Epstein's Entrapment with Julie K. Brown

The Lincoln Project

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Julie K. Brown -- whose Miami Herald reporting in 2017 and 2018 led to additional charges for Epstein and identified nearly 80 of his victims -- sits down with Rick to unravel all of the significant details that the public might not know yet, or might not be paying attention to. Blowing the lid off of an already UNBELIEVABLE story (again), Julie sheds light on the victims' stories, Epstein and Maxwell's extensive child trafficking network, the colossal names woven into the network, why investigators should follow the money, and, of course, the unprecedented sweetheart plea deal Alex Acosta (who'd later slither into the role of Trump's Labor Secretary in 2017) handed to Epstein during his 2008 criminal case in Palm Beach County. Rick and Julie also untangle the important details surrounding Epstein's 2006 Palm Beach investigation where a Victim's Rights Lawsuit (filed after the sweetheart plea deal) exposed a chummy email paper trail between the Prosecutor's office (i.e. Alex Acosta's office at the time) and Epstein's attorney. For more of her investigative groundbreaking reporting, please check out Julie's book "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story" and her Miami Herald 2017-2018 investigation here→ https://www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffrey-epstein• • • • • Get your copy of Julie K Brown's book, "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story," and follow Julie on X at @JKBjournalist. Follow Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and @therickwilson.bsky.social on Bluesky, and subscribe to his Substack at therickwilson.substack.com. Join the fight with the Lincoln Project at www.lincolnproject.us and follow LP on X at @ProjectLincoln. If you'd like to help us continue our critical work, visit https://action.lincolnproject.us/helplp to make a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	And I saw all these similarities in the trajectory of their lives from there was life before Epstein and then there was
0:40.3	life after Epstein and almost across the board these girls even if they went there only one time
0:47.1	they were deeply scarred by what had happened your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained,
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1:01.4	There is the United States of America. Good night and good luck.
1:08.4	Hey folks, welcome back once again to the Lincoln Project Podcast.
1:11.2	I'm your host, as always, Rick Wilson.
1:13.3	I'm delighted to be joined today by Julie K. Brown.
1:16.5	Julie Brown is a remarkable reporter with the Miami Herald, and she has covered the
1:24.1	Jeffrey Epstein story earlier and better than almost anyone else out there.
1:29.0	Julie wrote the definitive series about Epstein during his 2019 arrest and trial.
1:37.1	And Julie, this has suddenly come back into the world as something that is in the center of political and media attention everywhere
1:44.8	with everyone. Talk to us about your knowledge and experience of this story going way back.
1:52.4	And in particular, what I'm struck by is suddenly people, and you've covered this in the
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