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WSJ Reveals More Big Names in Epstein's Birthday Book

Bill Clinton, billionaire Leon Black, designer Vera Wang also among those who contributed, per paper

(Newser) - The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has been hitting hard at President Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, including a recent report that Trump's name appeared multiple times in some capacity in the so-called Epstein files, and that he was informed of that fact by Attorney General Pam Bondi...

Maxwell's Lawyer Says She Answered Every Question

There has been no promise of a pardon for Epstein associate so far, attorney tells reporters

(Newser) - Todd Blanche, the Justice Department's No. 2 official, met Thursday in Florida with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—a session arranged after President Trump and the agency drew fierce backlash from the president's supporters over their handling of the records on...

Oversight Panel Subpoenas Epstein Files, Ghislaine Maxwell

Deposition will be taken at Florida prison next month

(Newser) - The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Ghislaine Maxwell and plans to take a deposition next month in Florida, where Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend is imprisoned for sex trafficking. Republican Rep. James Comer, the committee's chairman, announced that the subpoena had been issued in a post Wednesday on X...

WSJ: Trump Is in Unreleased Epstein Files

Bondi told him in May that his name appeared in files, Journal 's sources say

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal has come out with another report on President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, though it's not clear whether the president will file another lawsuit . The Journal, citing "senior administration officials," reports that Justice Department officials found Trump's name appeared multiple times in FBI...

Florida Judge Says She Can't Release Epstein Transcripts

Judge says court's 'hands are tied' by rules on grand jury secrecy

(Newser) - A federal judge in Florida has declined a request to unseal grand jury transcripts tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. US District Judge Robin Rosenberg pointed to existing precedent, stating that she lacked the authority to grant the request and that her "hands are tied," NPR reports. Rosenberg...

Colbert Doesn't Hold Back on Trump and Epstein

'All the king's men couldn't hide who Dumpty humped with his friend'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert isn't feeling any sympathy for himself, now that his show is headed off the air , nor for his favorite punching bag, President Trump, still neck-deep in controversy over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein . "It's a great day to be me because I'm not Donald...

Epstein Brother: Trump Is Lying
Epstein Brother: Trump Is Lying
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Epstein Brother: Trump Is Lying

Mark Epstein says Trump was a 'good friend' of his brother, visited his office 'numerous' times

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's brother says President Trump is lying about his relationship with the late financier and sex offender while "trying to cover his butt." "I know that they were good friends and I witnessed it myself," Mark Epstein told CNN 's Erin Burnett on...

House Shutting Down Early Over Epstein Drama

Republicans block votes to ward off Epstein amendments, will recess on Wednesday

(Newser) - The House is putting the Jeffrey Epstein controversy on the back burner until at least September. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that the chamber will begin its summer recess earlier than expected, on Wednesday, to avoid "political games," reports the New York Times . And don't expect...

Justice Department to Meet With Ghislaine Maxwell

Meeting with Epstein collaborator comes with the president under pressure

(Newser) - A new development in the Jeffrey Epstein drama: A top Justice Department official plans to meet with the sexual predator's longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, reports the New York Times . Todd Blanche, the No. 2 official under Attorney General Pam Bondi, tweeted that Bondi instructed him to seek the meeting...

Johnson Changes Course on Releasing Epstein Files

There'll be no House vote before recess, speaker now says

(Newser) - The House won't vote this summer on whether the Justice Department should release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday, after he called last week for the Trump administration to "put everything out there." The Rules Committee has already sent a...

Greene: 'Dangling Bits of Red Meat No Longer Satisfies'

Trump supporters want 'the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else,' she says

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't name names in a post on X Monday morning, but Politico sees it as a clear warning to President Trump that his supporters won't stand by him if he fails to release more information on Jeffrey Epstein.
  • "If you tell the base
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Epstein Accuser Says She Had Unpleasant Trump Encounter

She tells New York Times Epstein saw him looking and declared, 'She's not here for you'

(Newser) - The New York Times has been digging into the decades-ago friendship between President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, and its coverage suggests no criminal activity on Trump's part. But one story includes an interview with a woman who alleges an unpleasant encounter with Trump back in 1995. As the Times ...

Durbin: Bondi 'Pressured' FBI on Review of Epstein Files

Dem senator says in letters to DOJ, FBI that 1K agents were made to 'flag' any references to Trump

(Newser) - Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is raising new questions about how the FBI has handled files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender. According to letters Durbin sent to the Justice Department and FBI leadership, agents reviewing Epstein's files earlier...

Trump Files $10B Suit Against Murdoch, WSJ

President is peeved after paper reported on ties between himself, Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - As promised , President Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over the newspaper's reporting on ties between Trump and disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, seeks at least $10 billion in damages, per...

DOJ Asks Judge to Release Epstein, Maxwell Testimony

Grand jury secrecy laws complicate such disclosures

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge in Manhattan to unseal grand jury testimony from the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, after demands from President Trump's supporters to release documents about the case threatened to overshadow the administration's agenda. The department requested a similar release in the...

Trump: Rupert Ignored My Demand, Will Pay the Price

President livid over Wall Street Journal report about him and Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - President Trump says he personally warned Rupert Murdoch not to let his Wall Street Journal publish a story about him and Jeffrey Epstein . And because the Journal went ahead and printed it anyway, Trump says he's relishing a court fight, reports the Hill .
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Report: Trump Wrote 'Bawdy' Birthday Card to Epstein

President denies it, says he will sue newspaper

(Newser) - As the uproar over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues , the Wall Street Journal is out with a report claiming President Trump was among the many people who sent Epstein "bawdy" letters on the financier's 50th birthday. Per the sources who spoke to...

Trump Won't Name Epstein Special Prosecutor

President doesn't feel it's necessary, says press chief

(Newser) - President Trump is not going to name a special prosecutor to investigate his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, says White House press chief Karoline Leavitt. "The president would not recommend [a] special prosecutor in the Epstein case," she told reporters on Thursday, reports Politico . "...

4 Dicey Jokes From Shane Gillis' ESPY Set

Comedian goes after Belichick, Trump, and Caitlin Clark, among others

(Newser) - Comedian Shane Gillis kicked off the ESPY awards on Wednesday night with a monologue heavy on cringe and controversy, reports the Guardian . Gillis, previously ousted from the cast of Saturday Night Live over jokes about Asian people, didn't shy away from controversy—or race—in his set. A...

DOJ Fires Prosecutor in Epstein Case

Trump dismissed Maurene Comey's father in his first term

(Newser) - Maurene Comey, who worked on the criminal prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was fired Wednesday from the job she held for nearly a decade in the Manhattan US attorney's office, insiders told multiple publications. No explanation for the firing has surfaced, Politico reports, though the White House...

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