75 m. ago House will vote next week on release of Epstein files as Trump named in new bombshell email drop: Live updates

The Speaker announced the vote just hours after he swore in Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who quickly signed a discharge petition to bring it to a floor vote

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2 h. ago House begins voting on bill to end government shutdown as new Epstein revelations roil US politics – live

The White House announced that Donald Trump plans to sign the legislation to reopen the federal government at 9:45pm Eastern Time, on live televisionIn a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s conduct. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims.In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president. According to the exchanges, Epstein also solicited Wolff’s advice about how he should handle Trump discussing their friendship in an interview with CNN. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff writes. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a p...

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2 h. ago Trump named in released Epstein emails while White House says leaks give ‘fake narrative’: Live updates

‘These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments,’ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said

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2 h. ago Trump fights for control of Maga movement as Epstein emails widen schism  

Newly published messages from late sex offender become latest flashpoint in intraparty rift

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3 h. ago The Epstein email receipts show sex offender’s deep reach in Washington went far beyond Trump

Emails to political luminaries and D.C. mainstays makes clear: Epstein’s influence crossed the breadth of Washington’s political spectrum, writes John Bowden

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4 h. ago White House weighs in on calls for Andrew to testify in US on Epstein

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if Donald Trump thinks Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should testify to Congress on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal during a briefing on Wednesday (12 November).

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5 h. ago Fox News finally — and vaguely — references the bombshell Trump

A Fox News correspondent said late Wednesday morning that there were ‘some new developments today from the House Oversight Committee,’ without ever explaining what those developments were

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5 h. ago Trove of Epstein emails confirm the bombshell 'Andrew and Virginia' photo is REAL

Despite allies of Andrew trying to muddy the waters over the years with suggestions the image was fake, 2011 messages reveal the disgraced financier urged a journalist to investigate Ms Giuffre.

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5 h. ago Nothing to see here: Trump press chief in full denial mode over Epstein

Karoline Leavitt defied the laws of moral physics to insist that the true wrongdoers were Biden and the DemocratsDonald Trump was described as “that dog that hasn’t barked” in email by Jeffrey Epstein. Don’t tell Kristi Noem, who has a way of dealing with troublesome hounds.The US president would love nothing more than to let sleeping dogs lie, but that hope was dashed on Wednesday when Democrats released emails suggesting that Trump was aware of Epstein’s sexual abuse of minors and had spent hours with one victim. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Mandelson was in contact with Epstein as late as 2016, newly released emails show

Lord Mandelson was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US after the extent of his friendship with the sex offender was revealed

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6 h. ago Mandelson was still in touch with Epstein in 2016, newly released emails show

The Labour peer was sacked as ambassador to the US after the full extent of his relationship with the sex offender emerged.

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7 h. ago Bombshell Jeffrey Epstein emails suggest Donald Trump 'knew about the girls'

The emails add to the questions about Trump's friendship with Epstein and about any knowledge he may have had in what prosecutors call a yearslong effort by Epstein to exploit underage girls

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7 h. ago Trump calls Epstein emails a Democratic deflection after correspondence alleges president ‘knew about the girls’ – live

Trump says release of Epstein emails is a distraction from Democrats’ performance during shutdown; White House says they ‘prove absolutely nothing’Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggestDemocrat who could force Epstein vote to be sworn in after standoffIn a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s conduct. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims.In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president. According to the exchanges, Epstein also solicited Wolff’s advice about how he should handle Trump discussing their friendship in an interview with CNN. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff writes. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane o...

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7 h. ago Here’s how the House fight over releasing Epstein files will go down after bombshell Trump email mentions

Adelita Grijalva’s swearing kicks off a drawn-out process that does not guarantee the eventual release of the files

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8 h. ago Peter Mandelson was in contact with Epstein till at least 2016, new emails reveal

UK ambassador was sacked in September after other tranche of emails showed he told disgraced financier to ‘fight for early release’Peter Mandelson, who was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to Washington over his association with Jeffrey Epstein, was in contact with the pedophile financier as late as 2016, new emails have revealed.Mandelson was sacked in September over leaked emails in which he expressed his support for Epstein and urged him to “fight for early release” in 2008 while the disgraced financier was facing charges of soliciting sex from minors. The tranche of emails revealed the pair had maintained contact until 2010. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago ‘I can’t take any more of this’, Andrew tells Epstein in newly released emails

Thousands of documents from Epstein’s estate were published by the US House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

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8 h. ago Epstein emails thrust Trump back into spotlight over past ties

Newly released emails from Epstein’s estate reignite scrutiny of the US president’s old links to the sex offenderThe release of previously unseen emails sent by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has thrust Donald Trump back into the center of the long-running Epstein controversy that has plagued his administration for months, inflamed parts of his own political base and offered Democrats an ongoing line of political attack.On Wednesday, Democrats on the House oversight and government reform committee released email exchanges from 2011, 2015 and 2019 that they say were provided by the estate of the late Epstein, who died by suicide in federal prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex-trafficking minors. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago White House says new Epstein emails mentioning Trump ‘prove absolutely nothing’ – live

White House press secretary says, ‘Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mar-a-Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep’Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggestDemocrat who could force Epstein vote to be sworn in after standoffIn a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s conduct. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims.In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president. According to the exchanges, Epstein also solicited Wolff’s advice about how he should handle Trump discussing their friendship in an interview with CNN. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff writes. “If he says he...

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8 h. ago Andrew Windsor told Epstein he had nothing to do with abuse claims in new email

The former Prince told Epstein and his lawyers "I can't take any more of this" after a newspaper pursued them for comment about sexual abuse at Epstein's home

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9 h. ago Epstein appears to confirm picture of Andrew and Virginia Giuffre is real in newly

Convicted paedophile also claimed Buckingham Palace would ‘love it’ if Ms Giuffre was ‘proven to be a liar’

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