The Vast Reach of Jeffrey Epstein's Network

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🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Weeks after the Department of Justice released millions of pages of documents related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, new questions are emerging about evidence that may implicate President Trump in assaulting a teenage trafficking victim. This comes as Bill and Hillary Clinton testify before the House Oversight Committee about their relationship to the disgraced financier. We’ll talk about the latest disclosures and what Epstein’s ties to political, academic and business elites reveal about the structure of power and influence in our society. Guests: Stephen Fowler, political reporter, NPR Maegan Vazquez, reporter, Washington Post Virginia Heffernan, journalist and critic; columnist, The New Republic; publisher of "Magic and Loss" newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.8	Welcome to Forum.
0:40.8	I'm Mina Kim.
0:45.8	Democrats are calling for President Trump to appear before a congressional committee to answer questions about his relationship to the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and allegations
0:50.6	that Trump sexually abused a 13-year-old trafficking victim.
0:55.5	Rokana, Silicon Valley Congressman, and co-sponsor of the law that forced the public release of Epstein Files,
0:59.9	told meet the press that former president Bill Clinton's testimony Friday before the House
1:04.7	Oversight Committee set a precedent. He didn't take the fifth. He answered every question
1:09.4	fully, and the American people will be able to decide what they believe. The point, though, is that President Clinton has set a precedent, a new Clinton rule. That means that Donald Trump should do the same, answer the questions. Howard Lutnik should do the same. And every person who went to that island or who corresponded with Epstein about
1:29.0	going to his mansion should be called under oath to tell us what they knew.
1:34.3	Dozens of pages related to the sexual abuse allegations against Trump are missing from the
1:39.2	three and a half million page release of documents by the Department of Justice a month ago.
1:44.0	NPR's Stephen Fowler broke
1:45.9	the story of the missing documents and joins me now. And a note to listeners in this hour
1:50.9	we will be discussing sexual assault. Stephen, welcome to forum. Thanks for having me.
1:56.1	So tell us what exactly is missing and how you knew these allegations existed even though they were
2:01.9	missing.
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