All In with Chris Hayes Elon Musk emailed Epstein about 'wildest party' on private island: new docs
Jan 31, 2026
Summer Lee, U.S. Congresswoman from Pennsylvania who led bipartisan subpoenas for Epstein files. She discusses oversight and transparency in government. The conversation highlights messy DOJ releases, new names surfacing in documents, and congressional demands for full, unredacted records.
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Federal Policing Escalation And Intimidation
- The Trump administration is deploying federal agents and surveillance tools to intimidate and suppress dissent nationwide.
- Chris Hayes and guests argue this marks a rapid, unprecedented consolidation of coercive power directed at journalists and protesters.
Journalists Arrested After Church Protest
- Georgia Fort was awakened at night by masked DEA agents after filming a protest, then arrested alongside Don Lemon.
- The arrests were framed by the DOJ as conspiracies to intimidate a church congregation, though courts previously rejected those charges.
Surveillance Tech Targets Activists
- ICE and other agencies are using facial recognition, phone hacking tools, and Palantir databases to identify and track protesters.
- The guests warn this creates a dystopian surveillance apparatus that targets citizens while shielding agents' identities.