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Senators Grill Lutnick Over Epstein Links

Commerce secretary defends 2012 visit to Epstein's island

(Newser) - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who previously claimed that he cut all ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, admitted to lawmakers Tuesday that he visited Epstein's private island with his family in 2012. "I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a...

Police Chief Said Trump Called Him About Epstein in 2006

'Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this'

(Newser) - When it became public knowledge that detectives in Palm Beach were investigating Jeffrey Epstein, one of the first people to call the police chief was Donald Trump, according to newly released Justice Department records. Then-Chief Michael Reiter told the FBI in 2019 that Trump told him in 2006, "Thank...

UK's Battered Leader Avoids Becoming Ex-Leader

Labour MPs unite around PM Keir Starmer amid Epstein fallout

(Newser) - Keir Starmer fights another day. After indirect fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a dramatic day of crisis that threatened to topple him, the UK prime minister was saved by a pugnacious fightback and hesitation among his rivals inside the governing Labour Party about the consequences of a leadership...

Bard Students Blast President's 'Gross' Epstein Emails

Leon Botstein says he can't remember if he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island

(Newser) - Bard College's longtime president has said he can't recall if he visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island, maintaining that his relationship with the billionaire financier was strictly professional. Newly released emails suggest otherwise. "I had a great time. The place is great," Leon Botstein wrote Epstein...

After Epstein Link Surfaces, Chappell Roan Dumps Agent

She's among artists dropping Casey Wasserman's talent agency over flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell

(Newser) - Chappell Roan is walking away from one of Hollywood's biggest agencies—and she's saying exactly why. The Grammy winner announced she has cut ties with Wasserman, the talent and sports agency run by Casey Wasserman, after his name surfaced in newly released court records related to Jeffrey Epstein....

King Charles: We'll Cooperate With Police on Andrew

Palace says king has 'profound concern' about Epstein allegations

(Newser) - King Charles sounds like he's had it with his disgraced brother Andrew. Buckingham Palace said Monday that it will cooperate with any police investigation—including in regard to new allegations the former prince shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as the UK's trade envoy about 15...

Ghislaine Maxwell Takes the Fifth
Ghislaine Maxwell
Takes the Fifth
Feb 9, 2026 11:50 AM CST

Ghislaine Maxwell Takes the Fifth

She appears before House panel but doesn't answer any questions

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell did indeed appear via video before a House committee on Monday, and lawmakers got the answers they expected: Zilch. The longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein took the Fifth on every question, reports the Wall Street Journal . "She answered no questions and provided no information," said Rep....

The Questions Maxwell Faces in House Deposition

She'll reportedly read a prepared statement, then invoke the Fifth

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell will show up for Congress—but she doesn't plan to say much. Her attorney says Maxwell will invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee on Monday, appearing via video from the Texas prison where she is serving a...

William, Kate 'Deeply Concerned' Over Epstein Revelations

Royals express sympathy for Epstein victims amid scrutiny of the former Prince Andrew

(Newser) - Prince William and Princess Catherine have broken their silence on the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosures. A Kensington Palace spokesperson said Monday the couple are "deeply concerned by the continuing revelations" from recently released US Justice Department files tied to Epstein, and that "their thoughts remain focused on the...

Norway Ambassador Steps Down Over Epstein Links

Foreign ministry investigates whether Epstein ties affected Mona Juul's work

(Newser) - Norway has lost a senior diplomat to the Jeffrey Epstein fallout. Mona Juul, Oslo's ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, stepped down Sunday after her government said newly released documents showed troubling contacts with the disgraced financier. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide called it "a serious lapse in judgment"...

Maxwell Had Behind-the-Scenes Role in Clinton World

Newly released emails detail funding, planning work for Clinton Global Initiative

(Newser) - Freshly unsealed Justice Department documents reveal how deeply Ghislaine Maxwell embedded herself in Bill Clinton's post-White House world—and how that differed from Jeffrey Epstein's role. Emails in the Epstein case files show Maxwell was heavily involved in getting the first Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference off the...

Epstein Fallout Costs Starmer His Chief of Staff

Morgan McSweeney had recommended ally with ties to sex offender for US ambassador

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's top aide resigned Sunday over the appointment of an ambassador to the US with ties to American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney had recommended Peter Mandelson, a longtime associate, for the position to the prime minister, a decision he said in a statement...

Epstein Files Clash With Lutnick's Account

Documents show investments, island visits, and emails years after claimed split

(Newser) - There's reason to think Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's contact with Jeffrey Epstein was more extensive than he has publicly suggested. Newly released files show the two men were co-investors in a company as late as 2014—years after Epstein's 2008 sex-crimes conviction, CBS News reports. Contract documents...

Epstein Scandal Could Bring Down UK Prime Minister

Starmer 'is now essentially a boxer on the ropes' after Mandelson revelations

(Newser) - Unlike many powerful people on both sides of the Atlantic, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein, but an Epstein scandal could still be his undoing. In what Henry Zeffman at the BBC says could be "the beginning of the end" for Starmer, even lawmakers from his...

Epstein Revelations Take Down Huge Law Firm Honcho

Emails show Paul, Weiss head Brad Karp visited Epstein's mansion, remained in touch until 2019

(Newser) - One of the country's most powerful corporate lawyers just stepped aside over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Brad Karp abruptly resigned Wednesday as chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison after newly released emails showed he remained in contact with Epstein up to 2019, the year the convicted...

Kimbal Musk Shows Up 140 Times in Epstein Files

Emails show frequent contact, island invitation sent to younger brother of Elon, who's also in the files

(Newser) - Kimbal Musk's name pops up quite a lot in the newest Jeffrey Epstein document dump —about 140 times, per the latest release from the Justice Department. The newly public emails, spanning 2012 to 2015, show Elon Musk's younger brother exchanging messages with Epstein and associates about parties,...

Email Flies in Face of Andrew's Denials of Meeting Giuffre

Giuffre family says newly released email vindicates her allegations

(Newser) - An email newly released by US authorities disputes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's claim that he never met Virginia Giuffre, the woman who said he had sex with her three times when she was a minor. The 2015 "draft statement," sent by "G Maxwell" to Jeffrey Epstein, describes being...

Bill Gates Rejects New Epstein Email Claims

'I don't know what his thinking was there,' he says of draft email written by Epstein

(Newser) - Bill Gates says a new batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents may mention him—but not accurately. In an interview with Australia's 9News , the Microsoft co-founder rejected draft emails Epstein apparently wrote to himself that suggest Gates used Epstein to arrange encounters with women and later contracted an STI that...

British Lord Resigns as Cops Probe Epstein Emails

Peter Mandelson, former ambassador to the US, may have shared insider information

(Newser) - British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The UK government says newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson—a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour...

Details of Epstein's Secret Trust Revealed

Girlfriend, brother, lawyer, and accountant, as well as Ghislaine Maxwell, are all listed as beneficiaries

(Newser) - Two days before his death in a Manhattan jail, Jeffrey Epstein quietly signed paperwork for a trust that set aside the bulk of his remaining fortune for his then-girlfriend and two longtime insiders, newly released federal records show. The 32-page document , called the 1953 Trust after Epstein's birth year,...

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