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Roy Black, Defense Lawyer for William Kennedy Smith and Epstein, Dies at 80

25 juillet 2025 à 00:01
With a national profile, he represented the notorious and the celebrated, helping to secure an acquittal in the Smith rape case and a lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein.

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Roy Black spoke to the news media outside the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach in 1991 after his client William Kennedy Smith was acquitted of sexual assault charges.

The Justice Dept. Interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, While Opposing Her Appeal

24 juillet 2025 à 17:55
Even as top Justice Department officials brokered an interview with a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s, they asked the Supreme Court to reject her appeal.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen from Capitol Hill.

How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept.

25 juillet 2025 à 09:50
There was a single goal in mind: find something — anything — that could be released to the public to satisfy President Trump’s supporters.

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Justice Department officials diverted hundreds of F.B.I. employees and federal prosecutors from their regular duties to go through the Jeffrey Epstein files at least four times — including once to flag any references to President Trump and other prominent figures.

In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans

24 juillet 2025 à 13:20
Working to exploit a G.O.P. rift, Democrats are aggressively pushing charges of a coverup in the case of the accused pedophile, which many of them once dismissed as a conspiracy theory.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, and Representative Katherine Clark, Democrat of Massachusetts, arriving for a news conference on Wednesday.
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American Airlines Flight Attendant Who Filmed Minors in Lavatory Is Sentenced to 18.5 Years

23 juillet 2025 à 21:36
The former flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, N.C., secretly filmed girls using the restroom on American Airlines flights in 2023, prosecutors said.

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Estes Carter Thompson III secretly filmed young girls by directing them to specific lavatories on American Airlines flights where he had set up “a secret recording studio” using his cellphone, prosecutors said.

Bondi Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files

24 juillet 2025 à 00:25
It was not clear what those documents were, or in what context the president’s name was raised.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi with President Donald J. Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House earlier this month.

In Seeking Epstein Details, Justice Dept.’s Todd Blanche Occupies Unusual Role

23 juillet 2025 à 15:50
Legal experts said the involvement of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former lawyer who is now a top official at the Justice Department, was rife with potential pitfalls and complexities.

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Todd Blanche, the president’s former lawyer and now the deputy attorney general, with Donald J. Trump during his criminal trial in Manhattan in 2024.

Johnson Cuts Short House Business to Avoid Vote on Releasing Epstein Files

22 juillet 2025 à 18:21
The Republican speaker truncated the legislative schedule for the week ahead of a summer recess, moving to deny Democrats the chance to force votes on whether to release the Epstein material.

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Johnson Says He Won’t Hold Vote Calling on Trump to Release Epstein Files This Summer

21 juillet 2025 à 17:45
The Republican speaker of the House had said last week that the government should release “everything” in the Jeffrey Epstein files, in a rare break with the president that turned out to be short-lived.

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Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol last week.

Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account

21 juillet 2025 à 15:56
On Truth Social, the president railed against Democrats and shared a wacky video.

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Lawmakers have been pushing for the release of federal files on Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and one-time friend of President Trump who died in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking.

An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files

20 juillet 2025 à 18:31
A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.

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Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s club in Palm Beach, Fla., in 1997.

The Pelicot Trial Returns, This Time to the Stage

19 juillet 2025 à 14:46
Many of those who attended the trial returned to see a new play based on the case of Gisèle Pelicot, who confronted her ex-husband and dozens of men accused of raping her.

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“The Pelicot Trial,” at the Avignon Festival in southern France, on Friday night.

Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein

19 juillet 2025 à 20:31
For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

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Mar-a-Lago in March 1996.

Trump Administration Requests Release of Epstein Grand Jury Records. What’s Next?

18 juillet 2025 à 19:13
The records are at the center of President Trump’s effort to manage fallout from the Epstein case. But unsealing them is complex and requires a judge to sign off.

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The Justice Department has formally filed two petitions in the Southern District of New York seeking to unseal grand jury records in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

When It Comes to Jeffrey Epstein, Trump Says He Is Ready to Defer to the Courts

18 juillet 2025 à 16:26
After months of pushing back against federal judges and the courts, the president has requested the release of Epstein-related grand jury testimony to be “subject to Court approval.”

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President Trump at the White House this week. He asked the attorney general on Thursday to seek the court’s permission to release pertinent grand jury materials relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s indictment for sex trafficking.

Trump Tells Bondi to Seek Release of Epstein Grand Jury Testimony

18 juillet 2025 à 04:53
The attorney general plans to ask a court to release the papers. But even if the request succeeds, it would fall far short of critics’ demands to release all investigative materials.

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“We are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media.

A Timeline of What We Know About Trump and Epstein

17 juillet 2025 à 20:34
Donald Trump was friendly for at least 15 years with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019.

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Donald J. Trump and Melania Knauss, his girlfriend and future wife, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 2000.

Man Who Sent ‘I Raped You’ Message Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault

17 juillet 2025 à 19:57
Ian Cleary, 32, attacked a fellow Gettysburg College student in her dorm room more than a decade ago. A series of Facebook messages helped lead to his arrest.

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Ian Clearly leaving a court hearing in Gettysburg, Pa., in May. He pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in 2013, when they were both students at Gettysburg College.

Lauren Southern, Former Right-Wing Commentator, Says Andrew Tate Assaulted Her

17 juillet 2025 à 01:00
Ms. Southern’s account of a 2018 encounter, made in a self-published memoir, adds to the allegations against Mr. Tate, the online influencer. “She is lying through her teeth,” Mr. Tate’s lawyer said.

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Lauren Southern during a rally in 2017.

Trump’s New Strategy on Epstein Fallout: Blame the Democrats

16 juillet 2025 à 18:11
President Trump said the outrage among his supporters over the Epstein case was just the latest “scam” cooked up by Democrats.

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President Trump took to social media to criticize his supporters who are upset with his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files.

House Democrats Push for Hearing on Jeffrey Epstein Case Amid GOP Rift

15 juillet 2025 à 16:00
Democrats urged the Republican majority to call Justice Department officials, including the attorney general and F.B.I. leaders, to Capitol Hill to discuss how they handled the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, wrote that the Trump administration’s actions in the Jeffrey Epstein case “have not restored anyone’s trust in the government.”

For Some Republicans, Trump’s Shift on Epstein Is Just the Latest Breach

15 juillet 2025 à 20:14
Right-wing Republicans have also criticized the president’s stances on Iran and Ukraine, hinting at a broader fraying of his political coalition.

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“I don’t accept it, and I don’t think anyone else should accept it,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said of the decision not to release more information about Jeffrey Epstein.

What to Know About the Fallout Around the Epstein Files and the Trump Administration

15 juillet 2025 à 09:03
Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession.

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Jack Posobiec and several other conservative influencers were offered a preview of the Epstein files in February, hours before they were released publicly by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Will Conspiracy Theorists Cultivated by Trump Turn on Him Over Epstein?

14 juillet 2025 à 18:08
The fallout of the Epstein case is testing the power the president holds over his most loyal followers, many of whom have broken into open revolt against him.

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Last week, President Trump said it was “unbelievable” anyone was still talking about Jeffrey Epstein, even though he had once promised to expose hidden truths about him.

Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry

12 juillet 2025 à 23:03
In a long social media post, President Trump praised Attorney General Pam Bondi and told his followers to “not waste Time and Energy” on the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi during a cabinet meeting this week.

Pam Bondi and FBI’s Dan Bongino Clash Over Handling of Epstein Case

11 juillet 2025 à 17:01
An irate attorney general is said to have confronted the deputy director of the F.B.I. at a tense White House meeting earlier in the week.

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Dan Bongino, now the deputy director of the F.B.I., during a hearing in Washington in 2020. Mr. Bongino pushed the idea of a cover-up in the Jeffrey Epstein case when he was a popular podcast host.

K-Pop Singer Taeil Sentenced to 3½-Years in Rape of Tourist

10 juillet 2025 à 07:47
Taeil, a former member of the popular boy band NCT, and two acquaintances were jailed in a case that has provoked anger in South Korea.

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Taeil, center, of the band NCT in New York, in 2019.

Trump and Bondi, Confronted Over Epstein Files, Tell Supporters to Move On

8 juillet 2025 à 18:18
A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi and President Trump at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
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