Mega Edition: The Legal War Being Waged Between Michael Wolff And The Trump's (3/19/26)

President Barack Obama. Virginia, we are counting on you. Republicans want to steal enough seats in

Congress to raid the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years. But you can stop

them by voting yes by April 21st. Help put our elections back on a level playing field and let

voters decide not politicians. Vote yes by April 21st. Paid for by Virginians for fair elections.

Hi, this is Alex Cantrowitz. I'm the host of Big Technology podcast a long time reporter and an

on air contributor to CNBC. And if you're like me, you're trying to figure out how artificial

intelligence is changing the business world and our lives. So each week on Big Technology,

I bring on key actors from companies building AI tech and outsiders trying to influence it.

Asking where this is all going. They come from places like Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and plenty more.

So if you want to be smart with your wallet, your career choices and meetings with your

colleagues and at dinner parties, listen to Big Technology podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles.

Look, Michael Wolfe is a perfect example of a guy who wants to play both sides of the street

and pretend that it's journalism. He's a dude who shows up smelling like self-promotion

and stale book deals, then acts shocked when people point out that he's collecting royalty checks

off the suffering of people who are trafficked. This is a man who has made a career out of

staring up chaos and then pretending he's documenting it. A carnival barker dressed up like a

newsman, a ringmasker who wants you to believe he's exposing the circus while he's the one selling

popcorn at the gate. And the wild part is, he genuinely doesn't see anything wrong with it.

He thinks it's the hustle. He thinks it's the grind. But what he's really doing is exploiting

a tragedy for profit and then acting insulted when people call him out.

He spent years painting himself as a guy with the inside scoop, the fearless truth teller who's

not afraid to take on Donald Trump. And sure, he's made a mint, trashing Trump. Great, fantastic.

But while he's cashing in on those hid pieces behind the curtain, he's cozying up to Jeffrey

Epstein, giving him PR advice and a whispering about strategy like some dime store a Machiavelli.

Homie, that's not journalism. What that is is somebody who is an opportunist.

And the kicker is that he tries to have it both ways, publicly torching Trump as if he's some

moral crusader while privately positioning himself as Epstein's wise concigliary. You can't be

both the avenging angel of accountability and the whispering advisor to a monster. That's not

duality. That's duplicity dressed up as media savvy. And if Michael Wolfe really cared about the

truth, he dumped every email, every note, every nugget of Epstein until that he has just uploaded.

Let the public see it. Let the survivors see it. Let the investigators see it. But he won't.

He holds it close because the longer he drags the out the mystery, the more he profits.

He's milking the suspense like a Netflix true crime showrunner. It's gross.

And it gets grosser when you realize that he's not protecting sources or ensuring accuracy.

He's protecting future revenue streams. He needs the fog. He needs the ambiguity.

He needs the slow drip of pseudo revelations so he can keep feeding the content beast.

It's exploitation disguised as responsible timing and everybody can see through it except him.

The man literally shaped an entire personal fortune by beating Trump like a piñata for years,

and how that Epstein's emails have dropped his name in the mix. Suddenly, it's all about context.

Spare me. You don't get the cash checks off both sides of the scandal and then stand there

pretending you're some kind of noble chronicler of history. It's a kind of silence that screams

louder than words. Because if you really had the moral backbone, he claims he'd be front in center

addressing the contradictions. Instead, he retreats into vague statements and intellectual fog.

He knows what he's doing. He's dodging, deflecting, and hoping the new cycle moves on before

anyone presses him too hard. And in my opinion, Wolf's biggest flaw isn't even the hypocrisy.

It's the arrogance. He genuinely thinks he's the hero of all of this. He sees himself as the

lone brave storyteller cutting through the noise. When in reality, he's adding to the noise.

He pours gasoline on a fire and then brags about knowing the fire department. It's the kind of

delusion only money and media attention can give a man. He walks around with this self-inflated

sense of importance as if the entire narrative hinges on his next revelation. When really nobody

asked him to be a central figure, he inserted himself into the story and then convinced himself

that he was indispensable. Because let's get real, if he actually had a treasure trove of useful

groundbreaking Epstein information, he dropped that shit like a grenade. Not for the public good mind

for the attention, for the clicks, for the book deals, but he doesn't. So instead he lingers on

the sidelines, giving Epstein PR advice like a washed up consultant who can't believe no one

asked him to the big game. He wants to be the puppet master but ends up looking like the guy

muttering strategies from the back row. And the whole time he keeps pretending this is some

noble sacrifice when it's actually the cheapest form of self-preservation imaginable.

And look at the damage he's caused of the credibility of the investigation. When someone

like Wolf sticks his finger in the pie, the whole thing starts to rot. People assume its bias

slanted and tainted. He injects partisanship into a story that should never have had political

flavoring. This is about survivors, predators, and a criminal enterprise that went on check for

decades. Not red versus blue. Not who can sell the most books. And once partisanship creeps in,

the bad actors get exactly what they want. Chaos, doubt, and distraction. Wolf is the kind of guy

who says he wants justice while unintentionally kneecapping the people actually fighting for it.

His involvement muddies the water instead of clearing it. And the worst part, the enablers and

protectors of Epstein love what Wolf does. They thrive on this kind of noise. Every time he leans into

sensationalism instead of clarity, they get more cover. They get to say see, it's all biased,

it's all political, it's all noise. And Wolf hands them that shield like he's passing out party

favors. They use them as a prop, a convenient example of media distortion, even though he thinks

he's exposing them. It's like he's playing checkers while they're playing intergalactic chess.

His blunders become their talking points. His bias becomes their camouflage. And he's too wrapped

up in himself to even notice. The guy can't even pretend to engage with the survivors. He doesn't

talk to him. He doesn't ask what they want. He doesn't consider what they think. Their voices

don't matter because survivors don't generate the kind of headlines he likes.

The misery they live through is in content for him. It's leverage. It's a backdrop. It's background

music. And that's the difference between an opportunist and a real journalist. One uses tragedy

to build a brand. The other uses a platform to amplify the voices that matter. Wolf predictably

shows the brand. He always chooses the brand. Real journalists, actual ones, spend time listening

to survivors, checking documents, chasing leads, piecing together timelines, verifying claims.

Wolf parachutes in when there's a bag of money and leaves the second the cameras turn away.

He's a tourist in tragedy. And when the tourist stops being profitable, he hops off the bus.

There's no commitment, no consistency, no loyalty to truth, just sound bites, the atrix,

and the ceaseless pursuit of attention. He treats journalism like a grab-and-go buffet,

take what looks profitable, leave everything that requires effort or empathy.

And the sick as part for me is how he frames himself as the one pulling back the curtain

on corruption. When in reality, he's need deep in it. You can't play advisor to Epstein,

and then pretend you're exposing Epstein. It's like consulting with the mob and then pitching a book

about how brave you are. When you break the silence, give me a break, bro. The mental gymnastics

required the whole both positions without collapsing from embarrassment is mind-blowing.

But Wolf pulls it off because he's convinced himself that his contradictions aren't

contradictions. They're layers. He thinks he's complex. He's not. He's compromised.

He knows, knows, that he's handing ammunition to every creep who wants the story to go away.

Every time he plays coy with what he knows, every time he frames this as some partisan chess match

instead of a human nightmare, he gives the defenders an escape hatch. He gives them a talking point.

Look, the media's biased, and yes, they're talking about him. They weaponize his nonsense to

undermine real reporting. They elevate his worst instincts to discredit the truth.

He becomes their poster boy without even realizing he's been drafted. And the legacy media

eats it up because he's one of them. He's one of their own. He plays the game. He pretends to be

righteous. They pretend to believe him and everybody gets to cash out. Meanwhile, the truth

gets buried under layers of branding and bullshit. The survivors get pushed to the bottom of the

page and the powerful stay protected. It's the same old media cycle, outrage, debate, distraction,

repeat. Wolf doesn't fix anything. He feeds the machine. That broke it.

And let's be honest, bro's not hurting for money, not even close. He has a kind of bank

account that lets you sit in a Manhattan apartment and lecture the world about morality

without ever having to touch it yourself. He's got small,

level riches, hoarded from years of tearing people apart and calling it journalism.

And the saddest part is that he treats that wealth like validation, like proof that he must be

right because he's rich. In reality, it's just proof that outrage is profitable and tragedy

sells. And listen, nobody's asking this dude to be a saint. Nobody expects Michael Wolf to

transform into Woodward overnight. But there's a line, a basic moral line. And he shoved three

miles past it when he chose to advise Epstein while simultaneously positioning himself as some

kind of moral authority on Trump. It's a kind of hypocrisy that would even make the most cynical

Washington operator cringe. That's the problem with guys like him. They think that their own

intellect exempts them from scrutiny. They think that because they speak in a certain cadence,

because they know which buzzwords the media likes, they're immune.

They really believe the public won't notice the contradictions,

but the public notices everything now. Audiences aren't passive anymore. They connect dots

faster than the gatekeepers can hide them. And Wolf, my friends, has a lot of dots.

Wolf keeps insisting that he's not part of the story, but he is. He's woven into the fabric of it.

He'll never say it out loud, but he knows damn well. That dumping, what he has, if he has anything

real, would actually help the investigation. It would help the survivors. It would help the

public cut through the fog, but it wouldn't help him. It wouldn't help the brand, so it doesn't

happen. He keeps the vault locked while pretending it's for the greater good. When really, it's for

the greater wallet. Brody's compass doesn't point north, it points to whatever sells.

So we're left with this, a loud guy with a microphone who's more interested in his next best

seller than the actual accountability, pretending to be a truth teller while hiding in the truth.

It's everything wrong with the legacy media wrapped up in one man, the ego, the opportunism,

the manufactured morality. He's a walking billboard for why people don't trust journalists anymore.

He's a reason public rolls their eyes when the word investigation gets thrown around,

and I know I'm not alone when I say this, but this story, Epstein, the emails, the survivors,

the corruption, it deserves better than a carnival barker. It deserves better than someone

who sees pain as a paycheck and scandal as a PR opportunity. It deserved honesty. It deserved

urgency. It deserved someone who gave a damn. Instead, it got a guy who treats one of the darkest

chapters of modern history like a marketing opportunity. Hey, I'm Josh Speagle, host of the podcast,

Lunatic in the newsroom. If you enjoy journalism that drifts into mild panic,

wild overthinking, and a guaranteed nervous breakdown, Lunatic in the newsroom is for you.

It's news like you've never heard before. The only newsroom with a panic button,

you'll laugh, you'll cry, and gasp and horror as the show spirals completely out of control.

It's not just news, it's emotionally unstable. Lunatic in the newsroom. Listen today.

Hi, this is Alex Cantrowitz. I'm the host of Big Technology podcast, a longtime reporter and an

on-air contributor to CNBC. And if you're like me, you're trying to figure out how artificial

intelligence is changing the business world and our lives. So each week on Big Technology,

I bring on key actors from companies building AI tech and outsiders trying to influence it.

Asking where this is all going. They come from places like Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, and

plenty more. So if you want to be smart with your wallet, your career choices,

and meetings with your colleagues and at dinner parties, listen to Big Technology podcast

wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Josh Speagle, host of the podcast,

Lunatic in the newsroom. If you enjoyed journalism that drifts into mild panic,

wild overthinking, and a guaranteed nervous breakdown, Lunatic in the newsroom is for you.

It's news like you've never heard before. The only newsroom with a panic button,

you'll laugh, you'll cry, and gasp and horror as the show spirals completely out of control.

It's not just news, it's emotionally unstable. Lunatic in the newsroom. Listen today.

That's what we needed, but instead it got Michael Wolfe, and that says everything.

It says everything about him, everything about the legacy media, and everything about why so many

people have lost faith in these so-called truth tellers. And that's why they've stopped giving

them the benefit of the doubt. When the story needed courage, it got opportunism. When the survivors

needed amplification, they got silence. When justice needed clarity, it got chaos. And now that we

all got the emails, Michael Wolfe has been exposed. All of the information that goes with this

episode can be found in the description box. What's up everyone and welcome back to the Epstein

Chronicles. As the lawsuit between the US Virgin Islands and JP Morgan continues to make its way

through court, we're finding out a lot more about the emails and the scheduling that was going on

within Jeffrey Epstein's universe. Well, one of the people that was a bit tummier with Epstein

than he is let on is Michael Wolfe. And Michael Wolfe is an author who thought it would be a good

idea to continue to pal around with Epstein after Epstein's conviction. So who is Michael Wolfe?

Well, let's talk about him real quick. Michael Wolfe is an American journalist as well as a

columnist and contributor at USA Today, the Hollywood Reporter, and the UK edition of GQ.

He has received two National Magazine Awards, Amira Award, and has authored seven books,

including Burn Rate, about his own.com company, and the man who owns the news, a biography of

Rupert Murdoch. He co-founded the news aggregation website NewsR and is a former editor of Ad Week.

On January 5, 2018, Wolfe's book Fire and Fury inside the Trump White House was published,

containing unflattering descriptions of behavior by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Chaotic interactions among the White House senior staff and derogatory comments about the

Trump family by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. The book quickly became a New

York Times number one bestseller and became the first of a trilogy about Trump in power.

The other two books being Siege and Landslide. There was like a whole ass industry that popped up

around Trump. All of these jerk-offs who wrote all of these stupid books and all they're doing

is rehashing the same stuff that the other knuckleheads said before them. Here's an idea

if you're going to have some kind of investigative piece. It's a good idea to give us some new news

and not just rehash the BS that you've been talking about or other people have been talking about.

Ad nauseam that goes nowhere and that's what all of these books pretty much were. Did any of them

offer up anything worthwhile? Of course they didn't. It was a shiny object in the room though

and people knew Grifters knew that there was a whole ass cottage industry popping up around this.

So all of these people were like, you know what? I'm going to write a book. I have an inside source.

Meanwhile, they're all just telling the same ass story just repackaged. So today we have an article

from the Daily Beast talking a little bit more about Michael Wolfe and how he conveniently omitted

his own relationship with Jeffrey Epstein from that part of his book. Headline, Michael Wolfe is

all over Jeffrey Epstein's date book. This article was authored by Locklin Cartwright.

Gossipy Provocator and author Michael Wolfe has long been accused of being too chummy with

as high as profile subjects, which at one point included Jeffrey Epstein. New documents obtained

and reviewed by confider reveal the extent to which the pair spent time together. Even after Epstein

was found guilty of sexually abusing a 14 year old girl. Now how can you ever justify hanging out

with somebody who is a convicted sex offender? Like maybe if it's your family member and you guys

are out like a barbecue or something, all right, look, Uncle Jed's coming over, the fucking didler,

but all of these people, they willingly were hanging out with Epstein because let's be very clear.

They were all looking to benefit in some sort of way, riding on these dudes' coattails.

And if that meant closing their eyes and ignoring that girls were being harmed all around them,

then that's what they were going to do. According to newly unearthed scheduling records and emails

from the U.S. Virgin Islands attorney general Wolfe and Epstein who were close in late 90s and

early 2000s at one point partnering up to try and buy New York magazine had at least nine plan

meetings between 2012 and 2015. Harvey Weinstein was also involved in that plan purchase of New York

magazine. And the idea behind that was obviously for Epstein to continue to refurbish his image and to

make it look like with his own narratives coming out of his own paper that he's just a guy that

has been much maligned and that all of these girls are liars. Thankfully, it never happened.

Unfortunately, there's a bunch of jerk offs in the media like this clown who have done nothing but

run cover for Jeffrey Epstein for all of these years. These previously unreported meetups,

which were not disclosed in Wolfe's most recent book to famous and its chapter title,

the last days of Jeffrey Epstein provide a unique window into just how much the two socialized

even after Epstein served jail in 2008 and became a registered sex offender. Pretty convenient

that he left his own paling around with Epstein out of the book, huh? Yeah, you know what we'll just

we'll admit this and we'll make everybody else look bad. Meanwhile, it's not a big secret that these

two were friends. So just be honest in your book and explain your friendship with this guy

instead of just talking about how he's friends with everyone else.

The first schedule hang was dated February 16th, 2012, a breakfast in New York that listed both

Wolfe's cell and email. Confider cannot verify whether the meeting took place but confirmed

the listed cell number and email belong to Wolfe. And while we can't confirm,

some of these meetings, my guess is that they took place. Do you really think that Epstein would

just have them penned into his calendar if they weren't going to happen? Whatever else this guy was,

he was somebody that was about a shit. Somebody that wanted this whole enterprise to keep moving

and to do that, he needed to have people in his pocket. He needed to have people writing

all kinds of BS stories about him, all kinds of puff pieces. So all of these people would come

and hang out with them, break bread with them, and they'd catch something on the back end,

whether it's money, a trip down to the island, or something else entirely.

On July 30th, 2013, Wolfe was listed as having a scheduled lunch with Epstein at 12.30 pm

in New York City. In early 2014, Wolfe was slated for a January breakfast in the city with Epstein

as well as dinner, where Woody Allen, his wife Suni Previn, and former JP Morgan Executive,

Jess Staley, among several others, were listed as attending, followed by two meetings in September

and another lunch in October that year. By 2015, they had plans to meet in January for breakfast

and, on April 8th, for a late afternoon appointment. Oh, a late afternoon appointment, is it?

And it's so funny how all these people who were close to Epstein back in the day have tried

the profit on the back of that relationship while not exposing just how close they were. While such

engagements could ostensibly be characterized as source meetings for a reporter like Wolfe,

they are certainly curious considering the long-running questions about their connections.

New York Magazine notably killed Wolfe's rehabby profile of Epstein in 2019 over fact-checking

concerns, which were later alleged to include the author allowing Epstein to dictate the piece

and field all fact-related questions according to Alex Yablin, the fact-checker on the piece,

and that is far too common these days. You have these journalists who trade their morality for

access, and you see a time and time again, look at what ABC did with the Amy Roboc story when she

had all of the details from Virginia Roberts. But instead of running that story, they killed it,

that way they could keep their access to the royal family. And there's a lot of journalists that

will do that as well. They'll suspend their integrity to get the story. As long as it's going to get

them clicks or it's going to get them views to hell with having any sort of integrity or any sort

of morality, I'm just going to say whatever to try and get clicks and try and secure that bag,

and there's just way too much of that going on. Way too many people that'll say whatever,

because they know it's going to tickle people's confirmation bias, and the goal is to play on

people's emotions. The more emotional people are, the more invested they are, and the more willing

they are to come out of their pocketbook to continue funding the grift. Wolfe did not respond to

multiple requests for comment about the purpose of their scheduled meetings or what was discussed.

And while Wolfe's book includes the 40-page chapter about Epstein, largely centered on the

convicted sex offenders relationship with Steve Bannon, he curiously made no mention of his own

extensive association with Epstein, and Epstein was trying to get some tips from Steve Bannon as well.

Don't forget that Steve Bannon was coaching him as far as the interview process.

And things escalated to a point where allegedly there was a whole interview conducted,

but I guess it's never going to see the light of day.

However, Wolfe has never been shy about sharing his thoughts on Epstein. He has never been

secretive about the girls. Wolfe told New York in 2007, at one point when his troubles began,

he was talking to me and said, what can I say? I like young girls. I said, maybe you should say,

I like young women. Imagine that's your advice. Instead of saying here's an idea, stop being a sick

disgusting didler and go find a woman your own age. He says, just change the language. And that's

the real problem folks. That's the problem with all of these so-called elite and the gatekeepers

in the media that protect them. You would think that somebody like Michael Wolfe would find what

Epstein did abhorrent and not want to associate with them and tell them something a little bit different

besides, oh, just change the way you word that. Repackage it a little bit better. I mean,

that's your advice as opposed to writing an absolute hit piece on the guy. That's the advice you

give them, huh? And then you go and write a book with a 40 page chapter about Epstein where your

tight relationship with the guy is conveniently left out, huh? Well, I'm not surprised because

guess what folks, it's just par for the course. All right, everybody that's going to do it for

this one. All of the information that goes with the episode can be found in the description box.

What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles.

Hi, this is Alex Cantrowitz. I'm the host of Big Technology podcast, a longtime reporter and an

on air contributor to CNBC. And if you're like me, you're trying to figure out how artificial

intelligence is changing the business world and our lives. So each week on Big Technology,

I bring on key actors from companies building AI tech and outsiders trying to influence it,

asking where this is all going. They come from places like Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon,

and plenty more. So if you want to be smart with your wallet, your career choices,

and meetings with your colleagues and at dinner parties, listen to Big Technology podcast wherever

you get your podcasts. You're having a good time. You're out drinking with the boys. Now it's time

to pay the tab. 11,352.47 cents. Wait, what? Well, there are court costs, attorney fees,

higher insurance costs, damage to your car, do you why fines? Not to mention the damage to your

social life. Plan a sober ride or pay the price. Drinking and driving costs more than your drinks.

It could cost a life. Learn more at what'sthedamage.org. Brought to you by Virginia DMV.

This is a message from sponsor Intuit Turbo Tax. You've sent so many emails to your tax pro,

and nothing. It feels like you're chasing updates. But now your taxes are done for you by a Turbo

Tax expert. So you actually know what's happening. You can match with an expert and just hand off

all your tax stuff to them right in the app. So instead of guessing, you can feel confident

your Turbo Tax experts on it. Now this is taxes. Intuit Turbo Tax. Visit TurboTax.com to learn more.

Only available with TurboTax experts. Real time updates only in iOS mobile app.

So Michael Wolfe, the author, has filed a lawsuit against Melania Trump.

And he says that Melania Trump is attempting to intimidate him and to stop him from reporting

on her ledgeties to Jeffrey Epstein. And now, Michael Wolfe is taking it a step further,

saying that he hopes that he's able to depose Melania Trump and Donald Trump when it comes to

this issue. And look, this fire has been burning now since July. And at the center of this controversy

is Michael Wolfe, the veteran author, famous for torching political royalty, and now the man

who filed a billion dollar lawsuit against her in New York, claiming that she tried to silence him

with a billion dollar threat. Yeah, billion with a B. You could rebuild half of Miami for that kind

of money, but apparently that's what it costs these days to keep a journalist quiet.

Wolfe says her team went nuclear after he suggested that Melania and Trump once moved in Epstein's

orbit that maybe their paths weren't as distant as they'd like people to believe. Her lawyer is

naturally hit back with a vengeance, letters, warnings, demands, for retractions, the whole arsenal

of high society damage control, but instead of backing down, we'll flip the script and suit her

first. He wants discovery, meaning depositions, records, flight manifests, the kind of evidence that

makes powerful people sweat under fluorescent lights. And look, let's be real, Wolfe, no stranger

to controversy. Bros made a career out of walking right up to the line between journalism and

provocation, then moonwalking over it for good measure. Dude's been called reckless, sensational,

brilliant, and everything in between. But love him or hate him, one thing's for sure. He's not

afraid of a fight. And in this case, he picked one with a family that practically trademarked the

word litigation. That's like poking a hornet's nest, just as see if it still stings. Now, of course,

Melania's side calls it all false and defamatory. They say Wolfe is chasing cloud that he's

peddling solicious fiction for clicks. Maybe he is. But if this were really about shutting down

lies, why make it a billion dollar spectacle? Because threats like that don't sound like damage

control. They sound like deterrence. And history tells us when people start screaming about defamation

in the Epstein orbit, it's usually because someone's getting a little too close to something

uncomfortable. And the irony of it all, if the goal was to bury the story, threatening a billion

dollar lawsuit against a guy who thrives on controversy is like pouring gasoline on a barbecue.

Wolfe's been in this rodeo long enough to know the value of a headline, and Melania's legal

threats practically gift wrapped him one. The moment those words, billion dollar lawsuit hit the

press, the story became unstoppable. Because that's how this saga works. If he's on silence,

on secrecy, on that sense that the truth is always a half a page away. Every time a new name gets

pulled into it, the whole thing reignites, one minute at its bankers, the next at its princes,

and before you know it, you're talking about former and current presidents.

And every time it comes back to the same haunting question that's been hanging in the air,

since the day Epstein was found dead in a cell. Who knew what? And when?

This article was published by NBC News and the headline, author Michael Wolfe,

Suez Melania Trump, over Jeffrey Epstein Threat.

The author of this article is Chloe Atkins, and Dora Gregorian.

Author Michael Wolfe has sued First Lady Melania Trump,

charging that she threatened the one billion dollar legal action against him to stop him from

reporting and writing about her alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Miss Trump's claims are made for the sole purpose of harassing, intimidating, punishing,

or otherwise maliciously inhibiting Mr. Wolfe's free exercise of speech said the suit,

which was filed Tuesday in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan.

The filing includes an attachment, a letter of Trump's attorney Alejandro Brito sent to Wolfe,

the author of Fire in Fury last week demanding that he retract and apologize for public comments.

He made linking his client to Epstein, the notorious ex-offender, and that he make a monetary

proposal to Miss Trump for the damages that you have caused. And if you think that a guy like

Michael Wolfe is going to just open up the bank account and start paying out settlements,

you're crazy. He can manipulate all of this into a story, and that's what he's going to do.

And look, I have a lot of questions about Michael Wolfe himself, and about what his motivations are.

I mean, you would think that if you have all this information that you say you have,

that you say you've had four years, you'd release it, right? But it's always a drip with Michael Wolfe.

Oh, I have this. I'm going to release it later. And then he just keeps dragging it out,

because he knows it's good for business, right? And then of course, he'll drop a book or two,

and he'll have a bunch of salacious allegations in the book. And a lot of them are unverifiable.

There's no doubt about it. And when we first started talking about Mr. Wolfe a few years ago,

I said that I would take everything he has to say with a grain of salt. And I still feel that way.

But does that mean that what he's saying is a bunch of BS, all of it? Absolutely not.

So I think it's worthy of discussion. But I'd be a liar if I told you that I thought that Michael

Wolfe was some kind of arbiter of truth when it comes to Epstein. I don't believe that to be

the case. I think that Michael Wolfe just knows that he could sell books, he can get clicks,

and he can make some money with this story. I think that's what it comes down to. But with this lawsuit

with Melania Trump, certainly interesting, right? And if they do get a discovery, boy, that would be

exciting. Can you imagine what would come out of discovery like that? What sort of nonsense all

these people have been getting up to? And I'm not just talking about the Trumps.

Michael Wolfe himself, because sometimes you think that you're going to have the upper hand when

it comes to these depositions. And then it comes time for the deposition and you find out something

completely different. So is that what Michael Wolfe has in store for him? I guess we'll have to see.

Trump has been aggressive in pushing back against what her lawyers describe as false reports

linking her to Epstein. And her office said in a statement on Wednesday that she is proud

to continue standing up to those who spread malicious and defamatory falsehoods as a desperately

try to get undeserved attention and money from their own lawful conduct. And look,

if he's telling falsehoods, if he's not telling the truth, I'd sue him too. But remember when you

sue somebody, you have to back it up. And that means depositions, that means going to court,

that means discovery, that means all of that stuff, probably going public. So if you have anything

that you're embarrassed of, chances are you're going to try and avoid a deposition and certainly try

and avoid discovery. And that's why you see Prince Andrews bitch ass settled with Virginia when he

did the letter from Brito cited comments Wolfe made to the Daily Beasts this year in a story headline

Melania Trump very involved in Epstein scandal as well as comments he made on a Daily Beasts podcast.

And if you remember, he was saying that Melania Trump was introduced to Donald Trump by somebody

who she says wasn't the person who introduced him. So Melania Trump has said that everything

Michael Wolfe is saying about her and the origin story of her meeting Donald Trump is defamatory.

The website later issued a retraction and then apology. The full text of the retracted Daily

Beasts article is no longer available online. Instead of the publication said in an editor's note

a power reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has

therefore been removed from our platforms. Yo, you have to really be pushing the envelope

if the Daily Beasts is going to remove an article about Donald Trump. Because boy, they love

to stick it to him, right? So if they have something they feel like is going to be damaging,

they're going to run it. So what does that say about the credibility of the reporting of

Michael Wolfe? Now you could look at it from a different perspective, right? And say,

well, this is all about litigation. They're trying to mitigate their exposure here by pulling

this story. That way they don't have to deal with a very, very, very litigous Trump family.

So that's certainly one way you could look at it. But of course, it could be spun that the story

was a bunch of BS. And that's why it was pulled. I mean, if you stand by your work and you stand

by your reporting, you're not going to retract something, right? Look at the Wall Street Journal

with the 50th birthday card that was allegedly sent by Trump. They're standing 10 toes down on

business when it comes to that. So if you believe something is true, then you're going to back it up.

Wolfe suit says the statements in the article were taken out of context and he maintained he had

not defamed Trump. Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein. Epstein

had been friends with Donald Trump in the 90s and the early 2000s. And look, there's no doubt that

they were homies. They most certainly were Sam parties, Sam social circles, the whole thing.

And there is no doubt that they did have a falling out. That's not in dispute.

And for me, I think the biggest problem is the cover up that we're seeing right now.

You talked all this nonsense about releasing files, being transparent,

making sure the American people know what happened, only to come into office and clam right up

like everybody else. So that's really where my criticism's coming from. Don't bullshit me on

the campaign trail. And then when you get into office, do something completely different. I mean,

it's one thing to say, look, we have to investigate further to see what's going on. It's a whole

last other thing to call it a hoax and to just kill the investigation entirely. And that's why I

think for Donald Trump, the cover up in his case when it comes to Epstein is worse than the crime.

And that's all compounded by the promises that were made on the campaign trail by Trump and people

that are now part of his administration. Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019,

while he was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

This is a message from sponsor Intuit Turbo Tax. You've sent so many emails to your tax pro,

and nothing. It feels like you're chasing updates. But now your taxes are done for you by a Turbo

Tax expert. So you actually know what's happening. You can match with an expert and just hand

off all your tax stuff to them right in the app. So instead of guessing, you can feel confident

your Turbo Tax experts on it. Now this is taxes. Intuit Turbo Tax. Visit TurboTax.com to learn more.

Only available with TurboTax experts. Real time updates only in iOS mobile app.

His death sparked numerous conspiracy theories and vows during the 2024 campaign from Donald Trump

and his allies have increased transparency into Epstein's case and any possible accomplices.

And that's the big problem like I was just saying, you can't run around literally for years

talking about this one's involved and that one's involved and Bill Clinton's going to have some

issues because he went to the island only to show up and say, just kidding, there's nothing to see

here. We're just playing with you guys. That's not going to work for anybody. And look, I'll tell you

right now, if they released everything they had, every file they had, I think that it would be

better for them in the long run, even if it's embarrassing now. But unfortunately, it's all about

politics. It's all about optics and it's all about trying to continue to control the narrative.

It's not about justice. It's not about holding anybody to account.

And anybody telling you that's lying and that goes for Congress as well.

Well, they're not trying to use this as a political cudgel. Why isn't Matthew Mentional

being called or Vilifana or Chrisher or any of those other people? Ask yourself that.

Wolfsuit said that he had accrued many hours of interviews of Jeffrey Epstein's conducted

over several years and that the first lady's legal threats are also intended to shut down

legitimate inquiry into the Epstein matter, which the Trumps and their collaborators

have at every turn sought to impede and suppress. In a video on Wednesday, it's on Instagram.

Wolf said he hopes to be able to depose the Trumps as part of his legal action.

To be perfectly honest, I'd like nothing better than to get Donald Trump and Melania Trump

under oath in front of a court reporter and actually find out all of the details of their

relationship with Epstein. He said, well, look, everybody would like to see that. Do you really

think it's going to happen? I highly doubt it. And that's because it's way too risky.

A deposition really sitting under oath talking about Epstein. That doesn't work out well for people.

And that's why you see so many people avoiding it. So we'll have to see what comes of this.

But I have a hard time believing that this is going to progress very far inside of the court.

My guess is that it's going to be dropped one way or the other some sort of settlement maybe

or maybe the judge just says, look, there's no merit here and we're going to toss it.

So we'll keep an eye on things and when we have some more information, we'll get it added to

the catalog. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.