MAGA outcry as attorney general says Jeffrey Epstein had no 'client list'

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

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Attorney General Pam Bondi released a two-page memo stating that convicted sex offender Jefferey Epstein did not have an incriminating "client list." After Epstein's death in 2019, he became the subject of conspiracy theories, bolstered by conservative leaders including Trump himself. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan explains more. And, a U.S. citizen was killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday. The family of Sayfollah Musallet say Israeli settlers beat Musallet to death. NPR's Daniel Estrin shares more. Then, employees are using artificial intelligence tools to streamline their work. That can save a lot of time, but many companies want people to use that time to do more work. Wall Street Journal columnist Callum Borchers explains more.

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0:17.6	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:22.5	Make some noise if you care about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
0:26.9	That's kind of a lot of noise for a scandal about a guy Trump just called somebody that nobody cares about.
0:48.5	It's Monday, July 14th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:49.4	I'm Chris Bentley.
0:59.8	Today on the show, the family of a 21-year-old American citizen from Florida say Seifl the Muslat was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting relatives in the occupied West Bank.
1:05.8	We demand the U.S. government to do something about it.
1:09.9	They're always saying justice, justice, justice. But as
1:13.7	Palestinians, they dehumanize us. Also, AI is making some people more productive, but that does
1:22.7	not mean they're working any less. Funny how that works. Before we get to that, though, President
1:30.8	Trump's Epstein problem is not going away, especially after he told supporters in a long
1:37.5	social media post Saturday they were selfish people and trying to hurt his administration
1:42.8	by demanding more information about the scandal.
1:46.4	Jeffrey Epstein was the rich and connected financier accused of running a child sex trafficking ring.
1:53.2	He died in 2019 in his jail cell of what the Department of Justice says was a suicide.
2:00.0	Trump's MAGA supporters have been waiting months for the
2:02.8	release of the so-called Epstein files, promised by Attorney General Pam Bondi, including what
2:09.0	she referred to as a client list. But last week, Bondi said, no, there was no client list,
2:14.9	and reaffirmed that Epstein killed himself.
2:18.3	Trump supporters were outraged.
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