Several Democrats have invited survivors of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, while dozens of others plan to boycott the speech entirely in protest. Roughly half a dozen Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader …
Read More »Why Former Prince Andrew was Arrested after Revelations in the Epstein Files
Prince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office following revelations in newly released Jeffrey Epstein files that allege the former royal shared confidential British government information with the late American sex offender. The arrest of the 66-year-old — King Charles III’s …
Read More »A Look at Trump Administration Officials Named in the Epstein Records
Newly released Justice Department records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein include references to several officials who have served in President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a review of the files. The more than 3 million pages of materials include flight logs, emails, business documents and contact entries. The …
Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell invokes Fifth Amendment in House Oversight Deposition on Epstein Ties
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate and convicted co-conspirator of financier Jeffrey Epstein, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a closed-door virtual deposition with the House Oversight Committee on Monday, according to Chairman James Comer and lawmakers who attended the session. “This is obviously very disappointing,” Comer, a Kentucky …
Read More »Bill and Hillary Clinton Agree to Testify in House Epstein Investigation
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in a House investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, temporarily halting a Republican-led effort to hold them in contempt of Congress. Angel Ureña, a spokesperson for Bill Clinton, said Monday …
Read More »House Panel Votes to Hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt in Epstein Investigation
The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after the couple refused to appear for closed-door, transcribed depositions tied to the panel’s investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The resolution …
Read More »Trump Signs Bill Requiring DOJ Release of Epstein Files
President Donald Trump signed into law late Wednesday a bill compelling the release of unclassified investigative files from the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with whom he shared a well-documented friendship, though Trump denies any involvement in the financier’s crimes. Epstein, who surrounded himself with the rich and …
Read More »Trump Calls for DOJ, FBI Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties With Democrats, Financial Institutions
President Donald Trump said Friday he will direct Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with prominent Democrats and major financial institutions, escalating a political fight over the late financier’s connections as Congress moves toward forcing new disclosures in the case. In a post on …
Read More »House to Vote on Epstein Files Release After Johnson Delays Democrat’s Swearing-In
A bipartisan push to compel the Justice Department to release long-secret materials related to Jeffrey Epstein cleared a major hurdle Wednesday after House Speaker Mike Johnson had delayed a new Democrat’s swearing-in for seven weeks — a move that had stalled the effort. The measure, known as the Epstein Files …
Read More »Epstein Claimed Trump ‘Knew About the Girls,’ House Democrats Reveal in Newly Released Emails
Newly released emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appear to reference former President Donald Trump, with Epstein claiming in one message that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday by House Democrats. The House Oversight Committee released three email chains spanning from 2011 to 2019, …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bid to Overturn Sex Trafficking Conviction
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her 2021 conviction and 20-year prison sentence for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in the sexual exploitation of underage girls, leaving her punishment intact and closing one of the final legal chapters in the decades-long Epstein saga. Maxwell, 63, had …
Read More »Supreme Court to Weigh Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal as Justices Return from Recess
The Supreme Court will meet in private on Monday to consider hundreds of appeals that accumulated over the summer — including a high-profile petition from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is seeking to overturn parts of her conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in recruiting and grooming underage girls. The session, known as …
Read More »House Panel Obtains Epstein ‘Birthday Book’ Allegedly Containing Trump Letter
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee said Monday it has obtained documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate — including the disgraced financier’s so-called “birthday book,” which Democrats claim contains a letter President Donald Trump allegedly signed for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. Ranking Democrat Robert Garcia posted an image on X of …
Read More »Justice Department Fights NBC News Request to Unseal Epstein Associates’ Names
The Justice Department is urging a federal judge not to unseal the names of two associates of Jeffrey Epstein who received large payments from the disgraced financier in 2018, citing privacy concerns raised by the individuals themselves. In a filing made public Friday, prosecutors said both associates — one paid …
Read More »House Oversight Panel Releases Epstein Files, But Most Were Already Public
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released thousands of files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, bowing to growing bipartisan pressure to make more of the case public. But the release — posted in a sprawling Google Drive …
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