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The Philip DeFranco Show

The Epstein Files Are More Evil Than We Were Told & Mamdani’s Tax Problem Has Divided The Internet

The Philip DeFranco Show

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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0:00.0

The Epstein files, according to UN experts, suggests the existence of a global criminal enterprise that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity.

0:07.6

Despite the Trump administration's claims that there's nothing to see here, these experts, they say that the files do in fact contain credible evidence of the systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls.

0:18.1

And in addition to saying they're suggestive of the existence of a global criminal enterprise, they added, so grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity. Well, of course, it is very clear to most of us that Epstein was an inhumane monster. This is notable because we're talking about something with very specific criteria under international criminal law. Crimes against humanity are acts including sexual slavery, rape, enforced prostitution, trafficking, or murder, knowingly committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against any civilian population. And you have these experts suggesting that this criteria may have been met because, of course, the nature of their crimes committed as well as the scale of them, but also because they were, quote, committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption, extreme misogyny, and the commodification and dehumanization of women and girls from different parts of the world. And one of the biggest points here is that Epstein's crimes and those of whoever else may have been involved, they weren't random. They may have been organized and they have been part of a sort of ideologically driven attack on women and girls by people who saw them as less than human. In her memoir, Virginia Juffray wrote that Epstein liked to tell friends that women were merely a life support system for a vagina. We saw this kind of attitude again and again in the files that have been released. They showed that Epstein had been screening young women from all over the world, ranking them based on their sexual attractiveness and other attributes, and ultimately bringing them in to his service. It was reportedly common knowledge that he often traveled with an entourage of girls, who he also described in his correspondence as assistants or students, a group that billionaire Richard Branson referred to in one email as Epstein's harem. And so much of this, happened long after law enforcement first began investigating Epstein for child sexual abuse back in 2005. I mean, a lot is missed or forgotten, but just as a reminder, way back then, federal officials eventually identified 36 potential victims, some as young as 14 years old. And his method had apparently been to recruit these girls to his home and persuade them to undress and massage him. And he would then force them to have sex and pay them cash, but he also avoided any real punishment by striking a deal and pleading guilty to lesser state-level charges, including soliciting prostitution from a minor. And with that, he ended up only serving 13 months and he got special treatment, including work-release privileges not given to other sex offenders. And then, of course, in the years that followed, as we well know now, he maintains and acquired close ties to prominent people in politics, finance, academia, and business.

2:21.0

He spoke to many of them about massages, and at least some seem to know for damn sure what he meant. Right, in 2010, for example, he sent an email to Boris Nikolich, the then-Science advisor to the Gates Foundation saying that he was finishing up a massage. With Nikolich responding, with happy ending, I hope, and Epstein replying, I'm too impatient, happy beginning. But then another email chain between Epstein and the Emirati businessman, Sultan Ahmed bin Suleyam, they not only discussed a torture video, but then shared details of a personal masseuse. Then later, Catherine Ruhn, a former White House counsel under President Obama, she seemingly acknowledged that she knew the difference between a massage and Epstein's kind of massage. Right. And then with all that, the emails also show that Epstein organized massages for friends and connected them with women or girls as favors or gifts. In 2017, for example, Deepak Chopra complained to Epstein about a crazy day and Epstein replied, I'm in Florida, but would like to send two girls. There are also dozens of messages that Epstein sent a billionaire Leon Black. In those, you can see that Epstein repeatedly asked for large sums of money and claimed to have helped Black make payments to a woman who accused him of sexual assault. These later documents further showing that Epstein encouraged Black to hire an investigator to track the woman's movements and that he was receiving updates on other women to whom Black had made payments. And then with all that, the files also show that Epstein often sent cryptic messages to his contacts

3:25.9

suggesting that he had some kind of dirt on them or that they shared some kind of secrets. And this was also the case with yet another billionaire, Les Wexner, who was actually reportedly the source of hundreds of millions of dollars of Epstein's wealth, much of which Epstein allegedly stole from him. And so that led to a falling out, but Epstein later sent a message implying that he knew things that Wexner wouldn't want getting out.

3:41.9

And all of that, it becomes even more notable when you consider that Virginia Joufrey once claimed that she had been trafficked to Wexner by Epstein. Also, a newly released FBI memo from 2019 listed Wexner as one of Epstein's possible co-conspirators, although it also said that there was limited evidence regarding his involvement, but also, as recently as last year, you had the DOJ, including Wexner on a list of prominent names of interest in the Epstein investigation.

4:00.6

And then with all that, Wexner actually testified about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein before the House Oversight Committee today. And he denied wrongdoing, as he's done before. And he blasted Epstein as a world-class con man. But ultimately, what you have people like these UN experts arguing is that bringing a you know a few of the most high most high-profile figures in the files that's not going to cut it. Instead, saying there should be independent, thorough, and impartial investigations into the allegations contained in the files as well as inquiries to determine how such crimes could have taken place for so long and dadding. Any suggestion that it is time to move on from the Epstein files is unacceptable. It represents a failure of responsibility towards victims. And actually on that note, while it's easy to get signed tracked by the files, it is very important to remember that some of the most damning evidence we have is from the survivors. Virginia Joufrey, she claimed in her memoir that she was lent out to scores of wealthy, powerful people, and she said she was habitually used and humiliated, and in some

4:47.5

instances, choked, beaten, and bloodied. She even described being trafficked to a man described as a well-known prime minister, who she said abused her so badly that for days it hurt to breathe and to swallow. And just this weekend, you had another survivor, Juliet Bryant, telling CBS about how she had been offered a modeling opportunity through Epstein. But he organized her travel to the US from Australia

5:04.5

only for her to have her passport taken before being sexually assaulted and then trafficked for years. And you know, when we ask ourselves, how this type of stuff could have happened? I mean, the man who we have president today, was first elected even after audio came out, showing that he once claimed that he could get away with grabbing women by the pussy because he was famous he was elected again even after being found civilly liable

5:22.1

for sexual abuse.

5:23.0

Right, and with that, you've got people out there

5:24.1

like Nick Fuentes who have these. get away with grabbing women by the pussy because he was famous and he was elected again even after being found civilly liable for sexual abuse. Right. And with that, you've got people out there like

5:24.2

Nick Fuentes who have these massive following saying shit like this on a regular basis. When you see

5:28.1

guys saying stuff like 16, 15, that's a literal child. This is feminism. That's a feminist

5:35.6

construct. Age of consent, feminist construct. Google it.

5:39.9

It is literally a feminine. What does that even mean? No one even knows. No one even thinks about it.

5:44.1

Rape is something that is played up because of the way that women have politicized sexuality.

5:51.6

Women want to have no consequences for their actions, so rape is always a convenient excuse.

5:57.5

And then actually, you know, with all this beyond the Epstein files, there are obviously

6:00.2

other examples of the rich and powerful getting away with abuse.

6:03.0

And possibly one of the latest examples has come from Crystal Hefner, the widow of playboy

6:06.5

founder Hugh Hefner, because she's alleged that her dead husband's foundation may be in

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