S8 Ep597: SEG 16: Craig Unger explores the legal and political consequences of the Epstein investigation. He notes growing Republican dissent and argues that while presidential immunity complicates immediate prosecution, these allegations could significantly imp
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
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SEG 16: Craig Unger explores the legal and political consequences of the Epstein investigation. He notes growing Republican dissent and argues that while presidential immunity complicates immediate prosecution, these allegations could significantly impact the upcoming national elections. (17)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Batson with Craig Unger. |
| 0:18.2 | He is the author of the best-selling author of books about Donald Trump |
| 0:22.4 | and the Russians. He is not yet an author of a book about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, |
| 0:28.5 | although there are surprising connections. He's also the author of a new book done of spies |
| 0:35.4 | about the Iranian state and its conduct during the |
| 0:40.6 | 1980 election. We're focusing right now on an election this year, the House and Senate |
| 0:47.6 | election in November, and then the future about these allegations that Mr. Trump participated in with Epstein and without |
| 0:56.7 | Epstein, illegal conduct, and in many instances, abuse of conduct. Craig, what needs to happen? |
| 1:05.0 | Where does this story go? Because you tell me that the Department of Justice Attorney General has now been subpoenaed. |
| 1:11.6 | Does that mean that Ms. Bondi will come forward and testify about those missing pages? |
| 1:17.0 | She has not complied with the subpoena, and my guess is that she won't, |
| 1:21.8 | and she's going to just stonewall it. |
| 1:24.3 | I mean, it's really sort of an absurd conundrum because there are ways for the |
| 1:35.3 | house to take further action against her for not honoring the subpoena. But ultimately, if that litigation took place, it would go up |
| 1:48.2 | to the Justice Department, and she's ahead of the Justice Department. So that seems like it's |
| 1:54.2 | not going to happen. But what I do think is that they've already gotten five Republicans to flip in the oversight |
| 2:03.3 | committee. We've seen people like Marjorie Taylor Green, who was a ferocious backer of |
| 2:09.6 | Trump, and she is given up her congressional seat precisely because she believes he betrayed him with regard to the Epstein files. |
| 2:20.0 | You have powerful podcasters. |
| 2:23.1 | I'm thinking of Joe Rogan, who's also turned against Trump. |
| 2:27.1 | And I think this is one of those issues. |
| 2:31.3 | I mean, we're talking about sexual abuse against underage young women that people find |
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