIEF

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Description: Screen shot of a recently released email from Jeffery Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell with a line highlighted that says "I want you to realize that the dog that hasn't barked is trump…[VICTIM] spent ours at my house with him,, he has never once been mentioned."

Credit: Internal composite design. Screen shot of email from files released by U.S. House Oversight Committee.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast.
0:06.9	We live in a world awash with baseless conspiracy theories, but that doesn't mean that there are no true
0:12.6	conspiracies, as exemplified by Jeffrey Epstein. But it bears repeating that we didn't need
0:18.2	the exposure of a massive conspiracy to know that Donald Trump was a sexual predator,
0:24.7	because he said as much on tape before he was elected the first time in 2016.
0:32.0	For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 50 minutes today
0:37.3	includes the Bradcast, the Brian L our top takes in about 50 minutes today includes
0:38.1	the Bradcast, the Brian Lera Show, MS Now, the Muckrake political podcast, Brave New Films,
0:44.7	The Majority Report, and The Time of Monsters.
0:48.4	Then, in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in three sections.
0:52.7	Section A, inbox fallout, followed by
0:55.7	Section B, Epstein Worldwide, and Section C, our Predator in Chief. But first, a reminder to
1:02.5	check out our new show solved on the Best of Left YouTube channel. We're really proud of the show
1:06.8	we're making, and you're going to get real value out of it. Plus, you checking it out actually
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1:16.5	That's all on the best of the left YouTube channel linked in the show notes.
1:20.9	And now, on to the show.
1:47.6	And in other news, in advance of Tuesday's long-awaited vote in the U.S. House, forced by the virtually unprecedented success of the signing of a discharge petition by a majority of House members, all Democrats and four Republicans,
1:53.7	for courageous Republicans, I should note, demanding that the Department of Justice release the investigative files regarding Jeffrey Epstein, the late pedophile and longtime close
1:58.8	personal friend of Donald J. Trump, because you know a man by the company they keep.
2:06.6	The bipartisan co-sponsors of that measure held a press conference on the steps at the U.S. Capitol earlier on Tuesday, while Trump was busy at the White House, fetting the murdering Saudi
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