Andrew Schulz Is Getting to the Bottom of This Epstein Debacle

Pretty early on in the July 24th episode of Flagrant, hosted by Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh, Singh says something I believe 100 percent: “I read nothing ever.” He was responding to special guest Ezra Klein’s question, “Did you guys read the FBI/DOJ memo?” Klein, the co-author of Abundance, was really assuming too much of both Schulz and Singh, whose entire political worldview depends on not being too well-read on any subject. It’s part of the duo’s every man appeal: You don’t have to know a lot to have a lot of decisive opinions. (Schulz later doubles down on this sentiment, revealing that he listened to Abundance on Spotify, he didn’t actually read it.) 

The hosts’ literary proclivities are relevant because the first 20 or so-minutes of the show are spent discussing the Epstein files and Trump’s probable inclusion in those incriminating documents. Because Schulz and Singh are simplistic, chauvinistic reactionaries with more cultural influence than sense, Klein is tasked with breaking down the particulars of the Epstein memo from the DOJ and then Speaker Mike Johnson’s suspicious decision to recess Congress right before they can vote on releasing the Epstein files. 

It’s all very educational, and it’s clearly helping Schulz develop even more theories about Trump’s involvement with Epstein and any resulting attempts at a cover-up. As he stated a few weeks ago, the comedian has felt duped by Trump already with regards to this issue. “Trump is usually so transactional with the base,” Schulz said. “The base asks for something, he listens. I would say he listens to the base way more than any politician that I’ve ever seen.”

This time though, Schulz noted, he’s not giving the base what they want. He’s not giving up these files. It’s causing Schulz to think that maybe Trump really does have something to hide. “For me I was like there’s no way that he’s involved if he's putting (Dan Bongino) and (Kash Patel) in, who have campaigned on exposing (the Epstein files),” Schulz said. “Like why would you hire those guys or appoint those guys, right? So I’m like he can’t be. But the fact that he will not touch this and then this last week, him doing the bullshit distractions. The second he started talking about Obama, I was like, ‘Oh, he’s guilty.’”

“That’s the other thing that’s so weird about this story is that I find it hard to believe that there’s not at least a team of people,” Schulz continued. “You’re saying there’s one wrangler, which is Ghislane, and then there’s Epstein, and he’s managing billions of dollars with the most powerful people in the world. Like, there’s no assistants? There’s no co-workers? There’s no banker? There’s no lawyer? Like, who are these other people that are associated with this enterprise? I don’t know any of their names. I know two people. Doesn’t that feel weird to you?”

You’re almost there, Andrew. It does feel weird. As one commenter on YouTube put it: “I’m really confused how Andrew Schultz can be 40 years old from New York City and not know that Donald Trump was a liar before the last six months… so fucking weird.”