Epstein Conspiracy, or Epstein Conspiracy Theory?

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Donald Trump and his Department of Justice kicked the conspiracy-theory beehive last week when they rescinded previous promises to make public the government’s secret files on Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and convicted sex offender charged with the sex trafficking of minors. The Atlantic’s executive editor, Adrienne LaFrance, speaks with the journalist who broke the Epstein story in 2018. Julie K. Brown is an investigative reporter for the Miami Herald and author of the book Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story. They discuss the significance of Trump’s reversal, the information that’s still hidden from the public, and what the latest revelations mean for Epstein’s hundreds of victims. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at theAtlantic.com/listener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients. Will that really happen?
1:02.0	It's sitting on my desk right now to review.
1:05.0	That's been a directive by President Trump.
1:07.0	Would you declassify the Epstein files?
1:10.0	Yeah, yeah, I would. All right. I guess I would.
1:12.9	I'm not ever going to let this story go because of what I heard from a source about Bill Clinton on a plane with Jeffrey Epstein. I'm not letting it go.
1:19.5	Why is the FBI protecting the greatest pederist, the largest scale pederist in human history?
1:25.8	We have flight logs. We have information, names that will come out.
1:31.1	Is it going to be shocking?
1:33.4	I don't see how it's not shocking.
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1:39.7	I'm Adrienne LaFrance, executive editor of the Atlantic, filling in for Hannah Rosen, who is away this week.
1:45.8	For years, President Trump and his allies have promised to make bombshell news on the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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