{"podcast":{"title":"The Tara Palmeri Show","slug":"the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277","podcast_index_feed_id":7313277,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thetarapalmerishow","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2752238a-2058-11f0-ab29-137fd2d0370e/image/e6b90ba68a5d318a9e9a593ddd57f402.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TaraPalmeri.com","episode_count":296,"summary":"Welcome to The Tara Palmeri Show! Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless political journalists. As a deeply-sourced reporter, she brings her audience inside the machinations of the highest level of power. Her quick wit and unvarnished reporting goes beyond the headlines, offering a deeper understanding of the intrigues of the permanent political class. This show is not about platitudes. Rather it's about what’s really happening at the highest levels of power and the inside conversation. Tara has covered national politics and foreign affairs for fifteen years. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News, where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the Chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She’s also worked for the Washington Examiner, the New York Post, POLITICO Europe and Puck, and she hosted The Ringer's election podcast \"Somebody's Gotta Win.\" Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein called \"Broken: Jeffrey Epstein\" and \"Power: The Maxwells.\" Subscribe to her weekly newsletter The Red Letter on Substack Support her independent jo…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:20:50.307364+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277"},"episode":{"title":"Congressman Reveals the Moment Bondi Went Silent on Trump & Epstein","slug":"congressman-reveals-the-moment-bondi-went-silent-on-trump-epstein","published_at":"2026-05-29T18:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277/congressman-reveals-the-moment-bondi-went-silent-on-trump-epstein","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL2736876107.mp3?updated=1780080937","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL2736876107.mp3?updated=1780080937","summary":"Tara Palmeri gets the first account of what happened behind closed doors during Pam Bondi's transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee from Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-VA), who was in the room. Walkinshaw reveals that Bondi repeatedly threw acting Attorney General Todd Blanche under the bus — blaming him for the botched redactions that exposed 70-plus Epstein survivors' identities, for removing the Howard Lutnick photo from the files (claiming it was AI-generated), and for decisions she said she wasn't involved in. But the biggest bombshell: when asked point-blank whether President Trump knew about Epstein's crimes before they became public, Bondi didn't say no — she said \"I don't know.\" Walkinshaw and Palmeri dig into why Harmeet Dhillon accompanied Bondi as a DOJ minder to block embarrassing questions, Bondi's shifting explanations for her \"I've got the list on my desk\" claim, why the administration is using \"privilege\" to withhold files in apparent violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the FBI whistleblower who said agents were directed to flag mentions of Trump in the files, and whether Bondi was actually fired because Trump got frustrated with the continued media attention. Plus: the Lutnick island photo cover-up, why no one has investigated Les Wexner or Leon Black, and what a future Democratic Congress plans to do about it. 0:00 – Intro: Congressman Walkinshaw was in the room for Pam Bondi's closed-door interview 4:49 – Bondi blames Todd Blanche for exposing survivors' identities and the Lutnick photo cover-up 9:06 – \"Everybody knew about Epstein\" — did Trump know about the crimes? 14:00 – FBI agents directed to flag mentions of Trump in the Epstein files 19:04 – The \"client list\" lie, privilege loophole, and what a future Congress…","meta_description":"Tara Palmeri gets the first account of what happened behind closed doors during Pam Bondi's transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee fro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1542,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277/episodes/congressman-reveals-the-moment-bondi-went-silent-on-trump-epstein/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tara-palmeri-show-7313277/congressman-reveals-the-moment-bondi-went-silent-on-trump-epstein.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}