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Review of Epstein Files Overwhelms Top Prosecutors

They're 'crushed by the work,' a redaction effort that threatens to delay other major SDNY cases

(Newser) - The most powerful federal prosecutor office in the country has effectively become the Epstein documents office. Sources and internal memos reviewed by Politico indicate that nearly every prosecutor in the Southern District of New York who isn't currently in court or prepping for an upcoming trial has been drafted...

DOJ Explains Why It Hasn't Yet Released 2M Epstein Files

DOJ says it's deploying 400 lawyers to review files for victim privacy

(Newser) - The document dump in the Jeffrey Epstein case is still in its early innings, NBC News reports. The Justice Department told a federal judge Monday that more than 2 million additional files tied to the late financier are awaiting release, with a team of roughly 400 department lawyers now combing...

Sources Detail Why Trump Banned Epstein From Spa

Trump allegedly acted after 18-year-old Mar-a-Lago spa worker reported sexual pressure

(Newser) - Donald Trump's break with Jeffrey Epstein can be traced back to allegations from an 18-year-old spa worker, former employees say. According to ex-staffers from both Mar-a-Lago and Epstein's Palm Beach estate who spoke to the Wall Street Journal , Trump's club spent years sending mostly young female spa...

Balmoral Email Asks Ghislaine for 'Inappropriate Friends'

Emails link Maxwell to royal figure who went by 'A'

(Newser) - A newly released email chain from the Jeffrey Epstein files is casting attention on a mystery correspondent who appears to be writing from one of the royal family's most famous retreats. In August 2001, a man who signs his messages as "A" and calls himself "The Invisible...

New Epstein Files Document Trump Flights With Him

But all occurred before their falling out in the early 2000s

(Newser) - Another batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents has been released by the Justice Department, and President Trump's name comes up more often than in the first two. As the BBC reports, one document is a January 2020 email that references Trump's travels with Epstein in the 1990s. The names...

Show Us What You Have, Clinton Aide Tells DOJ

Former president doesn't need protection on Epstein files, spokesperson says

(Newser) - Bill Clinton's staff says that if the Justice Department has any incriminating information on him in the Jeffrey Epstein files, it should put it all on the table—now. On Monday, Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena urged the DOJ to release every Epstein-related document involving the former president as it...

DOJ Releases Files, Partly Complying With Epstein Law

Criticism follows incomplete trove, redactions

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday started putting out a massive batch of records tied to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, meeting part—but not all—of a disclosure mandate Congress imposed and President Trump signed into law last month. Officials said the release would ultimately total several hundred thousand pages, with...

Epstein Case Files Are Due by Midnight

Sources say there will be extensive redactions

(Newser) - The clock is ticking on the release of the Epstein files. By midnight Friday, the Trump administration is required by law to publish a trove of Jeffrey Epstein-related records that could expose new details about the sex offender's crimes and his links to prominent figures, including President Trump, the...

Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Judge to Toss Conviction

'Substantial new evidence' has emerged, convict argues in longshot bid for release

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, saying "substantial new evidence" has emerged proving that constitutional violations spoiled her trial.
  • Maxwell maintained in a habeas
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Clintons Face Threats of Contempt Over Epstein Probe

Comer threatens contempt proceedings as Clintons offer sworn statements only

(Newser) - A long-simmering clash between House Republicans and the Clintons over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation is nearing a decisive moment on Capitol Hill, the New York Times reports. Rep. James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who chairs the House Oversight Committee, is threatening to seek contempt of Congress charges if Bill and...

Judge: DOJ Can Unseal Ghislaine Maxwell Records

Documents, photos, etc., from Epstein confidant's case could be released within 10 days

(Newser) - The Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled after the Justice Department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts...

Ghislaine Maxwell Makes New Plea to Get Out of Prison

Convicted Epstein associate to file habeas corpus petition

(Newser) - Two months after getting shut down by the Supreme Court , Ghislaine Maxwell is trying again to get out of prison. In a court filing to US District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer on Wednesday, Maxwell's lawyers said she intends to file a habeas corpus petition for her release. The filing...

DOJ Goes Back to Judges With New Epstein Law

Filings argue for quick release of files

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Monday renewed its request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking cases, arguing the material should be made public under a new law requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and his longtime accomplice. The...

House Panel Gives Up on Maxwell Testifying

Imprisoned Epstein accomplice demanded immunity for answering lawmakers' questions

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will not answer questions from the House Oversight Committee about Epstein or the Justice Department's handling of his case, the panel's chairman said. Republican Rep. James Comer said Maxwell's legal team informed him that she will invoke...

Newly Released Epstein Emails Mention Trump by Name

'Of course he knew about the girls,' Epstein wrote in 2019

(Newser) - The Democrats on Wednesday released new emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, and two mention President Trump by name. Politico reports the documents were shared by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the committee's ongoing investigation into Epstein. ABC News reports three email...

Ghislaine's Next Move: A Plea for Commutation

Longtime Epstein associate reportedly working on formal application to White House

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell appears to be working on her next big move: a formal plea to President Trump to have her sentence commuted. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have obtained documents showing that Maxwell and her attorney are working on the application, report Politico and CBS News . "I am...

Ghislaine Email: I've Gone Through the 'Looking Glass'

Email excerpts published by NBC News describe her experience at Federal Prison Camp Bryan

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted for her role in facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of young women and teens, appears to be enjoying her new life at a minimum-security prison camp in Texas, relatively speaking. NBC News shares excerpts of emails sent by Maxwell that it obtained—it does not specify who...

Report: Prince Andrew Asked Cop to Find Dirt on Giuffre

Met Police investigating claims he targeted his accuser with his police protection detail

(Newser) - Prince Andrew could become the first member of the British royal family to be investigated by police in more than two decades, the Telegraph reports, noting Metropolitan Police are reviewing allegations that the prince tried to gather personal information about his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, using his police protection detail. The...

Book Excerpt: How Maxwell Lured Me Into Epstein's Web

Virginia Giuffre's account to be published after her death

(Newser) - Virginia Giuffre finished writing her memoir one year ago and told collaborator Amy Wallace that she wanted to be sure Nobody's Girl was released even if she wasn't alive to see it. Giuffre took her own life in April , and her book is due out next Tuesday . In...

Supreme Court Delivers Bad News to Ghislaine Maxwell

Justices decline to take up her appeal

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell has struck out at the Supreme Court. On their first day of a new term , justices declined to consider an appeal from the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, reports USA Today . As is customary, the judges did not explain their decision, per the AP . Maxwell is currently...

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