The Torture Syndicate
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Our democracy has been hijacked by an elite pedophile ring–one that has always been operating in plain sight. This week, Andrea and Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman dig into the horror show of the recently released Epstein files. As students of Soviet history, we know the truth: what we know is horrific, but what has yet to be revealed is much worse.
Did Epstein, Trump, and their friends kill for pleasure–how many of their victims were murdered or died by suicide? Who wrote Epstein an email about a torture video? Is that person in power, wielding influence over our lives? We also examine Epstein's freelance intelligence work, showing how he collected kompromat to consolidate power through elite capture, pollinating corruption through the transnational crime syndicate, especially the autocratic regimes of Russia and Israel.
We lift up the voices of the survivors and their advocates who demand the full release of the Epstein Files. Despite a bipartisan Congressional act, only an estimated half of the six million files have been released. Convicted felon Donald Trump's former personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, is the Deputy Attorney General, helping lead the cover-up. The only silver lining in this extreme darkness is that the truth is finally coming to light, and American society, especially the media who glamorized Epstein, are no longer able to ignore it.
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Show Notes:
House of Trump, House of Putin The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576474/house-of-trump-house-of-putin-by-craig-unger/
"Why I don't believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself (Part 2). NEW: Epstein claimed he was being extorted in prison. A look at the incident and the mysterious note that Epstein slipped into a book inside his cell." https://bsky.app/profile/jkbjournalist.bsky.social/post/3mdln2ndegs2r
DOJ Deletes Epstein Files Again — And They Directly Implicate Trump https://open.substack.com/pub/krassenstein/p/urgent-doj-deletes-epstein-files?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
6 Women, Including Olivia Munn, Accuse Brett Ratner of Harassment or Misconduct https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/6-women-including-olivia-munn-accuse-brett-ratner-harassment-misconduct-1053679/
Documents declassified by the US Department of Justice name pedophile Epstein as the manager of Putin's fortune. https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/01/vrassekrechennih-minyustom-ssha-dokumentah-pedofil-epshtein-nazivaetsya-upravlyayuschim-sostoyaniem-putina-a185967
We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island | WIRED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjPHq-Ez0nc
Epstein frequently connected NY Giants co-owner Steve Tisch with women, emails show https://abcnews.go.com/US/epstein-frequently-connected-ny-giants-owner-steve-tisch/story?id=129735927
What 3 million new documents tell us about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/politics/new-documents-trump-epstein
New Epstein files fail to quell outrage as advocates claim documents are being withheld https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/new-epstein-files-advocates-claim-documents-withheld
US Commerce Secretary Lutnick planned Epstein island visit, emails show https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/new-epstein-files-advocates-claim-documents-withheld
University Trustee Thomas Pritzker Named in New Epstein Documents: The notorious financier and sex offender wrote in a text message that UChicago Trustee Thomas Pritzker (M.B.A. '76, J.D. '76) was "like family," according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee on November 12. https://chicagomaroon.com/49435/news/university-trustee-thomas-pritzker-named-in-new-epstein-documents/
Here's How Many Times Trump Is Mentioned in New Epstein Files https://newrepublic.com/post/206023/how-often-donald-trump-mentioned-epstein-files
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/nude-photos-epstein-files.html
Trump-Epstein Super Special [TEASER] https://gaslitnation.libsyn.com/trump-epstein-super-specialteaser
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| 0:00.0 | Any depiction of CSAM or child pornography was obviously excluded. |
| 0:19.0 | Anything that would jeopardize an active federal investigation. |
| 0:22.9 | And finally, anything that depicts or contain images of death, physical abuse, or injury, also not produced. |
| 0:30.5 | Welcome to Gaslit Nation. I am your host, Andrea Chalupa. And this is, of course, our show about corruption in America and rising |
| 0:40.1 | autocracy worldwide. I am joined by my dear friend Russian mafia expert Olga Lottman to talk about |
| 0:47.3 | the Epstein files. Our opening clip was Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche during the press conference of the latest batch |
| 0:57.2 | of release of these massive files. There's about 3 million files released thus far as ordered |
| 1:06.1 | by a bipartisan act of Congress signed by the President of the States, who's all up in these files. |
| 1:14.8 | I want to remind everyone that Todd Blanche is also convicted felon Donald Trump's former |
| 1:23.1 | personal defense attorney. So whatever we have seen in these files related to Trump has passed through |
| 1:33.4 | Donald Trump's former defense attorney. And so keep that in mind. And also keep in mind that the lawyers |
| 1:42.6 | for the victims are demanding more files be released. |
| 1:48.1 | They're saying that there's still an ongoing cover-up after decades of cover-up and that |
| 1:54.7 | they especially want to know who, other than, of course, Alex Acosta, Donald Trump's former Secretary of Labor during his |
| 2:04.3 | first term, who specifically was involved in giving Predator Epstein such a sweetheart deal, |
| 2:13.7 | where he could have a staycation house arrest and continue to hobnob and be normalized by the world's elite across industries, including academia, media, sports, science, innovation, all of it, and of course, global affairs. |
| 2:31.9 | Now, I know things are extremely dark and heavy right now. People are basically having |
| 2:38.5 | their minds broken by what's coming out. I'm getting all sorts of messages from listeners, |
| 2:43.4 | text messages, phone calls from friends. People are digging into this and finding so many |
| 2:47.6 | disturbing things about victims, alleged victims as young as babies. |
| 2:53.8 | I know this is very, very, very hard. |
| 2:55.8 | And I want everyone to just sit with the fact that these Epstein files finally coming out after decades of cover-up. |
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