The Big One: Jeffrey Epstein, The Census, and the World Cup

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🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Jeffrey Epstein, a multimillionaire money manager, was in a New York federal court today to face sex trafficking charges. The indictment comes a decade after he served a light sentence in a Florida plea deal related to similar charges. Meanwhile down in DC, a court battle over the 2020 Census rages on. The Trump administration still wants to add a question about citizenship to the questionnaire, and is trying to make it happen after a confusing back and forth. Also on today’s episode: California’s waiting for the “Big One,” and what it really means to take home the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday, July 8th.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.4	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.3	why they matter.
0:09.8	Today we're diving into the new charges against multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
0:14.4	We'll give you the background on the sex trafficking scandal and explain why this case is blowing
0:18.6	up now.
0:19.6	Then, there's been a lot of back and forth over the citizenship question on the census.
0:24.2	Even after the Supreme Court laid down the law, we'll give you the details.
0:28.4	And finally, what the U.S. women's soccer team has to look forward to now.
0:32.6	We're here to make your Monday smarter.
0:34.6	Let's Schim this.
0:39.3	The most complicated story today is about Jeffrey Epstein, the multi-millionaire hedge fund manager
0:44.7	who was arrested over the weekend and charged today in federal court with sex trafficking
0:49.3	and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
0:52.9	Announcing the charges, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jeffrey
0:56.5	Burman says Epstein paid dozens of girls some as young as 14 to give him massages.
1:03.2	These massages became increasingly sexual in nature and would typically include one or
1:08.2	more sex acts as specified in the indictment.
1:12.6	As alleged, Epstein also paid certain victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly
1:18.7	abused.
1:20.9	To be clear, these allegations against Epstein aren't new.
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