Epstein Survivors Vow “Client List” Coming, Trump Blasts Drug Boat, & TV Writer Arrested for Tweets

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein rally on Capitol Hill and announce plans to release their own client list. The U.S. military blows up a trend-day Aragua drug boat on its way from Venezuela to America. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer admits he also doesn't want asylum seekers living near his home. And can you guess where a TV writer and creator was arrested for criticizing the transgender movement on X? We'll get into all that and your quick hits right now. What's up, guys? Welcome to The Wrap-Up, where we break down the biggest stories of the week that you might have missed but need to know. I'm your host, Heika. On Capitol Hill this week, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein announced that they plan to release their own client list, saying the Justice Department has failed to deliver transparency and that powerful men are still being protected. At a rally, Epstein victim Lisa Phillips had this to say. Epstein was not just a serial predator. He was an international human trafficker. And many around him knew this. Many participated and many profited. And yet he was protected. Now together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world. Another accuser, Jenna Lisa Jones, recalled meeting Epstein at just 14 years old and said she stayed silent for years because his wealth and connections made her feel no one would believe her. The Justice Department insists it found no evidence of a client list or powerful co-conspirators in Epstein's crimes. Officials continue to stand by their conclusion that Epstein died by suicide in 2019. But survivors and their supporters say the DOJ's position is unbelievable. At a press conference after the rally, both Republicans and Democrats called for more disclosure. Representative Thomas Massey argued they want you to believe two individuals created hundreds of victims and acted alone. The American people know that's not true. Democrat Ro Khanna added that less than 1% of the Epstein files have been made public, calling it a national moral failure. Congress has already released more than 33,000 pages of Epstein documents, but lawmakers say the material is so heavily redacted it's practically useless. For example, the only new disclosures were less than 1,000 pages from Customs and Border Protection detailing Epstein's flight logs and United States re-entry forms. But all the passengers' names besides Epstein's were redacted. It was the largest gathering of Epstein's accusers since his death. Survivors say if Washington won't tell the truth, they will, keeping the pressure on Congress, the DOJ and the powerful figure still tied to Epstein's world. On Tuesday, President Trump announced that the United States military carried out its first precision strike under President Trump's new order, authorizing force against Latin American drug cartels. A Venezuelan narco-terrorist boat was literally blown out of the water. Check out this video. On Trump's direct orders, U.S. forces targeted a vessel carrying drugs towards the U.S. in international waters. Eleven members of the Tren de Aragua cartel, a group designated as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year, were killed. No U.S. forces were harmed. Trump called it a warning to anyone thinking of smuggling poison into America. Secretary of State Marco Rubio doubled down, saying previous interdictions failed. What will stop them is when you blow them up. He called the cartels corporate-structured organizations trafficking people and deadly drugs, posing an immediate threat to the United States. Rubio vowed the strategy will continue. We're not going to sit back anymore and watch these people sail up and down the Caribbean like a cruise ship. It's not going to happen. Even some Democrats, including Senator John Fetterman, voiced support for addressing what he called the scourge of cartel drug trafficking. In Caracas, Nicolas Maduro and his ministers called the video a fake, even claiming it was generated by A.I., though they offered no evidence. Maduro denounced the strike as part of a U.S. narrative to justify an invasion of Venezuela and threatened armed struggle if American operations expand. But I can't help but wonder why Maduro wouldn't be celebrating this as a victory as well. Wouldn't he want to rid his country of a dangerous terrorist criminal enterprise too? Either way, the message from Washington is unmistakable. For drug cartels, it won't be smooth sailing to the U.S. anymore. In Britain, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer admitted on Tuesday what millions of residents already know. No one wants a migrant hotel in their neighborhood. Speaking on BBC Radio, Starmer was asked if he would be comfortable with an asylum hotel near his family home. His answer? Let me take you to one of these towns where there is an asylum hotel. How would you feel if it was a hotel at the end of your road? If your daughter was having to walk past one of these hotels every day, how would that make you feel? I completely get it. I mean, local people, by and large, do not want these hotels in their towns, in their place, and nor do I. I'm completely at one with them. Interesting words from a man whose address is number 10 Downing Street and whose own government is currently housing over 32,000 migrants in more than 200 taxpayer-funded hotels across the UK. One of those flashpoints is the town of Epping, where locals erupted after an Ethiopian migrant living in the Bell Hotel was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Protests forced the council to seek an emergency injunction to shut the hotel down, but the Court of Appeals sided with the government, ruling that asylum rights outweighed the rights of local residents to protect their own community. Now, furious locals are saying enough is enough. Some mothers have vowed to stop paying council taxes altogether, asking why their money is being used to fund hotels that, in their words, house alleged sex attackers and cause huge worry in the town. Education Secretary Bridget Philipson only fueled the anger when she admitted that, yes, the government believes asylum rights trump the frustration of local communities. And one more question worth asking. Have you ever heard of an asylum hotel improving a neighborhood? Why do you think that is? Staying in the UK, comedy writer Graham Linehan, creator of Father Ted and the It Crowd, was arrested this week at Heathrow Airport. His crime? Three posts on X criticizing the transgender movement. Five armed officers were waiting as Linehan stepped off a flight from Arizona. They escorted him away, told him he was under arrest for three tweets, and locked him in a cell. The posts, all written in April, read as follows. A photo you can smell. A comment on this picture from a trans rights rally. Another post in reply to a tweet said, quote, I hate them. Misogynists and homophobes. F them. And the one tweet police say crossed the line said, quote, if a trans identified male is in a female only space, he is committing a violent abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops, and if all else fails, punch him in the balls. Police claim that's inciting violence. Linehan says he was treated like a terrorist. The stress was so severe he was rushed to the hospital with dangerously high blood pressure. The arrest sparked global outrage. JK Rowling called it totalitarianism. Elon Musk called Britain a police state. Piers Morgan said, when it comes to free speech, Britain's turning into North Korea. Even British politicians blasted the move, pointing out that shoplifters are ignored, while five armed officers were sent to arrest a comedian over tweets. Even the head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, admitted his officers were put in an impossible position under current hate speech laws, and called on Parliament to change or clarify the law so police aren't forced into refereeing cultural debates. At the same time, Linehan is also facing a separate court case. He's accused of harassing a man who pretends to be a woman named Sophia Brooks and of damaging his phone during a confrontation last year. Prosecutors say Linehan called Brooks a sociopath and a domestic terrorist online. Linehan denies the charges, saying Brooks provoked him and that exposing trans activism is in the public interest. Graham Linehan now faces two battles, one over tweets, another in the courtroom. Many have noted that if there's going to be real political change in the UK, it will take more high-profile celebrities like Linehan and JK Rowling, as well as everyday people having the courage to step up and push back. And now it's time for Quick Hit. A brand new luxury yacht worth nearly $1 million sank off the coast of northern Turkey just 15 minutes into its maiden voyage, forcing passengers and crew to leap overboard. Dramatic video shows the 85-foot vessel tilting to one side before slipping beneath the waters. Giorgio Armani, the visionary Italian designer who redefined global fashion, has died at 91. The Walt Disney Company has been hit with a $10 million penalty for violating federal children's privacy laws, after the FTC found Disney failed to properly label kids' videos on YouTube. President Trump's No Tax on Tips initiative is now extending beyond restaurants and bars. The Treasury Department confirmed that influencers and online streamers will be eligible to deduct up to $25,000 in tipped income. And 78% of Americans say they don't care at all about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelcey's engagement, according to a Yahoo slash YouGov poll. Then Yahoo published the poll with an article. So let me get this straight. Yahoo does a poll and finds out no one cares about the story. Then they decide to write a story about how no one cares about the story, which would then be read by people who don't care about the story. Got it. That's a wrap for this week. Make sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment telling us what you thought about these stories. And we'll see you back here next week on The Wrap-Up. Thank you so much for watching this video. In order to keep PragerU videos free, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.