Interview · moment 9 of 11

Threats, Pizzagate, and How High the Franklin Scandal Reaches

from Epstein Island Adventures with Nick Bryant · #140

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6 min

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Nick recounts being threatened while researching in Nebraska, why he distributed copies of his interviews as insurance against being silenced, his agnostic take on Pizzagate, and his belief that the Franklin scandal implicated the White House and that people were murdered to keep it from becoming public.

In this bit11 moments
  • 42:41Tim remains agnostic about Pizzagate but acknowledges there's smoke, though he couldn't follow up on one promising lead.
  • 43:35Guest explains that awareness of systemic abuse is necessary before action can happen, and most Americans avoid confronting cases like Franklin and Epstein.
  • 44:06Guest recalls trying to sell the Epstein story to every magazine in New York and couldn't find a buyer until Miami Herald picked it up.
  • 44:44Tim asks how high the Franklin Scandal reaches without naming names, whether it could destroy an entire political party or administration.
  • 45:12Guest suggests some people in Nebraska had to be murdered to keep the Franklin Scandal from becoming known.
  • 45:42Guest points to Epstein and Acosta's non-prosecution agreement covering all affiliated perpetrators, then Acosta becoming Secretary of Commerce.
  • 46:22Tim asks about the book Confessions of a DC Madam, co-authored with Henry Vincent.
  • 46:39Guest describes how Henry Vincent ran a gay escort service and CIA assets involved in Franklin would use his escorts to compromise people through sexual blackmail.
  • 47:06Guest explains Vincent was pressured to provide children who would disappear, but refused because he drew the line at adult consent.
  • 47:46Tim asks about the validity of occult ritual stories involving child sacrifice, including the death of a woman who wrote about it.
  • 48:24Guest deflects by noting he's a stand-up comedian and doesn't come into contact with that material.
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Alexander AcostaMiami HeraldFranklin scandalJeffrey EpsteinConfessions of a DC MadamHenry VincentPizzagateJohn DeCamp

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