Inside Epstein’s Vault: Private Plans & Political Secrets

20,000 pages of documents in the [music]. Jeffrey Epstein saga have been released. and boy do they say a lot. From. high-profile connections to politics to. the sexual abuse claims and even direct. references [music] to President Donald. Trump, we are going to go through the. major bombshell highlights from [music]. this document dump. Welcome to Sidebar. presented by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse. Weber. Okay, so before we jump into all this, can you believe that the holidays are. here? It's like, weren't we just in.

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seeing Epstein's own words allegedly. connecting President Donald Trump. directly to his inner circle after that. infamous 2008 plea deal that Epste. entered into. Now, but I want to be. clear about something, okay? As we go. through these communications, Donald. Trump has never been officially. implicated in any wrongdoing and he's. never been charged with any crime. connected to Epstein. Having said that, his name comes up a lot in these. documents. And I say when we go through.

these communications, let's let me be. clear. We're obviously can't go through. 20,000 pages of documents, but what we. can do is go through some of the major. highlights so far. And this massive. document dump has a lot. And this came. after House Democrats released some very. interesting and arguably. provocative exchanges communications. So. let's start here. You have one from 2011. from Jeffrey Epstein to Galain Maxwell, his convicted sex trafficker associate,

saying, quote, I want you to realize. that that dog that hasn't barked is. Trump. And then it's kind of redacted, but victim spent hours at my house with. him. He has never once been mentioned, police chief, etc. I'm 75% there. Maxwell actually writes back, quote, I. have been thinking about that. You have. another communication where Epstein. tells author Michael Wolf in 2019, quote, redacted Mara Lago. Redacted. And.

by the way, this email was apparently. sent several months before Epstein died. It continues, quote, Trump said he asked. me to resign. never a member ever. Of. course, he knew about the girls as he. asked Galain to stop. And then you have. one more from 2015 I want to highlight. where Wolf appears to tell Epstein that. CNN may be asking Trump about his. connection to Epste. Remember this was. when Trump was announcing that he was. going to run for president. To which.

Epstein asks, quote, "If we were able to. craft an answer for him, what do you. think it should be?" Wolf responds, "I. think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn't been on the plane. or to the house, then that gives you a. valuable PR and political currency. You. could hang him in a way that potentially. generates a positive benefit for you. Or. if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt.". Of course, it is possible that when. asked, he'll say, "Jeffrey is a great.

guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a. victim of political correctness, which. is to be outlawed in a Trump regime." By. the way, Wolf responded to this breaking. news, saying on Instagram, quote, "Perhaps we're getting close to the. smoking gun." You know, it's curious. that Epstein's relationship with so many. people in public life has damaged them. considerably, but the one person who he. was closest to has not been held. accountable. That's Donald Trump. Now, remember, all of this is years after. Epstein's 2008 plea deal where he.

avoided federal charges and Trump had. already started to distance himself. publicly from him. But these emails. suggest that behind the scenes, Epstein, his associates, the circle, they were. still talking about him, strategizing. around his image, tracking who said. what, tracking what his potential. presidency may look like. And that is. what has sent this story spiraling. because hours after the dump from the. House Oversight Committee, Congress. started pushing for more. You had. congressional members who now want the.

Justice Department to hand over all of. the Epstein related communications. And. that pressure is building. The House is. moving to force a vote that would compel. the Justice Department to release all of. the Epstein files. In fact, Speaker Mike. Johnson announced that he will put a. bill ordering the release of the Epstein. files immediately, saying, "We're going. to put that on the floor for a full vote. when we get back next week." And this is. creating a major political firestorm. You have newly sworn in Congresswoman. Adelita Graalva, who signed the.

discharge petition, providing the. decisive 218th signature that was needed. to force that vote on the release of the. Epstein files. And in her remarks on the. House floor, she said, quote, "Justice. cannot wait another day and also thank. the Epstein survivors who were in the. gallery watching." So, I want to talk. about what we are seeing in this. document dump. And it's just going to be. me. I'm going to do it solo. Let's go. through it. Now, the new emails, they. keep coming and they go far beyond just. Donald Trump. For example, Steve Bannon.

Okay. Steve Bannon, Trump's former. adviser, in a June 2019 email right. after a photo was taken of Trump shaking. hands with Prince Andrew. Okay, this was. during a state visit. We know Prince. Andrew, we'll talk about him a little. bit more. Quite a character in all of. this. Epstein wrote to somebody who. according to CNN appears to be Bannon. saying, quote, "Prince and Trump today, too funny." And then he added, "Recall. Prince Andrews accuser came out of Mara.

Lago, seemingly referring to Virginia. Roberts Du Fray who passed away several. months ago." Well, Bannon appeared to. reply, "Can't believe nobody is making. the connective tissue." So, this email. suggests that Epstein and his inner. circle were actively tracking the public. connections between these powerful men. And by the way, talking power in that. vein, theoretical physicist Lawrence. Krauss messaged Jeffrey Epstein in one. communication. Quote, "Let's do a Men of. the World conference and attached an.

invite list that included Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacy, Woody Allen. These are all. people, as you know, who faced sexual. misconduct allegations in one form or. another." Now, before actually we go. back to President Trump, let me actually. go to former President Bill Clinton. because his name popped up in these. materials too or seemingly. And to be. clear, he too has not officially been. implicated in any wrongdoing or charged. with a crime in connection with Epstein. But as it is well documented, the two. had a relationship. And these. communications reveal what may have.

ultimately led to their falling out. So, in an email exchange with Katherine. Rumbler, a former White House counsel to. President Barack Obama, you have this. communication back in January of 2016. where Epstein writes seemingly about. Clinton. Quote, "My memory is a friend. killer. I stopped talking to Clinton. when he swore with wholehearted. conviction that he had done something. He had forgotten that he also swore the. exact opposite to me only weeks before.". By the way, a Clinton spokesperson said.

in a statement uh that was published by. the New York Post, "Who knows what. they're talking about? What we do know. and have always said is that President. Clinton knew nothing about Epstein's. heinous crimes and hadn't spoken to him. in 20 years. Now, here it is in black. and white." Going back to President. Trump, the emails appear to show Epstein. had these sharp private opinions about. Trump and his mental state. For example, in 2018, Epstein wrote in an email, "You. might want to tell your Dem friends that. treating Trump like a mafia don ignores.

the fact that he is great, dangerous. power. Tightening the news too slowly. risks a very bad situation. Not so with. this maniac. Called him borderline. insane at one point and said there would. be corroborated by some that are close.". Then you go to a 2017 email after. Trump's so-called Muslim ban and Epstein. told a New York Times reporter, quote, "Donald is bleeping crazy. I told you. that." And in an email to New York Times.

reporter Thomas Landon Jr. in response. to Trump's published reaction to a book. by Michael Wolf, Epstein wrote, "No. questions. Donald's statement was goofy. early dementia. By the way, talking. Landon, this I thought was a notable. exchange between him and Epstein in. February 2016 regarding Trump. Landon. writes, "It's getting scary. The stories. you could tell." Epstein replies, "Wow.". And Landon replies, "Actually, I don't. think he voters would care. Being.

effectively shameless is a pretty. powerful weapon for a presidential. candidate." And bad mouthing continued. with Epstein writing in 2018, "Donald is. close to no one. He talks to many. people. He tells each one something. different." Also in 2018, as Trump's. former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was. pleading guilty and implicating the. president in the hush money scheme, Epstein saw an opportunity. He emailed. again Katherine Rumbler, writing, quote, "You see, I know how dirty Donald is. My.

guess is that non- lawyers, New York biz. people have no idea what it means to. have your fixer flip. So, this email. suggests that Epstein believed Cohen. really had the goods on his former. client. And maybe the most bizarre item. in this entire document dump, and we. have a lot more we want to get to. It's. not even an email, it's a video. The. files include this video from Epstein's. estate that show a dog chewing on and. attacking a plush doll that's made to.

look like Donald Trump. Weird. And there. was also this notable exchange, by the. way, regarding President Trump when he. met Russian President Vladimir Putin in. 2018. And this is where Epstein was. perhaps saying, "Look, I get Donald. Trump. I understand him. We should. talk." Okay. So in an email to the. former prime minister of Norway, Epstein. writes, quote, I think you might suggest. to Putin that Lavrov can get insight on. talking to me. And this is seemingly.

referring to Sergey Lavrov, Russia's. foreign minister, and talking Russia and. Trump, by the way. Epstein had this back. and forth with Larry Summers. This is a. former Clinton and Obama administration. official with Summers writing, "Do the. Russians have stuff on Trump today? Was. appalling even by his standards?" to. which Epstein writes back, "My email is. full with similar comments. Wow, I'm. sure his view is that it went super. well. He thinks he has charmed his. adversary. Admittedly, he has no idea of. the symbolism. He has no idea of most.

things." And Epstein also wrote to. Summers after Trump's inauguration, saying, "Recall, I've told you, I have. met some very bad people. None as bad as. Trump. Not one decent cell in his body. So, yes, dangerous. And when approached. for comment, by the way, by the New York. Times on Wednesday, uh Larry Summers. directed the New York Times to past. comments where he had said that he had. regretted his past associations with.

Jeffrey Epstein. Then we move on. There. is a 2018 exchange, this is over. iMessage, where the name of the sender. is redacted and this person says to. Epstein, quote, "It will all blow over. They're really just trying to take down. Trump and doing whatever they can to do. that. And while the context of that. message is not clear, Epstein responds, "Yes, thanks. It's wild because I am the. one able to take him down. We don't know. what that means. I'm sure people will. run with that. Make whatever conclusions.

or assumptions they want. To be also. clear, these are private communication. So, there is a question of credibility. What was Epstein saying to people? Was. he being honest? Was he just saying what. he wanted to say? Was he saying what he. thought other people wanted to say? Not. exactly sure, but just take it for that. Now, there are discussions of other. high-profile people besides President. Trump. Like, let's talk about Prince. Andrew. Well, maybe former Prince. Andrew. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the. brother of King Charles III, son of the.

late Queen Elizabeth II. He was stripped. of his titles in the wake of the sexual. misconduct allegations in connection. with his relationship with Epstein. So, for instance, in 2011, Epstein writes a. publicist, quote, "The girl who accused. Prince Andrew can also easily be proven. to be a liar. I think Buckingham Palace. would love it. You should task someone. to investigate the girl Virginia. Roberts." Again, referring to Virginia. Roberts Duay, who died several months. back, was an infamous Epstein and uh. Prince Andrew or Andrew accuser.

Actually, staying with Andrew for a. minute, you have this email that Epstein. sent to a publicist asking her to. contact Ariana Huffington, the. co-founder of the Huffington Post, who. was investigating Andrew at the time. And Epstein wrote this in a 2011 email. Quote, should IU point out to Ariana. Huff that the same type of person, same. as Strauss Khan, is Andrew's accuser? Long criminal record, total liar. Ariana. should champion the dangers of false. allegations. Send a reporter or.

reporters to investigate. The palace. would love it. The girl in the photo was. nothing more than a telephone answerer. She was never 15. According to her. version, she worked for Trump first at. that age at Mara Lago. It's ridiculous. But the press, like Strauss Khan, is. afraid to question women. And then there. were communications between Andrew and. Epstein, too. When the news was coming. out about Virginia Grey and Andrew wrote. to Epstein, quote, "Please make sure. that every statement or legal letter.

states clearly that I am not involved. and that I knew and know nothing about. any of these allegations. I can't take. any more of this my end." So Epstein. writes to him at one point, "You okay? These stories are complete and utter. fantasy. I don't know and have never met. Al Gore. Clinton was never on the. island. The telephone book is not mine. It was stolen by my houseman that is. currently in prison for doing so. But. moving on, then you have this. communication with immunologist Boris.

Nicolik who wrote, "Met your friend Bill. Clinton yesterday and quote meeting your. friend Prince Andrew as he has some. questions regarding Microsoft." Epstein. replies, "You can tell Andrew we are. friends." Nichol replies to Epstein, "I. do not need anything from him." Epstein. replies, "Yes, you do. You need to laugh. and have fun. He is good at that. He's. great fun. Oh, and you know how we. talked about how Epstein worked out that. sweetheart deal with the federal. government to avoid prosecution on.

federal charges back in the early 2000s? That was the deal that was brokered by. then US attorney in southern Florida, Alexander Acasta, who Trump would make. his labor secretary. Well, what does. Epstein write to his defense lawyer Roy. Black back when Trump announced this. quote, "Who will represent Aosta at. hearings? Hm. Not sure why he was so. interested in that. But you have more. revelations like you have this email. correspondence between Epstein and. Maxwell in 2015. Quote, "Initial.

response, too many unanswered questions. raised. Relationship with Jeffrey, you. and Clinton, her and Andrew. What's the. deal here? Why is she there? This is who. I am. This how I know Jeffrey. I was. aware that Jeffrey hired massage people. I sometimes hired them. She was one of. them. Recollection employed. Affirmative. What I am writing to write. to respond to the allegation that have. been made which are categorically untrue. during the time I met Mr. Derseritz in. general inviting a subpoena. You will. never answer questions to the press.

satisfaction. They will not be. persuaded. Maxwell responds at one point. again this seems to be doing damage. control. I have to distance myself from. you in statement two and they need me to. say I was not aware of massage with. Andrew in my house. these things they. have to stay along with meeting and. rebutting those allegations. I needs it. ASAP. Now, I'll also say that we're. learning that Epstein's correspondence. reached into some very surprising. corners. For example, he apparently.

emailed with Woody Allen's wife, Sunun. Yin Preven, about Trump's 2016 campaign. where he apparently sent her a 2016 Hill. article that was titled, "Bill Clinton's. CIA chief joins Trump campaign." She. writes back, "Woody said it doesn't mean. anything." Now, first of all, I don't. know why Epstein sent it. I don't really. know what that response from Preven. really means, what we should make of it, but interesting. And going back to his. communications with Rumbler, Katherine. Rumler, who once wrote to him, "Trump is.

truly stupid." Epstein replied, "Duh.". What becomes clear from reading through. thousands of these pages is that Jeffrey. Epstein maintained a vast network of. connections across the political. spectrum and he would appear to be. focused on Donald Trump's rise to power. So the picture from these documents is. clear. While Trump had publicly. distanced himself behind the scenes, Epstein was closely watching and. strategizing and offering just brutal.

private assessments. And the White. House's response to all of this has been. to dismiss it entirely. The press. secretary said the emails quote prove. absolutely nothing. And when asked if. the president would commute Gain. Maxwell's sentence, which we talked. about on a previous sidebar, effectively. releasing her from prison, she said it's. not something he's talking about or even. thinking about at this moment in time. But the White House is pushing back. hard. For example, President Trump took. to Truth Social, saying, quote, "The. Democrats are trying to bring up the. Jeffrey Epstein hoax again because. they'll do anything at all to deflect on.

how badly they've done on the shutdown. and so many other subjects. Only a very. bad or stupid Republican would fall into. that trap. There should be no. deflections to Epstein or anything else, and any Republicans involved should be. focused only on opening up our country. and fixing the massive damage caused by. the Democrats." But now with the House. locked in to hold a vote and these new. emails fueling the demand for total. transparency, you know, the story's far. from over. The pressure is only.

intensifying. ABC News reporting that. Trump administration officials met with. Representative Lauren Boowbert hours. before Graalva was sworn in to allegedly. get her to take her name off the. petition to release the Epstein files. And and so you're seeing this being. drawn out more and more and more and the. political battle lines are being drawn. very clearly. You have one side, you. have, for example, House Democratic. leader Hakee Jeff who accused President. Trump essentially of a cover up, saying. Donald Trump is spending his day.

pressuring people like Lan like Nancy. Mace and Lauren Boower to come off of. the Epstein discharge petition because. they are afraid clearly of what's in. those files. On the other side, you have. House Speaker Mike Johnson who dismissed. the entire document dump as a quote. massive distraction by the Democrats. while maintaining that President Trump. supports quote maximum transparency. Although, I will tell you, Johnson said. that the release would be unnecessary as. the House Oversight Committee is already. investigating all of this, but he's. still going to be holding a vote. So,

the House is now scheduled to vote on. releasing all of these Epstein files. The Democrats are united. You have a. growing number of Republicans like. Warren Davidson and Eli Crane saying. they will support the bill. So, while I. could say there's a chance that, oh, we're going to get all the truth, everything in just a few weeks, here's. the legal problem. This measure to. compel the DOJ to release the Epstein. files. It may pass the House, but it. needs to be enacted into law, and that. requires passage by both chambers of.

Congress. And you need the president to. sign off on it. And of course there is. going to be an argument that due to the. difficulty of getting a majority on. board in the Senate, put that to the. side, would the president possibly veto. this? So that's the question. And as we. approach that vote, the scope of this. investigation continues to widen. We are. now learning that Epstein's. communications weren't just about. politics and power. They reveal his. ongoing efforts to manage his own legal. exposure, his public image, even as. victims came forward. And this shows us.

that even years after his first. conviction, Epste and Maxwell, they were. actively working together to counter the. narratives. So where does this leave us? Well, we have evidence showing that. Epstein maintained extensive. communications about Donald Trump across. more than a decade. We have him. strategizing with associates about. Trump's political career, offering. brutal private assessments. We have him. hinting that he possessed compromising. information. Right now, the White House. continues to call this a partisan. attack. You have victims who are. watching from the House gallery and a.

successful discharge petition forcing a. vote. So now we have a fundamental. question here. What else is in those. files that we haven't seen? The response. from Capitol Hill has been immediate. It. has been fierce. You have Representative. Alexandria Okaziocortez telling CNN it. seems as though Donald Trump had a very. close personal relationship with Jeffrey. Epstein and that he had personally spent. time with victims in the Epstein. operation. And I think that this is just. I mean it's horrifying. Meanwhile, the. White House continues its fullcourt. press to contain the damage. As I.

mentioned, press secretary Caroline. Levit accused Democrats of quote. selectively leaking emails to the. liberal media to create a fake narrative. to smear President Trump. But here's. what makes the upcoming vote so. consequential. We have learned, and I. mentioned this before, that Republican. representative Warren Davidson, while. not signing the discharge petition, plans to vote for the full release of. the Epstein file, saying this is. something that has gone on for 20 years, and so justice is long overdue. Went on. to say there needs to be an explanation. to the public. To be clear, though, he.

also doubled down when speaking with CNN. that he doesn't believe there's anything. in there that anything that's been. released so far to incriminate President. Trump. So in other words, this fight for. transparency is arguably revealing. fractures within the GOP. And while the. White House pressures Republicans, you. have Democratic Representative Ro Kana, who is leading a bipartisan charge with. rep with Republican Thomas Massie to get. full release, predicts strong bipartisan. support, stating, quote, I believe we're. going to get 4050 Republicans voting.

with us on the release. If that holds. true, it would represent a stunning. rebuke of the White House's efforts to. seemingly not move forward with this. And the narrative emerging from these. documents is no longer just about a sex. trafficker and his powerful friends. It. is about a man who meticulously tracked. his connections to the highest levels of. power, who offered strategic political. advice and who privately held the view. that a future president of the United.

States was, in his own words, a maniac. So, the question may no longer be are we. going to learn more, but when are we. going to learn more? Let's see. That's. all we have for you right now here on. Sidebar. Everybody, thank you so much. for joining us. And as always, please. subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you should get your. podcasts. You can follow me on X or. Instagram. I'm Jesse Weber. I'll speak. to you next time.