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Please. It's Tuesday, the 10th of February.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, new Epstein disclosures are driving resignations, investigations, and political turmoil

across Europe, but not so much in the U.S.

I'll have those details.

Later in the show, the latest on the attempted assassination of a high-ranking Russian general,

as Moscow points the finger not only at Ukraine,

but at Poland as well. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. We're starting things off today

with new developments tied to the recent disclosure of millions of files associated with the Jeffrey

Epstein case, perhaps you've heard about it, developments that are now producing

political fallout on both sides of the Atlantic. Now, we haven't spent much time on this story

here at the PDB, not because it doesn't matter, it does, but largely because the conversation

surrounding Epstein has often been based on speculation, not verifiable facts. So, we've left the opinions and speculation to others.

But new disclosures, based on recently released files, are now driving real political consequences

in Europe, and to some degree, the U.S. According to a compilation of recent reporting by Axios,

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