Legal AF by MeidasTouch - Trump Stunned As Congress Runs To Court Over Epstein Files

Episode Date: January 11, 2026

Federal judge appointed Special Master meet DOJ’s continued coverup of millions of Epstein Files. Michael Popok explains how Trump’s attempt to use Federal Courts to run interference for his refusal to release all the Epstein Files, has backfired, as Rep. Massey and Khanna demand that a federal judge stop trusting the DOJ, and appoint an independent officer of the court to take over the collection, review and production of ALL the Epstein Files. Sundays for Dogs: Get 50% off your first order of Sundays. Go to https://sundaysfordogs.com/MEIDAS or use code MEIDAS at checkout. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast⁠ Legal AF: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af⁠ MissTrial: ⁠https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial⁠ The PoliticsGirl Podcast: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast⁠ Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan⁠ Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen⁠ The Weekend Show: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show⁠ Burn the Boats: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats⁠ Majority 54: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54⁠ Political Beatdown: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown⁠ On Democracy with FP Wellman: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman⁠ Uncovered: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We're like 5.2 million. It's probably double that. Then all of a sudden, and this caught the eye of Representative Rokane and Tom Massey, that bipartisan super duo who have led the charge and are the sponsors of the Epstein Transparency Act bill, it caught their eye the way it did us on Midas Dutch and Legal AF because there was a letter that was filed by James. Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Southern District of New York to Judge Paul Engelmeyer. That's one of the several judges that the Trump administration ran to to try to use the federal judiciary, yes, use the federal judiciary as cover to blame the judiciary for the slow production of documents. So Engelmeyer, Judge Engelmeier, if you don't want to be used,

then I would take up Representative Moe-Conna, sorry, Roe-Conna and Representative Tom Massey up on their proposal, which they sent in a new letter to the judge. Appoint a special master. Michael Popock to break it all down for you here on the Midas Touch Network and for legal AF. Judge Engelmeyer is the judge that presides over all things Galane Maxwell. Judge Berman is the judge in New York that presides over all things Jeffrey Epstein. And then there's judges in Florida that preside over matters down there. They ran to Judge DeVosyne. DOJ, DOJ ran to Judge Engelmire a couple of times, including recently, begging them, begging the judge to let them produce Maxwell-related documents that were

undercover, covered by secrecy, grand jury materials and the like, to produce them as part of the Epstein Transparency Act requirements. Yet even with the judge allowing it, December 19th as the deadline came and went with just 12,000 documents, maybe 120,000 pages out of millions have been produced. They're already three weeks past the deadline. So Engelmeyer said, you better update me by the 5th of January about what's going on with your redactions and victim and survivor protection mechanisms. What are you doing? all of a sudden, as Representative Massey and Kana saw, we all caught this weird thing on page two of the letter signed by Jay Clayton,

the U.S. Attorney, Acting U.S. attorney for New York. There are, top of page two, there are more than two million documents potentially responsive in various phases of review. Two million. So right around the time of the deadline, and around the holidays, Todd Blanched the number two in the Department of Justice and Donald Trump's continued criminal defense lawyer. He said it was $5.2 million. Now it's $2 million. Well, which is it, man? Is it $2 million or $5.2 million? That's a big miss. So Representative Massey and Kana said last week, they were going to intervene in this matter at the court system.

And now they have with a new letter that is sent on their letterhead to the judge, Judge Engelmeyer. And here's what it says. It's effectively saying you can't trust the Department of Justice, especially with this shape-shifting on the number. How does 5.2 become 2 million? What happened to the other 3.2 million? And to the representatives, they're saying, that just shows they're trying to convince the American people

that they're being transparent and sending in lots of documents. They're not. They're not. They're pumping up the number, or they've lost 3.2 million. So what they say is, this is on page two of their letter, after saying that only 12,285 documents have been produced, the DOJ claims that there are still more than, quote, 2 million documents potentially responsive. But other reports suggest that the DOJ may be reviewing more than 5 million pages, or maybe 50 million pages, because these figures are self-reported and internally inconsistent with prior representations,

there is reasonable suspicion that the DOJ has overstated the scope of responsive material. The conduct by the DOJ is not only flagrant, but as this court has recognized, the behavior by the DOJ has caused serious harm to the survivors. Put simply, Congressperson Kana and Massey Wright, the DOJ cannot be trusted with making mandatory disclosures under this act. And now they're demanding that, and they want to have a briefing schedule and a hearing about a special master or independent monitor be put over this process. It's usually a former federal judge who is appointed an officer of the court and reports back to the judge on process. Costs a lot of money, the government will have to pay. For instance,

Barbara Jones, former federal judge, she's made a whole living. out of being a special master or a monitor. She's been a monitor or special master for the Rudy Giuliani documents when he was, search warrant was used to obtain all of his materials several years ago during the Jack Smith and other investigations.

She's also the monitor over the Trump organization currently. So former federal judges, senior status and otherwise, they like taking on these assignments. And that's what I think Engelmeyer is going to do. There's enough here. All they had to do is right, drop a footnote in their letter to the judge and explain themselves.

Where did the other 3.2 million go? But instead, they left the door wide open for Representative Kana and Massey. Here's a clip of them talking about these issues. Let's play the clip. What are you going to do about it to force them to comply? I mean, can you do anything? Oh, absolutely. Look, people have talked about, and by the way, Todd Blanche is the face of this,

but it's really the Attorney General's office, Pam Bondi, who is responsible. there are several ways to get at this. Some take longer, some are shorter. The quickest way, and I think most expeditious way, to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. And that doesn't require going through the courts and give her, and basically Roe Conn and I are talking about and drafting that right now. Okay. Well, I mean, on another network this morning, Democratic Senator Tim Cain said impeachment or contempt, it is. premature Congressman Kana and the Deputy Attorney General said, bring it on. They don't seem to be taking this very seriously. And if you just don't have the math in the Senate, including,

at least now, this Democratic Senator not being convinced, doesn't that sort of show that you're at the limit of pressure? No, we only need the House for inherent contempt and we're building a bipartisan coalition. And it would fine Pam Bondi for every day that she's not releasing these documents. I'll tell you why I've talked to the survivors, why this is such a slap in the face. One of the survivors said they released her name accidentally, but they still have not released the FBI file about the people who abused her at her request. And the problem here is that there are rich and powerful people. We all know this.

They're 1,200 victims. They're rich and powerful people who either engaged in this abuse, covered it up or were on this island. And what the American people want to know is who are these people? And instead of holding them accountable, Pam Bondi is, is breaking the law. And this is the corruptist of the Epstein class that people are sick of. So I believe we're gonna get bipartisan support

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They ran to federal court to try to use judges to give them cover. And now smartly, Congresspeople are running to the judge to say, you're an officer of the court. You need to protect the victims, the survivors, make sure the law is being complied with. Don't trust the Department of Justice with their numbers because they can't be trusted on these self-reported numbers and set up a process led by an independent monitor or special or special master. I've dealt with cases before of a special master. They're very valuable. They're very expensive.

In cases like this, they are perfect. I think that's what Engelmeyer does and we'll continue to report back on it here on Midas Touch and on Legal A.F. We're growing because we got to meet the moment in 2026. Come over to LegalAF, the YouTube channel, where we now have paid membership possibilities for people. that helps contribute to our growth, bringing on new contributors, new international contributors, new global ones.

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