MAGA: Defenders of the Epstein Class

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Epstein revelations continue. New files reveal that the notorious sex offender had closer relationships than previously known with Trump’s inner circle, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Ghislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth to Congress, while her lawyer says she’s “prepared to speak fully and honestly” if Trump agrees to let her out of prison. While Jon, Tommy, and Lovett are overseas, Alex Wagner and Ben Rhodes discuss how the files are rattling politicians around the world, and why consequences have been more severe abroad than in the U.S. There’s also the fight to put limits on ICE playing out in the courts and Congress, Trump’s scheme to celebrate America’s 250th birthday with a fresh grift, and why RFK Jr. can’t be trusted with the Super Bowl snacks.

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1:40.7	I'm Ben Rhodes.
1:42.8	John, John, Tommy, and Dan are in New Zealand on tour and licking their wounds from the Patriots.
1:49.2	Absolutely pathetic performance in the Super Bowl. And so Ben and I are here to hold down the
1:54.4	fort and let's be honest, show them up. On today's show, Galane Maxwell again begs President
2:00.4	Trump for a pardon. The government inches
2:02.4	closer to a partial shutdown over Democrats' push to impose some kind of checks on ice lawlessness
2:08.0	and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's absolutely disgusting Super Bowl snack lineup.
2:14.9	But first, a New York Times report over the weekend offered another look into how
2:19.4	Trump and his allies are turning America's 250th birthday into a moneymaking, influence-pedaling
2:25.6	grift to promote right-wing policies and inflate the president's very fragile ego. The story highlighted
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