Verdict with Ted Cruz - February 10, 2026


BONUS POD: Media Tried Linking Trump to Epstein — a Phone Call in 2006 Just Blew That Up


Episode Stats

Length

13 minutes

Words per Minute

160.72246

Word Count

2,106

Sentence Count

179

Misogynist Sentences

10

Hate Speech Sentences

2


Summary

Trump called the police about Epstein in 2006, where he described Maxwell as Epstein s evil operative, according to newly unsealed court documents. And on the same day, we heard from Maxwell herself in her House Oversight Committee testimony.


Transcript

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00:00:34.200 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
00:00:37.940 Good Tuesday morning.
00:00:39.020 Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
00:00:41.520 And we've got two big stories for you.
00:00:44.300 In breaking news, unsealed court documents detail how Donald Trump called the police about Jeffrey
00:00:51.160 Epstein in 2006, where he described Maxwell as Epstein's evil operative.
00:00:57.500 I'll have the details on that.
00:00:58.800 And also, on the same day that this news comes out, we also heard from Maxwell herself in
00:01:06.220 her House Oversight Committee testimony.
00:01:09.020 What did she say?
00:01:10.380 We have the audio for you, and we'll play it for you next.
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00:03:06.120 It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now.
00:03:10.200 Story number one.
00:03:11.380 Donald Trump called the police about Jeffrey Epstein, we now are learning, in 2006.
00:03:18.320 He also said that Maxwell was flat out evil.
00:03:22.940 Donald Trump telling the Palm Beach police chief, quote,
00:03:26.960 everyone knew about Epstein, and Maxwell is an evil woman.
00:03:31.680 Now, in 2006, Justice Jeffrey Epstein's criminal sex charge became public.
00:03:38.160 Trump apparently called then Palm Beach police chief to tell him that Epstein's activities with teenage girls were well known in both New York and Palm Beach.
00:03:48.080 Thank goodness you're stopping him.
00:03:50.140 Everyone has known he's been doing this, Trump told the police chief.
00:03:54.360 That, according to a 2019 FBI interview with the police chief contained in the Justice Department's Epstein case files.
00:04:05.320 Now, the interview, conducted in October of 19 and not previously reported,
00:04:10.300 has shed new light on what Donald Trump knew about Epstein in the early stages of the investigation in Palm Beach, Florida.
00:04:18.020 It also makes it clear that Donald Trump wanted to stop Epstein.
00:04:23.780 The FBI agents that were sitting with the Palm Beach police chief said that Trump revealed that Epstein's associate, Maxwell,
00:04:32.880 was Epstein's operative and that Trump said she is evil and to focus on her.
00:04:39.720 Clearly, Donald Trump was absolutely right.
00:04:42.160 Trump told the police chief reportedly that he was around Epstein once when teenagers were present and Trump got the hell out of there.
00:04:50.720 The report states Trump also told the police chief that he threw Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club.
00:04:57.560 That stands in sharp contrast to what the media has been reporting on Donald Trump,
00:05:03.540 implying that there was something to hide,
00:05:05.780 which brings us back to the White House Oval Office.
00:05:08.980 Just the other day, when the president of the United States of America was asked about the Epstein files
00:05:15.800 and the new documents that have been released,
00:05:18.940 and CNN's Caitlin Collins decided to use the moment to try to attack Trump.
00:05:23.660 Listen carefully.
00:05:24.900 A lot of women who are survivors of Epstein's are unhappy with those redactions that came out.
00:05:30.000 Some of the entire witness interviews are totally blacked out.
00:05:32.920 Do you think that they should be more transparent?
00:05:34.360 Well, they're also unhappy with the fact that they thought they released too much.
00:05:36.120 You know, I heard that, and you're telling me something else.
00:05:39.120 I think it's really time for the country to get onto something else, really.
00:05:42.400 Now that nothing came out about me, other than there was a conspiracy against me, literally, by Epstein and other people.
00:05:51.340 But I think it's time now for the country to maybe get onto something else.
00:05:56.000 But what would you say to people who feel like they haven't gotten justice, Mr. President?
00:05:58.820 Something that people care about.
00:06:00.360 You know, what did you say to CNN?
00:06:01.480 What would you say to the survivors who feel like they haven't gotten justice?
00:06:04.540 You are the worst reporter.
00:06:05.880 No one to see.
00:06:06.620 CNN has no ratings because of people like you.
00:06:09.460 You know, she's a young woman.
00:06:11.080 I don't think I've ever seen you smile.
00:06:12.760 I've known you for 10 years.
00:06:14.800 I don't think I've ever seen a smile on your face.
00:06:16.540 Well, I'm asking you about survivors.
00:06:17.560 You know why you're not smiling?
00:06:19.560 Because you know you're not telling the truth.
00:06:21.220 And you're a very dishonest organization.
00:06:24.900 And they should be ashamed of you.
00:06:27.220 The President of the United States of America making it very clear that he's not backing down.
00:06:32.980 And it's obvious now that he was standing up to the corruption of Jeffrey Epstein
00:06:37.440 and pointing the police chief in the direction of the woman that everyone is hoping to hear from
00:06:43.380 and pointing him in the right direction of Maxwell, who clearly knew exactly what was going on
00:06:48.800 and was clearly putting it all together for Jeffrey Epstein.
00:06:53.260 This is another example of Donald Trump telling the truth
00:06:56.560 and the media now wanting to make sure you don't know about this story at all.
00:07:01.200 Now, story number two.
00:07:02.220 There is one woman that everybody wants to hear from.
00:07:05.640 And her name is Maxwell.
00:07:07.900 You know her as the right-hand madam of Jeffrey Epstein.
00:07:12.680 She finally had her moment in front of the GOP House Oversight Committee.
00:07:17.140 They have released the audio of that interaction.
00:07:21.040 And you are going to be able to hear Maxwell plead the fifth during her deposition.
00:07:26.600 She was asked if she was a close friend of Epstein, if she helped him traffic girls,
00:07:31.920 and if she instructed girls to provide sexual favors, among other questions.
00:07:37.840 And you're going to hear exactly what she had to say.
00:07:41.300 Take a listen.
00:07:42.120 Ms. Maxwell, were you a close friend and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein?
00:07:48.020 I would like to answer your question.
00:07:50.600 But on the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer this question
00:07:55.580 and any related questions.
00:07:59.080 My habeas petition is pending in the Southern District of New York.
00:08:02.980 I, therefore, invoke my right to silence under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
00:08:10.300 Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
00:08:15.640 Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
00:08:18.320 Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
00:08:22.300 the answer will incriminate you?
00:08:24.320 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:08:27.320 Ms. Maxwell, did you, at any time, play any role in Jeffrey Epstein's activities involving
00:08:33.860 the recruitment, grooming, or trafficking of young women or girls?
00:08:38.280 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:08:41.780 Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
00:08:47.780 Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
00:08:50.220 Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
00:08:54.180 the answer will incriminate you?
00:08:55.840 Ms. Maxwell, I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:08:59.820 Ms. Maxwell, have you ever coerced, directed, or otherwise instructed any young woman or girl
00:09:06.200 to provide sexual favors to Mr. Epstein or any other individual?
00:09:10.720 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:09:13.940 Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
00:09:19.300 Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
00:09:22.140 Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
00:09:25.820 I believe the answer will incriminate you?
00:09:27.480 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:09:31.800 Ms. Maxwell, did you and Jeffrey Epstein attempt to surround yourselves with influential individuals
00:09:36.980 to curry favor and shield yourselves from potential scrutiny?
00:09:41.280 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:09:44.800 Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
00:09:50.380 Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
00:09:52.220 Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
00:09:56.700 the answer will incriminate you?
00:09:59.000 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:10:02.500 Ms. Maxwell, can you please provide us with all the names of other additional co-conspirators
00:10:08.680 to the crimes perpetuated by you and Jeffrey Epstein?
00:10:13.000 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:10:15.200 Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell is invoked to the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
00:10:21.700 Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
00:10:24.480 Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
00:10:28.180 the answer will incriminate you?
00:10:30.040 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:10:33.860 Ms. Maxwell, is it your intention to answer every question put to you by the committee today
00:10:38.940 with the assertion of your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination?
00:10:42.420 I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
00:10:46.060 The answer to that is yes also.
00:10:48.060 So just as her lawyer, I'll tell you, yes, that's her intention.
00:10:51.760 Total silence.
00:10:53.420 Now, this is why so many people are upset.
00:10:56.880 She pleads a fifth on her Epstein trafficking questions.
00:11:00.680 And yes, there are people that are very angry because according to reports, Maxwell was deposed
00:11:06.900 virtually by the House Oversight Committee.
00:11:08.760 They asked her straight up, was she a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein?
00:11:12.560 We all know the answer to that.
00:11:14.960 She wouldn't even answer that.
00:11:17.220 Did she help traffic girls?
00:11:19.080 We all know the answer to that from the evidence.
00:11:21.400 She wouldn't answer that question.
00:11:23.280 Did she tell those girls to provide sexual favors?
00:11:26.680 We know from the evidence and the victim statements.
00:11:29.340 She wouldn't answer that question.
00:11:30.700 Now, she's already serving 20 years for exactly this stuff, but her lawyer says she's protecting
00:11:37.740 her appeal.
00:11:39.740 Lawmakers on both sides are walking away from this empty handed.
00:11:44.140 And the question now is, what happens next?
00:11:47.260 And when will others besides Maxwell go to jail for their crimes?
00:11:52.700 That is what so many Americans are asking.
00:11:55.880 The President of the United States of America is also absolutely right.
00:11:58.880 What the media has done is not investigate this, but try to use a conspiracy to attack Donald
00:12:04.360 Trump.
00:12:05.180 And now we know exactly what he was doing, going to the authorities and telling them to
00:12:10.800 look at Maxwell, the same woman that will answer none of these questions.
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