The Tara Palmeri Show

Tara Palmeri sits down with reporter Ellie Leonard to expose how journalist Michael Wolff spent two decades as Jeffrey Epstein's fixer — and is now trying to cash in on the 100 hours of tapes he recorded with him. Ellie went through 1,830 emails between Wolff and Epstein and found a paper trail that goes far beyond journalism: Wolff helped Epstein build a PR team (the same one that worked with Harvey Weinstein), drafted public statements to discredit survivors, killed a New York magazine article because Epstein didn't want his sex offender status mentioned, signed an NDA to get advance copies of books about Epstein and passed the information back to him, tried to get ahead of James Patterson's "Filthy Rich," suggested Epstein pay off his doorman for leaking about girls coming in and out, and offered to trade off-the-record White House information with the Saudis through Epstein. Now Wolff is actively shopping a narrative documentary with a major producer while claiming no one wants his tapes — and Tara breaks the news live on air, texting with Wolff in real time as he denies it all.
0:00 – Intro: Ellie Leonard's six-month deep dive into 1,830 Wolff-Epstein emails

5:20 – Wolff as Epstein's fixer: killing articles, discrediting survivors, drafting PR statements

10:50 – Wolff moved his tapes to a "secure location" — and has been shopping them ever since15:46 – Tara breaks news live: Wolff is actively pitching a documentary with a major producer

20:15 – The Daily Beast connection: Joanna Coles, the failed production deal, and "raw tapes" semantics25:57 – The Epstein Files reading room in New York — somber, two stories of binders, mixed feelings

31:43 – "Stop using these girls as props" — politicizing survivors vs. honoring them

36:20 – The $830K GoFundMe, the $13M book deal, and Wolff's financial hypocrisy47:06 – "You couldn't be a pizza delivery boy and not know" — Virginia Giuffre on Epstein's house

54:16 – The shadow hearing in West Palm Beach: Rosa's testimony and Sky Roberts naming Dershowitz

59:07 – Survivors can't afford to fight billionaires' lawyers — "they've sold houses to pay legal bills"
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Tara Palmeri sits down with Isaac Saul from Tangle, who spent 15 months reporting on how President Trump has profited from the presidency — a 6,000-word investigation that puts it all in one place for the first time. Isaac breaks down the staggering scale: the Trump sons investing in companies landing Pentagon contracts, the meme coin that netted Trump an estimated $350 million, World Liberty Financial taking hundreds of millions from foreign governments and adversaries, Jared Kushner raising $5 billion for his private equity firm while negotiating the Iran war with Saudi Arabia pouring billions into his companies, Melania's $28 million Bezos movie deal, Trump's $23 million in licensing deals, a pay-for-play pardon economy that includes wiping $676 million in restitution for a fraudster whose defense attorney was Pam Bondi's brother, and Barron Trump launching a beverage company while still in college. They discuss why Republicans who cheered on the Hunter Biden investigations are now silent, why Democrats can't seem to message on corruption, why Trump told the New York Times he's "not even bothering" to separate business from government this time, and what investigations Democrats should launch first if they win the House in 2026.

0:00 – Intro: Isaac Saul's 15-month investigation into Trump profiting from the presidency

4:18 – The cryptocurrency scheme: meme coins, World Liberty Financial, and foreign money pouring in

9:13 – Why no Republicans will act — and why Democrats can't message on corruption

14:09 – The pardon economy: Trevor Milton, George Santos, and pay-for-play justice

19:02 – What Democrats should investigate first if they win the House in 2026

24:16 – Jared Kushner negotiating the Iran war while Saudi Arabia funds his companies

29:18 – Trump's net worth has exploded — crypto alone is worth more than his entire real estate portfolio

34:35 – Barron Trump's beverage company, tariff conflicts, and the Overton window on corruption
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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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Tara Palmeri lays out her exclusive ten-month investigation into John Kerry's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — one that mainstream media has entirely missed. Kerry, who served as senator, presidential nominee, secretary of state, and Biden's climate envoy, was photographed in Epstein's home with his housekeeper, appeared in Epstein's little black book, and was seen on Epstein's plane according to sworn FBI testimony from Epstein's former chef. Virginia Giuffre told Tara she encountered Kerry during the height of Epstein's sex trafficking operation. But the paper trail goes deeper: Epstein donated to Kerry's Senate and presidential campaigns, fantasized about a "Kerry Scheme" in which Kerry jumped into the 2016 race, and acted as an unofficial broker while Kerry was secretary of state — trying to connect him with disgraced Norwegian diplomat Terje Rod-Larsen, an Emirati shipping tycoon who loved a torture video, and even Steve Bannon. Epstein was also working Kerry's deputy secretary of state, William Burns, who later became Biden's CIA director — Burns met with Epstein twice after he was a registered sex offender and was invited to his island. Because of Tara's investigation, Congressman Ro Khanna said he will call Kerry to testify before the House Oversight Committee. Kerry's spokesperson — who refused to go on the record by name — issued a tone-deaf denial claiming Kerry had no relationship with Epstein. The documents say otherwise.
For the full scoop:
https://open.substack.com/pub/tarapalmeri/p/exclusive-john-kerrys-uncomfortable?r=1ili3&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

1:08 – Tara traveled with Virginia finding witnesses — "She told me about Kerry and three others"
1:42 – Ten months, thousands of documents — "an intricate web between Epstein and Kerry"
2:40 – "This has never been reported by mainstream media — listen to the women"
3:06 – Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Howard Lutnick, Bill Barr also called to testify
3:31 – 2.5 million files still hidden for "national security reasons" — this story may explain why
3:40 – Sourcing: sworn FBI testimony from Epstein's former chef David Richard Mullin — Kerry on the plane
4:03 – Epstein bet on Kerry early — $2,000 to his Senate campaign in 1991 and presidential campaign in 2002
5:50 – Rod Larsen was the architect of the Oslo Accords — many say they favored Israel
6:40 – The Emirati shipping tycoon Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem asked Epstein to connect him to Kerry
8:26 – Epstein planned to have Thiel, Burns, and Ehud Barak at his New York home
8:35 – In 2018, Epstein offered to introduce Steve Bannon to John Kerry in Washington
8:53 – When Kerry wasn't coming to DC, Epstein offered Burns instead
9:31 – The spokesperson refused to give his name on the record
9:48 – Kerry's tone-deaf statement: "We'd need an EEG board to guess why Epstein suggested Bannon meet Kerry"
11:01 – Why was Epstein sending Kerry packages? "He saw Kerry as someone with outsized influence for the next two decades"
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Tara Palmeri interviews Laura Dunn, one of seven candidates running for Congress in New York's 12th district — the Manhattan seat long held by Jerry Nadler and arguably one of the wealthiest districts in the world. Dunn, a civil rights attorney and sexual assault survivor who helped draft the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization and sued Trump in his first term, is running as the only people-powered candidate in a field dominated by establishment money: Jack Schlossberg backed by Pelosi, George Conway the ex-Republican who lived in Trump Tower, Michael Lasher bankrolled by $5 million from Bloomberg, and Alex Flores funded by AI money from Palantir and Anthropic. They discuss why she's calling for impeachment as the top priority, why she broke with the party on Israel aid, the Comey seashells indictment, King Charles's tone-deaf visit while his brother dodges Epstein accountability, and why the Democratic establishment keeps hand-selecting white men in one of the most diverse cities in the world.

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