The Tara Palmeri Show

Tara Palmeri joins Piers Morgan to discuss the elephant in the room during King Charles's state visit to Washington: his brother Prince Andrew's unresolved Epstein allegations. While Charles gave an impassioned speech to Congress about democratic values and humanitarian roots, he never mentioned the word "Epstein" — and no one in the room pressed him on it. Tara breaks down the elite normalization she witnessed all weekend, from the state dinner to the garden party to the White House Correspondents Dinner, and why she chose to attend Virginia Giuffre's memorial instead. They also discuss why the UK is actually investigating Epstein-linked figures while the US has prosecuted zero public officials, why 40 terabytes of FBI video remain hidden, and Lauren Boebert's sharp rebuke that the King's "do's and don'ts" list for Congress sounded more like rules his own family should follow with victims.

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Tara Palmeri sits down with attorney and journalist Katie Phang, who just filed the first lawsuit against Todd Blanch and the DOJ for violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Katie explains why the law was written without enforcement teeth — Republicans intentionally blocked private causes of action — and why she sued as a journalist: if she can't access the files, she can't report on them or pull on threads. They also break down Todd Blanch's audition for attorney general, the Comey seashells indictment as a distraction, and the Jay Clayton–Leon Black conflict of interest at the heart of the Epstein cover-up. Tara shares what happened when she confronted Blanch at the French ambassador's residence during White House Correspondents Weekend — he denied everything, his wife said she "ruined a beautiful night," and his taxpayer-funded security detail threatened to remove her for trespassing on French soil.

0:46 – The Transparency Act was intentionally written without enforcement teeth

4:43 – Standing as a journalist: videos, photos, FBI interviews — "I can't do my job"

6:15 – The Comey indictment: seashells spelling 8647

9:32 – The timing: WHCD shooting, the ballroom lawsuit, and Comey as distraction

10:20 – Lindsey Graham wants taxpayers to fund Trump's $400 million ballroom

12:20 – The Republican power trifecta vs. the "Epstein elite" who benefit from inaction

13:08 – Trump's approval going down — but Democrats aren't gaining either

16:14 – CNN poll: double haters now favor Democrats by 31 points ahead of midterms

21:34 – Tara confronts Todd Blanche at the French ambassador's residence

24:33 – Tara asks Blanche about the Clayton–Black conflict — "You don't know what you're talking about"

26:41 – Actual vs. perceived conflicts — prosecutors are held to a higher standard

32:01 – Tara: "He's not a dumb guy — he knows exactly what he's saying"

34:25 – Katie: "I'm not suing for money — I want a court injunction and a special master"

35:07 – How soon before a judge? They want to move fast — "delay only helps them"

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Tara Palmeri joins Jim Acosta to unpack Trump's extraordinary 60 Minutes moment — when he volunteered "I am not a rapist, I am not a pedophile" without being asked — and why it echoes Bill Clinton's infamous Monica Lewinsky denial. They break down the ongoing Epstein files cover-up: only 1% of the FBI's 40 terabytes have been released, Todd Blanch is acting as both Trump's former defense attorney and acting AG overseeing the files, and Katie Fang just filed a lawsuit accusing the administration of violating the Epstein Transparency Act. They also discuss the Michael Tracy incident at the Virginia Giuffre memorial and the Substack party, where Tracy harassed Julie K. Brown and was removed by security — and why someone would make a hobby out of targeting Epstein survivors and the reporters who broke the story.

1:00 – Playing the clip: Norah O'Donnell reads the WHCD shooter's manifesto to Trump
1:43 – Trump's response: "I'm not a pedophile... you should be ashamed of yourself"
2:37 – Tara: "She didn't ask him that — he volunteered it, like Clinton and Lewinsky"
4:16 – Tara: The Epstein files have raised more questions — 2.5 million still with the FBI
5:57 – We've seen 1% of the files — 300GB out of 40 terabytes, mostly video
6:16 – The WHCD shooting and Michael Tracy at the Virginia Giuffre memorial
7:16 – Tara: Tracy followed me around Capitol Hill, shoved cameras in survivors' faces
8:03 – "He told survivors they weren't real victims because they were over 18"
11:32 – Survivors were distressed he showed up at Virginia's memorial
12:59 – Tara: Virginia carried so much pain — her suicide is a testament to what survivors endure
14:43 – Jim: Trump said "I'm not a pedophile" on 60 Minutes — we still don't have the files
15:19 – Tara: "That line will go down in history — it will be played forever"
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Tara Palmeri sits down with New York Post investigative reporter Isabel Vincent to discuss her explosive new book "RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise." Isabel obtained RFK Jr.'s personal diaries — without his cooperation — and they reveal a man obsessed with the presidency, riddled with sexual compulsion, and shaped by generations of Kennedy entitlement. The diaries include a scoring system for women he slept with (rated 1–10, with "victory" meaning he resisted), passages about failing his dead father's expectations, and entries where he castrates roadkill while his kids wait in the car. They also dig into the unanswered questions around his second wife Mary Richardson Kennedy's suicide — the missing phone, the missing computer, no suicide note, and a half-redacted police report — plus Cheryl Hines' $600K book deal, RFK's meetings with pharma lobbyists his own base hates, and why Isabel believes he is absolutely going to run for president in 2028.

0:57 – Tara: RFK has big ambitions — "this is a stepping stone"

2:13 – How she obtained his diaries: a source left three volumes at dinner

4:39 – The diaries as confessional — he writes about women like he's the victim

6:39 – First time a Kennedy confessed to infidelity in his own writing

8:24 – Mary at home with four kids under ten while he crusades and cheats

9:48 – His father told him he was "most like JFK" — conditioned since childhood

10:49 – Isabel: "I think you're going to see him run for president" in 2028

11:50 – Cheryl Hines: the $600K book advance and a marriage of convenience

13:04 – The Olivia Nuzzi affair and whether it almost ended his marriage

15:06 – The mythmaking: Twinkies, saunas with Kid Rock, cold plunges in jeans

17:05 – Does he really believe what he says? Congressional hearings and stubbornness

20:13 – Kennedy entitlement: his father had the speed limit raised so he wouldn't get a ticket

21:53 – Mary's suicide still weighs on him — but he had her body dug up and reburied

22:25 – The roadkill obsession: seagull skull collection, job at the National Zoo

28:32 – Hardest story to report: Mary's suicide — missing computer, no note, redacted police report

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Tara Palmeri joins former CIA officers John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea on Mission Implausible to break down the Ghislaine Maxwell VIP prison treatment, Trump's refusal to rule out a pardon, and the DOJ sitting on 99% of the Epstein files. Why was a convicted sex trafficker transferred to the lowest-security federal facility — and given a puppy — after meeting with Todd Blanch, Trump's former personal lawyer? Why has the DOJ only released 1% of the total Epstein package while pulling prosecutors off counterintelligence cases to work on redactions? And why are survivors still living in fear while Ghislaine gets vegan food and haircuts? Tara also explains how Ghislaine wasn't just Epstein's girlfriend — she was the mastermind, the crueler perpetrator, the "Mary Poppins" who lured girls in with her posh accent and then abused them out of jealousy.

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