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House Vote on Epstein File Release Appears Inevitable

Just one more signature is needed, and it should come within weeks

(Newser) - Congress looks poised to reveal long-hidden Jeffrey Epstein documents as GOP Rep. Thomas Massie's discharge petition edges within a single signature of forcing a House vote. With 217 signatures as of late Wednesday—thanks to newly elected Virginia Democrat James Walkinshaw—the discharge petition is now one member...

UK Ambassador Canned After 'Additional' Epstein Info Arises

PM Starmer removes UK envoy to US after more apparent notes to Jeffrey Epstein are published

(Newser) - British PM Keir Starmer had gone to bat for Peter Mandelson, his ambassador to the US who wrote a note that was included in sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's so-called birthday book—but it wasn't enough to save the latter's job. Bloomberg reports that Starmer has fired Mandelson,...

He Sent Epstein a Birthday Letter, Shares His Regrets

UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson called Epstein 'his best pal'

(Newser) - The UK's ambassador to the US called Jeffrey Epstein his "best pal" in a handwritten note that appeared in Epstein's so-called "birthday book," and he has now warned more "very embarrassing" details of his ties to Epstein could be forthcoming. Speaking publicly for...

Trump: Epstein Card a 'Dead Issue'
Trump:
Epstein Card
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Sep 9, 2025 11:21 AM CDT

Trump: Epstein Card a 'Dead Issue'

President denies being the author, says he's done talking about it

(Newser) - President Trump has denied writing a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein and says he's done discussing the matter. "I don't comment on something that's a dead issue," he told NBC News . "I gave all comments to the staff. It's a dead issue."...

House Dems Release Epstein Birthday Letter

White House says it's not Trump signature

(Newser) - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a purported letter from President Trump that appeared in a book put together for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday. The letter is written in the hand-drawn outline of a naked woman, with Trump's name signed where there would be pubic hair,...

JPMorgan Ignored Years of Warnings About Epstein

New York Times does a deep dive into the sex offender's relationship with the bank

(Newser) - The New York Times is out with an in-depth investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to JPMorgan Chase, and the takeaway is not one that will please the bank. Its headline of "How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein" conveys the gist. The story found that the bank...

Memoir of Late Epstein Accuser Is Getting a New Edit

Publisher Knopf agrees to tweak draft of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous book at family's request

(Newser) - The publisher of a posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre says it has agreed on a final draft with family members after they publicly raised questions about the book's release. Surviving relatives of Giuffre had worried that Nobody's Girl presented an outdated, unduly positive portrait of...

'Missing Minute' in Epstein's Jail Video Revealed

It shows only routine staff activity

(Newser) - The long-speculated "missing minute" in the Jeffrey Epstein jail video has finally been released, and it turns out to be anticlimactic. The gap in footage, which had fueled online suspicion and conspiracy theories since the FBI first released jail footage earlier this year, was originally attributed by Attorney...

Epstein Victims Are Making Their Own List

Greene volunteers to 'name names' in Congress

(Newser) - Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse urged the government to release all its files on the sex trafficker Wednesday—and they said they were compiling their own list of his associates. "Together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names who were regularly in the Epstein world," Lisa...

House Panel Releases 33K Pages of Epstein Files

Top Democrat says only 3% of information is new

(Newser) - The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. The folders contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell, the AP reports....

Congress Is Back, and the Clock Is Ticking

Lawmakers now face a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown

(Newser) - Congress gets back to work on Tuesday, and the biggest immediate challenge will be to sidestep a government shutdown under a tight deadline. The current funding expires at the end of September, and with limited time to negotiate, many expect a short-term extension will be needed. Yet, as the...

Panel Subpoenas Epstein Estate for Client List, Birthday Book

House committee seeks records on associates, finances, and possible coverups

(Newser) - The House Oversight Committee on Monday issued a sweeping subpoena to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, demanding to see any client lists the disgraced financier may have had, as well as a leather-bound "birthday book" reportedly put together by Ghislaine Maxwell and containing messages from high-profile associates. The...

Giuffre's Family Rips DOJ, Maxwell Interview

Accuser's family says transcripts allow convict to 'rewrite history'

(Newser) - The family of Virginia Giuffre has criticized the Justice Department for releasing transcripts of its interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, saying it gave Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned accomplice a "platform to rewrite history" and undermine the voices of survivors like Giuffre. "The content of these transcripts is in...

Maxwell Reportedly Didn't See Trump Being 'Inappropriate'
Maxwell Transcripts Released
Aug 22, 2025 5:24 PM CDT

Maxwell Transcripts Released

Convict told Blanche that Trump behaved as 'a gentleman' in her presence, record shows

(Newser) - Federal inmate Ghislaine Maxwell said she admires President Trump, according to transcripts released Friday, and never saw him receive a massage or act inappropriately. The comments were included in Justice Department transcripts of the two-day interview by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month of Jeffrey Epstein's onetime girlfriend...

Judge Keeps Epstein Transcripts Under Wraps

Manhattan judge says government's request appears to be a 'diversion' from files held by DOJ

(Newser) - A Manhattan judge has refused to unseal grand jury transcripts from the Jeffrey Epstein case. On Wednesday, Judge Richard Berman declined the government's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the disgraced financier's 2019 sex trafficking prosecution, the New York Times reports. Berman ruled that the government...

DOJ Pledges to Turn Over First Epstein Files This Week

Panel's deadline was Tuesday, and Democrats say the the department isn't in full compliance

(Newser) - The Justice Department has notified Congress it will start releasing documents related to Jeffrey Epstein as soon as Friday, according to Republican Rep. James Comer. The Kentucky Republican, who chairs a House Oversight subcommittee, said the DOJ committed to begin providing records the panel had subpoenaed, the Washington Post...

Hunter Biden Unfazed by Melania Trump's Threat

Son of former president responds with expletive when asked about apology over Epstein comments

(Newser) - Hunter Biden is dismissing the idea of apologizing over comments he made about Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Melania and Donald Trump—despite the threat of a billion-dollar lawsuit from the first lady.
  • "F--- that. That's not going to happen," Biden told Andrew Callaghan, host of the
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First Lady Warns Hunter Biden, Threatens $1B Suit

Legal team for Melania Trump demands apology from former first son over claims on her Epstein ties

(Newser) - Melania Trump has threatened Hunter Biden with a $1 billion lawsuit after he alleged that she met her husband, President Trump, through the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter, attorneys for the first lady called Biden's claim "false, disparaging, defamatory, and inflammatory," reports...

Judge Denies Move to Unseal Ghislaine Maxwell Transcripts

Says move would risk 'unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised'

(Newser) - Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell won't be released, a judge decided Monday. As the AP reports, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling that the government had suggested that the...

Epstein Accusers Weigh In on Maxwell Case

'This is all very exhausting,' one noted in letter to NY judges on DOJ's handling of records in the case

(Newser) - Women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein are feeling skeptical and anxious about the Justice Department's handling of records related to the convicted sex offender, with some backing more public disclosures as an overdue measure of transparency, and others expressing concerns about their privacy and the Trump...

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