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DOJ channels Donald Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ era to ‘control the legal system’ with their ‘minions’

He has been taking lessons from Trump.

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Thomas Massie: Epstein Conspiracy Is 'Bigger Than Watergate'

Rep. Thomas Massie explains why he is risking his political career over the Epstein files, details what he saw in the unredacted documents, and argues that the scandal reveals a bipartisan failure of accountability stretching across multiple administrations.

Reason

Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges

One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.

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India-origin US lawmaker Ro Khanna accuses justice department of 'inappropriately redacting' six names in Epstein files, seeks transparency

Democratic Representative Ro Khanna claims six names in the unredacted Epstein files were inappropriately redacted, potentially implicating powerful men. The DOJ states it has since unredacted non-victim names, asserting commitment to transparency, though Khanna argues this still doesn't fully comply with the law.

The Times of India

US moves to wipe out Stephen Bannon contempt of Congress case

The Justice Department took steps Monday to unwind the contempt of Congress case against Trump ally Stephen Bannon.

Roll Call

Ghislaine Maxwell’s refusal to answer questions before Congress draws criticism: ‘Who is she protecting?’

Democratic representative says Epstein associate’s decision to invoke fifth amendment points to ‘White House cover-up’

The Guardian - US

Missing records from Bondi and Patel draw scrutiny in Epstein release

The complaint calls it "deeply troubling" that only a few communications from Bondi or Patel appear in the ream of documents.

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Victims have told us the worst of Epstein’s crimes for decades – and they are still being ignored

As the US Department of Justice published 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files, deputy US attorney Todd Blanche indicated that the deluge of documents wouldn’t lead to additional criminal charges. Victims want “to be made whole”, he said, but that “doesn’t mean we can just create evidence or that…

The Conversation

A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public

Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell

The Independent UK

Trump’s personal attorney Todd Blanche just reassured Epstein associates that ‘It’s not a crime to party with him’

In a prosecution question about one of the most sensitive criminal cases ever, Todd Blanche chose precision over empathy. “It’s not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein” may satisfy the law. But it does not satisfy a country still trying to bring justice to those who were wronged.

The Mary Sue

Kash Patel says White House followed the law in releasing Epstein files - despite blowing deadline by two months

The Department of Justice was ordered to release all documents related to the pedophile financier and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell by December 19, as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act

The Independent UK

Jon Stewart on Epstein files: ‘I’m just not sure anybody is going to be held accountable’

Late-night hosts rued the lack of consequences for any rich and powerful men named in the latest batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump’s personal attorney says it’s ‘not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein’ as he defends the president

Todd Blanche's comments have angered a lot of Americans.

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Deputy AG tells Fox News viewers it is ‘not a crime to party’ with Jeffrey Epstein

Speaking to Laura Ingraham on her eponymous show, Blanche suggested that some evidence in the Epstein files may not be enough to lead to prosecutions

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The Guardian - US

New Epstein files fail to quell outrage as advocates claim documents are being withheld

Advocates call for further disclosures after Trump’s justice department released more than 3m files last week

The Independent UK

Tulsi Gabbard helped put Trump directly in touch with agents raiding a Georgia election office: report

Gabbard rang the president on her own cell phone, though he reportedly did not initially pick up and called her back

The Guardian - US

What do new files reveal about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein?

Allies downplay president’s links to Epstein but newly released documents offer slightly more complicated picture

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Elon Musk rides Epstein truth train — questions how client arrest counter ‘still zero’

"Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for what exactly?"

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‘Not something that can be really investigated’: DOJ official claims the FBI can’t act on new Trump-Epstein tips from the document release

Mr. President would be happy to hear this!

The Independent UK

Justice Department says it's taken down Epstein-related files that may have had victim information

The Justice Department says it has taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday

The Guardian - US

Democrats vow to fight ‘full-blown cover-up’ after release of Epstein files

Democrats and one Republican demanding release of millions more pages they insist are still being deliberately withheld

Roll Call

Lawmakers pursue full compliance with Epstein transparency law

The push to force the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files appears nowhere near settled after the Justice Department’s latest document drop.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’

Deputy US attorney general says the government cannot ‘just create evidence’ but victims attorney accuses government of hiding perpetrators while exposing survivors. Plus, the Mormon women who fought a Republican-led redistricting initiative in Utah – and won

The Guardian - UK

Judge blocks Trump administration plan to strip protected status for Haitians in US – as it happened

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DOJ announces that they will release a ‘small’ collection of new files related to Epstein’s death

We may soon know the truth about how he died.

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