Trump's Epstein Cover-Up Is Getting Worse
Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
Democracy Docket
4.9 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Marc Elias breaks down the timeline of the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files, exposing a massive cover-up by the Department of Justice to protect President Donald Trump.
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00:00 The Epstein Files
00:47 Who Was Jeffrey Epstein?
01:40 Trump, MAGA & The Promise to Release the Files
03:17 DOJ’s First “Release” Falls Apart
04:29 Pam Bondi’s Letter & Demand for Full Files
10:49 Silence, Deflection & the July FBI Memo
18:06 “No Evidence” — The Cover-Up Question
22:07 Congress Forces Action on Epstein Files
26:24 DOJ Misses Deadline & Delays Release
32:35 Millions Missing: Where Are the Files?
Transcript
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| 1:00.1 | Donald Trump always finds a way out, or so it seems. |
| 1:03.4 | But there's one scandal that has plagued him ever since he returned to office, and he just can't shake it. |
| 1:08.7 | It's the Epstein files. |
| 1:10.1 | No matter how many lies he tells, |
| 1:12.2 | no matter what his Department of Justice does or says, it just won't go away. In this episode, |
| 1:18.7 | I lay out point by point, step by step, the lies he has told the efforts his administration |
| 1:24.8 | has taken to obstruct and to obfuscate. |
| 1:28.1 | Most importantly, I ask why we still haven't seen as many as half of all of the files |
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