Epstein case: Survivor says Trump friendship was Jeffrey’s ‘biggest brag’; victims urge Congress to release files

US President Donald Trump (AP) Jeffrey Epstein’s “biggest brag” was his friendship with Donald Trump, a victim said Wednesday as survivors of the disgraced financier renewed calls for Congress to release all files from the Justice Department’s long-running investigation.Chauntae Davies, who has accused Epstein of abuse, told reporters that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell flaunted their […]

‘Democrat hoax’: Trump rejects push to release more Epstein files; calls effort distraction from his success in office

US President Donald Trump (AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday brushed aside renewed demands to release additional Jeffrey Epstein files, dismissing the effort as a political distraction from his record in office.“This is a Democratic hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about the Epstein records.“From what I […]

Who is Robert Mueller? Ex-FBI boss diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease; led Russia investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign

File photo of Robert Mueller (Pic credit: PTI) Former FBI director Robert Mueller, best known for leading the Russia investigation into Donald Trump‘s 2016 presidential campaign, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his family confirmed to The New York Times.Mueller, 81, received the diagnosis in 2021 and formally retired from public life the following year […]

‘The architect of Epstein’s Deal’: Why Alex Acosta is back in the hot seat — His 2008 decision, the fallout, and what happens next

The House Oversight Committee has confirmed that former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta will appear voluntarily before lawmakers next month, thrusting his controversial role in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal back into the spotlight, reported NBC News.The man who cut Epstein a “sweetheart deal”Acosta was the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 2008 when […]

No Epstein grand jury transcript unsealing: Judge rejects DOJ’s request; testimony called ‘hearsay’

A federal judge in Manhattan has denied the US government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the sex trafficking case against late financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying the records offer limited value compared to the wider case file already held by the department of justice, reported news agency AP.The ruling on Wednesday by US […]

Fact-Checking Trump on Epstein – The New York Times

new video loaded: Fact-Checking Trump on Epstein By Linda Qiu, Claire Hogan, June Kim and Zach Wood•August 14, 2025 For the most part, President Trump has ignored questions about Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender who paid teenage girls for sex. He has brushed off the matter as a “hoax” without elaborating, and he has […]

Epstein connection controversy: Hunter Biden dismisses Melania Trump’s defamation threat; claims, ‘That’s not going to happen’

Hunter Biden and Melania Trump (AP images) Former president Joe Biden‘s son Hunter Biden has openly dismissed First Lady Melania Trump’s threat to sue him for $1 billion unless he retracts comments linking her to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.““F–k that. That’s not going to happen,” Biden said during an interview […]

‘Connections wide and deep’: Melania Trump puts Hunter Biden on $1B notice over Jeffrey Epstein link; calls claims ‘false and defamatory’

Melania Trump, Hunter Biden (AP) US First Lady Melania Trump has issued a $1 billion legal notice to Hunter Biden, alleging that he made “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” about her regarding her connections with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. She is demanding that he remove the content, retract his statements, and issue a […]

Birthday letters to photographs: New Epstein files reveal private life, mansion secrets; high-profile names emerge

A collection of previously unseen letters from prominent individuals, along with rare photographs, was unveiled by The New York Times on Tuesday, taken inside the Manhattan Upper East Side mansion of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.For Epstein’s 63rd birthday, letters from high-profile individuals like director Woody Allen, linguist Noam Chomsky were reportedly compiled, many reflecting […]