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Clintons Finalize Deal, Will Testify This Month

Bill and Hillary to appear separately before House panel investigating Epstein

(Newser) - The Clintons have finalized their deal to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein: Hillary Clinton will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 26, and Bill Clinton the following day. It will be the first time that lawmakers have compelled a former president to testify, per the...

Melinda French Gates Calls Out Bill Over Epstein Ties

Philanthropist says ex-husband is accountable after his name pops up in latest files

(Newser) - Melinda French Gates says any remaining questions about Bill Gates' connection to Jeffrey Epstein are her ex's problem, not hers. In an interview on NPR's Wild Card podcast , French Gates was asked about newly released Justice Department documents that contain draft emails Epstein wrote to himself, per People...

Giants Owner to Epstein: Is She 'Pro or Civilian?'

Emails appear to show Epstein connecting Steve Tisch with women, described in crude terms

(Newser) - The NFL is now scrutinizing one of its own owners over ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday the league will review New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch's communications with Epstein after Tisch's name surfaced "at least 440 times" in a new batch of Justice...

Sarah Ferguson Charity Shuts Amid Epstein Revelations

Closure follows months of discussion amid scrutiny over Epstein-linked emails

(Newser) - Sarah Ferguson's charity is shutting down just as newly released Jeffrey Epstein records draw fresh attention to her past ties with the disgraced financier. Sarah's Trust, founded in 2020 to back grassroots humanitarian and environmental projects, will close "for the foreseeable future," a spokesman confirmed Monday,...

Longevity Expert Faces Backlash Over Epstein Emails

Peter Attia's emails with convicted financier spark scrutiny

(Newser) - Longevity guru Peter Attia is under fire after newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein files revealed a cozy email relationship that the physician and influencer now calls "embarrassing" and "shameful," the New York Times reports. Attia, who has built a lucrative brand on health, lifespan, and high-end medical...

Norway's Crown Princess Is Sorry About Epstein Links

It's the 2nd-biggest scandal the country's royal family is facing this week

(Newser) - Norway's prime minister isn't letting Crown Princess Mette-Marit off the hook, agreeing with her own admission that she showed "poor judgment" in maintaining ties with Jeffrey Epstein. The move adds rare political pressure to an already embattled royal household, the BBC reports. Newly released US Justice Department...

Epstein Files Reveal an Online Gaming Ban

Emails show he was permanently banned from Xbox Live during sex offender purge

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein may have been an online gamer—until his abuse got him banned. Among the latest batch of Epstein-related documents unsealed Friday is a 2013 email from Microsoft informing him that an Xbox Live account tied to his personal email address had been permanently shut down. The initial notice,...

Trump Threatens to Sue Trevor Noah Over Joke

President slams Grammys telecast, goes after 'talentless' host for Epstein joke

(Newser) - President Trump hated the Grammys telecast so much that he might sue. In a 1am Truth Social post after the show aired, Trump pronounced the awards show as "the WORST, virtually unwatchable." The lawsuit threat came in regard to a joke by host Trevor Noah:
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Blanche Declares DOJ's Review of Epstein Case 'Over'

Democrats, survivors dispute comments, demand more Epstein client disclosures

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are done reviewing the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told ABC News on Sunday, but key Democrats insist the public still isn't seeing the full picture, the Guardian reports. Blanche said the Justice Department's review of the case "is over,...

DOJ Mistakenly Publishes Nude Images in Epstein Case Files

Unredacted images expose possible victims, raising alarm over privacy failures

(Newser) - The federal government's massive document dump in the Jeffrey Epstein case has now created a new problem of its own, the New York Times reports. As part of its attempts to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Justice Department posted more than three million pages of records...

British PM: Andrew Should Testify to Congress

'Victims have to be the first priority,' prime minister says after Jeffrey Epstein documents are released

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—the former Prince Andrew—to cooperate with a US congressional inquiry into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, saying anyone with relevant knowledge "should be prepared to share that information." The statement followed after the Justice Department release of...

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Trump Appears in New Epstein Files 'Thousands of Times'

Elon Musk, Bill Gates also pop up, while survivors insist: 'This is not over'

(Newser) - Elon Musk's past efforts to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein are taking a hit from newly released government documents. A fresh batch of DOJ files tied to the Epstein investigation includes a series of emails showing Musk not only in regular contact with Epstein, but at times asking to...

A Whole Bunch of New Epstein Files Just Dropped

More than 3M pages were released by the DOJ, per Deputy AG Todd Blanche

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. Deputy Attorney General Todd...

DOJ Teases Epstein File Release 'in the Near Term'

Pam Bondi tells judges 'substantial progress' has been made in review

(Newser) - More than a month after the imposed deadline to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the Justice Department still can't say when the full release might be complete, but it should be soon. In a four-page court filing Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top DOJ officials told...

Young Trump Voters Cool on JD Vance for 2028

Gen Z conservatives cite electability worries, desire for fresher faces

(Newser) - JD Vance may be the Trump White House's connection to Gen Z , but a small group of young male Trump voters doesn't sound terribly eager to promote him to the top of the ticket for 2028. In a focus group of nine men ages 18 to 24 who...

Review of Epstein Files Overwhelms Top Prosecutors

They're 'crushed by the work,' a redaction effort that threatens to delay other major SDNY cases

(Newser) - The most powerful federal prosecutor office in the country has effectively become the Epstein documents office. Sources and internal memos reviewed by Politico indicate that nearly every prosecutor in the Southern District of New York who isn't currently in court or prepping for an upcoming trial has been drafted...

Panel's Democrats Help Pass Contempt Citations for Clintons

Vote sends criminal referrals over Epstein investigation subpoenas to full House

(Newser) - Democrats helped push Bill and Hillary Clinton a step closer to facing contempt of Congress charges on Wednesday. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to recommend criminal contempt citations for the former president and former secretary of state over their refusals to testify in its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey...

Clintons Rebuff 'Invalid' Subpoenas for Epstein Probe

House GOP moves to hold former first couple in contempt, will vote next week

(Newser) - House Republicans are poised to escalate their clash with the Clintons over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The GOP-led House Oversight Committee plans to vote next week on holding both Bill and Hillary Clinton in criminal contempt of Congress after they refused to sit for depositions, Chair James Comer announced on...

House Panel Says Clintons Have Chosen Contempt

In a letter, couple say subpoenas in Jeffrey Epstein probe are meant to land them in prison

(Newser) - Bill and Hillary Clinton will defy the House Oversight Committee's deadlines to sit for closed-door depositions in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation, effectively telling the Republican chairman to go ahead and hold them in contempt of Congress . Rep. James Comer has been making that threat for months following subpoenas that...

DOJ Explains Why It Hasn't Yet Released 2M Epstein Files

DOJ says it's deploying 400 lawyers to review files for victim privacy

(Newser) - The document dump in the Jeffrey Epstein case is still in its early innings, NBC News reports. The Justice Department told a federal judge Monday that more than 2 million additional files tied to the late financier are awaiting release, with a team of roughly 400 department lawyers now combing...

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