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Why did an Epstein-linked billionaire step down from one of America’s most famous hospitals?

The board change is the latest development for Mount Sinai hospital which features prominently in the Epstein files

The hedge fund billionaire Glenn Dubin, one of several Wall Street figures whose relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is facing scrutiny, has stepped down from the board of Mount Sinai hospital, according to sources close to the renowned New York institution.

The revelation follows news earlier this year that Mount Sinai, which has long ranked as a top medical provider in New York City, had reportedly formed a committee to review its longstanding ties to the late accused sex trafficker. The hospital features prominently in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, including an incident in which a Mount Sinai doctor appears to have operated on a young Russian woman inside Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse after she got hurt during a stay on his Caribbean island.

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Bard Names Marvin Krislov as President, as Former Leader Fends Off Epstein Allegations

The new president, Marvin Krislov, has led Pace University and Oberlin College. He replaces Leon Botstein, who retired and has faced scrutiny over ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Epstein Files Produce an Unlikely Weapon for the Houthi Messaging Wars

The Yemeni militia is using the culture of its sworn enemies in the renewed fighting with Saudi Arabia.

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Houthi supporters chanting slogans and holding pictures of Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the Houthi leader, in Sanaa, Yemen.
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Bard College Hires Forensic Firm to Investigate a Damning Epstein Email

The firm suggested the former Bard president’s email to Jeffrey Epstein about a young woman may have been fake. Congressional Democrats who publicized the message disagree.

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Leon Botstein became president of Bard College in 1975 and retired this year.
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Epstein’s attorney and accountant accused of ‘facilitating and concealing’ his crimes in lawsuit

New Mexico lawsuit claims ‘in exchange for furthering Epstein’s criminal project, his associates received generous salaries’

The attorney general of New Mexico on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime attorney, Darren Indyke, and Epstein’s longtime accountant, Richard Kahn, accusing them of having “facilitated and concealed” Epstein’s crimes, and is seeking to stop them from being paid by Epstein’s estate while the litigation plays out.

The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the district of New Mexico, names Kahn and Indyke as defendants both in their individual capacity, and in their capacity as co-executors of Epstein’s estate. The complaint also names Epstein’s estate, and the 1953 Trust, which holds the estate’s assets.

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Case against Leon Black dismissed after plaintiff said she was ‘medically incapable of continuing’

In civil suit, ‘Jane Doe’ alleged billionaire raped her after being ‘handed off’ by Jeffrey Epstein. Black denied the allegations and called claims a fabrication

A federal judge has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit brought against Leon Black after the plaintiff in the case, who had accused the private equity billionaire of rape, said she was “medically incapable of continuing” and at risk of “acute psychiatric crisis”, including suicide.

The woman known only as “Jane Doe”, who claimed in a lawsuit that was first filed in July 2023 that she had been “handed off” to Black by his associate Jeffrey Epstein and then sexually assaulted by him, had been acting without a lawyer in the case. Doe has alleged that the assault occurred in 2002, when she was a teenager.

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Judge Refuses to Reverse Penalties Against Crypto Firm With Ties to Trump Family

The ruling denied a bid by Gemini Trust and the C.F.T.C. to nullify a settlement that required the company to pay $5 million for misleading federal regulators.

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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the founders of Gemini Trust, have backed ventures by President Trump and his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
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US lawmakers unveil bill to hold Wall Street’s ‘Epstein-connected’ bosses to account

Move comes as Senator Elizabeth Warren condemns Barclays response to questions over ex-boss’s ties to sex offender

US lawmakers have unveiled a new bill to hold Wall Street’s “Epstein-connected” bosses to account for helping finance the late sex offender’s crimes.

It came as top Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren condemned the UK bank Barclays for “dodging responsibility” over its failure to vet former boss Jes Staley and his ties to the once well-connected billionaire.

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How the Epstein Files forced the Nobel Peace Prize to reckon with impartiality.

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Thorbjorn Jagland, former chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo in 2013. A tranche of emails released this year revealed ties between him and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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How the Epstein Files Forced the Nobel Peace Prize to Reckon With Impartiality

The five-person committee that hands out the award introduced ethics rules this year after a former member was linked to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Thorbjorn Jagland, former chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo in 2013. A tranche of emails released this year revealed ties between him and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Warrants to Search Former Prince Andrew’s Properties Were Unlawful, Court Says

A judge in London said that a “significant error” had been made in the granting of search warrants in an investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Officers at an entrance to Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England, in February after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest. He was later released without charge and has denied wrongdoing.
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel

A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.

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David Milstein, a top official in the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, has been entrusted with much of the mission’s portfolio by Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
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Former Prince Andrew Sues UK Police After Arrest Linked to Epstein Investigation

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking action over the warrants used to search two properties after his arrest in February, as part of a British investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is challenging the legality of the search warrants that allowed the police to search two of his homes in February.
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