Trump descends into panic over Epstein files arrest - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen

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BTC: Prince Andrew gets nicked for being a wee naughty lad. Sorry, that accent really makes uh things just seem less worse than they are. This is just another day.

As Donald Trump's administration continues to provide cover for each of the president's rich friends in the Epstein files, some other countries are handling things a bit differently.

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NBC News Host: A stunning development in Great Britain. Former Prince Andrew arrested. Arrested in connection with his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. It follows weeks of new revelations about their friendship following the US Justice Department's release of millions of files from the Epstein case

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BTC: Wow. Turns out that if you instruct law enforcement to read the files as opposed to talking about your nation's financial success…

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Pam Bondi: The Dow is over 50,000 right now.

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BTC: …people can actually be held accountable. But this is huge. As you may remember, last year King Charles stripped his brother of his titles, banished him from the monarchy, and sent him to live out the rest of his years in exile, which is exactly where Andrew was arrested this morning.

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Good Morning America Host: Law enforcement launching a coordinated operation on King Charles's private estate in Sandringham, where Andrew had been sent into effective exile.

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BTC: Okay, just to uh be clear, this is the home that they chose to exile him to. This was the domicile of discipline, the retreat of retribution, the confines of consequence. I may not speak for everyone here, but being exiled in England seems pretty fucking sweet. I imagine the Zillow listing starts with your exile awaits.

So, how did Andrew finally meet his fate? Was it new photos or videos of him with young women? Some new emails that show that he was even more involved with Epstein sex trafficking than previously known?

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CBS Morning News Reporter: The suspicion of uh public misconduct uh misconduct while in public office linked to the time that Andrew was a trade envoy. This is back in uh the 2000s uh when he was traveling the world. And the idea here, the suspicion here is that he was sharing confidential information to people including Epstein for financial benefit.

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BTC: Okay, two things. First, it is wild that the former prince has been arrested not over this, but because of accusations that he had shared confidential government information as a trade envoy for the government with Epstein. And second, am I wrong or did you just pronounce his name? Epstein (long “I” sound on second syllable). Epstein. Seriously, Epstein? The entire world has been saying this guy's name on a daily basis for as long as I can remember. And you're going with Epstein? Tell you what, maybe uh take a beat, grab a beer stein, throw on some Bernstein, or pop on Netflix and watch the new Frankenstein, and then come back and remember the billionaire pedophile's name is pronounced Jeffrey Epstein.

Now, since this news has just broke this morning, a lot of things are still developing, but in England, especially right now, certain matters need to be attended to more than others.

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Good Morning America Reporter: People are talking at the moment, you know, about protocol and things like that and what happens next. Well, this guy is actually still in the line of succession. Uh, that needs to just happen immediately and just dealt with. You know, you you just cannot have this guy. Even the fact that, you know, we got a court case that could follow or what we don't know what's going to happen next, but he's he's technically in the line of succession to the British throne. It's just making a mockery really of this country. And I think that I mean, this is truly truly historic.

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BTC: Exactly. You can't have a man with that type of horrific judgment who at the very least was aware of the abusive behavior Jeffrey Epstein was engaged in being put in a position of power. As he said, that would make a complete mockery of the entire country. But hey, I guess this just goes to show that there are other differences between America and Britain besides calling the elevator a lift, a cookie a biscuit, and calling that 1950 sitcom Bugger Off It to Beaver.

Turns out across the pond they have much more time to devote to digging through the Epstein files.

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CBS New Chicago Reporter: CBS News also knows the Thames Valley Police started looking into claims concerning former Prince Andrew and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein about a week ago.

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BTC: A week ago. Pam Bondi had the files on her desk for a year and still hasn't done shit and they took action in a week. But look, you know what? We got to cut Trump some slack here. I mean, in his defense, you would need a parade of lawyers basically working for free to be able to dig through the 6 million pages of documents in the Epstein files.

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CNBC Reporter: Kelly, another major law firm has cut a deal with the Trump administration to avoid retaliation from the White House. In this case, it's Skadden Arps. The president just a short time ago announcing that Skadden Arps has come to what he calls a settlement with the White House uh in terms of political activity. They say that here at the White House that Skadden Arps is going to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services during the Trump administration to causes that the president and Skadden Arps both agree with.

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BTC: $100 million of free legal work or to put that another way, one quarter of an unnecessary ballroom's worth of free legal work.

It is worth remembering that this isn't just some wealthy distant cousin in the royal family that we're talking about here. This is the brother of the king. A king who immediately weighed in on the arrest of his sibling.

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ABC News Host: A statement from his majesty the king. I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. What now follows is the full fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I've said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and cooperation. Let me state clearly the law must take its course.

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BTC: And that is what accountability looks like over there whereas over here.

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Reporter: Prince Andrew arrested by the police there um related to something with Jeffrey Epstein. Do you think people in this country at some point associates of Jeffrey Epstein will wind up in handcuffs too?

Trump: Well, you know, I'm the expert in a way because I've been totally exonerated. That's very nice. I can actually speak about it very nicely.

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BTC: And doesn't that bring the victims the comfort they've been looking for for so long? To know how nicely our president can talk about the Epstein files. Not only does Donald Trump refuse to even entertain the idea of holding one of these men accountable for their relationship with Epstein, this morning he was happy to show the world how much of a fuck he doesn't give.

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Trump: It's always nice to be young and handsome. Doesn't mean we have to like you. I don't like young handsome men. Women like…

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BTC: That's right. He likes them so much he's been known to spend $5 million showing them.

The reality is this administration has all the time, money, and resources at their disposal to properly handle the Epstein files and bring closure to the victims. But it's not happening because they simply don't want to.

The reason more high-profile people in America are not being held accountable is because Donald Trump, his DOJ, and practically the entire Republican party are not only choosing not to do anything, but are impeding anyone else from pursuing accountability at every single turn. These people have done whatever possible to provide cover for anybody involved.

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NewsNation Host: On the Epstein files. There she is there um speaking. Why won't you swear her in?

Mike Johnson: Yeah. I mean, again, they're becoming experts at distraction and red herrings. This has absolutely nothing to do about Epstein.

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Voiceover: As of tonight, the Department of Justice is nearly two weeks late in releasing the case files of federal investigations of Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Federal law required the release by December 19th.

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Victor Jacobo: At the same time, at least 15 newly released files disappeared from the DOJ's website. It is not clear as to why that happened.

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BTC: Uh, so frustrating, right? Probably just a computer error. I mean, we've all gotten the message like the current administration, this file is corrupt and cannot be opened. And this from the party who branded themselves as the bastions of family values.

Somehow the king of England can support his own brother being arrested and held accountable for his crimes. But the guy in America who wants to be king will stop at nothing to make sure his rich friends stay protected.

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Host: And today, Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert was the target of an apparent pressure campaign by Trump to keep the Epstein file secret. The New York Times and CNN report that the Trump White House attempted to convince Boebert, a strong Republican ally of the president, to take her name off a congressional action that would force the release of the Epstein files, even going so far as to call her to a meeting in the highly secure White House situation room with the FBI director and the attorney general.

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BTC: Lauren Boebert, who put her name on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, got called up to the situation room to meet not just with the president, but the head of the FBI. Yet, the billionaire Les Wexner, whose name is all over the files…

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Good Morning America Reporter: The billionaire told the committee he has never been questioned by the FBI.

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BTC: Must have just been a scheduling issue. There has never been an easier issue to advocate for. and add your name to then justice for the victims and survivors of sexual abuse. And the fact that hundreds of Republicans in Congress are staying silent or even worse trying to prevent anyone from being held accountable speaks volumes. This is not a binary issue. Silence is complicity. It is a message to every single victim and voter that rather than do what is morally correct, they have chosen to sell their souls in an effort to stay in Donald Trump's favor and protect the wealthy Epstein class.

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Reporter: Epstein? (wrongly pronounced)

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BTC: Definitely not.