9 d. ago Donald Trump accused of raping woman in 'sensationalist' Epstein files claim

New documents from the Jeffrey Epstein estate include FBI files with rape allegations against Donald Trump, which the Department of Justice and White House have strongly denied as 'unfounded and false'

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1 week ago Epstein files appear to show Andrew asking Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’

Documents give further insight into former royal’s ties to sex offender and raise fresh questions for Donald TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked Jeffrey Epstein’s fixer Ghislaine Maxwell to arrange meetings with “inappropriate friends” while she sought “friendly and discreet and fun” girls on his behalf, the latest documents from the Epstein files appear to show.The largest release yet of files concerning the financier and convicted child sex offender – which also raise fresh questions for the US president, Donald Trump – include emails in the name of “A” exchanging detailed messages with Maxwell that appeared to identify the author as Andrew.Emails recording that Britain’s Metropolitan police contacted the FBI last month to inquire whether there were any ongoing investigations related to the disgraced former prince’s association with Epstein.Emails showing US lawyers claiming “various factual inaccuracies” in a statement provided on Andrew’s behal...

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1 week ago The Guardian view on the festive season: a suffering world needs messages of peace, hope and goodwill | Editorial

The fracturing multilateral order has led to a new age of insecurity. But acts of courage and solidarity can point the way to a better futureIn one of his last sermons, the great Christian theologian and philosopher Paul Tillich asked: “Do we have a right to hope?” As an army chaplain to German forces during the first world war and a refugee from Nazi Germany, Tillich had witnessed first-hand some of the horrors of the 20th century. But his answer to the question he posed in 1965 was yes. Nobody could live without hope, Tillich told his Harvard audience, even if it led “through the narrows of a painful and courageous ‘in-spite-of’”.Sixty years on, a similar spirit of defiant optimism is needed to navigate our own era of conflict and anxiety. The fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is approaching, and dark political forces menace the social fabric of western liberal democracies. More widely, a fracturing multilateral order is delivering a more unstabl...

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1 week ago Jes Staley and Larry Summers made executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, files reveal

Former Barclays boss and ex-US Treasury secretary named in versions of will of convicted child sex offenderThe former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and the ex-US Treasury secretary Larry Summers were appointed as executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, according to a newly released tranche of documents linked to the now-deceased child sex offender.Filings published on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice included various versions of Epstein’s last will and testament, which showed the financier intended to hand responsibility of managing his affairs to associates including the two high-profile men in the event of his death. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jes Staley and Larry Summers were made executors of Jeffrey Esptein’s estate, files reveal

Ex-Treasury secretary and former Barclays chief are named in versions of will belonging to deceased child sex offenderThe former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and the ex-US Treasury secretary Larry Summers were appointed as executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, according to a newly released tranche of documents linked to the now-deceased child sex offender.Filings published on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice included various versions of Epstein’s last will and testament, which showed the financier intended to hand responsibility of managing his affairs to associates including the two high-profile men in the event of his death. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump DEFENDS 'big boy' Bill Clinton after 'terrible' Epstein files photo dump... and insists many meetings with the pedophile were 'innocent'

Trump, speaking at a press conference Monday, defended Clinton and blamed 'mostly Democrats' for their release and acknowledged 'there are photos of me, too.'

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2 w. ago Trump REFUSES to answer questions with Epstein files set to be released imminently: Live updates

President Trump's DOJ is set to release hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

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2 w. ago Epstein latest: Today marks deadline for release of bombshell files that have shaken Trump administration

Department of Justice scheduled to publish its files on Jeffrey Epstein by the end of the day after House Democrats release another batch of photos belonging to late sex offender

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2 w. ago Epstein files: All the images of stars and sleaze out ahead of major release

A new trove of photos released by Democrats in the House Oversight Committee showed Jeffrey Epstein with a whole host of famous faces - from Bill Gates to Woody Allen and Steve Bannon

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2 w. ago All we know as Epstein pics reveal 'Lolita' extracts written on woman's bare foot

US House Oversight Democrats released 68 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, adding to the information surrounding the disgraced financier. One picture reveals a woman's bare foot

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2 w. ago Epstein latest: Bombshell photos show ‘Lolita’ quotes written on people as deadline for file release looms

House Democrats release another batch of photos belonging to Jeffrey Epstein as Department of Justice scheduled to publish its files on the late sex offender by the end of the day

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2 w. ago New images from Jeffrey Epstein's estate released as files deadline looms

The images include shocking Lolita messages written on women’s bodies

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2 w. ago Inside Epstein's 'billionaires' dinner' and the tech moguls he dined with AFTER conviction

Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee unsealed 68 photographs taken from the estate of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday December 18

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2 w. ago Jeffrey Epstein attended dinner with tech billionaires three years after he was convicted of sex crimes

House Democrats released 68 photographs from Epstein's estateon Thursday, including images taken at the Edge Group's annual dinner in 2011.

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2 w. ago Inside the billionaires' dinner of elite tech moguls as new Epstein files dump unveils photos of ritzy event

House Democrats released 68 photographs from Epstein's estateon Thursday, including images taken at the Edge Group's annual dinner in 2011.

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2 w. ago Inside the billionaires' dinner with Epstein, Bezos, Musk and Brin as new photos of the event are released from pedophile's estate

House Democrats released 68 photographs from Epstein's estateon Thursday, including images taken at the Edge Group's annual dinner in 2011.

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2 w. ago Jeffrey Epstein photo dump reveals WhatsApp message quoting '$1,000 per girl'

A fresh batch of 68 photographs have been released from Jeffrey Epstein's estate - including one showing a WhatsApp screenshot appearing to discuss recruiting an 18-year-old

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2 w. ago Democrats release more images from Jeffrey Epstein estate, including photos of writing on woman’s body – live

Latest image drop comes as pressure mounts on Trump’s justice department to release filesFull report – Democrats release new Epstein photosWhat we know so far about the Epstein filesDemocratic lawmakers will release more photographs from evidence gathered from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein if the Department of Justice fails to meet the Friday deadline to disclose investigative documents, Congressman Robert Garcia told CNN yesterday.Speaking to Erin Burnett, Garcia said a petition to the federal court by Ghislaine Maxwell – Epstein’s convicted accomplice - to have her conviction on sex trafficking charges thrown out and to obtain a pardon do not trigger an exemption to the law Congress passed mandating a release of documents by the DoJ. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Democrats release new Epstein photos ahead of DoJ transparency deadline

Images, undated and uncaptioned, include Nabokov lines written on woman’s body and show Bill Gates and Noam ChomskyUS politics – live updatesWhat we know so far about the Epstein filesDemocrats on the House oversight committee have released a new batch of photos from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the deadline for the justice department to release its files related to Epstein looms.The images, released on Thursday, are undated and lack captions or context. Among them are photographs of what appear to be lines from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita written on different parts of a woman’s body. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Haunting new Epstein photos show quotes from 'paedophile' novel scribbled on person's body

Democrat representatives from the US House Oversight Committee today (December 18) released - without context - 68 new photos from the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's estate

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