#jeffrey-epstein

#jeffrey-epstein

That list included President Donald Trump, ex-President Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson, Bruce Springsteen, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, California Sen. Adam Schiff (D), Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Barbara Streisand, ex-Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Barack Obama, among many others. Names appear in the files released under the Act in a wide variety of contexts, the letter noted.

The contrast is striking: In Europe, some people whose names come up in the Epstein files are facing consequences but in the U.S., not so much. European royals, government officials, politicians and others are losing jobs and titles over their connection to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. European law enforcement agencies are opening investigations based on recent troves of documents released by the U.S. government.

British police have set up a new national group to deal with allegations that Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking of women had ties to Britain, as well as claims against his associates, such as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. At least three British police forces are dealing with allegations triggered by the revelations about Epstein and his associates in documents released in the US, with more claims of wrongdoing expected by police officials.

Lawmakers' quest to uncover information related to the investigation of convicted sex offender and financier Jefferey Epstein continued this week. Members of the Trump administration testified before Congress, as did Epstein's convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Members of Congress are still seeking answers on the Justice Department's redactions in the files and the investigation overall. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom continues with its own reckoning.

My opinion is that his death was most likely caused by strangulation pressure rather than hanging. Given all the information now available, further investigation into the cause and manner of death is warranted, he said.

Bin Sulayem had been in contact with the disgraced financier for years, visiting his infamous private island in the Caribbean, where sex crimes allegedly occurred, and exchanging videos and links to porn sites and sex worker services, the Daily Beast reported, citing emails in the so-called Epstein files that have recently been released by the Justice Department.

"where are you? Are you ok , I loved the torture video," reads one email, allegedly sent by Jeffrey Epstein in 2009. The reply, from a redacted address, states: "I am in china I will be in the US 2nd week of may." Her face hovering over a screenshot of the exchange, a TikTok creator claims the timing aligns with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's schedule, before speculating that the word "torture" could refer to documented abuses of Palestinian detainees. The video has drawn close to 700,000 views.

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No, I wasn't aware of it, no, Trump said. I actually haven't spoken to him about it, but I from what I hear he was there with his wife and children and I guess in some cases some people were. I wasn't. I was never there. Somebody will someday say that. I was never there.