EPISODE · Feb 3, 2026 · 12 MIN
Bruce Shapiro's America - are the Epstein files another distraction?
from Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The US Dept. of Justice published over three million additional pages from the Epstein files containing over a thousand references to Donald Trump, as well as photos and references to other high profile people such as Elon Musk and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but Bruce Shapiro thinks the Trump information is a distraction from the backlash against ICE's killing of nurse Alex Pretti. Meanwhile journalism is under attack in the States, with the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, using a law designed to protect people from anti-abortion protesters, and a Democrat has had a surprise win in Texas.Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma. Producer: Catherine Zengerer
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The US Dept. of Justice published over three million additional pages from the Epstein files containing over a thousand references to Donald Trump, as well as photos and references to other high profile people such as Elon Musk and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but Bruce Shapiro thinks the Trump information is a distraction from the backlash against ICE's killing of nurse Alex Pretti. Meanwhile journalism is under attack in the States, with the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, using a law designed to protect people from anti-abortion protesters, and a Democrat has had a surprise win in Texas. Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma. Producer: Catherine Zengerer
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