May 06 WATCH: Comer says Commerce Secretary Lutnick hasn't been '100% truthful' about Epstein's island By Associated Press Rep. James Comer told reporters as he entered the closed-door interview that Lutnick had in the past not been “100% truthful” about whether he had ever visited Epstein’s infamous private island. Continue reading
May 04 Who is Howard Lutnick and what's his connection to Jeffrey Epstein? By Hannah Grabenstein, Joshua Barajas The extent of Lutnick’s relationship with Epstein came under heavy scrutiny after he gave contradictory statements about his ties to the disgraced financier. Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: Trump 'OK' with public Epstein survivor hearings By Steff Staples "I'm OK with it," he told PBS News' Liz Landers during a media availability outside the White House. "I think we've had a lot of public hearings. I'm OK with it, but I understand that the women didn't want to… Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH: First lady Melania Trump denies any ties to Jeffrey Epstein and calls for survivors' testimony By Collin Binkley, Will Weissert, Associated Press Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his sex crimes, saying Thursday that the “stories are completely false” and calling accusations that she was somehow involved “smears about me.”… Continue reading
Apr 03 Fact-checking key moments in Bondi's tenure as Trump's attorney general By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Zoe Weyand, PolitiFact PolitiFact has fact-checked Bondi since 2010, during her Florida attorney general run, a seat she held from 2011 to 2019. Here are some key moments and falsehoods from her year-plus in the nation’s top law enforcement spot. Continue reading
Apr 02 Trump fires Bondi as attorney general By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press President Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively… Continue reading
Mar 20 Epstein's former attorney testifies to House committee, says he didn't know about the abuse By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Darren Indyke who worked as Epstein's attorney for roughly two decades claims he "had no knowledge whatsoever" of the abuse. Continue reading
Mar 11 British prime minister was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Mandelson, files show By Jill Lawless, Brian Melley, Associated Press Concerns were raised in a document sent to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in December 2024 when he was considering appointing Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 3:31 DOJ releases Epstein files containing sexual assault allegations against Trump By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz The Department of Justice released a batch of previously unreleased documents from the Epstein files that include notes from FBI interviews with a woman who says she was assaulted by President Trump when she was a minor. The woman alleges… Continue watching
Mar 04 House committee votes to subpoena Bondi to answer questions over Epstein files By Alanna Durkin Richer, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Five Republicans joined Democrats to support the subpoena proposed by GOP Rep. Nancy Mace in a sign of continued frustration among conservatives with the department's review and release of a tranche of documents related to the disgraced financier. Continue reading