Why The Epstein Documents Matter
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🗓️ 4 January 2024
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Most of those publicly named — many of whom are already known to have links to Epstein — have denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities.
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019.
We make sense of the newly revealed documents and discuss why the Jeffrey Epstein case still matters.
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| 0:00.0 | There's an old quote from Donald Trump that resurfaced in 2019. |
| 0:10.0 | It was newly relevant because Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier, had just been charged |
| 0:16.6 | with sex trafficking of minors. |
| 0:18.9 | I've known Jeff for 15 years. |
| 0:20.8 | Terrific guy, Trump had told New York magazine back in 2002. |
| 0:25.3 | He's a lot of fun to be with. |
| 0:26.6 | It has even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the |
| 0:31.1 | younger side. |
| 0:33.0 | In 2019, Trump, then president, was asked about that quote after the new charges against Epstein. |
| 0:40.3 | Well I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him. I mean people in Palm Beach knew him he was a fixture in Palm Beach |
| 0:46.6 | I had a falling out with him a long time ago. I don't think I've spoken to him for 15 years. I wasn't a fan |
| 0:53.0 | Whatever Trump's relationship with him, he's right that Epstein was a fixture in wealthy and |
| 0:58.6 | powerful social circles. |
| 1:00.8 | That's what comes through most in the newly unsealed court documents related to Epstein that came out on Wednesday. |
| 1:07.0 | There aren't bombshells or smoking guns, but there is more evidence of just how effectively Epstein cultivated his social network. |
| 1:16.0 | Julie K Brown, the Miami Herald reporter whose investigation into Jeffrey Epstein |
| 1:21.1 | brought fresh attention to his crimes, |
| 1:24.0 | told W.H.Y. |
| 1:25.1 | 's fresh air that he used that social network |
| 1:28.9 | to prey on women. |
| 1:29.9 | He would say to them, look, you want to study this. |
| 1:33.3 | You want to be a model. |
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