Epstein files fallout continues for rich and powerful
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
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While the Clintons testified in closed-door Congressional hearings about what they know about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the fallout for the rich and powerful continues. Will more people be named and charged as co-conspirators from the Epstein investigation? And will Epstein’s victims ever see full accountability?
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| 0:00.0 | The arrest of the former Prince Andrew last week has ignited a firestorm of speculation. |
| 0:10.8 | Will he face charges? |
| 0:12.2 | Will more people be named and charged from the investigation of the late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein? |
| 0:18.1 | And will Epstein's victims ever see full accountability? |
| 0:28.6 | Hello and welcome to USA Today's The Excerpt. I'm producer and host, Zulekhanathu. Today is Friday, |
| 0:35.6 | February 27, 26. Here to help us unpack some of the many issues at |
| 0:40.6 | play here is USA Today White House correspondent Bart Janssen. Thank you so much for joining me today, Bart. |
| 0:46.9 | Thanks for having me. I want to start with the closed door hearings that are happening with |
| 0:51.5 | regards to the Epstein files. Who's testifying? What might we learn |
| 0:55.7 | from these hearings? Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State and First Lady, is giving |
| 1:02.0 | a closed-door deposition to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee up in Chappaqua, |
| 1:07.6 | the city in New York, where she lives on Thursday. And the lawmakers want to ask |
| 1:14.6 | her basically why Epstein helped raise money for her family foundation and why Epstein attended her |
| 1:22.2 | daughter, Chelsea's wedding, among other things. And they basically want to get to the heart of how Epstein was |
| 1:30.2 | able to cultivate this circle of high power, high profile figures from around the world |
| 1:37.9 | as he simultaneously, allegedly ran a network of sex trafficking. In addition, former president Bill Clinton, |
| 1:47.2 | Hillary's husband, of course, is set to give a deposition on Friday to the same committee, |
| 1:53.4 | also in Chappaqua. Well, I mean, you mentioned around the world, just looking across the |
| 1:58.1 | pond, Andrew Mountbatten Winds Windsor, was arrested last week on |
| 2:01.2 | suspicion of sharing confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as Britain's trade |
| 2:06.7 | envoy. And Peter Mandelson, the UK's former ambassador to the United States, was arrested this week |
| 2:12.3 | on similar charges. So based on the Epstein documents released so far, what do we know about their involvement with Epstein? |
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