Of Paramount Importance

[00:00:00]Hey everybody, it's Tuesday, July 21st, 2026. I'm Allison Gil and this is Beans Talk.

[00:00:11]Okay, I have some uh important news, like bigger news than usual. So, what I've done here, I've got a yellow arrow to point at my head to indicate this is important news. This is how we do it, right? on YouTube, you have to have a yellow arrow. So, I have one just for for that purpose. I've made one for you today. So, this news is about Senator Tom Tillis. And as you know, there was the uh Todd Blanch confirmation hearing, and Senator Tillis came out hard, but then was also like, oh, there's a lot of political physics and sort of backtracked on some of the things that seemed important to him. Uh, and he had some questions for Todd Blanch about Epstein survivors, uh, and the Epstein files. And he also had some questions about the $1.776 billion slush fund. And he even said, "I'm not going to vote for Todd Blanch," which is important because if even because of Senator Lindsey Graham's death in the Senate Judiciary Committee, if just one Republican defected, then Todd Blanch's nomination won't uh get out of committee and onto the full Senate floor for consideration by the full Senate for confirmation. So it was very important if one just one person wasn't going to vote for him and he said and Tom Tillis said I'm not going to vote for you unless you meet with the Epstein survivors but put no other conditions on it. Um just that you had to meet with them. So last week Todd Blanch scrambled around threw together a meeting with a handful of Epstein survivors. There was about eight I think uh Epstein survivors. Um gave them just 30 minutes.

[00:01:49]opened the meeting by saying uh I'm not going to make any commitments here today, uh condescended to the survivors, paid them lip service sort of uh and then claimed a bunch of privilege when asked specifically for some records or questions about records. He just sort of pared this uh you know pre-made statement about privilege that he can't release certain records because of deliberative process privilege is I think one of the main ones. Now, Monday afternoon, Todd Blanch has provided Tom Tillis some I I mean, he calls them answers. I call them non-answers on the slush fund.

[00:02:33]And it's the same stonewalling and privilege that he gave during the meeting with the Epstein survivors.

[00:02:41]And I I actually interviewed one of the Epstein survivors, Annie Farmer, who was in that meeting. And you can check that interview out. Uh it's free. It's up for free at moolishroad.com.

[00:02:51]But I wanted to take a look at these.

[00:02:52]Just came out um Monday afternoon, Monday evening to take a look at what Todd Blanch answered doing the bare minimum to get Tom Tillis's vote, right? Cuz Tom Tillis didn't say, "Answer my slush fund questions or I won't vote for you." So, this just seems like he he wants to make it seem like he's doing a little bit extra, but he's giving no answers in what he provided Tom Tillis today.

[00:03:20]And keep in mind, I am one of the full disclosure, I'm one of the handful of people suing over the 1.776 billion slush fund. And recently, one of my uh fellow comrades suing over the slush fund uh named Andrew Floyd in Virginia, he's the former prosecutor suing over the slush fund. Uh in that case, the judge was like, just put it in writing.

[00:03:41]You haven't put you, you know, just saying it, you know, not under oath uh a couple of weeks ago uh in in Congress when you were confronted with uh questions about it. just saying that it's dead wasn't under the penalty of perjury and and making these filings here in my court aren't under penalty of perjury. So, just put it in writing.

[00:04:02]Just write a two sentence thing and sign your name under penalty of perjury. And just a couple of days ago, the Department of Justice responded to her request for that by saying, "No, I shouldn't have to. I just testified again to the Senate Judiciary Committee for my confirmation hearing and I was under oath at that and I said the fund is dead and that's his latest argument. That's where that case sits in Virginia. I shouldn't have to resend the fund in writing. He's really going out of his way to spend a lot of money, our money and time and resources fighting having to resend the slush fund in writing. He will write 30-page briefs on why he shouldn't have to write a two sentence recision.

[00:04:54]That has to make you wonder what's going on there.

[00:05:01]pages and pages and filings and filings and court battles and all you got to do is just write two sentences and resend the fund. But he refuses to do it. There's something to that. But let's look at these non-answers about the slush fund that Todd Blanch just provided.

[00:05:19]Tom Tillis uh quote in making the request of the Treasury from the Judgment Fund connection with President Trump's privacy act lawsuit in order to fund the anti-weaponization fund. Did DOJ have to justify the amount it requested?

[00:05:38]And Blanch's response is, "It would be inappropriate for me to comment on internal deliberations that may or may not have occurred in conjunction with any official act by the Department of Justice.

[00:05:51]as I testified at my confirmation hearing and as the department has repeatedly represented in court except in writing as you know as a recision as a as an affidavit uh no commissioners have been appointed no funds have been transferred no claims have been received and no claims have been paid the anti-weaponization fund is dead okay again this by the way this particular document is not under penalty of perjury uh what justification Did DOJ provide? Response: The amount was a term of the negotiated settlement.

[00:06:29]Again, this is not a settlement. And the settlement's terms are set out in the agreement, not a settlement. In fact, the judge told him not to call it a settlement in any legal proceedings. I assume this could be considered one a legal proceeding uh which is public. As I testified at my confirmation hearing and as the department is repeatedly represented in court, no commissioners have been appointed, no funds have been transferred, no claims have been received, and no claims have been paid.

[00:06:53]The anti-weaponization fund is dead.

[00:06:58]Next up, what was the justification provided in writing? Please provide us with copies. response. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on internal deliberations that may or may not have occurred in conjunction with any official act by the Department of Justice. There's that deliberative process privilege. Next, who at DOJ was involved in preparing the justification response? It would be inappropriate for me to comment on internal deliberations blah blah blah blah blah.

[00:07:28]How about did anyone at DOJ meet with anyone at the Treasury regarding the request for the $1.776 billion from the judgment fund? Who was involved in those discussions?

[00:07:41]Response. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on internal deliberations.

[00:07:44]Matt next. How did DOJ derive the $ 1.776 billion amount it requested from the judgment fund?

[00:07:57]response. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on internal deliberations blah blah blah blah blah.

[00:08:04]So even when asked about how you came up with the 1776, which is relevant to my lawsuit because I didn't get a comment period on the rule creating the slush fund as an interested party and one of the comments that I would have made was to to say that this is a finite fund. So, how do you decide and determine who gets these funds?

[00:08:31]Next, aren't requests for funds from the judgment fund to settle lawsuits supposed to be supported by an assessment of litigation risk from the underlying lawsuit?

[00:08:42]And here's a different response. It has long been the opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel that the Attorney General has broad authority to compromise or settle claims on behalf of the United States. It's not a settlement and you aren't allowed to call it that per judge Williams in Miami. Goes on, accordingly, all such claims are settled in the best interest of the United States. Really?

[00:09:07]Really? I thought the fund was dead.

[00:09:11]Uh, next. Was the request and determination from the Treasury Judgement Fund for 1776 billion based on an assessment of litigation risk? Is it so documented? If so, please provide copies.

[00:09:24]It has long been the opinion that I can do whatever I want and settle things however I want. Again, he calls it a settlement.

[00:09:32]Uh what was the litigation risk if Trump's lawsuit had proceeded?

[00:09:40]Quote, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on internal deliberations.

[00:09:45]So, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on internal deliberations. I have brought authority to settle stuff.

[00:09:54]But the fund is dead.

[00:09:57]Promise.

[00:10:01]Anyway, I'll be keeping an eye on this because, as you know, I am a litigant and I'm not dropping my lawsuit. I think that he should resend it in writing. And I don't understand why you would spend all of these words telling me you don't have to put it in writing.

[00:10:23]It just doesn't make any sense. Yellow arrow. Yellow arrow news.

[00:10:28]Very important. Very weird. All right, everybody. Before I let you go today, I have your moxy moment. This made me smile. This is a video of some women chasing ICE agents out of a Starbucks.

[00:10:43]Who wants coffee with no ice?

[00:10:46]>> These are ICE officers right here. ICE agents. Separate families. Disgusting.

[00:10:53]Shameful.

[00:10:54]>> You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should not be comfortable going anywhere. You should not be able to sleep at night. You are disgusting human being. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[00:11:11]>> Ashamed.

[00:11:15]>> Do you not have a family? I just want to know.

[00:11:17]>> That's right. You are ashamed. That's why you're not getting your coffee.

[00:11:22]>> You have to go slick back into your concentration camp.

[00:11:26]>> That's right. That's right. Ashamed.

[00:11:31]Ashamed of yourself. Disgusting.

[00:11:35]>> That's right. slink away like the cockroaches that you are.

[00:11:40]>> How dare you >> for you to go to your family and use to separate everyone else.

[00:11:44]>> YOU WANT TO JUST GET coffee like a normal person? You're not normal people.

[00:11:49]You are monsters.

[00:11:51]Actual monsters.

[00:11:54]>> Slick back into your home. You cockroaches.

[00:11:58]>> Disgusting.

[00:12:00]>> Disgusting. Starbucks.

[00:12:03]I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did. Um, please tune back in. We'll keep, you know, keep you posted on what's going on with the slush fund that's supposed to be dead but isn't dead and I don't have to provide you with anything and it was a settlement and I have broad authority. But there's also deliberative process privilege for the dead fund that doesn't matter anymore.

[00:12:26]I don't know. I think you can break through that privilege if there's some sort of malfeasance going on. So again, I will keep you posted. Thank you so much for watching. Uh make sure you check out the Daily Beans audio podcast if you haven't already. Uh and um if you want to become a patron and support all the work we do, all of our content is free. We do like 14 15 shows a week. I'm the only researcher. Um we have a very small team, so every little penny helps.

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