John Elway won't be charged after friend's death is ruled an accident
Sperbeck died in April at age 62 after he fell from a golf cart that reportedly was being driven by Elway, 65. On Monday, the Riverside County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office announced that it 'determined that the incident was a tragic accident with no evidence of criminal activity or intent.'
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GOP senators want nothing to do with Trump-Epstein-MAGA controversy
Senate Republicans are scrambling to steer clear of the controversy exploding within their MAGA-aligned party's base over allegations the Trump administration is hiding information related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his 'clients.' President Trump is facing what may be the biggest backlash he's ever encountered from usually loyal activists, such as former national security adviser Michael Flynn and prominent conservative activist Laura Loomer. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are coming under tremendous pressure from MAGA activists to provide more information about the people who may have been involved in Epstein's alleged sex trafficking activities, even though the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI concluded in a memo that there is no 'incriminating 'client list.'' Republican lawmakers don't want to go near the Epstein controversy that divides their base. They already have their hands full responding to political attacks from Democrats on Trump's tariff policies and on the Medicaid spending cuts they passed into law this month, along with trillions of dollars in tax relief and new spending on border security and defense. 'I'll leave that up to DOJ and to the FBI. I think that's in their purview. I think the president's expressed his views on it and so I'll just leave it at that,' Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday. Trump pushed back on some of his most loyal supporters Saturday and defended Bondi after MAGA-aligned activists took shots at her handling of the Epstein case and related files at a student action summit hosted by the activist group Turning Point USA in Tampa, Fla., this weekend. 'For years, it's Epstein, over and over again,' Trump posted on Truth Social, implying Democrats have pushed the clamor of Epstein's files. 'Why are we giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden administration,' he wrote, referring to former Presidents Obama and Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Monday that Bondi has done enough to provide transparency on what government investigators know about Epstein and his illicit activities. Asked if Bondi has been forthcoming enough with information, Grassley told The Hill: 'What I know now, yes.' 'With anything in government, I always urge the greatest of transparency,' he said. 'I'm not saying they're coming up short there but that's just a good principle of government, as far as I'm concerned.' Asked if the Justice Department needs to provide more information about Epstein-related documents, Grassley said: 'I think I've said all I should say.' Conservative activists have zeroed in on Bondi's statement in February implying the Epstein files were 'sitting on her desk.' The joint Justice Department-FBI memo released last week stated that much of the Epstein-related material is 'subject to court-ordered sealing' and 'only a fraction of this material would have been aired publicly had Epstein gone to trial.' The Justice Department and FBI said there was 'no credible evidence' Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. And the memo dismissed theories Epstein was murdered in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on Aug. 10, 2019, stating the finding that he died by suicide was supported by video footage. GOP lawmakers are ready to accept the administration's explanation of its handling of the issue, despite the uproar from the party's base. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Intelligence Committee, said he's leaving the handling of all Epstein-related matters to Trump. Cornyn and other Republicans don't seem at all inclined to endorse activists' calls for Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the alleged Epstein files. 'I trust the president to handle it the way he deems appropriate,' Cornyn said Monday. Trump has expressed his irritation with the relentless focus of some conservative social media influencers and activists on the possibility of a cover-up to protect wealthy and powerful figures who consorted with Epstein and the underage girls he allegedly trafficked. The president expressed his disgust with the topic when a reporter asked him about Epstein at a July 8 Cabinet meeting. 'Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?' Trump asked, appearing annoyed by the question. 'This guy's been talked about for years,' he said. 'We have [the flooding in] Texas, we have this, we have all of the things. And are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable.' But Republican strategists are starting to acknowledge that dismissing the controversy and moving on to new topics isn't working for Trump, at least at the moment. 'I think this administration is definitely going to have some second thoughts about their strategy. Ultimately, they will have to put out more information. I just don't see how the current strategy is sustainable to say, 'Everything's out there and there are other issues that are more important.' That's not a winning message, and it's not a message that's going to go over well,' said Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and former Senate aide. 'I think the strategy has to change by the administration,' he added. Loomer, a prominent activist who seems to have Trump's ear on key executive-branch appointments, warned in a Saturday post on the social platform X that the 'lack of results at the DOJ and lack of transparency' could 'cost the GOP House and Senate seats.' 'Don't say I didn't warn you,' she warned. A Trump-aligned strategist who requested anonymity said Trump's team would likely offer a 'half-measure' concession to prominent conservative influencers and activists in an attempt to tamp down the controversy. 'Various portions of the MAGA base kind of feel like this is a key item. It's really MAGA-specific. It's something that's being battled over more in the conservative media,' the strategist said. 'I think they're going to try to release as little as possible, because there are all sorts of issues with this stuff, legally.' 'It's one of the rare things that I've seen where — at least as of right now — where the president takes a different position and MAGA doesn't fall right into line immediately. There's been a little pushback. Is it going to cost seats? I don't know,' the source added. 'Bondi overpromised and underdelivered. It's an unforced error,' the strategist argued. Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, told conservative influencer Benny Johnson in an interview Monday that the administration would release more information related to Epstein's alleged crimes. 'There needs to be more transparency. I think that will happen. I know this is important to the president. He is frustrated,' Lara Trump told Johnson. 'He is going to want to set things right. I believe there will be more coming, and anything they are able to release, they will try to get out. They hear it and understand it,' she added. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who has been outspoken about shedding more light on Epstein's criminal activities, said last week that she hoped to 'uncover' more information. 'For years, I have fought to expose the business associates of Jeffrey Epstein and those who were bankrolling his trafficking ring,' she wrote in a social media post last week after the Justice Department and FBI released their joint memo. 'Human trafficking generates more than $150 billion a year in profits, and I remain committed to breaking apart the human trafficking rings that ensnare innocent victims in modern-day slavery. I'm hopeful we can still uncover this information from the financial records to assist law enforcement in locking up vile criminals,' she said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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City of Seattle ordered to come up with plan to address public lewdness at Denny Blaine Park
The city of Seattle has been ordered to come up with a plan to address the 'public nusiances' at Denny Blaine Park. This comes after a court granted an injunction that was brought fourth by the group 'Denny Blaine Park For All,' a neighbor association. The group was calling for the closure of Denny Blaine Park following 'nearly daily' instances of public masturbation, sex acts and drug use. The neighborhood group argued in their injunction that the city has not taken action to address these problems, and that the 'city is refusing to even comply with its own code of conduct which prohibits nudity, not to mention sexual acts,' according to the injunction. In the injunction, the city did not dispute most of the allegations and countered that nudity has been practiced at Denny Blaine Park for years. The city said in the injunction that nudity itself is not considered a nuisance, but the sex acts are. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Group files suit against city of Seattle over multiple instances of lewd acts at park 'While the city has indeed taken action to alleviate parking problems, it has elected not to reduce or eliminate nudity and sexual problems at the park,' the injunction read. The court ruled that the city has 14 days to submit a plan of abatement. It also ruled against the neighborhood group's request to have the park closed immediately. "Today's decisiongranted the injunction andconfirmsthe City has failed to stop ongoing illegal activity at Denny Blaine Park — including public sex and masturbation, indecent exposure, and lewd conduct. The injunction is a necessary step to make the park safe for everyone, giving the City two weeks to do what it has ignored for years: respond to very real complaints and restore public safety," the Denny Blaine Park for All community group said in a statement. KIRO 7 has reached out to the city of Seattle for comment and has yet to hear back. It's unclear what the next course of action is after the city sends its abatement plan.
