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The Panicked Writer

Ellie Leonard

Writer, child-wrangler, sometimes-filmmaker, Missoulian dropped on my head in NYC.

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  • August 22 · 9 min

    Leaked FBI Notes Update

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 22 · 55 min

    Trump, Epstein, Michael Cohen and the Ongoing Cover-Up with Ellie Leonard

    Move over, Natalie Harp, Michael Cohen is crawling in bed with your boy-toy Donald Trump! Waj and I talk about all the updates of the day. Thank you Lev Parnas, Dani Smart, Cat: Poli-Psych, Caro Henry, Jason Gael, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 22 · 1 hr 4 min

    TDWS: Effed-up Friday with Ellie Leonard

    Who’s ready for AI sex-bots teaching high school STEM??? Thank you Grounded Podcast, You Ready Grandma, Caro Henry, "Sushi"(Jen) of MIND HAVEN, Jess Odell, and many others for tuning into my live video with Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 21 · 1 hr 7 min

    Lev Remembers | SPECIAL - Cohen Reunites with Trump for a Live Interview

    Thank you Kait Justice, Frederic Poag, Cat: Poli-Psych, LC - Silence is Complicity, Lyudmila, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Lev Parnas! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 20 · 12 min

    Update on Leaked Notes

    Please watch this short note about the leaked “handwritten FBI notes” leaked on Scribt yesterday. We are working hard to verify, but they may be part of a disinfo campaign. For now I’m putting the brakes on everything and have pulled the notes from all my social media sites until we know more. Thank you for your patience. Thank you Uncomfortable Truth by Monica, PsychiatRick, Sacred Storylines 🎨, Lesley, Diana Chapman, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. Ellie is an author, editor, and independent journalist focusing on survivor justice. She lives with her family just outside of New York City. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 20 · 31 min

    The leaked Jane Doe 4 FBI Notes

    Today I released 22 pages of leaked FBI handwritten notes linked to the Jane DOE 4 FBI file, which includes accusations from a then-13-year-old child against Donald Trump. These notes coincides with FBI interviews (302s) taken between July and October, 2019 with an unnamed survivor. This information was found with the help of crowdsourcing on Substack, Signal, Reddit, and Scribt. Thank you everyone for helping to pull this together. Thank you Frank Figliuzzi, Jason Gael, Cathy R. Payne, Stuart Cohen, Stephanie Munoz, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 19 · 1 hr 9 min

    FiveStack: Top 5 Breaking News — August 19

    Discussion of the leak of Jane Doe 4’s FBI interview notes, which you can read here. Thank you Lev Parnas, Uncomfortable Truth by Monica, Cat: Poli-Psych, ShelbyRae Lane, Robin Payes, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. Ellie is an author, editor, and independent journalist focusing on survivor justice. She lives with her family just outside of New York City. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 18 · 1 hr 5 min

    Judge Warns Trump's DOJ: JAIL Over the Epstein Files

    We discussed Jane Doe 4 and Katie Phang’s lawsuit against Todd Blanche and the DOJ. If you would like to read Jane’s full story, you can do that here: Thank you Lev Parnas, Amy Gabrielle, Jason Gael, LeftieProf, Natasha Young, and many others for tuning into my live video with Cliff Schecter and Kait Justice! Join me for my next live video in the app. Thank you for all the birthday wishes!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 14 · 57 min

    The Epstein Scandal Won't Go Away! Judge Puts Trump and Blanche on Notice! with Katie Phang

    Thank you God, Cat: Poli-Psych, LC - Silence is Complicity, Robin Payes, PsychiatRick, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali and Katie Phang! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 13 · 24 min

    Epstein Files Crisis Worsens for Team Trump - Live with Scott MacFarlane & Ellie Leonard

    Countdown to 1pm ET! If you would like to call into Judge Emmet G. Sullivan’s hearing on the Epstein files today you can do so at the following number: Call: 1-833-990-9400 Meeting ID: 712190216 Thank you Dan Kowalski, Ben Boardman, Skutt Hope, Stuart Cohen, Schmendryck, and many others for tuning into my live video with Scott MacFarlane! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 13 · 1 hr 4 min

    Reading the Epstein Files - Interlochen Jane Doe's Testimony

    Please note: this reading contains triggers for sexual abuse of a minor Today’s donation opportunity is Virginia Giuffre’s non-profit SOAR - Speak Out Act Reclaim, which is “dedicated to giving back to the survivor community by creating pathways for healing, empowerment, and advocacy.” This is the testimony of a young Interlochen music camp scholar, victimized by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwll. The testimony is part of Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 criminal trial. As mentioned in the video, tomorrow (8/13/2026) Attorney General Todd Blanche is ordered to bring missing Epstein files to Federal Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. This hearing will be open to the public at 1:00pm ET. Call: 1-833-990-9400 Meeting ID: 712190216 Thank you Amy Gabrielle, Jason Gael, Stuart Cohen, Find freedom, the real pambo, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 10 · 59 min

    Author Ben Wikler, Economist Paul Krugman and Ellie Leonard

    Thank you Brodee Myers-Cooke, Christina Beck, Jason Gael, A Girl With MS and a Dream, Lalisa, and many others for tuning into my live video with Paul Krugman and Jim Acosta! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 10 · 46 min

    Todd Blanche Is In The Epstein Files + Jeffrey Epstein Met with Trump in 2016

    Here are the documents you need to verify that Epstein did indeed meet with Trump officials, and likely Donald Trump himself, on November 13, 2016 at Trump Tower, the same day Trump was picking high-level officials for his cabinet. EFTA01620474 - SMS thread between USVI Governor Ken Mapp and an “unknown” recipient in which the recipient discusses meeting with Trump’s team on 11/13/2016 EFTA02669184 - an email from Epstein to himself, which verifies he is the “unknown” recipient from the SMS with Ken Mapp EFTA01744330 - an email between Epstein and a [REDACTED] recipient, in which they ask “will you have a cabinet position?” on September 25, 2016, and then on November 13, 2016 Epstein states again that he is at Trump Tower House_Oversight_030639 - an unredacted email that shows the recipient from the 9/25 and 11/13 emails was actually Linda Stone, a former VP at Microsoft and who served on the MIT Media Lab Advisory Council with Joi Ito, who is also mentioned in the email What was Trump doing on November 13, 2016? https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2016/11/13/visitors-swarm-trump-tower-as-president-elect-works-out-of-sight/ For more great research and data, please subscribe to Rye Howard-Stone and check out his page https://epstein-data.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 10 · 50 min

    SPECIAL REPORT: Did Jeffrey Epstein Pick Trump's Cabinet?

    Thank you This Will Hold, Kait Justice, Cat: Poli-Psych, Amy Gabrielle, More Than Poetry, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Christopher Armitage! Join me for my next live video in the app. Here are the documents you need to verify that Epstein did indeed meet with Trump officials, and likely Donald Trump himself, on November 13, 2016 at Trump Tower, the same day Trump was picking high-level officials for his cabinet. EFTA01620474 - SMS thread between USVI Governor Ken Mapp and an “unknown” recipient in which the recipient discusses meeting with Trump’s team on 11/13/2016 EFTA02669184 - an email from Epstein to himself, which verifies he is the “unknown” recipient from the SMS with Ken Mapp EFTA01744330 - an email between Epstein and a [REDACTED] recipient, in which they ask “will you have a cabinet position?” on September 25, 2016, and then on November 13, 2016 Epstein states again that he is at Trump Tower House_Oversight_030639 - an unredacted email that shows the recipient from the 9/25 and 11/13 emails was actually Linda Stone, a former VP at Microsoft and who served on the MIT Media Lab Advisory Council with Joi Ito, who is also mentioned in the email What was Trump doing on November 13, 2016? For more great research and data, please subscribe to Rye Howard-Stone and check out his page https://epstein-data.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 9 · 13 min

    Epstein met with Trump officials 5 days after the 2016 election

    Here are the documents you need to verify that Epstein did indeed meet with Trump officials, and likely Donald Trump himself, on November 13, 2016 at Trump Tower, the same day Trump was picking high-level officials for his cabinet. EFTA01620474 - SMS thread between USVI Governor Ken Mapp and an “unknown” recipient in which the recipient discusses meeting with Trump’s team on 11/13/2016 EFTA02669184 - an email from Epstein to himself, which verifies he is the “unknown” recipient from the SMS with Ken Mapp EFTA01744330 - an email between Epstein and a [REDACTED] recipient, in which they ask “will you have a cabinet position?” on September 25, 2016, and then on November 13, 2016 Epstein states again that he is at Trump Tower House_Oversight_030639 - an unredacted email that shows the recipient from the 9/25 and 11/13 emails was actually Linda Stone, a former VP at Microsoft and who served on the MIT Media Lab Advisory Council with Joi Ito, who is also mentioned in the email What was Trump doing on November 13, 2016? For more great research and data, please subscribe to Rye Howard-Stone and check out his page https://epstein-data.com/. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 8 · 1 hr 32 min

    Reading the Epstein Files - Donald Trump's Jane Does

    Warning: deep and harmful triggers for sexual abuse of a minor, including descriptions Tonight we discussed three cases that not only involved 13-year-old girls, but also Donald Trump. The cases are as follows, including linked documentation: Katie Johnson/Jane Doe, 1994 Thomas Meagher, Attorney’s, complaint (EFTA01683591) Declaration in Support of Doe’s Request for Protective Order (EFTA00211168) - p. 10 Witness’ Support of Plaintiff’s Request for Protective Order (EFTA00211168) - p. 12 Jane Doe 4 (Hilton Head Island, SC), 1983 FBI 302 Interview #1 (EFTA01245620) FBI 302 Interview #2 (EFTA02858481) FBI 302 Interview #3 (EFTA02858491) FBI 302 Interview #4 (EFTA02858495) The Interlochen Music Camp Jane Doe, 1994 FBI 302 Interview with Friend Interlochen External Investigation Report This week’s non-profit donation opportunity is the Epstein Bookmobile If you would like to donate and keep these files traveling around the country, you can do that here. Thank you Caro Henry, Jason Gael, , The Rebel Crone (Shālah)Peter W Shuster, PJ Schuster, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 7 · 9 min

    A livestream about a livestream - The Epstein Files

    (Forgive the giant hair, it’s 100 degrees and I livein a swamp) Tonight at 9pm ET I’ll be going over 3 cases and explaining them thoroughly, bringing FBI documents in tow. This will be: Katie Johnson/Jane Doe Jane Doe 4 (Hilton Head, SC) Interlochen Jane Doe All three girls were 13 years old, and all three were brought to Donald Trump, according to court documents, FBI interviews, complaints, and witnesses. Log in tonight at 9pm ET on Substack, for a free reading of the Epstein Files, which will be reposted here and on YouTube with links to all the necessary documents, their file numbers, and indicating what the DOJ is hiding from the public. See you tonight! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 6 · 21 min

    Updates and what’s next…unscripted

    A few updates from the Interlochen investigation and Katie Phang’s lawsuit with Todd Blanche. If you would like to read the recent Interlochen investigation put out by the camp, you can do that here: Interlochen investigation For the latest on Katie Phang’s lawsuit, you can view Todd Blanch’s in-camera rebuttal to the 10 files brought before the federal judge, Phang’s latest documents, and the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Katie Phang v. Blanche Blanche’s in-camera Notice of Compliance The Epstein Files Transparency Act I did a full breakdown of the 10 unredacted brought before the Judge by Todd Blanche, his reasoning for the redactions, and my plebian analysis of each one. Thanks for watching! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • August 5 · 50 min

    The Epstein Files Blanche BURIED Are on a Judge’s Desk

    I think something in this conversation opened up a whole can of worms about how I really, really feel about people who do bad things. Thank you Wendy E, Jamie Lee, 🇨🇦 Natalie Woodn’t 🇨🇦, Deborah J., Sass-writer, and many others for tuning into my live video with Cliff Schecter! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

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