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It wasn't just sex trafficking - Brace Belden on the Epstein Money Mystery - The Fifth Column
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February 13, 2026
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11:48Now PlayingIs the Jeffrey Epstein story even weirder than we thought—or is it actually more "boring"? In this clip, Brace Belden (True Anon) joins the show to dive into the latest batch of released Epstein emails. While the internet is flooded with wild theories, Brace and the host debate the "Striver" vs. "Agent" narratives. Was Epstein just a high-level scam artist desperate to be around important people, or was he the center of a massive international money-laundering web involving Norwegian diplomats, Russian officials, and Gulf states?
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(0:00) Is Epstein a "Balls and Stripes" Conspiracy?
(1:30) Blackmail vs. Supplying
(2:15) The JP Morgan Money Mystery
(4:20) Chomsky, Hawking, Bannon
(6:30) Just a Striver?
(7:45) Mossad
(8:50) Actual Evidence
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Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves.
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