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DOJ meets with Epstein partner Ghislaine Maxwell
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Tara Palmeri also described a disturbing song Ghislaine Maxwell commissioned to be sung at a “depraved” birthday party for Epstein.
New reporting from The Wall Street Journal offers fresh details about the book Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, which contained a letter signed by Donald Trump,
The Times also reviewed other records of the president’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, including an inscription in which the future president called him “the greatest.”
The House left a day early for a summer break that Sen. Chuck Schumer has dubbed "the Epstein recess" as Democrats try to capitalize on a major pain point for Republicans.
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During Mr. Trump's first term, his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned following criticism of his handling of Epstein's 2008 plea deal when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Epstein served 13 months in a jail work-release program after he was originally accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls and young women.
Those managing the late sex offender's estate could turn over his possessions in response to a congressional subpoena, says an attorney for his victims.
Trump is among other prominent figures named in the previously unsealed documents. He was mentioned in a 2016 deposition from Johanna Sjoberg, one of Epstein’s victims, who said the disgraced financier’s plane made an impromptu stop in Atlantic City in the 2000s. Sjoberg said “no” when asked if she’d given Trump a massage.
Pressley, a sexual assault survivor, said Epstein’s victims and the public “deserve transparency, accountability, and healing.”
A flurry of MAGA influencers have spoken out against President Donald Trump 's administration's handling of the Epstein files in recent days as he faces growing political backlash. White House spokesperson Harrison Fields told Newsweek that the Republican Party has achieved "unprecedented unity and strength" under Trump's leadership.