Coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein case files, including unsealed court documents, witness testimonies, and related investigations.
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At least eight countries in the EU have since launched nine investigations. Meanwhile, the U.S. launched a war on Iran.
Trump says strikes on Iran could last four to five weeks; Iran War leads to tensions and travel chaos across Middle East; Austin attack investigated as possible terrorism; Hours of Clinton depositions about Epstein released and more.
SCOTUS just ruled in favor of parents in a case out of California. Bill Clinton said Trump did nothing wrong in the Epstein case during his deposition ...
During a four-and-a-half-hour deposition before the House Oversight Committee on February 27, former President Bill Clinton addressed a viral photo from the Epstein files showing him in a hot tub with an unidentified woman whose face was redacted. Clinton said he was "almost sure" the image was taken at a hotel in Brunei during a trip for his AIDS initiative, adding that he was unaware the photo was being taken and that he did not know the woman's identity, though he stated she was not under 18 and that he had no sexual relations with her. A separate released photo showed Clinton swimming in a pool alongside Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The photos were released as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the Department of Justice to make files related to Epstein's sex trafficking investigation publicly available.
Republican Representative Thomas Massie has accused President Donald Trump of using U.S. strikes against Iran as a distraction from the ongoing Epstein files controversy, posting on X that "bombing a country on the other side of the globe won't make the Epstein files go away." The U.S. joined Israel in attacking Iran, resulting in the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, four American soldiers killed, and three U.S. fighter jets downed over Kuwait. Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna have been vocal advocates for full disclosure of the Epstein files, previously introducing a discharge petition and pressuring the DOJ to release redacted names. The DOJ attributed the initial omission of names such as Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Leslie Wexner to human error.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has claimed that President Trump launched military action against Iran to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein files, alleging that Trump and his wealthy allies — whom he calls the "Epstein class" — are willing to sacrifice American lives to protect their political interests. The Trump administration maintains the military action was necessary after negotiations to halt Iran's nuclear program failed. The "Epstein class" label has gained traction among Democrats, with Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff amplifying it at a recent rally, though the term was notably also used by former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she broke with Trump over the Epstein files.
Umar Dzhabrailov, a 67-year-old former Russian senator whose name appeared in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files, was found dead in a Moscow apartment on Monday in an apparent suicide, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. A gun was found next to his body, and unnamed law enforcement sources stated there was "no criminal element" in the death. Dzhabrailov had appeared in the Epstein files due to 2001 email exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell, whom he described as a "social friend," though being named in the files is not evidence of any wrongdoing. He had also previously survived a suicide attempt in 2020.
The House Oversight Committee released the full depositions of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday, following their separate closed-door testimonies last week regarding the committee's investigation into the Epstein files. Hillary Clinton denied ever meeting Epstein and accused the committee of using the hearings to distract from President Trump's own connections to Epstein, while Bill Clinton acknowledged a "cordial" relationship with Epstein, confirmed taking trips with him, and denied any illicit activity. Bill Clinton acknowledged that Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell attended his daughter Chelsea's wedding, but said he was unaware of her criminal activities at the time. Neither Clinton has been charged with any crime related to their association with Epstein, and the committee stated it was not accusing them of wrongdoing.
NPR reported that the Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Donald Trump. NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor, argues this constitutes an ongoing cover-up by Attorney General Pam Bondi's DOJ, drawing parallels to the Watergate scandal involving President Nixon and Attorney General John Mitchell.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie warned President Trump that the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, dubbed "Operation Epic Fury," cannot serve as a distraction from the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The strikes, which began Saturday and resulted in the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, launched shortly after Bill Clinton testified before the House Oversight Committee about his ties to Epstein. Several Republican figures, including Massie, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Sen. Rand Paul, have criticized the military action — with Paul arguing it was constitutionally improper without congressional approval. Early polling indicates only about one in four Americans supports the operation, which Trump has said could last four to five weeks.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky publicly stated that U.S. military strikes on Iran will not distract him from his push to release Epstein-related DOJ files, accusing Trump of using foreign policy crises as a deflection tactic. Massie, along with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, has condemned the Iran strikes as unconstitutional, arguing that Congress must vote to authorize acts of war under the Constitution. The two lawmakers plan to force a congressional vote on the military action when Congress reconvenes. The strikes reportedly hit a girls' school in Iran, killing at least 43 students, according to Iranian state media.