12 h. ago ‘The ghost of Epstein is haunting Trump’s presidency’: inside the ‘Maga’ revolt

As pressure builds over the president’s broken promise to publicly release details about the convicted sex offender, his base has a new target: Trump himself“I feel so betrayed and so angry. This is not what I voted for.” “This cemented permanent deep state power.” “I’m concerned about being able to trust Donald Trump to keep his word.” “What about justice for these young ladies who were trafficked? What about their justice? Don’t they deserve justice?”These were just a few of the calls that besieged conservative radio hosts across the US this week. The president’s ardent supporters spent the past decade fulminating over various foes, from Barack Obama and the deep state to undocumented immigrants and transgender children. Now they have a new target: Donald Trump himself. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Epstein’s former model girlfriend claims disgraced financier and sex offender was once ‘best friends’ with Donald Trump

‘They were very close and they were up to no good,’ the model said

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14 h. ago Epstein’s former model girlfriend claims disgraced financier and sex offender was once ‘best friends’ with Trump

‘They were very close and they were up to no good,’ the model said

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20 h. ago Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein report

President follows through on libel threat over report that said he sent Epstein ‘bawdy’ birthday note and sketchTrump files libel suit against Murdoch – US politics live Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy note and sketch of a naked woman.Trump’s lawsuit on Friday, which also targets Dow Jones and News Corp, was filed in the southern district of Florida federal court in Miami. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Pranksters fill Trump Tower gift shop with merch featuring pictures of Epstein with the president

The prank comes as the Trump administration is embroiled in controversy surrounding files in the criminal investigation of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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25 h. ago Trump launches fresh defense of inaction in Epstein case following report he sent birthday letter

Trump has been under scrutiny from his base after his administration said it would not be releasing any further Epstein documentsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump on Friday morning launched a fresh defense of his conduct in the Jeffrey Epstein case after the scandal deepened on Thursday following a Wall Street Journal report that he’d written the sex offender a bawdy note with a sketch of a naked woman.“If there was a ‘smoking gun’ on Epstein, why didn’t the Dems, who controlled the ‘files’ for four years, and had Garland and Comey in charge, use it? BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING!!!” Trump said in a Truth Social post early on Friday. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Trump on defensive over Epstein case following report he sent ‘bawdy’ letter

Trump has been under scrutiny from his base over failure to release further Epstein documentsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump on Friday morning launched a fresh defense of his conduct in the Jeffrey Epstein case after the scandal deepened on Thursday following a Wall Street Journal report that he had written the sex offender a bawdy note with a sketch of a naked woman.“If there was a ‘smoking gun’ on Epstein, why didn’t the Dems, who controlled the ‘files’ for four years, and had Garland and Comey in charge, use it? BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING!!!” Trump said in a Truth Social post early on Friday. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Trump directs attorney general Pam Bondi to seek release of Epstein grand jury testimony – US politics live

Bondi replies to president’s Truth Social post to say she is ‘ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts’Trump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furorDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Trump directs attorney general Pam Bondi to release Epstein grand jury testimony – US politics live

Bondi replies to president’s Truth Social post to say she is ‘ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts’Trump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furorDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Unreleased Epstein files reportedly include bawdy letter from Trump – US politics live

Wall Street Journal reports US president wrote letter to mark Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003 – but Trump dismisses it as ‘fake thing’Trump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furorDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago White House says Trump won’t recommend special prosecutor in Epstein case and calls Democrats wanting transparency ‘asinine’ – live

White House press secretary doubles down on Trump’s partisan lines of attack about the Jeffrey Epstein case, which as cause turmoil among his Maga baseTrump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furorDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Trump’s effort to dismiss Epstein files as ‘hoax’ fails to quell Maga rebellion

Mike Pence was the latest prominent figure to call for release of files on sex offender once close to presidentHow the Jeffrey Epstein row plunged Maga world into turmoil – a timelineDonald Trump’s efforts to dismiss the criticism over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as a “hoax” showed no sign of working on Thursday as more prominent figures from across the political spectrum emerged to attack the US president and some of his supporters recorded videos burning their signature Make America Great Again hats.Days after the Republican speaker of the House, the Trump loyalist Mike Johnson, called for the release of all documents relating to the late financier, a convicted sex offender and longtime former friend of Trump’s, rebellion continued to simmer within the president’s normally diehard base. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Trump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furor as ‘hoax’

Mike Pence is latest prominent figure to call for release of files on sex offender once close to presidentHow the Jeffrey Epstein row plunged Maga world into turmoil – a timelineDonald Trump’s efforts to dismiss the criticism over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as a “hoax” showed no sign of working on Thursday as more prominent figures from across the political spectrum emerged to attack the US president and some of his supporters recorded videos burning their signature Make America Great Again hats.Days after the Republican speaker of the House, the Trump loyalist Mike Johnson, called for the release of all documents relating to the late financier, a convicted sex offender and longtime former friend of Trump’s, rebellion continued to simmer within the president’s normally diehard base. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed

She criticised how some sex offenders avoid prison when the two men who felled the Sycamore Gap tree were jailed for four years and three months

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68 h. ago Most Americans think Trump administration is covering up evidence in Epstein case, new poll finds

A new poll finds 67 percent of Americans believe the government is hiding evidence related to the convicted sex offender

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3 d. ago Donald Trump says those interested in Jeffrey Epstein inquiry are ‘bad people’

US president faces Maga backlash over suspicion his administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich elite – including TrumpDonald Trump has dismissed a secretive inquiry into the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as “boring” and of interest only to “bad people”, but said he backed the release of any “credible” files, as he sought to stamp out a conspiracy-fuelled uproar among his supporters.The US president is facing a political crisis within his usually loyal Republican Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite he associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a ‘hoax’ and turns on Maga ‘weaklings’

President faces Maga backlash over claims of hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich elite – including TrumpUS politics live – latest news updatesDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein as Joe Rogan delivers scathing rant

‘They’ve got videotape and all a sudden they don’t,’ Rogan said about the Justice Department’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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4 d. ago Republicans move to block Democratic effort to force release of Epstein files

White House has come under fire for not releasing documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey EpsteinUS politics live – latest updatesRepublican lawmakers have moved to block a Democratic effort to force the release of the so-called Epstein files, a near-mythological trove of undisclosed information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the center of an internal political war among US conservatives.Democrats had been pressing for an amendment to cryptocurrency legislation that would have forced the release of information and exhibits itemized in a list of evidence held by the justice department from the 2019 child sex-trafficking case against disgraced financier Epstein. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Astonishing moment drone drops suspected drugs package into crisis

The astonishing footage shows the aircraft hovering above the category B men's prison, which houses sex offenders and terrorists, before seemingly dropping the item into the courtyard.

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