Tara Palmeri joins V on Parasocial to break down her exclusive ten-month investigation into John Kerry's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — a story mainstream media has entirely missed. Tara walks through the full paper trail: a photo of Kerry in Epstein's home, sworn FBI testimony from Epstein's chef placing Kerry on his plane, Virginia Giuffre's account of encountering Kerry during the height of the sex trafficking operation, Epstein's campaign donations, the "Kerry Scheme" emails fantasizing about Kerry jumping into the 2016 race, and Epstein acting as an unofficial broker while Kerry was secretary of state — trying to connect him with disgraced Norwegian diplomat Rod Larsen, an Emirati shipping tycoon who loved a torture video, and Steve Bannon. They also dig into Epstein's cultivation of William Burns (Kerry's deputy who became Biden's CIA director), the Leon Black–Jay Clayton conflict of interest corrupting the Epstein file investigation, Tara's confrontation with acting AG Todd Blanche at the French embassy, Howard Lutnick's shifting Epstein timeline under oath, the Epstein Files reading room pop-up in New York, Ghislaine Maxwell's pardon push, and why politicizing survivors' pain is unacceptable. Plus: the hantavirus cruise ship quarantine headed to Nebraska, the Canvas hack shutting down college finals, and ABC threatening to sue Trump over his FCC investigation into The View.

0:00 – Intro: Tara's ten-month investigation into John Kerry's ties to Jeffrey Epstein

4:58 – The evidence: sworn FBI testimony, Epstein's plane, the little black book

9:12 – The "Kerry Scheme" emails and Epstein as unofficial broker to the secretary of state

14:20 – Rod Larsen, the Oslo Accords, and Epstein tracking the Iran nuclear deal

19:13 – Why subpoenas are stalled and who still hasn't been called to testify

24:27 – Leon Black, Jay Clayton, and the conflict of interest corrupting the investigation

29:39 – WHCD chaos, Epstein's suicide note, and Ghislaine Maxwell's pardon push

33:47 – The Epstein Files reading room — "Stop using these girls as props"

39:49 – The hantavirus cruise ship headed to Nebraska's biocontainment unit

45:09 – Canvas hack, ABC vs. Trump over The View, and outro

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