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Trump Tries Shutting Down Bondi Epstein Deposition

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump trying to shut down the deposition of Attorney General Pam Bondi by pulling a stunt where AG Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche tried to hold a sham...

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You've been doing this for the whole time, and then you've been in the mood.

No, not at all. I'm so sorry. You're so sorry.

You're all right? Yes, exactly.

I'm so sorry that I'm just a part of the studio.

I'm just a part of the studio or a part of the studio. I'm sorry. I'm not as sorry. - You're right. - I'm sorry. With what? I'm sorry. With Amazon, there's more than 50% of the population with less population.

For example, in Papia, where there's also a lot of population.

When the night is over, Italy is playing. We're going to meet your new copy for a meeting with the population in the population. We're going to see the number of people who are in the population. We're going to see the number of people who are in the population. Democrats just stormed out of a sham briefing that Attorney General Pam Bandy decided that she was going to hold with 20% of the population. 24 hours notice regarding the Epstein files.

She apparently tried to hold this sham hearing and gave only 24 hours notice to try to get out of her deposition, which is supposed to take place on April 14th.

She's been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee and she's supposed to appear in public in the next few weeks.

So she and the Magar Republicans and Donald Trump tried to coordinate this sham. They said about 24 hours ago that she wanted to talk about the Epstein files. Democrats were very suspicious. What are you going to try to talk about in giving us only 24 hours notice? We have you under subpoena. Is this a way you're going to try to get out of this subpoena?

And it became very clear to the Democrats as soon as this sham briefing started that that's what Bandy was going to do.

It seemed that she and James Colber had scripted this whole thing with Donald Trump as they were going to be like, "Look, I guess she told you everything now. This also comes at the same time where a smoking gun document was just revealed on the House floor by Democratic Congress member Dan Goldman, who's been all over the Epstein file investigation by the Democrats. And he exposed this email that was previously redacted by Trump's DOJ. It's obvious. This was serious obstruction of justice. This was criminal. It appeared what's been going down here, obviously.

And what the DOJ redacted were notes that were sent by Donald Trump's lawyers back in 2009 to lawyers for victims and survivors. And the lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein and Guillain Maxwell, because on October 14, 2009, based on this document that has just been unredacted. It's already been unredacted. But it was redacted in the documents that were produced publicly. But Congress member Goldman made this public. It's obvious that Donald Trump and Epstein's connections on these documents

far more extensive than Donald Trump or the DOJ, everyone is saying, "I'm going to go over what was in this document in just a moment." But let's just bring this all together. So Sham Briefing, called by Pam Bondi, she says, "How's Oversight Committee?" Show up. Now, this follows the House Oversight Committee, sending a letter to Bondi saying that she's subpoenaed to show up April 14.

Remember yesterday, I was like, "That's kind of surprising." Mega Republican James Comer was sending

a strongly worded letter to Pam Bondi saying she needs to show up April 14. That's odd because we know what Trump's sick of in James Comers. But this was all part of their plan because then she said, "All right, I'm going to do this briefing. I'm going to show up on the House." And she was going to try to use this in order to not show up for her deposition. But Democrats saw that coming then Democrats just stormed out when they were like, "Seriously, this is all part

of a cover-up. We're not going to even be in this room. Makes you a co-conspirator to crimes, because this is part of a cover-up of a child's sex trafficking ring." Democratic Congress, remember, Robert Garcia posted the following moments ago. Oversight Democrats just walked out of an outrageous fake hearing where a Pam Bondi refused to say she would show up for her underwrote deposition. We asked her multiple times and she refused to commit. We won't participate

in a fake hearing that's not underwrote and not transcribed. The American people deserve transparency in the truth. We are going to end this White House cover-up to which the GOP members of the House Oversight Committee put out this message. This was clearly the Democrats plan all along

To walk out of the briefing that DOJ offered to provide.

Attorney General Todd Blanche were answering substantive questions in Attorney General Bondi stated

that she would follow the law regarding her subpoena. It's clear Democrats don't want answers or justice for survivors. They just want the Attrics for their latest partisan stunt to which the House Democrats in the Oversight Committee said, "Actually, the Attorney General would not commit to following the subpoena that Chairman James Colmer sent her two days ago to testify in front of our committee, so no need to participate in a fake hearing that's not transcribed and is not

under oath." Now, as I mentioned, moments earlier before the Democrats stormed out, Democratic Congress member Dan Goldman went to the House floor and he showed one of these documents

that the Department of Justice has been covering up. DOJ Redactions had key details about

Trump's Epstein ties and Congress member Goldman just revealed what they were trying to cover up. In the unredacted document shown today by Goldman on the House floor, we can now read the full notes from a 2009 conversation involving Jeffrey Epstein's attorney and Donald Trump's attorney in an email that was sent in October 20, 2009 from Epstein to Guillain Maxwell. Here's what stands out. Trump's own attorney set the record straight on whether Epstein was ever expelled

from Mara Lago. Trump's own attorney admits no. Epstein was not a member. May have been a guest

and was never asked to leave. Let me repeat that Donald Trump's lawyer saying Epstein was never asked

to leave Mara Lago. Mara Lago's manager burned Lemki also confirmed Epstein never asked to leave. The notes reference Trump being on Epstein's plane contradicting public denials. It confirms that Trump had interactions connected to Epstein's world far beyond what he has repeatedly claimed Trump. I may have been at Epstein's house with my wife as Jesse Lee explains this is incredible Trump administrations, redacted, Trump regime redacted his own lawyer debunking two repeated lies

that Trump has told his friendship with Epstein. That told about his friendship with Epstein. I'm sure John Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, can explain how this was some official

action. But these redactions were a deliberate and illegal coverup. This is the document

that was made available publicly. You can see all of the redactions on the DOJ website goldman just exposed at the moment to go. Now, going back to this sham hearing that Bondi want to to contrive with Donald Trump and Maggory publicans. One of the things that went down is when you had Democratic Congresswoman Summer Lee asking questions and saying, "Are you going to show up, Bondi, to your deposition, your subpoena?" We don't want this. We want you to show up under oath.

Not a sham hearing. Then Maggory public in chair of the House Oversight Committee James Colmer

was like, "Stop bitching." He said, "You need to, why are you bitching?" He said, "That's the

words of Homer at this sham hearing." And she put him on blast. Watch what went down. It's an end. To our lawful subpoena in a deposition. So instead I ask Chairman Colmer, if he would compel her to come to our deposition, if she did not come, would he force her to? Or if he would move for contemporaries, as he did for other people who did not respond to our subpoena. Instead of answering, as an adult he said that I was bitching, which is, again,

something that would not be allowed if we were operating under the rules of this committee. Because engaging in personalities is actually something that we are not able to do. If C. Span and the public were there, I'd imagine that he would not act that way. Neither here nor there, we expected A.G. Bondi to be ever-serial. We expected her to be

confrontational, and we expected her to not offer us much information. But that's why I introduce

impeachment articles. Because she has already been obstructing justice. She has already weaponized the DOJ. She has already ended investigations into Trump and his allies. She has used this role essentially as one to help the president. She does not answer to the president. The DOJ does not have the right or the privilege of withholding information from an active investigation, ignoring the laws of our land, which the Epstein transparency act is with our subpoena. From last July

is, and the oversight items will continue to press for accountability. We'll continue to press for justice for survivors while also keeping them centered in this. So at the end of the day, we are still here seeking answers for women, for girls, and for the American public, who has demanded justice, who have demanded answers to this, and whether or not they will

Pretend that the documents that they given us is enough, we already know that...

complied, and we are asking other people to make sure that we do not let them off the hook right now. So we look forward to her on the record, deposition, with our committee, and response to our lawful subpoena. Now, Democratic Congresswoman Stan's Berry talked about how shocked they were at Bondi's behavior, and what Blanche was doing at this sham hearing they tried to set up with less than 24 hours of notice. Play this clip. And Todd Blanche himself said today that basically

they've released everything they're going to release. Well, that is not compliance with the law.

In addition to that, I think what we were all shocked by today is that Pam Bondi was asked

multiple times by my colleagues if she would comply with the subpoena for her own deposition under oath, and she refused to answer yes. So I think we can say very squarely that the cover up continues.

So Stan's Berry talked about walking out of the briefing room as well. Here's what she said.

Yeah, well, I just walked out of the briefing room, and what is absolutely clear is that Pam Bondi has no intention of complying with the law in the subpoena that we've issued for her to be deposed under oath in front of the committee. In fact, what appears to have happened is that she and Todd Blanche volunteered to come brief the committee. And so we walked in today, ready to hear information that they would provide to us about what's going on with the Epstein File Transparency Act.

And basically, they said, we've released what we're going to release. And now you can ask me questions. And there was no oath. There were no cameras. The American public were locked out of the room. And it was clear that they were not prepared to answer questions about compliance with the law.

And so, ultimately, after Chairman Comer and Fulted Sumer Lee, who is the lead in many ways on

the subpoena both of Pam Bondi and the subpoena, the Epstein files. And basically, was extraordinarily disrespectful towards her, the Democrats walked out of the room because we're not going to play their games. So just to be now Democratic Congress member Robert Garcia, who chairs the House over site committee

had this to say. Just as a review, I think it's very important. This fake hearing, we found out

about it yesterday with no time to prepare, with no format given to us. We had no idea what the even format was going to be until just an hour before the actual, this kind of fake hearing that was set up. And it was clear from the minute it started that the attorney general is trying to evade and not attend the mandated subpoena that is put in place. We asked her that question, multiple members asked her the question. She would not respond. She said she'll continue to follow the law.

That is not a response. She has a subpoena in place by Chairman Comer. Is there any questions? It'll take us now. Congress member Frost said the following, the attorney general, I'll have Congressman Frost come in. He specifically also asked her if she would show up to her deposition. And she was very clear from her comment. I mean, look, I mean, to me, it's very clear that the purpose of this entire fake hearing, this fake deposition is the attorney general trying to

weasel herself out of sitting in front of us under oath under a bipartisan subpoena that we

gave her committee. We asked her multiple times. Are you going to come and speak with us on her oath?

She would not say yes. Fill a bus or fill a bus or fill a bus or would not say yes. And so why do we in an our, our Republican colleague say, is this not enough? Why don't you want to speak to her now? We want her under oath because we do not trust her. Why don't we trust her because she's a liar? Look at how that judiciary committee hearing went. She was spying on members of Congress when they were in the DOJ looking at the documents unredacted. Look at what she's done as far as not

putting documents relating to Donald Trump on the website, not releasing them and only doing it when the public noticed and said something about it. We want her under oath because we don't trust her. We want her under oath because she has shown that she is involved in a cover up. A my Republican colleagues under the last administration would not stand for this, what Mary Garland being in front of them not being under oath. They would allow that to happen for a second.

So we see this for what it is. This is not a briefing. A briefing is when we set that and we're getting information from the person giving the briefing. That didn't happen here. She sat down. They started the clock like a hearing. It's a hearing. It's a fate deposition where no one can see what's going on with a zero transcription where it's not on C Spanner anything and where no one is under oath and they are allowed to freely lie to members of Congress. More from Democratic

Congress member Garcia here play this clip. What's important right now for us is that we hold Pambondi accountable for the subpoena. She's about to legally have to show up. That's number one. Everything after that, whether it's contempt or anything else, all follows. She's got a short for deposition. That's all. Thanks everybody. Also Pablo Monriquez who leads our Washington D.C.

Bureau at the Midas Touch Network called up with AOC in the halls of Congress and here's what

She had to say as well about Donald Trump being compromised by the Epstein fi...

And on Iran, you feel that Trump being compromised as part of the Epstein files is putting our troops at risk abroad. A lot of our adversaries are using the Epstein files as sort of to create

the near and ever around the world. Yeah, I think there was a story recently from not mistaken

about how they believed that the files themselves were compromised by a foreign actor. And any time you have compromising information that is in the hands of a foreign actor, you have the possibility of manipulation, extortion, of public officials. And that is extremely dangerous. And the whole point

of having that is to force public officials to make decisions that are not always in the best

interest of the United States so that they can kind of escape blackmail. We need to know more about the details of the situation, but ultimately we have seen U.S. service members lose their lives in addition to many innocent Iranians. And we don't know, and there hasn't been justification as to why. Do you think the Epstein files could make proper target for blackmail then? We don't know what's been compromised of what hazards, and Bondi needs to release the other

3 million files. We have to remember that Attorney General Bondi is still illegally withholding it.

She's in violation of the law. And from what we, you know, from what coast of scene in the Epstein files, Trump is absolutely implicated. And we, and that's just from what's been mentioned. That doesn't even include what's been hidden. And so if there's a foreign actor out there, that has more access to the Epstein files than the United States Congress, then we do not know who is compromised, the extent to which they are compromised, and the extent to which blackmail

could play a role. But I suspect the odds of that could be quite high.

And here's what Democratic Congress member Subrimonium had to say to us play this clip.

So, Congressman, do you think that Trump being in the Epstein files is compromising our troops because, you know, obviously our adversaries are using that to sort of cast the narrative about why we're in Iran. Yeah, I mean, it's embarrassing for our country and they're using it against us. In fact, that he's been covering this up and been even named himself different times in the file. So, it's going to continue to be a problem for us. Thank you, Congressman. Appreciate it.

And more from Democratic Congress member Frost right here, play this clip. So, Congressman, are you going to turn the Trump being compromised by the Epstein files? It's going to have a negative impact on our troops, safety of rod. However, series have been using, obviously, the Epstein files. I'm 100% and I think, I'm not sure it's the whole reason, but I definitely think part of the reason we're even in Iran as to do the fact that he's looking for every single thing

he can do to ship the way it's happened from the fact that he's not only in the Epstein files, but he's in it a lot, and he had a very close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and he's engaged

to one of the greatest coverups that we've ever seen from the U.S. President. So, that's why we successfully

defeated Pam Bondi, and that's why we're going to continue to investigate this. Thank you so much, thank you. This was an explosive moment indeed in the House Bondi calls a sham hearing, which she's trying to do in lieu of having to show up under oath. She and Trump, and, obviously, the mega chair of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, we're going to be like, well, she's already told you everything. So, why does she need to testify under a Democrats caught it in real time, called her out for it,

when it was obvious they were doing a sham hearing, Democrats walked, Republicans tipped their hands, you heard it all here, and this follows what we just saw on the House floor, where Democratic Congress member Goldman pulls out the email that no one seen before, and it's Trump's own lawyer

saying, Epstein was never kicked out. Saying, Epstein was never kicked out of Marlaug. It was even

a member, he was a guest, and remember what I've always been saying. I've always been saying, yeah, because Epstein had Marlauggo brought to his house, he never had to go to Marlauggo. The spa was brought to Epstein's play, Epstein lived like a mile and a half away, and the spa went there. That was one of the big things, and Marlauggo was one of the locations where Epstein engaged in the child sex trafficking, because he recruited from there. Like Virginia Jew Frey when she was an

underage child, folks, this cover up is getting deeper. Obviously, one of the reasons that Donald Trump is in a never-ending war now with Iran, and by the way, we're going to do more reports there, because Iran has now struck a main, Atari energy facility, as I said, it was going to do a main energy facility in Riyadh, as well, as I said, they were going to do this things escalating.

It's beginning was caused by the fact that Donald Trump was covering up the E...

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