Judge Chutkan ORDERS IMMEDIATE RELEASE of Epstein DOCS

When it rains for this corrupt Department of Justice led by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Donald Trump, it tsunamis. And we just got another new ruling from a federal judge, this time Judge Chutkan in the D.C. federal court about the Epstein files, but more importantly, about the Department of Justice's mishandling of the Epstein files. And Judge Chutkan says because, and blames effectively Pam Bondi again, that Pam Bondi screwed it up because she told the world in February

that the files were quote unquote on her desk about the Epstein files. Then there's reporting that in March and April, the files were completely reviewed, top to bottom by the FBI. Then in May, there's reporting

that Pam Bondi briefed Donald Trump. And then by July, they're saying nothing to see here. They close the file and say, we're not gonna be releasing the Epstein files, which leads to a whirlwind, a tsunami led by MAGA against the Trump administration.

Well, under the Freedom of Information Act, that's just the type of quote, widespread and exceptional media the type of quote, widespread and exceptional media interest, close quote, which gives a group like Democracy Forward the right for an expedited document examination of the documents that they're seeking, which is not just the Epstein files.

It's the documents around the handling of the Epstein files. Oh, it's the gift that keeps on giving. And once again, Pam Bondi, who is over her skis and completely incompetent and should have been fired already, is at the heart of another Department of Justice scandal. We need a scandalometer. How many have there been? The way the Alien Enemies Act was used to abuse the due process rights of human beings

and migrants and immigrants. Abrego Garcia, the way that the federal judges have been abused by her and by others and lied to. You know, the Lindsay Halligan affair and her just getting fired and Lindsay Halligan's role in that. I mean, it's just scandal after scandal after scandal.

Let me read to you from the memorandum opinion of Judge Chutkan. And I love the fact that it's Judge Chutkan, who was the judge presided over the election interference case for Donald Trump. She knows Donald Trump like the back of her hand. And here's the memorandum opinion granting the decision. First, the judge says, effectively widespread and exceptional media interest, which is a requirement under the Freedom of Information Act was created by Pam Bondi herself. Because first she said, this is the judge, she said in February, Pam

Bondi told the world she had the files there on her desk. In fact, let's play the clip.

The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients. Will that really happen?

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. That's been a directive by President Trump. I'm reviewing that, I'm reviewing JFK files, MLK files. That's all in the process of being reviewed because that was done at the directive of the president from all of these agencies. First, to back up on that, in February I did an interview on Fox and it's been getting

a lot of attention because I said, I was asked a question about the client list and my response was it's sitting on my desk to be reviewed, meaning the file along with the JFK MLK files as well. That's what I meant by that. Also to the tens of thousands of video, they turned out to be child porn downloaded by that disgusting Jeffrey Epstein. Child porn is what they were. Never gonna be released, never gonna see the light of day. To him being an agent, I have no knowledge about that. We can get back to you on that. And

the minute missing from the video, we released the video showing definitively, the video was not conclusive, but the evidence prior to it was showing he committed suicide and what was on that there was a minute that was off the counter and what we learned from Bureau of Prisons was every year every night they redo that video it's old from like 1999 so every night the video is reset and every night should have the same minute missing so we're looking for that video to release that as well showing that a minute is missing every night.

And that's it on Epstein.

And the judge says there are others that said that there was news reporting that in March and April, those files were scoured by the FBI led by Kash Patel top to bottom in searching for Donald Trump's name. And that it was reported that Pam Bondi briefed Donald Trump in May and said your name is all over the files, which is consistent with David Shuster's recent reporting that MAGA right wingers,

even like soon to be former congressperson Marjorie Taylor Green were briefed that the files are worse for Donald Trump than before. Then you had the closeout memo which was attempted a few months later in which the FBI and the Department of Justice did a two-page memo that said nothing to see here, no crimes here, we're closing the file, there's no client list. People were like, what? Again, cited by Judge Chutkan as a basis for granting on summary judgment the expedited documents to be sent over to Democracy Forward and the public about the handling of the Epstein files caused by their own behavior, their own conduct.

Then you had the world explode after Cash Patel went on his Senate and House oversight committees and he told a MAGA senator that there was nothing in the files and it was only Jeffrey Epstein who was the criminal. Let's play that clip.

I wanna ask you about the Epstein files. Have you seen the Epstein files?

I have not reviewed the entirety of it myself, but a good amount.

You've seen most of the files. Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to besides himself?

Himself, there is no credible information, none. If there were, I would bring the case yesterday that he trafficked two other individuals. And the information we have again is limited.

So the answer is no one?

For the information that we have.

In the files?

In the case file.

And that led right-wing media, including on Fox and Laura Loomer, to lose their mind and start attacking Pam Bondi and call for her ouster, which was cited by Judge Chutkan again as another grounds to release the files

about the handling of the Epstein files. Let's play that clip.

Wanna be Fox News Barbie. It's like Fox News Barbie Blondie is what I have to call this woman because she just wants to go on Fox and yeah, Sean. Hi, Sean Hannity. My name is Pam Blondie and I'm the Attorney General of the United States. And let me tell you, Ainsley, let me tell you, Peter, those Epstein files were delivered to my office in a dump truck, in a big FBI dump truck.

And there's a lot of real powerful men on those lists, and there's a lot of really powerful people, I'll tell you, Sean, who are about to take private jets out of our country. But I'm Pam Blondie, the best attorney general you've ever seen in this country, and I'm going to hold these people accountable. Hopeful, golly, golly, Sean, I guess I misspoke. I guess I misspoke when I said the files were on my desk.

I guess I misspoke when I said that the files were gonna be delivered in a dump truck. And Pam Blondie should not just resign or be fired, but Kash Patel and Dan Bongino should come out on the record and call for her to be fired as well.

Now, if you were, if you were the survivors, of course, also who have taken to the airwaves and have given press statements that if the files are not released, if the files were not released, they were going to start releasing the client lists and the client files themselves. And that includes Lisa Phillips, one of the survivors of Epstein, who said exactly that in this clip. Let's play the clip.

In the year 2000, I was taken to Jeffrey Epstein's island while on a photo shoot on a nearby island. Who I saw and what I experienced there was a glimpse into a very dark and disturbing world. For years after, I tried to avoid Jeffrey, but he had introduced me to Katie Ford,

the owner of the Ford Modeling Agency. Epstein's reach went to the very top of fashion, arts, and entertainment. This did not just happen to underage girls in Florida. In New York City, hundreds of young ambitious women were abused by him. Epstein was not just a serial predator,

he was an international human trafficker. And many around him knew, many participated, and many profited. And yet he was protected. So I stand here today for every woman who has been silenced, exploited, and dismissed. We are not asking for pity. We are here demanding accountability. And I'm demanding justice.

Congress must choose. Will you continue to protect predators? Or will you finally protect survivors? And also I would like to announce here today us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list. We know the names, many of us were abused by them. Now together as survivors we will confidentially compile the names we all know who regularly in who are regularly in the

Epstein world and it will be done by survivors and for survivors no one else

is involved stay tuned for more details now Lisa Phillips is going to join me for an interview that we're gonna put up tomorrow I think you're gonna be fascinated about what she says and on the edge of your seat about what the survivors are prepared to do about the Epstein files if they don't get released. Attention Pam Bondi. Now, let me read now for the memorandum opinion. The what they're seeking and what the judge has granted and what now will be coming out subject to an appeal by Pam Bondi are the following.

All materials prepared or compiled by the DOJ officials for Attorney General Bondi's review regarding the Epstein matter. What did that document look like? All briefing materials for Bondi for her meeting with President Trump

regarding the Epstein matter in May of 2025. All records reflecting communications between the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, that'd be Todd Blanche, the Associate Attorney General, that'd be Stan Woodward, and or Emil Bovey, and senior aides regarding the Jeffrey Epstein matter. All records reflecting communications between the FBI

director and those in his inner circle about the Epstein matter. All records reflecting directives, guidance and instructions provided by the FBI leadership to FBI personnel who were doing the review. The only and all documents between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein are now,

even if they're gonna be withheld by, somehow withheld with the new bill that just got signed into law. This judge has ordered them to be produced to democracy forward who will make them public. She particularly Judge Jutgen on page 12 says that there's a chance that the Department of Justice has no integrity. No, no, no, no shed if you know what

I mean. Possible questions about the government's integrity page 12. Democracy Forward has also established that this widespread media coverage raises possible questions about the government's integrity that affect public confidence. The primary way to determine whether such possible questions about the government's integrity that affect public confidence. The primary way to determine whether such possible questions exist is by examining public coverage.

Democracy Forward, this is on page 13, has cleared this bar. As its submission to the Justice Department showed, prominent outlets have reported that that the department's change of position has generated widespread controversy

has generated widespread controversy that has undermined public trust.

everything that I just outlined is is being forced to be compelled to be sent over by the Department of Justice and FBI over Democracy Forward. On page 14, the court summarizes it this way. The court is largely satisfied that Democracy Forward's FOIA requests are closely related to the department's handling of the Epstein files. The request for records reflecting all correspondence between Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein

is plainly tied to the concern discussed in the media that the Justice Department reversed its position on the disclosure of the documents only after Attorney General Bondi reportedly informed the president that his name appeared in the files. So you need to turn it over on a summary judgment. Now what's the Attorney General going to do next? You know it. She's going to claim there's an active investigation going on,

that she started up in New York with the Southern District of New York, acting U.S. Attorney Jake Clayton. She'd love to release the files, but she can't release them because there's an active investigation. She'll also claim they're privileged. She'll also claim their attorney work product and litigation privilege. And she will take this up on appeal to the three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court and ultimately to the United States Supreme Court. But the federal judges need to do their

job the way the judge Chutkan just did her job there. If there's a summary judgment to be granted, you grant it. You don't worry about an appeal, you don't worry about the summary judgment, you know, I'm sorry, you don't worry about the Supreme Court, you do your job as a trial judge. And that's exactly what we just saw Judge Chutkan do.

So the headline is Judge Chutkan has ordered that the correspondence between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein be produced ASAP on a summary judgment. They can now take their appeals. They can now argue, which they're going to do,

they can now argue that there's an active investigation, a criminal investigation, their hands are tied, but let them make that argument to the Court of Appeals, make their record, and then take it up, if they can, on an emergency application up to the United States Supreme Court. I'll let them weigh in on the Epstein matter. They already weighed in once. They denied the appeal, once and for all, for Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted child sex trafficker along with Jeffrey Epstein. They're not even putting

their little toe into the water related to the scandal. Yeah, let's see what happens next. This is a this is a pretty run of the mill Freedom of Information Act request by statute, with findings made by this judge, which I think are unassailable, including the procedural history here. We will follow it all,

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