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The Justice Department told members of Congress they can see the unredacted version of the Jeffrey Epstein file starting yesterday. And, in the aftermath of that decision, more names have come to light that appear in the files, even though those people may have absolutely no knowledge of Epstein’s “pedophile island.” The ensuing backlash as more names become public is having repercussions that no one may have intended; talent agent Casey Wasserman, for instance, is being asked to resign from the talent agency he founded simply because he exchanged a few emails over twenty years ago with Epstein confident Ghislane Maxwell. Jon Decker is the WOR White House correspondent and host of the eponymous podcast “The White House Briefing Room with Jon Decker”; he appeared on 710 WOR to discuss the can of worms that seems to be getting larger and larger since the Epstein file was released.
Decker told host Larry Mendte that guilt by association is one of the leading headaches to come out of a witch hunt for names that appear in the file: “Just because your name appears in those files, it’s always important to make the point, it does not mean you engaged in any type of wrongdoing, but having your name in those files, nonetheless, has led to major repercussions for a number of prominent individuals over the course of the past few weeks when their names have been disclosed. We’ve seen that, you know. We’ve seen that with officials from the British government, impacts on them. We’ve seen that as well with some prominent members here whose names have been mentioned in those files that have been released so far by the Department of Justice.”
Meanwhile, Decker suggested that the Epstein file has pushed other important stories off the table, such as the issue of who’s running Venezuela with Nicolas Maduro out of power: “I’ve asked the President, you know, he’s put out on social media this idea that he’s the de facto president of Venezuela. I’ve asked the President about two weeks ago whether the U.S. is now a de facto member of OPEC. Look, there are a lot of unanswered questions about what the future of Venezuela looks like, and what the future relationship with Venezuela looks like, and what happens to Venezuela’s oil going forward.”
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