Justice Department Under Fire for Blocking Access to Epstein-Related DEA Case File (3/20/26)

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What's up everyone and welcome to another episode

of the Epstein Chronicles.

A few weeks ago, we were talking about a memorandum

that dropped as part of the Epstein files.

That named Jeffrey Epstein as a target in an investigation

that was being conducted by the DEA

and Senator Ron Wyden has now accused

the top justice department official

of blocking the release of the documents related

to that investigation.

And the official that he accused was Todd Blanche.

Now again, it doesn't shock me.

And I think that Todd Blanche is up to his eyeballs

in this cover up.

Why are you being so evasive about an investigation?

That named Jeffrey Epstein as a target

that had to do with organized crime.

What's the big deal?

Why not just put it all out there?

Well, I'll tell you why

because it's embarrassing for them.

They let Jeffrey Epstein walk on everything,

whether it was drugs, money laundering,

immigration fraud, or abusing girls and kids.

All of that's okay.

As long as Jeffrey Epstein does whatever he did

for whoever he was doing it for,

that's basically what Todd Blanche is telling you.

That's what the DOJ is saying.

And that's certainly what Pam Bondi is saying.

And what I'm telling you is that I reject that wholly.

I don't believe it.

I don't believe any of the nonsense

they're pitching us about what happened here.

And I think that every single time

they open their mouths, they dig that hole deeper

because when all is said and done,

they're going to be the ones that are left holding the bag.

If anyone gets in trouble for this,

it's going to end up being Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche,

Cash Patel.

They're the ones with exposure here.

And if and when this turns into something else

when we have a new administration,

then it's going to be those three, especially

that are going to be asking very hard questions.

And they're not going to be afforded the liberty

to answer like unhinged jackasses

because they're going to be facing criminal charges.

And I think that's the only place we can end up

if an investigation is ever kicked off.

Now, of course, there's always the chance that,

you know, it doesn't happen.

The next administration just moves on

like the other administrations have.

But I just don't see that happening this time around

considering the people that are involved.

Do you really see anybody letting Pam Bondi

or Todd Blanche off the hook at this point?

I doubt it.

And they better hope that the Democrats don't win the house

and the Senate because if they do,

it's going to be bad news for two years.

Today's article is from CBS News and the headline,

Justice Department Block Release of Secret Epstein Drug Profile,

Senator Ron Wyden says this article was authored

by Daniel Routnik, Cara Tapachnik, and Graham Kates.

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

accused the top justice department official

of blocking the release of a document related

to a secret investigation of drug trafficking

and prostitution by Jeffrey Epstein.

Now, look, it shouldn't shock anybody

that Epstein had his fingers in many pies.

We all know about the gun running

and we all know about the women.

So is it that big of a shock that Epstein might have been involved

in some kind of narcotics operation as a money man

because I'm guessing that's what he was,

all good transnational drug organizations need a good money man.

So was Epstein bundling their money?

Was he laundering it? Who knows?

And I think that's what Ron Wyden is trying to get to the bottom of.

Wyden said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche

blocked the release of an unredacted 2015 memorandum

prepared by the Justice Department's organized crime,

drug enforcement task forces,

an entity charged with coordinating complex drug

and money laundering investigations across government agencies.

Well, you can't have any kind of serious narcotics organization

without engaging in money laundering.

That money that you make on the street has to be colored up.

It has to be washed and what better way to do it

than have somebody like Jeffrey Epstein involved.

Now, again, look, that speculation.

I don't know if it's true, but it looks like

that's what the DOJ and the DEA were investigating.

And it certainly would make sense to me

what Epstein's gonna have a moral dilemma

about being involved with drugs.

CBS News reported in February

that the heavily redacted memo included

in the more than 3 million Epstein files released in January

shows that convicted sex offender was the subject

of a drug enforcement administration probe

that stretched at least five years.

Blanche said in a social media post

a sitting US Senator has completely fabricated a story for clicks.

No one's blocking anything.

He added that the memo is available to members of Congress

unredacted in our reading room, but Wyden never visited.

Hold up.

So it's unredacted in the room, but not for us.

How can we can't see it?

That seems to give merit to the fact that it was real.

If they're keeping it under safeguard

and not letting the public see it, what does that tell you?

The Senator responded to Blanche

in a series of social media posts accusing him

an attorney general, Pam Bondi,

of hiding files in a black box, adding,

DOJ is surveilling members of Congress who go to view them.

And honestly, I wouldn't be shocked

if they're doing surveillance on everybody

who goes to the website.

I mean, do you think that's a step too far?

Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I don't trust the DOJ

to do anything.

Never mind safeguard my rights.

Wyden wrote in his letter to Blanche on Wednesday

that investigators for the Senate Finance Committee

were told the DEA was prepared to comply with his request

for an unredacted copy of the memo

until Blanche intervened sometime during the last three weeks.

Why would Blanche do that?

What is Blanche hiding?

I mean, besides the fact that he's best friends

with Glaine Maxwell.

You know, Miss Chick-fil-A, Miss Pet the Puppy,

Miss Enjoyer Life?

Yeah, that Glaine Maxwell.

It has come to my attention that you're preventing

the Drug Enforcement Administration

from producing an unredacted copy of a report.

I requested regarding drug trafficking

and money laundering by Jeffrey Epstein

and several associates, Wyden wrote.

Your alleged interference in this matter is highly disturbing.

I happen to agree.

And what's really frustrating is that Blanche and Bondi

refuse to answer any questions.

So there's no real oversight.

Nobody knows what's going on.

And there's no levers to pull to force the issue.

Wyden added that he believes the government

had apple evidence that Epstein was involved

in drug trafficking and likely pumping his victims,

including underage girls,

with incapacitating drugs to facilitate abuse.

Very possible.

We've heard a lot about drugs.

Now, we know that Epstein didn't do drugs himself.

At least that's what we've heard.

But does that mean he was against administering drugs

to people highly unlikely?

In fact, we know that there was a lot of Xanax being used.

We know that there was a lot of pills being used.

And we also know that that is a method that's used

by these traffickers to make the girls or people

that are in their clutches more compliant.

The redacted document shows the DEA's investigation,

targeted Epstein and 14 others,

for suspicious money transfers,

possibly linked to illegal narcotics.

Sources tell CBS News that internal case coding

indicates the DEA agents were targeting club drugs,

which included ketamine, ecstasy, and GHB.

The document indicates the case was related to the drug,

MDMA, otherwise known,

as ecstasy.

Well, I wonder who the other people are.

Now, remember, we have had plenty of instances

where drug operations were being funded

by government entities and being run off the books.

Now, I'm not saying that's what was going on here,

but if Epstein's involved, you just never know.

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DEA reporting indicates the above individuals

are involved in illegitimate wire transfers,

which are tied to illicit drugs

and or prostitution activities occurring in the US Virgin Islands

and New York City.

The 2015 document says,

the 69 page memo is marked law enforcement sensitive

and conceals the names of the 14 other targets.

Well, I wonder why.

Always nice to conceal the names of the co-conspirators, right?

The document appears to stem from a request by the DEA

to an organized crime drug enforcement task force,

Fusion Center in Virginia for a complete workup

on case targets, a law enforcement source told CBS News.

The Fusion Center then ran the names against all the major

federal law enforcement databases

and produced the information for the task force.

So let's see all the work.

Why are they being coy about this?

What are they trying to hide?

Where they selling crack in America again?

Do they have some more rebels they need to fund?

A law enforcement source told CBS News that for the DEA

to open the case,

there would have had to have been a drug nexus

and the Fusion Center's involvement indicated

the investigation was significant.

Earlier this month, CBS News submitted a Freedom

of Information Act request to the DEA

for additional information relating to the agency's case.

That request was denied by the agency

citing the memo's release could reasonably be expected

to interfere with enforcement proceedings.

Among other reasons.

So in other words, get stuffed.

We're not giving you anything.

So this is still an ongoing investigation.

Is that what they're trying to tell us?

That seems weird.

Law enforcement sources said the memo might be withheld

because it could contain enforcement actions connected

to the case or confidential information

or informant names could be listed.

Redact them simple redact them.

Epstein was arrested and jailed in July 2019

after a separate investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office

for the Southern District of New York.

Sources involved in that case told CBS News

the prosecutors were not aware of the earlier DEA investigation.

His death in jail weeks later was ruled a suicide.

How the fuck aren't you aware?

Aren't you the SDNY?

You don't reach out to everybody and say,

look, this is the guy we're going after.

Does anybody have any info on him?

Well, under normal circumstances,

that's what they would do.

But like all things Epstein,

there's nothing normal about any of this.

So, like usual, we'll keep on keeping on

and we'll see where it all ends up.

Until then, that's going to do it for this one.

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