Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.

It is true crime Christmas week here on the show.

And today we take a look at one of the most despised yet very well connected men in

American crime history, Jeffrey Epstein.

This is a far reaching crime story that leads from political figures in Washington, DC

to the bright lights of Hollywood and even the most powerful political leaders from around

the world.

Indeed, it stretches right into the royal palace across the pond.

How does a man with no college degree teach at a prestigious private school make his way

onto Wall Street and eventually accumulate so much wealth he owned his own island, all

while sex trafficking untold numbers of young girls to the rich and powerful.

Joining me now to discuss it all, Barry Levine, author of The Spider, inside the criminal

web of Jeffrey Epstein and Galein Maxwell.

Barry, thank you so much for being here.

Thank you, Megan.

Thanks for having me on.

Okay, let me start with this.

After spending this much time with a subject, the author gets to know him.

You know, you feel like you almost not our friends with him, but that you really know him.

So how would you, in a few sentences, give us the summary of the man when it comes to

Jeffrey Epstein?

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