times it takes a minute oh there we go okay we're live hi this is william ramsie welcome to

william ramsie investing it's on today's show i have a very special guest somebody who i've

listened to many times on many different shows we were just talking in the pre-show i just

heard him on james corbett i listened to it in its entirety his name is nick b ryant and he's a

very accomplished author and journalist.

And also, this is like a perfect time to interview him because he was involved in the

Epstein situation.

I'm calling it that or saga, that going back before he even kind of blew up in the

public, maybe in 2018, 2019.

He is the author of a great book on the Franklin scandal.

It's called The Franklin Scandal, a story of powerbrokers, child abuse and

betrayal.

That was 2009.

His most recent book is The Truth About Watergate, a tale of extraordinary lies and

Liars 2024.

And then he co-authored a book, Confessions of a D.C. Madam, the politics of sex lies and blackmail in 2015 with Henry W. Vinson talking about sexual political blackmail.

So this is going to be a theme.

He was involved in finding this black book.

I'm going to bring it up back in. I think he found it in

2012 of all times. I think there was a manager, was trying to sell it, to pitch it, and he had

trust. He can talk more about that. It didn't hit the public until 2015 is my understanding,

and he found some other manifests. And if you're watching this on Rockfin

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