2 d. ago Father of Diddy defense lawyer claims music mogul would support Trump if pardoned

Podcast host and celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos denied that the support would be out of a sense of ‘fealty’

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6 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell told Justice Department she never saw Trump do anything concerning with Epstein, report says

The Trump administration is now considering whether to release the transcript from Blanche’s meetings with Maxwell last month

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7 d. ago Attorney for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has approached Trump administration for pardon: report

A member of the music mogul’s defense team told CNN that ‘conversations’ had taken place with the Trump administration

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7 d. ago ‘Jeffrey Epstein is dead. Ghislaine Maxwell is not’: Sex trafficker fights DOJ move to unseal grand jury records

Maxwell’s attorneys say she wants to keep grand jury transcripts from public view as she continues her appeal to the Supreme Court and to the Trump administration to toss her prison sentence.

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7 d. ago Ghislaine Maxwell does not want grand jury transcripts released as DOJ pushes courts for Epstein documents

‘Much of the information provided during the course of the grand jury testimony... was made publicly available at trial,’ the filing states

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7 d. ago Trump team weighs releasing Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview with DOJ officials over Epstein case: report

The Trump administration is considering publicly releasing an audio recording of an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell and senior officials from the Department of Justice, according to a new report.

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7 d. ago No new information in Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts, Pam Bondi says, despite DOJ’s push to release them

‘Much of the information provided during the course of the grand jury testimony...was made publicly available at trial,’ the filing states

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3 w. ago Trump once hosted party for ‘young women’ where Epstein was the only guest, says report

President under pressure to release all files related to his former friend Epstein

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3 w. ago Trump live: Democrats reiterate calls for release of Epstein files after Trump promises ‘pertinent’ documents

A new Wall Street Journal report claims Donald Trump penned a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday, and now the president is suing the publication

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3 w. ago Donald Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over report on alleged Epstein ties

A copy of the complaint has not yet been listed but the docket is online, and Trump's claims are: "Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Libel, Assault, Slander." It was filed in the Southern District of Florida.

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3 w. ago Trump sues Wall Street Journal’s publisher and Rupert Murdoch for $10bn

US president files libel case following media group’s report on his alleged correspondence to Jeffrey Epstein

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3 w. ago Trump asks court to unseal Epstein grand jury testimony but still won’t release files at center of uproar: Live updates

President Donald Trump allegedly penned a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday, a new report claims

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Trump sues Wall Street Journal’s publisher and Rupert Murdoch

President files libel case following paper’s report on his alleged correspondence to Jeffrey Epstein

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3 w. ago Democrats say ‘public deserves to know’ if Stephen Colbert cancellation linked to Trump

Democrats are questioning timing of CBS cancellation of The Late Show days after Colbert criticized parent company Paramount for settling with TrumpTrump launches fresh defense of inaction in Epstein case following report he sent birthday letterIt was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s “closest friend”, and praised the future president as “charming”.The relationship would eventually break down, the men falling out over a bidding war on a property in Florida. And after Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008, Trump distanced himself from the financier, claiming he was “not a fan” and wondering, in recent days, why his supporters would “waste time and energy” on demanding that FBI and Department of Justice files on Epstein be released. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s name was red flag for FBI in review of Epstein files ordered by Pam Bondi, top Democrat reveals: Live updates

President Donald Trump allegedly penned a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday, a new report claims

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Trump again tries to brush off Epstein crisis as ‘nothing’, blaming Democrats for controversy – US politics live

President’s latest effort to contain fallout comes after he directs Pam Bondi to request release of grand jury transcripts and threatens to sue Wall Street JournalTrump requests release of Epstein grand jury transcripts amid report of ‘bawdy’ birthday noteIt was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s “closest friend”, and praised the future president as “charming”.The relationship would eventually break down, the men falling out over a bidding war on a property in Florida. And after Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008, Trump distanced himself from the financier, claiming he was “not a fan” and wondering, in recent days, why his supporters would “waste time and energy” on demanding that FBI and Department of Justice files on Epstein be released. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago JD Vance slams Wall Street Journal’s Epstein report — despite calling for more coverage on the financier in 2021

Vice President is one of many figures close to Trump who’ve reversed themselves on the matter

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