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President Donald Trump made the claim that the Justice Department’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were “made up” by former President Barack Obama, ex-FBI director James Comey and the Biden administration.
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced an amendment to a cryptocurrency bill set for a House vote this week that would compel Attorney General Pam Bondi to "retain, preserve and compile" Epstein-related records and release them within 30 days.
The Republican majority on the House Rules Committee voted against allowing the amendment to be added to the cryptocurrency-related "Genius Act."
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Jeffrey Epstein Hired Private Investigators to Intimidate FBI Agents: OfficialsLaw enforcement officials say the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker “put surveillance” on FBI agents investigating him two decades ago
The U.S. Attorney General declined to take questions about Jeffrey Epstein, or her relationship with the deputy FBI director Dan Bongino during a DOJ press conference on drug cartels.
Bondi’s non-disclosure after months of media appearances in which she teased looming bombshells has sparked outrage by many prominent Trump supporters as well as internal tensions with FBI
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida on two state felony charges, paid restitution to three dozen victims, and registered as a sex offender. A decade later, Epstein pleaded not guilty in New York to multiple charges, including sex trafficking.
The former Secret Service agent and conservative media personality is said to be weighing his resignation from the FBI.
There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death.
CNN's John Berman said this to GOP Rep. Mike Lawler, who said it is a "collosal waste of time" to talk about Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories: "Just so you know, it’s being covered because the Deputy Director of the FBI is said to have taken off work on Friday to protest the Justice Department’s own handling of this.
The Justice Department and FBI says it found no evidence Jeffrey Epstein kept a "client list," contradicting AG Pam Bondi's past suggestions.