Back in November, President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, compelling the Department of Justice to release all Epstein-related records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in its possession – with the exception of classified information, child sex abuse material, information identifying victims, and anything tied to an ongoing investigation.
The law set a 30-day deadline for the complete release, which came and went in December with only a small batch of files being made public. But the DOJ fulfilled its obligation on January 30 when it released a tranche of over 3 million documents.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced over the weekend that the Justice Department has shared “all” files required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. In total, there are more than 3.5 million pages of documents, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images in the releases. The so-called Epstein Files are searchable on justice.gov/epstein
The Final Document Dump
On Wednesday’s show, Megyn said digging through the DOJ site is what her team has been doing for the past two weeks. As she explained, “basically every celebrity or public figure you can think of comes up in a search” and it is “going to take years to go through all the documents.”
“From what we’ve seen so far, the files provide a window into the global elite and how they behave when they think no one’s watching,” Megyn said. “It’s bad, but it might not be as bad as you’ve been led to believe.”
To that point, here is a bit of how The New York Times’ The Daily podcast characterized the latest document dump in its February 10 episode:
MICHAEL BARBARO: Do these new documents shed any light on the question of whether or not Jeffrey Epstein ran a pedophilic ring that trafficked underage girls to those around him?
MATT GOLDSTEIN: In short, the answer is no. Basically, the 14- and 15- and 16-year-old girls that we’ve heard about were largely recruited for him…
NICK CONFESSORE: But what’s important to understand, again, the first time he went to jail in the mid to late 2000s, it’s on charges that he is soliciting underage girls to get massages. And when he gets out of jail, he appears to change tactics. He seems to decide he’s going to be more careful about the law. What we see is a form of trafficking after he gets out of prison, that relies mostly on women who were a bit older, 18 – and 19-year-old women from Eastern Europe, than the victims we know about from before he died.
DEBRA KAMIN: I mean, they were a bit older, but they were still equally vulnerable in a different way with a different legal definition. And that’s why these emails are so stunning, the vulnerability and the neediness and the disparity and power is very, very clear.
“So, no pedophile ring, no direct indication of a blackmail operation… and no smoking gun that he was employed directly by an intelligence agency,” Megyn noted. “But there is still a great mystery about how a non-college graduate from Coney Island became so rich and so close to the likes of Bill Clinton and, yes, Donald Trump before he pleaded guilty to sex crimes in 2008. And how he then stayed so close with the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, and Prince Andrew even after he was a registered sex offender.”
The Fallout
The fallout for being associated with Epstein has been swift for some. Former Obama White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler resigned from her role as Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer after emails revealed she was extremely friendly with him in the years leading up to his 2019 arrest.
The prominent CEO in charge of Dubai’s port lost his job after the files showed he emailed Epstein about women. And Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, is facing calls to step down after having already announced he is selling his agency for having flirtatious emails with Epstein’s partner in crime Ghislaine Maxwell all the way back in 2003.
But it would appear as though none of the global elites and celebrities have much to worry about beyond reputational damage because Deputy Attorney Todd Blanche signaled earlier this month that no further prosecutions are coming.
“I can’t talk about any investigations, but I will say the following, which is that, in July, the Department of Justice said that we had reviewed… the Epstein files and there was nothing in there that allowed us to prosecute anybody,” he said, in part. “We then released over three and a half million pieces of paper, which the entire world can look at now and see if we got it wrong.”
Full Analysis
To make sense of what the Epstein files do and do not reveal, Megyn tapped three journalists who have broken major stories from the files so far. After Party host Emily Jashinsky, Drop Site News reporter Ryan Grim, and Public News founder Michael Shellenberger joined her for a deep dive. Keep scrolling for highlights of the discussion.
How the Epstein Files Expose the Corruption of Ruling Elites
A closer look at how the Epstein emails have exposed the corruption of our ruling elites, the shocking Epstein connections we’ve seen now on full display, and more.
What We’ve Learned About Epstein and Young Women So Far
Jashinsky, Grim, reporter, and Shellenberger break down what has been revealed about Epstein and young women, the questions about coercion and criminal activity, and more.
The Potential Evidence of Blackmail of Bill Gates
Megyn and the panel discuss the disturbing references to the “p-word” in the Epstein files, evidence of potential blackmail of Bill Gates in emails, and more.
How Lutnick and the Clintons’ Epstein Relationships Were Exposed
Jashinsky, Grim, and Shellenberger react to how the Epstein files showed the extent of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s relationship with Epstein, Hillary Clinton downplaying her and Bill’s connections to Epstein, and more.
You can check out Megyn’s full analysis by tuning in to episode 1,255 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.