{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":73.63,"endTime":75.47,"body":"3 million pages of evidence."},{"startTime":76.27,"endTime":78.66999999999999,"body":"Thousands of unsealed flight logs."},{"startTime":79.14999999999999,"endTime":84.03,"body":"Millions of data points, names, themes, and timelines connected."},{"startTime":84.83,"endTime":88.91,"body":"You are listening to the Epstein Files, the world's first"},{"startTime":89.07,"endTime":94.14999999999999,"body":"AI native investigation into the case that traditional journalism simply"},{"startTime":94.14999999999999,"endTime":95.22999999999999,"body":"could not handle."},{"startTime":99.71,"endTime":101.31,"body":"Welcome back to the Epstein Files."},{"startTime":101.55,"endTime":104.38999999999999,"body":"Last time, we traced how Epstein used the art market"},{"startTime":104.38999999999999,"endTime":106.50999999999999,"body":"as an unregulated financial 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next."},{"startTime":131.01,"endTime":134.13,"body":"And the payment structure scales the operation faster than any"},{"startTime":134.13,"endTime":135.17,"body":"single recruiter could."},{"startTime":135.17,"endTime":135.45,"body":"Right."},{"startTime":135.45,"endTime":138.13,"body":"And it's a mistake to view these as, you know,"},{"startTime":138.13,"endTime":139.17,"body":"social interactions."},{"startTime":139.17,"endTime":140.45,"body":"It's not a social diary."},{"startTime":140.45,"endTime":140.849,"body":"No."},{"startTime":141.01,"endTime":144.01,"body":"When you lay the trial transcripts side by side, specifically"},{"startTime":144.01,"endTime":146.17,"body":"the testimony from the witness known as Kate, and you"},{"startTime":146.17,"endTime":148.81,"body":"put that next to the financial compliance records from JP"},{"startTime":148.81,"endTime":151.57,"body":"Morgan, you're looking at the blueprints of a logistics 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original files for yourself at Epsteinfiles"},{"startTime":1463.0,"endTime":1463.6399999999999,"body":"FM."},{"startTime":1464.4399999999998,"endTime":1465.8799999999999,"body":"If you value this data."},{"startTime":1465.8799999999999,"endTime":1467.48,"body":"First approach to journalism."},{"startTime":1467.8,"endTime":1471.0,"body":"Please leave a 5 star review wherever you're listening right"},{"startTime":1471.0,"endTime":1471.32,"body":"now."},{"startTime":1471.6399999999999,"endTime":1473.8799999999999,"body":"It helps keep this investigation visible."},{"startTime":1474.28,"endTime":1475.7199999999998,"body":"We'll see you in the next file."}]}