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Epstein, Trump, and the CIA — What They're Still Hiding
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December 16, 2025
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In a Katie Halper Show exclusive, journalist Matthew Petti explains the relationship between Jeffer Epstein, the CIA, and Donald Trump. He also discusses Israel, Qatar, Tom Barrack, Trump’s Middle East envoy, and Sultan bin Sulayem, a very powerful Dubai businessman tied to the royal family and more.
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Matthew Petti is an assistant editor at Reason and a proud New Jersey native. He has previously reported for the BBC (in Persian and English), The Intercept, The Daily Beast, New Lines magazine, Responsible Statecraft, Middle East Eye, and The National Interest, among other publications. Matthew covers U.S. national security policy and its interactions with American society and domestic politics.
In 2022, Matthew was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to research the ways in which Arab journalists interact with foreign media. Through the Fulbright program, he worked at a variety of newsrooms in Amman, including Jordan News and Radio al-Balad, where he hosted a program on Latin music. Previously, he was a Center for Arabic Study Abroad and Foreign Language Area Studies fellow in Amman.
Matthew graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies. He got his start in journalism as a features writer at the Columbia Daily Spectator.
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