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Editor Tina Brown Recounts 'Creepy' Epstein Threat

Former Daily Beast chief says MAGA is right to cry foul over files related to his death

(Newser) - Former Daily Beast editor Tina Brown writes that she is rarely in alignment with MAGA, but she is in the case of Jeffrey Epstein. In a Substack essay, Brown doesn't think the sexual predator killed himself in prison, and she agrees with many on the right that the government—...

Epstein Fallout Intensifies in Trump Administration

Deputy FBI chief reportedly close to resigning in clash with attorney general

(Newser) - The fallout continues in DC over the handling of the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's death . CNN and Axios report that Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is close to resigning—in fact, he didn't show up to work on Friday—as he clashes with Attorney General Pam...

Bondi Explains 'Missing Minute' in Epstein Video

'Every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing'

(Newser) - President Trump scolded a reporter for asking Attorney General Pam Bondi about "lingering mysteries" in the Jeffrey Epstein case at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday—but she said she wouldn't mind answering the question. She explained the "missing minute" from video recorded outside Epstein's cell door. The...

Trump Scolds Reporter for Asking About Epstein

Question to Bondi 'seems like a desecration' after Texas tragedy, he says

(Newser) - President Trump has leapt to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi amid fresh scrutiny from elements of his base over recent Justice Department revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation. Trump headed off a reporter's Epstein-related questions for Bondi at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, chiding the journalist...

John Cusack Again Accused of Antisemitism

Actor shared graphic claiming Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein as Mossad agents

(Newser) - Actor John Cusack, long critical of Israel's war in Gaza, is once again taking criticism for sharing an "antisemitic" meme on social media. Cusack shared a graphic that linked former US secretary of state Antony Blinken to Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. It noted Blinken's stepfather, Samuel...

Jeffrey Epstein Had No 'Client List,' Says FBI

Feds also conclude that the disgraced financier took his own life

(Newser) - The FBI and the Justice Department have concluded their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's prison death with two key findings:
  • His death was suicide: Epstein took his own life, declares a memo viewed by Axios . The conclusion is based on an exhaustive review of prison surveillance video that shows nobody
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House Dems Are Pretty Curious About Musk's Epstein Claim

Letter asks AG Bondi, FBI's Patel if Epstein files are being held back because Trump's in them

(Newser) - As the sudden President Trump - Elon Musk war continues another day , Democrats are focusing on one Musk "bomb" in particular: his insistence that the US president "is in the Epstein files," and that those files are being held back from the public because of it. House...

Musk Drops the 'Really Big Bomb'
Musk Drops the
'Really Big Bomb'
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Musk Drops the 'Really Big Bomb'

He says Trump is in the Epstein Files

(Newser) - As his war of words with President Trump heated up on Thursday, Elon Musk said it was time to "drop the really big bomb." Trump "is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public," he said in a post...

FBI's Bongino: We'll Settle Epstein Question With Video

Deputy director says he'll release footage all but confirming that Epstein took his own life

(Newser) - The deputy chief of the FBI told Fox News on Thursday that he is certain Jeffrey Epstein took his own life in prison and was not murdered, reports the Hill . Dan Bongino said he has seen video and plans to release it to the public that rebuts the views of...

One of Jeffrey Epstein's Most Vocal Accusers Dies

Virginia Giuffre, who says she was trafficked to Prince Andrew, takes her own life at age 41

(Newser) - Just weeks ago, Virginia Giuffre, one of the most high-profile of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers, popped up on social media to announce she had just "days to live" following a car accident. On Friday, sobering news from her family: The 41-year-old has died after taking her own life, reports...

Epstein, Prince Andrew Accuser: I Have Days to Live

Virginia Giuffre was in bus crash, says she's gone into renal failure

(Newser) - Virginia Giuffre, a high-profile accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, says she has been given days to live after a bus crash. "[W]hen a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn that no matter what your car is made of...

Much Ballyhooed Epstein Files Are Out

And they amount to 200 pages of 'old info' released by the Justice Department

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi teased the release of "the Epstein files" as a show of transparency that would become "breaking news." She and other Republicans have suggested the government was concealing files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some conservative commentators have insisted there are...

Former SI Swimsuit Model: Trump Groped Me While Epstein Watched

Stacey Williams comes forward with allegation

(Newser) - A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model turned writer and consultant went public this week with claims that Donald Trump groped her while Jeffrey Epstein watched in 1993. Stacey Williams, 56, first revealed the allegation on a public "Survivors for Kamala" Zoom call Monday that was attended by hundreds, NBC News...

Court Upholds Conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell

Friend of Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of procuring young women for him

(Newser) - A US court on Tuesday upheld disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction on sex trafficking charges for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls, per the AP . Maxwell's lawyers had argued that her convictions violated an agreement Epstein reached with federal prosecutors 15 years ago and...

Suit: Epstein's Psychiatrist Raped, Trafficked Women

Accuser's New York filing says she was sent to doctor for treatment

(Newser) - A woman who says she was a sexual abuse victim of Jeffrey Epstein has sued his psychiatrist, accusing him of raping and trafficking her. The federal suit filed Monday in Manhattan says Epstein sent her to Dr. Henry Jarecki for treatment after she became distressed when the money manager abused...

Florida Passes Bill to Release Epstein Transcripts

Measure to unseal records from 2006 grand jury is headed to governor's desk

(Newser) - The transcripts of a 2006 grand jury that investigated Jeffrey Epstein 's sexual assaults of underage girls will be released to the public under a bill heading to Florida's governor after it was unanimously passed by the Legislature. The bill, which passed the Senate on Wednesday after earlier...

Epstein's Brother: He Didn't Kill Himself

Mark Epstein disputes DOJ findings, claims brother had 'dirt on people'

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's brother is calling for a new investigation into the financier's 2019 suicide, saying irregularities point to the possibility of murder. The Justice Department inspector general's report issued in June concluded Epstein was able to kill himself while alone in a cell, awaiting trial on sex-trafficking...

Pat McAfee Ends 'Aaron Rodgers Tuesdays' After Drama

They're over for the season

(Newser) - Aaron Rodgers' comments about Jimmy Kimmel and Jeffrey Epstein have gotten the Jets quarterback booted from future appearances on the Pat McAfee Show, at least for this season. The drama between Rodgers and Kimmel escalated during Rodgers' Tuesday appearance on the ESPN show, and on Wednesday, McAfee said he's...

More Shots Fired in Ongoing Rodgers-Kimmel Spat

'I wish him the best. I don't give a s--- what he says about me,' Jets QB says of late-night host

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel wanted an apology from Aaron Rodgers, but as he suspected, it looks like he's not getting one. Last week, the Jets quarterback appeared on The Pat McAfee Show and made what appeared to be a suggestion that the late-night host might be one of the names that...

No Bombshells in the Last of the Jeffrey Epstein Releases

Final round of unsealed legal documents largely contained known information

(Newser) - A final round of legal documents released Tuesday in a court case related to Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of teenage girls was made up of testimony transcripts that were already largely public and dealt with allegations about misconduct by several rich and influential men whose names have been known...

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