The “Epstein class”
Today, Explained
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🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:40.1 | Hi and welcome to Today Explained Saturday. |
| 0:42.6 | So everybody knows our politics are divided. |
| 0:45.4 | Democrat versus Republican, left versus right, divided on lines like age, gender, and race. |
| 0:52.1 | But the biggest divide in our politics may not be about identity at all. In my |
| 0:56.3 | opinion, it's insiders versus outsiders. And it's only gotten more noticeable in recent months, |
| 1:01.8 | as issues like the Epstein files and questions about artificial intelligence have seemed to pit |
| 1:06.8 | the elites against the rest of us. Congressman Rokana is at the center of both of these issues. |
| 1:12.4 | He wrote the Epstein Transparency Act. He brought one of the survivors of Epstein's abuse to this |
| 1:17.3 | week's state of the union. And he's coined the term Epstein class, meaning the group of wealthy |
| 1:22.1 | and connected individuals that he says deserve accountability, even if they're Democrats. |
| 1:27.1 | Kana is also the congressman from Silicon Valley, meaning he's worked with companies like Google |
| 1:32.4 | and meta and seen them transition over the years. |
| 1:35.5 | And he's at the forefront of one of the most important political questions of our moment. |
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