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Speaker 4: Good Thursday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to

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Speaker 4: it was one of the most transparent meetings we've ever

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Speaker 4: We also found out Donald Trump and his administration have

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Speaker 4: President Donald Trump convened his first Cabinet meeting of his

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Speaker 4: and related records. The forecoming release aim to provide insight

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Speaker 4: into Epstein's network and associations. Now, Epstein, if you remember,

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Speaker 4: he was a financier with ties to numerous high profile individuals.

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Speaker 4: He was arrested in twenty nineteen on federal sex trafficking charges,

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Speaker 4: but died of quote suicide before his trial. His associate,

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Speaker 4: for Epstein, and she is currently serving a twenty year

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Speaker 4: What we also are expecting is there is going to

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Speaker 4: be quite a few high profile individuals from the political

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Speaker 4: to be clear, if there are Republicans on this list,

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Speaker 4: I want to know exactly what they were doing with

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Speaker 4: In fact, I really don't care if you're a Republican

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Speaker 4: for all of these heinous crimes and the hundreds of

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Speaker 4: big this cover up actually was. I also want to

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Speaker 4: know why the government didn't act sooner. They had lots

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Speaker 4: of information about Jeffrey Epstein and what he was doing.

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Speaker 4: So who were they protecting in our government or who

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Speaker 4: investigating the heinous crimes against underage girls. This should be

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Speaker 4: what we all should be wanting for transparency, and that's

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Speaker 4: exactly why President Donald Trump and Pam Bondy are saying

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Speaker 4: it's time for you and everyone else to see the list.

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