{"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":101.22999999999999,"body":"Welcome back to the Epstein Files."},{"startTime":101.31,"endTime":104.71,"body":"Last time, we followed Epstein's Paris operation at Avenue Foch"},{"startTime":104.71,"endTime":106.35,"body":"and Brunel's modeling pipeline."},{"startTime":106.75,"endTime":109.35,"body":"Today, we're looking at how 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for"},{"startTime":795.61,"endTime":796.61,"body":"these tax breaks."},{"startTime":797.01,"endTime":800.01,"body":"To qualify for the EDC program, your company has to"},{"startTime":800.01,"endTime":800.77,"body":"actually do something."},{"startTime":800.77,"endTime":803.1700000000001,"body":"It has to provide a service, create jobs."},{"startTime":803.47,"endTime":803.71,"body":"Correct."},{"startTime":803.71,"endTime":806.59,"body":"So Southern Trust filed an application claiming it was a"},{"startTime":806.59,"endTime":807.47,"body":"high tech firm."},{"startTime":807.95,"endTime":811.3100000000001,"body":"Specifically, they claimed to be in the business of informatics"},{"startTime":811.63,"endTime":812.75,"body":"and data mining."},{"startTime":812.91,"endTime":813.95,"body":"Informatics."},{"startTime":813.95,"endTime":814.83,"body":"It's a great word."},{"startTime":814.83,"endTime":817.39,"body":"It sounds sophisticated, 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point."},{"startTime":840.77,"endTime":844.69,"body":"They describe Southern Trust's actual function as being a conduit."},{"startTime":844.69,"endTime":848.53,"body":"A conduit for payments to foreign women, credit cards, airplanes,"},{"startTime":848.53,"endTime":849.85,"body":"and other instrumentalities."},{"startTime":850.01,"endTime":854.09,"body":"That word, instrumentalities, that means the tools of the crime."},{"startTime":854.41,"endTime":857.13,"body":"It means the infrastructure of the trafficking operation."},{"startTime":857.69,"endTime":860.33,"body":"So what this means is that the government of the"},{"startTime":860.33,"endTime":860.65,"body":"U.S."},{"startTime":860.65,"endTime":865.8100000000001,"body":"virgin Islands, through this fraudulent tax program, was directly subsidizing"},{"startTime":865.8100000000001,"endTime":868.25,"body":"the cost of the jet fuel for his Gulf Stream."},{"startTime":868.33,"endTime":871.77,"body":"They were subsidizing the cash 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diligence."},{"startTime":897.9200000000001,"endTime":900.6800000000001,"body":"They're required to perform audits to ensure the companies are"},{"startTime":900.6800000000001,"endTime":904.5600000000001,"body":"meeting their obligations, hiring locals, performing the stated business."},{"startTime":904.8000000000001,"endTime":907.36,"body":"They did not audit Southern Trust for nearly a decade."},{"startTime":907.44,"endTime":908.48,"body":"How is that possible?"},{"startTime":908.88,"endTime":912.72,"body":"How does a company get a $219 million tax break"},{"startTime":912.72,"endTime":916.0,"body":"for being a tech company without anyone ever once stopping"},{"startTime":916.0,"endTime":917.76,"body":"by to see if they own a single computer?"},{"startTime":917.97,"endTime":919.33,"body":"I think we know the answer to that."},{"startTime":919.41,"endTime":921.33,"body":"It goes right Back to block one."},{"startTime":921.73,"endTime":924.61,"body":"Who was the registered manager of 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in"},{"startTime":1072.05,"endTime":1074.01,"body":"the EP82 research brief."},{"startTime":1074.33,"endTime":1078.61,"body":"The USVI's own sex offender registry coordinator stated on the"},{"startTime":1078.61,"endTime":1081.1499999999999,"body":"record that in the entire history of the program, the"},{"startTime":1081.46,"endTime":1084.58,"body":"no other offender had ever been granted such a waiver."},{"startTime":1084.74,"endTime":1087.94,"body":"This was a bespoke exemption, a set of laws written"},{"startTime":1087.94,"endTime":1089.06,"body":"for an audience of one."},{"startTime":1089.3,"endTime":1091.58,"body":"It was a unique privilege carved out of the public"},{"startTime":1091.58,"endTime":1094.8999999999999,"body":"safety code for one politically connected predator."},{"startTime":1094.98,"endTime":1097.139,"body":"And this waiver wasn't a short term favor."},{"startTime":1097.139,"endTime":1099.78,"body":"It remained in full effect until March of 2019."},{"startTime":1100.1799999999998,"endTime":1101.4599999999998,"body":"Let that date sink in."},{"startTime":1102.4199999999998,"endTime":1103.62,"body":"March 2019."},{"startTime":1104.5,"endTime":1107.4599999999998,"body":"This is years after the Miami Herald's reporting had brought"},{"startTime":1107.4599999999998,"endTime":1109.35,"body":"his crimes back into the national spotlight."},{"startTime":1109.8999999999999,"endTime":1112.3,"body":"This is deep into the MeToo era."},{"startTime":1112.78,"endTime":1116.02,"body":"The whole world is re examining Epstein's sweetheart deal in"},{"startTime":1116.02,"endTime":1116.62,"body":"Florida."},{"startTime":1116.62,"endTime":1119.6599999999999,"body":"And yet the government of the US Virgin Islands is"},{"startTime":1119.6599999999999,"endTime":1121.9399999999998,"body":"still giving him a special pass to travel the globe"},{"startTime":1121.9399999999998,"endTime":1122.9399999999998,"body":"without 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Plaskett."},{"startTime":1329.54,"endTime":1329.8999999999999,"body":"Right."},{"startTime":1329.8999999999999,"endTime":1333.2199999999998,"body":"We have documentation that Delegate Plaskett met with Epstein at"},{"startTime":1333.2199999999998,"endTime":1335.9399999999998,"body":"his mansion in Manhattan in the fall of 2018."},{"startTime":1336.1799999999998,"endTime":1338.5,"body":"The townhouse on East 71st Street."},{"startTime":1338.58,"endTime":1340.82,"body":"The nerve center of the entire operation."},{"startTime":1340.98,"endTime":1344.6599999999999,"body":"At that meeting, they discussed a potential $30,000 donation from"},{"startTime":1344.6599999999999,"endTime":1348.02,"body":"Epstein to the DCC, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee."},{"startTime":1348.26,"endTime":1351.2199999999998,"body":"That donation was ultimately rejected by the dccc."},{"startTime":1351.2199999999998,"endTime":1353.98,"body":"Their national level vetting was apparently more robust than the"},{"startTime":1353.98,"endTime":1354.78,"body":"local government's."},{"startTime":1354.78,"endTime":1355.62,"body":"But the meeting, its."},{"startTime":1356.7199999999998,"endTime":1359.76,"body":"It shows the level of access Epstein still had, even"},{"startTime":1359.76,"endTime":1360.56,"body":"in 2018."},{"startTime":1360.9599999999998,"endTime":1363.32,"body":"And there's a text message that's even more revealing."},{"startTime":1363.32,"endTime":1366.8,"body":"This is from February 27, 2019, just a few months"},{"startTime":1366.8,"endTime":1367.84,"body":"before his final arrest."},{"startTime":1368.6399999999999,"endTime":1371.24,"body":"Epstein sends a text to Delegate Plaskett."},{"startTime":1371.24,"endTime":1374.04,"body":"It says, cohen brought up Rona, Keeper of the secrets."},{"startTime":1374.04,"endTime":1375.6,"body":"Rona is Rona Graff."},{"startTime":1375.84,"endTime":1379.52,"body":"She was Epstein's executive assistant and scheduler for decades."},{"startTime":1379.6799999999998,"endTime":1381.48,"body":"His absolute gatekeeper."},{"startTime":1381.48,"endTime":1383.6799999999998,"body":"And the nickname Keeper of the secrets."},{"startTime":1384.08,"endTime":1387.32,"body":"You don't use that kind of familiar insider language in"},{"startTime":1387.32,"endTime":1388.8,"body":"a text to a member of Congress."},{"startTime":1389.04,"endTime":1392.1599999999999,"body":"Unless there's a pre existing relationship and a shared understanding."},{"startTime":1392.32,"endTime":1395.36,"body":"It implies that Plaskett would know exactly who Rona was"},{"startTime":1395.36,"endTime":1398.32,"body":"and understand her role within the organization's inner circle."},{"startTime":1398.48,"endTime":1401.4399999999998,"body":"It's a signal of familiarity with the operational hierarchy."},{"startTime":1401.52,"endTime":1404.9599999999998,"body":"So we see this continuity across three successive administrations."},{"startTime":1405.04,"endTime":1406.9599999999998,"body":"De Jong, Map and Brian."},{"startTime":1407.12,"endTime":1408.7199999999998,"body":"The system of capture is durable."},{"startTime":1409.31,"endTime":1412.27,"body":"But then in 2020, someone in a position of power"},{"startTime":1412.4299999999998,"endTime":1414.11,"body":"actually tried to break the cycle."},{"startTime":1414.27,"endTime":1417.55,"body":"And the system's reaction was immediate and brutal."},{"startTime":1417.7099999999998,"endTime":1418.59,"body":"Block 5."},{"startTime":1418.9099999999999,"endTime":1421.55,"body":"The firing of Attorney General Denise George."},{"startTime":1421.87,"endTime":1424.1499999999999,"body":"This is the moment the captured system is forced to"},{"startTime":1424.1499999999999,"endTime":1425.87,"body":"show its hand and defend itself."},{"startTime":1426.4299999999998,"endTime":1429.75,"body":"Denise George was the Attorney general appointed by Governor Albert"},{"startTime":1429.75,"endTime":1431.9099999999999,"body":"Bryant in January of 2020."},{"startTime":1431.9099999999999,"endTime":1434.51,"body":"After Epstein's death, she did something bold."},{"startTime":1435.01,"endTime":1438.2099999999998,"body":"She filed a civil lawsuit against the Epstein estate under"},{"startTime":1438.2099999999998,"endTime":1439.49,"body":"the CICO Act."},{"startTime":1439.57,"endTime":1443.37,"body":"That's the local equivalent of the federal RCO act criminally"},{"startTime":1443.37,"endTime":1445.25,"body":"influenced in corrupt organizations."},{"startTime":1445.4099999999999,"endTime":1448.37,"body":"She was treating the Epstein operation as an organized crime"},{"startTime":1448.37,"endTime":1448.9299999999998,"body":"syndicate."},{"startTime":1449.01,"endTime":1452.73,"body":"The suit alleged aggravated rape, human trafficking, forced labor."},{"startTime":1452.73,"endTime":1454.9299999999998,"body":"It was an incredibly aggressive legal move."},{"startTime":1455.1699999999998,"endTime":1457.1299999999999,"body":"But she didn't stop with the estate of the dead"},{"startTime":1457.1299999999999,"endTime":1457.4099999999999,"body":"man."},{"startTime":1457.6499999999999,"endTime":1458.77,"body":"She followed the money."},{"startTime":1459.1699999999998,"endTime":1462.09,"body":"She understood that an operation on this scale couldn't function"},{"startTime":1462.09,"endTime":1464.05,"body":"without a sophisticated financial partner."},{"startTime":1464.29,"endTime":1468.4499999999998,"body":"She focused on his primary banker for decades, JPMorgan Chase."},{"startTime":1468.53,"endTime":1472.61,"body":"On December 27, 2022, Attorney General George filed a lawsuit"},{"startTime":1472.61,"endTime":1474.1299999999999,"body":"against JP Morgan in federal court."},{"startTime":1474.37,"endTime":1478.33,"body":"She was seeking $190 million in damages, and the allegation"},{"startTime":1478.33,"endTime":1481.61,"body":"was that the bank had knowingly facilitated and profited from"},{"startTime":1481.61,"endTime":1483.73,"body":"Epstein's sex trafficking ring for years."},{"startTime":1484.2099999999998,"endTime":1487.81,"body":"That lawsuit was an existential threat to the entire system"},{"startTime":1487.81,"endTime":1491.1799999999998,"body":"of capture in the Virgin Islands because discovery in that"},{"startTime":1491.1799999999998,"endTime":1495.1799999999998,"body":"case would unseal all of the bank's internal files, including"},{"startTime":1495.1799999999998,"endTime":1500.3,"body":"the suspicious activity reports, the emails from compliance officers, the"},{"startTime":1500.3,"endTime":1504.2199999999998,"body":"documents that specifically named Cecile de Jong as the primary"},{"startTime":1504.2199999999998,"endTime":1504.9399999999998,"body":"conduit."},{"startTime":1504.9399999999998,"endTime":1507.6599999999999,"body":"It would have exposed the entire web of complicity."},{"startTime":1507.82,"endTime":1510.1799999999998,"body":"The financial plumbing of the capture would have been laid"},{"startTime":1510.1799999999998,"endTime":1511.74,"body":"bare in a federal courtroom."},{"startTime":1511.82,"endTime":1515.02,"body":"So the reaction from her boss, Governor Bryan, was swift."},{"startTime":1515.1799999999998,"endTime":1518.05,"body":"She filed the JP Morgan lawsuit on December 27th."},{"startTime":1518.52,"endTime":1521.9599999999998,"body":"Four days later, on December 31st, New Year's Eve, Governor"},{"startTime":1521.9599999999998,"endTime":1522.84,"body":"Bryan fired her."},{"startTime":1522.9199999999998,"endTime":1523.52,"body":"Four days."},{"startTime":1523.52,"endTime":1526.36,"body":"It's an unbelievably rapid and punitive response."},{"startTime":1526.76,"endTime":1529.8799999999999,"body":"She attacked the money pipeline that connected Epstein to the"},{"startTime":1529.8799999999999,"endTime":1532.84,"body":"political elite, and she was immediately removed from her post."},{"startTime":1533.08,"endTime":1535.8,"body":"Governor Bryan's public statement at the time is perhaps the"},{"startTime":1535.8,"endTime":1537.7199999999998,"body":"most telling quote of this entire affair."},{"startTime":1538.1999999999998,"endTime":1540.9599999999998,"body":"He said, if we never mention Jeffrey Epstein again, that"},{"startTime":1540.9599999999998,"endTime":1541.7199999999998,"body":"would be good for me."},{"startTime":1541.9599999999998,"endTime":1544.52,"body":"That's not the statement of a governor committed to justice."},{"startTime":1544.8,"endTime":1547.0,"body":"That is the statement of a man desperate to bury"},{"startTime":1547.0,"endTime":1547.4399999999998,"body":"a story."},{"startTime":1547.76,"endTime":1549.1999999999998,"body":"He wanted the issue to go away."},{"startTime":1549.9199999999998,"endTime":1552.76,"body":"Denise George was the one person in his government who"},{"startTime":1552.76,"endTime":1555.12,"body":"was actively trying to uncover the full truth."},{"startTime":1555.6,"endTime":1558.56,"body":"She later said in an interview, my bar license, my"},{"startTime":1558.56,"endTime":1560.1599999999999,"body":"integrity were more important to me."},{"startTime":1560.8799999999999,"endTime":1563.56,"body":"She was forced to choose between her job and her"},{"startTime":1563.56,"endTime":1564.9199999999998,"body":"oath, the usb."},{"startTime":1564.9199999999998,"endTime":1568.04,"body":"I did eventually proceed with the lawsuit under her successor"},{"startTime":1568.04,"endTime":1571.4399999999998,"body":"and settled with JP Morgan for $75 million."},{"startTime":1572.1499999999999,"endTime":1574.31,"body":"But the AG, who had the courage to file it,"},{"startTime":1574.31,"endTime":1575.75,"body":"was fired for her trouble."},{"startTime":1576.23,"endTime":1579.23,"body":"The message sent to every prosecutor and public official in"},{"startTime":1579.23,"endTime":1581.11,"body":"the territory was crystal clear."},{"startTime":1581.4299999999998,"endTime":1583.59,"body":"You can go after the dead man, but you will"},{"startTime":1583.59,"endTime":1587.549,"body":"not touch the powerful institutions, the banks, the political dynasties"},{"startTime":1587.549,"endTime":1588.4699999999998,"body":"that enabled him."},{"startTime":1588.4699999999998,"endTime":1589.83,"body":"Do not look under that rock."},{"startTime":1589.83,"endTime":1591.3899999999999,"body":"Which brings us to the final block."},{"startTime":1591.3899999999999,"endTime":1594.3899999999999,"body":"We've talked about the financial, the political, the legal capture."},{"startTime":1594.55,"endTime":1597.3899999999999,"body":"Let's talk about the physical reality on the ground block"},{"startTime":1597.3899999999999,"endTime":1600.28,"body":"six, the physical impunity on the islands."},{"startTime":1600.28,"endTime":1601.36,"body":"This is about Great St."},{"startTime":1601.36,"endTime":1604.964,"body":"James, the second island Epstein purchased in 2016 for $22.5"},{"startTime":1605.116,"endTime":1605.8,"body":"million."},{"startTime":1605.8,"endTime":1606.76,"body":"It was his new project."},{"startTime":1606.76,"endTime":1609.3999999999999,"body":"And like any construction project, he had to get permits"},{"startTime":1609.3999999999999,"endTime":1612.04,"body":"from the government's Department of planning and natural resources."},{"startTime":1612.4399999999998,"endTime":1615.0,"body":"And he did get permits for two things."},{"startTime":1615.3999999999999,"endTime":1618.52,"body":"To repair a cistern and to erect a flagpole."},{"startTime":1618.6799999999998,"endTime":1619.24,"body":"That's it."},{"startTime":1619.32,"endTime":1620.1999999999998,"body":"Basic maintenance."},{"startTime":1620.4399999999998,"endTime":1622.52,"body":"The reality of what he was doing on the island"},{"startTime":1622.52,"endTime":1623.8,"body":"was something else entirely."},{"startTime":1624.1999999999998,"endTime":1628.4399999999998,"body":"He was conducting a massive, unpermitted industrial development project."},{"startTime":1628.6799999999998,"endTime":1632.1599999999999,"body":"The government's own investigators found he had illegally cut more"},{"startTime":1632.1599999999999,"endTime":1634.6799999999998,"body":"than 21 new roads across the island."},{"startTime":1634.6799999999998,"endTime":1637.0,"body":"He cleared a massive area for a helipad."},{"startTime":1637.24,"endTime":1641.08,"body":"And most egregiously, he took a bulldozer and raised a"},{"startTime":1641.08,"endTime":1642.76,"body":"set of colonial era ruins."},{"startTime":1642.9199999999998,"endTime":1644.3999999999999,"body":"These weren't just old buildings."},{"startTime":1644.3999999999999,"endTime":1648.0,"body":"They were protected historical sites built by enslaved Africans, part"},{"startTime":1648.0,"endTime":1649.36,"body":"of the island's cultural heritage."},{"startTime":1649.36,"endTime":1651.48,"body":"And he just destroyed them to make way for a"},{"startTime":1651.48,"endTime":1652.1999999999998,"body":"road or a building?"},{"startTime":1652.28,"endTime":1652.6799999999998,"body":"Yeah."},{"startTime":1652.6799999999998,"endTime":1655.79,"body":"The DPNR did issue cease and desist orders in October"},{"startTime":1656.02,"endTime":1659.1399999999999,"body":"of 2016, and his response was to simply ignore them."},{"startTime":1659.2199999999998,"endTime":1660.8999999999999,"body":"The illegal construction continued."},{"startTime":1660.8999999999999,"endTime":1663.82,"body":"The total fines levied for all of these violations amounted"},{"startTime":1663.82,"endTime":1665.4599999999998,"body":"to $280,000."},{"startTime":1665.54,"endTime":1666.9399999999998,"body":"But he didn't even pay that."},{"startTime":1666.9399999999998,"endTime":1670.74,"body":"The government ultimately settled with him for just $70,000 for"},{"startTime":1670.74,"endTime":1675.6599999999999,"body":"destroying a protected historical site and ignoring dozens of environmental"},{"startTime":1675.6599999999999,"endTime":1676.1,"body":"laws."},{"startTime":1676.5,"endTime":1677.6999999999998,"body":"$70,000."},{"startTime":1677.9399999999998,"endTime":1679.02,"body":"That's not a punishment."},{"startTime":1679.02,"endTime":1680.1799999999998,"body":"That's a user fee."},{"startTime":1680.1799999999998,"endTime":1681.82,"body":"Yeah, it's the cost of doing business."},{"startTime":1681.82,"endTime":1684.4599999999998,"body":"When you know the regulators have no real power over"},{"startTime":1684.4599999999998,"endTime":1684.74,"body":"you."},{"startTime":1685.03,"endTime":1687.27,"body":"It's the ultimate proof of the regulatory capture."},{"startTime":1687.27,"endTime":1689.55,"body":"The laws on the books simply did not apply to"},{"startTime":1689.55,"endTime":1689.83,"body":"him."},{"startTime":1689.99,"endTime":1691.79,"body":"And all of this was happening in plain sight."},{"startTime":1691.79,"endTime":1692.83,"body":"People saw what was going on."},{"startTime":1692.83,"endTime":1695.79,"body":"Yeah, we have eyewitness testimony from people like Guy Dome,"},{"startTime":1695.79,"endTime":1696.79,"body":"a local boat captain."},{"startTime":1696.79,"endTime":1700.789,"body":"He testified under oath that he personally transported Epstein on"},{"startTime":1700.789,"endTime":1704.23,"body":"his boat, along with two teenage girls who appeared to"},{"startTime":1704.23,"endTime":1706.4699999999998,"body":"be 13, 14, maybe 15 years old."},{"startTime":1706.55,"endTime":1707.87,"body":"And it wasn't just on the water."},{"startTime":1707.87,"endTime":1708.79,"body":"It was in the air."},{"startTime":1708.87,"endTime":1711.6699999999998,"body":"We have reports from local air traffic controllers."},{"startTime":1711.75,"endTime":1714.99,"body":"They reported seeing Epstein getting off his private helicopter and"},{"startTime":1714.99,"endTime":1718.4299999999998,"body":"boarding his private jet, accompanied by female children who they"},{"startTime":1718.4299999999998,"endTime":1720.79,"body":"estimated were between 11 and 18 years old."},{"startTime":1721.03,"endTime":1724.79,"body":"As recently as 2018, they saw this with their own"},{"startTime":1724.79,"endTime":1725.1899999999998,"body":"eyes."},{"startTime":1725.99,"endTime":1727.4299999999998,"body":"But what were they supposed to do?"},{"startTime":1727.83,"endTime":1729.59,"body":"Who were they supposed to report it to?"},{"startTime":1729.75,"endTime":1733.6699999999998,"body":"The system designed to handle that information had been deliberately"},{"startTime":1733.6699999999998,"endTime":1735.99,"body":"dismantled by Attorney General Frazier's waiver."},{"startTime":1736.3899999999999,"endTime":1738.9099999999999,"body":"The system worked exactly as it had been paid to"},{"startTime":1738.9099999999999,"endTime":1740.6399999999999,"body":"work, to protect them."},{"startTime":1740.6399999999999,"endTime":1742.1599999999999,"body":"So let's synthesize all of this."},{"startTime":1742.1599999999999,"endTime":1744.9599999999998,"body":"We've gone through the documents, the emails, the testimony."},{"startTime":1745.12,"endTime":1747.4399999999998,"body":"It paints a picture of a capture that was, as"},{"startTime":1747.4399999999998,"endTime":1748.7199999999998,"body":"you said, three pronged."},{"startTime":1748.8799999999999,"endTime":1750.9199999999998,"body":"Financial, regulatory and judicial."},{"startTime":1750.9199999999998,"endTime":1753.36,"body":"The complete trifecta of governance capture."},{"startTime":1753.36,"endTime":1755.84,"body":"The financial prong, that's the direct payments."},{"startTime":1755.84,"endTime":1760.52,"body":"The $70,000 in tuition, the $200,000 salary for Cecile de"},{"startTime":1760.52,"endTime":1764.04,"body":"Jong, the donations to MAP and Brian, that bought him"},{"startTime":1764.04,"endTime":1764.8799999999999,"body":"the executive branch."},{"startTime":1765.3,"endTime":1769.1799999999998,"body":"It ensured the governor's office was at best compromised and"},{"startTime":1769.1799999999998,"endTime":1770.5,"body":"at worst an active partner."},{"startTime":1770.6599999999999,"endTime":1773.34,"body":"Then the regulatory prong, that's the Southern Trust tax fraud."},{"startTime":1773.34,"endTime":1776.6599999999999,"body":"The $219 million in benefits for a company that didn't"},{"startTime":1776.6599999999999,"endTime":1780.2199999999998,"body":"exist, that turned the government from a regulator into a"},{"startTime":1780.2199999999998,"endTime":1780.74,"body":"financier."},{"startTime":1780.98,"endTime":1783.2199999999998,"body":"They were literally subsidizing the criminal operation."},{"startTime":1783.3799999999999,"endTime":1786.98,"body":"And finally, the judicial and law enforcement prong."},{"startTime":1787.2199999999998,"endTime":1790.9399999999998,"body":"The sex offender travel waiver from AG Frazier and the"},{"startTime":1790.9399999999998,"endTime":1793.78,"body":"firing of AG Denise George when she got too close"},{"startTime":1793.78,"endTime":1794.3899999999999,"body":"to the truth."},{"startTime":1794.62,"endTime":1796.6999999999998,"body":"And that provided the shield of impunity."},{"startTime":1796.9399999999998,"endTime":1799.5,"body":"It neutralized the police and the prosecutors."},{"startTime":1799.6599999999999,"endTime":1802.06,"body":"It meant the laws did not apply to him or"},{"startTime":1802.06,"endTime":1802.86,"body":"his operation."},{"startTime":1803.1799999999998,"endTime":1805.8999999999999,"body":"So the conclusion seems to be that the USVI government"},{"startTime":1805.8999999999999,"endTime":1808.3799999999999,"body":"didn't just allow Epstein to operate."},{"startTime":1808.54,"endTime":1811.4199999999998,"body":"No, they were an active, paid service provider."},{"startTime":1811.5,"endTime":1814.8999999999999,"body":"They provided the logistical support, the financial subsidies and the"},{"startTime":1814.8999999999999,"endTime":1818.1799999999998,"body":"legal protection required for his criminal enterprise to flourish for"},{"startTime":1818.1799999999998,"endTime":1819.02,"body":"two decades."},{"startTime":1819.1799999999998,"endTime":1821.06,"body":"It's a complete systemic failure."},{"startTime":1821.06,"endTime":1822.74,"body":"But I want to close with one final thought."},{"startTime":1822.74,"endTime":1824.4599999999998,"body":"A provocative thought for the listener."},{"startTime":1824.4599999999998,"endTime":1826.2199999999998,"body":"It's about the staff on the island."},{"startTime":1826.6,"endTime":1828.52,"body":"The people who lived and worked there every day."},{"startTime":1828.6,"endTime":1831.52,"body":"Right in 2008, at the height of the operation, the"},{"startTime":1831.52,"endTime":1835.04,"body":"Epstein Estate employed 70 full time staff members on Little"},{"startTime":1835.04,"endTime":1835.36,"body":"St."},{"startTime":1835.36,"endTime":1835.7199999999998,"body":"James."},{"startTime":1835.8799999999999,"endTime":1837.3999999999999,"body":"Almost all of them were locals."},{"startTime":1837.48,"endTime":1838.1999999999998,"body":"70 people."},{"startTime":1838.1999999999998,"endTime":1843.56,"body":"Housekeepers, maintenance workers, boat captains, drivers, groundskeepers, a small army."},{"startTime":1843.8799999999999,"endTime":1847.08,"body":"All of them operating under ironclad non disclosure agreements."},{"startTime":1847.24,"endTime":1848.28,"body":"They sought everything."},{"startTime":1848.36,"endTime":1851.52,"body":"They were the silent witnesses to the daily reality of"},{"startTime":1851.52,"endTime":1852.12,"body":"that island."},{"startTime":1852.4099999999999,"endTime":1854.1699999999998,"body":"And here's the final turn of the screw."},{"startTime":1854.57,"endTime":1858.05,"body":"Their paychecks, the money that fed their families came from"},{"startTime":1858.05,"endTime":1861.77,"body":"the very companies like Southern Trust that were receiving hundreds"},{"startTime":1861.77,"endTime":1864.73,"body":"of millions of dollars in fraudulent tax breaks from their"},{"startTime":1864.73,"endTime":1865.29,"body":"own government."},{"startTime":1865.6899999999998,"endTime":1868.8899999999999,"body":"The economic capture was so complete that the witnesses themselves"},{"startTime":1868.8899999999999,"endTime":1870.1699999999998,"body":"were trapped in the machine."},{"startTime":1870.4099999999999,"endTime":1872.4099999999999,"body":"Paid with the profits of the crime that their own"},{"startTime":1872.4099999999999,"endTime":1873.6899999999998,"body":"government was subsidizing."},{"startTime":1873.9299999999998,"endTime":1875.6899999999998,"body":"Next time, the Israel Connection."},{"startTime":1875.6899999999998,"endTime":1877.1299999999999,"body":"International intelligence ties."},{"startTime":1882.4099999999999,"endTime":1885.59,"body":"You have just heard an analys of the official record."},{"startTime":1886.4699999999998,"endTime":1890.31,"body":"Every claim, name and date mentioned in this episode is"},{"startTime":1890.31,"endTime":1892.4699999999998,"body":"backed by primary source documents."},{"startTime":1892.9499999999998,"endTime":1896.3899999999999,"body":"You can view the original files for yourself at Epstein"},{"startTime":1896.3899999999999,"endTime":1897.9099999999999,"body":"Files 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