further redactions are happening as we speak of what they've already put out. So that means that the

DOJ and the FBI are still scrubbing these files even after their release. And I want to just be clear,

the American taxpayer is paying for this, right? We are paying for tens of millions of dollars

to hide the evidence of our billionaire president's involvement in this and is rich and important

friends who have clearly paid to get their names out of this as well. We are paying. We are paying

to help them get away with this. Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host, Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.

Well, we were supposed to have Mark Elias on today, but because the Epstein files were not really released on Friday as they were supposed to be, I thought that's really what we should be talking about today.

So, Brilliant Mark will be joining us at the top of the new year to talk about how to save democracy in 26.

And today we'll be talking to my friend Tara Palmieri.

Tara is a former White House correspondent for ABC News, where she covered the first Trump administration,

was the chief national correspondent for Politico during the Biden

administration, and has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS, and CNN. But I'm having her on today because

she hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, called Broken, Jeffrey Epstein, and Power, the Maxwell's.

Tara is one of those old-school journalists who is both feared and fearless.

Her work is deeply sourced and she stands outside of mainstream media's drama to really

bring us the truth.

She has also become friends with the Epstein survivors, particularly Virginia Jouffray, before

her death and is privy to details of the case that weren't even in Virginia's book.

So without further ado, please welcome my guest, American journalist, host of the Tara

Palmerie show on YouTube, and author of the Red Letter newsletter, Tara Palmary.

Welcome, Tara.

Thanks for having me.

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