REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS IMAGE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY, AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY.
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Epstein Files Fallout & Controversy
The Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files is under greater scrutiny this week after it was revealed that records involving accusations against President Trump were missing from the public records release. The files have exposed Epstein’s vast global web of associates, which have led to some arrests of his former friends abroad, and yet few in America have been held to account.
Joining guest moderator and staff writer at The Atlantic, Vivian Salama, to discuss this and more:
- Andrew Desiderio, Senior Congressional Reporter, Punchbowl News
- Sarah Fitzpatrick, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
- Stephen Hayes, Editor, The Dispatch
- Tarini Parti, White House Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
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