TBD | How The Epstein Files Blew Up MAGAworld

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The MAGA world has been waiting for Jeffrey Epstein’s client list to be released since the first Trump administration. But with those like Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, who stoked interest in the list literally in power, the administration is now saying that no such list exists. For some MAGA fans, this is finally a bridge too far. Guest: Anna Merlan, senior reporter at Mother Jones. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.7	Back in 2023, Cash Patel was not the FBI director.
1:07.4	He was a braggadocious Trump world media figure promoting a bunch of different conspiracy theories.
1:10.8	This is him talking to right-wing podcaster, Benny Johnson. We have an election
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1:21.2	after their illegal surveillance on Donald Trump continues with a reauthorization of FISA,
1:26.6	and we can't even get basic documents out.
1:28.7	This is why America needs to. The documents in question are the Epstein files. Based on where
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