Nothing screams 'banana republic' more than what is going on right now with Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump's former lawyer and assistant attorney general goes for two days of secret talks with the partner of Jeffrey Epstein. No independent observers. No transcript or record. The nature of the exercise is transparent and shockingly corrupt. And yet merely saying so doesn't deflect it from being carried out in the slightest. Now influencers are lining up behind the idea that this is the way to get to the bottom of the Epstein files - at least in a way that guarantees only the opposition get people named and shamed. Can it really be true? Let's discuss.