Power, Sex, Silence: The Epstein Files They Don't Want You To See
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The Elephant in the Room this week is power—how it protects itself, who it destroys, and why accountability never seems to reach the top. With the release of the Epstein files, what’s exposed isn’t just one predator but a global system where wealth, status, and proximity to power shielded abuse of women and children for years. The documents pull back the curtain on how elites across politics, finance, and international circles used silence, intimidation, and institutional protection to evade consequences—while victims were ignored, discredited, or erased. This episode isn’t about gossip or scandal; it’s about how power operates when no one is watching, why so many powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are still untouched, and what it says about a world where justice has a price tag and impunity is the real currency.
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| 0:00.0 | Your task will not be an easy one. |
| 0:02.5 | Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battlehardt. |
| 0:06.2 | There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. |
| 0:09.9 | There is the United States of America. |
| 0:14.5 | Good night. |
| 0:15.7 | And good luck. |
| 0:16.9 | Hey, folks, and welcome back to another edition of the Elephant in the Room podcast. |
| 0:20.9 | And the Elephant in the Room this week, it's power. |
| 0:27.9 | The elephant in the room this week is power because what you're seeing in the release of this third tranche of the Epstein files. |
| 0:34.3 | In the last seven days down, by the time you're listening to this. |
| 0:38.4 | The DOJ's latest batch of Epstein files revealing new connections between the late convicted |
| 0:43.1 | sex offender and other powerful men with another data set posted overnight. |
| 0:48.9 | One of the documents appears to be a 32 count draft indictment prepared against Epstein |
| 0:53.2 | before the non-prosecution agreement |
| 0:55.5 | he reached in 2007. It reveals the government was looking to charge three co-conspirators alongside |
| 1:01.5 | Epstein, with a conspiracy to procure women under the age of 18 between 2001 and 2005. |
| 1:08.6 | Their names are redacted, but they are described as assistants who helped schedule appointments, make calls, pay victims, and 2005. Their names are redacted, but they are described as assistants who helped schedule |
| 1:12.2 | appointments, make calls, pay victims, and more. Some new images also appear to show Britain's |
| 1:17.8 | former Prince Andrew kneeling over an unidentified female. There are no details provided about the |
| 1:22.7 | circumstances or timing of the photos, and there's no indication of wrongdoing in these images. |
| 1:28.1 | He has denied prior accusations of sexual abuse by one of Epstein's victims and has never been |
| 1:33.2 | criminally charged. The DOJ also posted, then temporarily removed without explanation, |
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