Ghislaine Maxwell asks Supreme Court to overturn conviction
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, urged the Supreme Court to take up her pending appeal and overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, claiming she was covered by an agreement Epstein made with federal authorities that shielded her from prosecution. While in Scotland, President Donald Trump again didn't rule out pardoning Maxwell, saying that he's allowed to grant clemency to the convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate. CNN's chief legal affairs correspondent reports.
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Bystanders confront man after 11 injured in Walmart stabbing
A 42-year-old suspect was taken into custody after deputies responded to a stabbing at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, on Saturday, Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea said. Seven of the eleven victims are in fair condition and four are in serious condition as of Sunday morning, according to Munson Healthcare.
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Video shows passengers evacuating plane onto runway
More than 150 passengers on an American Airlines flight departing from Denver International Airport were evacuated onto the runway after a 'possible landing gear incident' left one person injured and sparked a fire, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Friend describes pastor's ICE detention
CNN's Victor Blackwell speaks to the family friend of a detained pastor, Daniel Fuentes Espinal. Espinal, who fled Honduras 24 years ago to escape poverty and violence, is waiting to hear when he will face an immigration judge after his arrest this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Farmworkers in constant fear amid ICE raids
Facing constant threats of deportation, undocumented farmworkers in California must decide whether to show up to work the busy harvest season or stay safe from ICE. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones heads to Ventura County where she speaks to worried farmers and their increasingly fearful laborers.
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Trump rails against windmills again
President Donald Trump urged European leaders to 'stop the windmills' when reporters asked him questions at the airport in Glasgow, Scotland. This isn't the first time in recent memory that the president has directed his ire at the renewable energy source.
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Investigators share details of how hard Xana Kernodle fought Kohberger
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Investigators reveal findings from Kohberger's phone
CNN's Jean Casarez sat down with Idaho State Police lead investigator on the Bryan Kohberger case, Lt. Darren Gilbertson, who shared details about what was found on Kohberger's phone during the investigation. Gilbertson sheds light on the Kohberger investigation, including how police found screenshots and pictures of news coverage of the attack on Kohberger's phone.
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Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting?
Tensions are rising between Thailand and Cambodia over a border dispute that dates back to 1907. CNN's Will Ripley explains how the conflict has escalated.
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CNN reports from Gaza aid crossing
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Almost 50 missing as plane crashes in Russia
Dozens of civilians are feared dead, including children, after a Soviet era passenger jet crashed in Russia's far east Amur Region. Burning wreckage was discovered by rescuers just 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the Tynda airport, the plane's destination.
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Erin Burnett on the significance of Trump knowing he's in the Epstein files
CNN's Erin Burnett explains how reports that President Trump was briefed that he is named in the Epstein files shine a light on his recent denials of that exact claim.
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Judge declines to release Epstein grand jury documents
A Florida federal judge declined to release additional grand jury documents from the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, marking the first roadblock in the Justice Department's efforts to quell the public backlash over the handling of the case. CNN's Evan Perez reports.
02:43 - Source: CNN
Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison
Bryan Kohberger has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students.
01:29 - Source: CNN
Fans pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
Fans have gathered in Ozzy Osbourne's hometown to pay tribute to the former Black Sabbath singer, who died yesterday at the age of 76. One of them told CNN's Salma Abdelaziz that Osbourne will 'live on forever in his music.'
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Hot Chinese brands are coming to America
Chinese brands like Luckin Coffee, Pop Mart, and HEYTEA are expanding in the United States, despite the ongoing trade war. CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich and Marc Stewart report from two different continents on why the companies covet American customers.
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Metal legend Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76-years-old
Ozzy Osbourne, the hellraising frontman of Black Sabbath and reality TV star, has died aged 76. CNN's Stephanie Elam looks back at the legendary career as the Godfather of Heavy Metal.
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Newly uncovered photos show Jeffrey Epstein attended Trump's wedding in 1993
Photos from Trump's 1993 wedding and video footage from 1999 Victoria's Secret fashion show shed light on Trump-Epstein relationship. CNN's Andrew Kaczynski has the story.
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Missing child case from 46 years ago reopened
A federal appeals court overturned the verdict of Pedro Hernandez, the bodega worker who was found guilty in 2017 of kidnapping and murdering Etan Patz in 1979. Patz was 6 years old when he disappeared on the first day he was allowed to walk alone to his school bus stop in New York City.
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US citizen among Druze executed in Syria
Hosam Saraya, a 35-year-old Syrian-American from Oklahoma, was among eight men, all family members, rounded up and killed in an execution-style attack amid an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria this month. The violence flared between Syrian Druze groups and Bedouin tribes in the Druze-majority Suwayda province. Video geolocated by CNN shows a group of men, Saraya included, being marched to their death.
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Epstein's brother vividly details relationship between Trump and Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark, tells CNN's Erin Burnett about his brother's 'very close' friendship with Donald Trump in the 1990s.
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Stephen Colbert addresses 'The Late Show' cancellation
'Cancel culture has gone too far,' Stephen Colbert told the audience as he began his first post-cancellation episode of 'The Late Show.' The host went on to fire back at Trump's Truth Social post celebrating the announcement by CBS. The episode also featured cameos by late night talk show hosts including Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, John Oliver and Seth Meyers.
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Fire tornado rips through Turkish forest
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Breonna Taylor's mother speaks out on officer's sentencing
CNN's Laura Coates speaks with Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor's mother, about the sentencing of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison. He was given three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly 2020 Breonna Taylor raid.
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Trump calls Manhattan shooting suspect 'crazed lunatic,' after gunman kills four
Trump commented on the Midtown Manhattan shooting on Truth Social while on a trip to Scotland. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has been briefed in the Midtown Manhattan shooting that took the lives of at least four people, including a New York City police officer. "I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence," Trump said in a Truth Social Post. "My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, who made the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless the New York Police Department, and God Bless New York!" More: Gunman kills four, injures five in rush-hour attack at Manhattan skyscraper The shooting in a commercial real estate building, 345 Park Ave, on July 28 occurred not far from the president's longtime New York City residence and retail space Trump Tower. Police say they are investigating the alleged gunman's motives. The 27-year-old Nevada man is accused of fatally shooting at least four people before killing himself. Trump currently resides in Palm Beach, Florida, and is presently on a trip to Scotland. He said the shooting was "tragic" and referred to Manhattan as "a place that I know and love" in a social media post hours after he cut the ribbon at his Aberdeen golf property expansion and played an inaugural round at the course that is set to open later this month.
Yahoo
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Major cyber attack closes hundreds of pharmacies across Russia
Hundreds of pharmacies have been forced to close across Russia due to a major cyberattack. The Stolichki pharmacy chain, which has around 900 stores across the Moscow region, closed on late Tuesday morning, followed by Neofarm, which also has stores in the Russian capital. It has left thousands of customers unable to access medication. It is unclear when the chains are expected to reopen. It comes a day after Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot was rocked by a major attack, leading to dozens of flight cancellations and delays on Monday and again this morning. The Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans hacker group, which support Ukraine, claim to have been lurking in Aeroflot's systems for a year and have now carried out a 'large-scale operation' that led to the 'complete compromise and destruction' of Aeroflot's internal IT infrastructure. In a rare admission of vulnerability, the Kremlin said reports of a cyberattack against Aeroflot were 'worrying'. The second day of cyberattacks came hours after Ukraine was rocked by a series of overnight Russian attacks, which killed 27 people. Four powerful Russian glide bombs hit a prison in Zaporizhzhia, authorities said. They killed at least 16 inmates and wounded more than 90 others, Ukraine's Justice Ministry said. Meanwhile, a 23-year-old pregnant woman was among those killed in a strike on a maternity hospital in the central region of Dnipro. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said the strikes were 'deliberate', highlighting that they came just hours after Donald Trump reduced the deadline for Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire. 'These were conscious, deliberate strikes — not accidental,' he said on Telegram. The Kremlin pushed back, with a top Putin mouthpiece warning the US president against 'playing the ultimatum game with Russia.' 'Russia isn't Israel or even Iran,' former president Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of the country's Security Council, said in response to Mr Trump's threats. 'Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country,' he added. 01:57 PM BST Thanks for following our live coverage Thanks for following our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. It has now ended. Here's a summary of today's events: Russian strikes killed at least 27 people and injured 80 more overnight Strikes targeted a prison in Zaporizhzhia and a maternity hospital in Dnipro, where a 23-year-old pregnant woman was killed The strikes came hours after Donald Trump issued a new deadline of 'about 10 or 20 days' to end the conflict or face tough sanctions The UK condemned Russia's overnight attacks, claiming it is 'not serious' about peace Hundreds of pharmacies across Russia - primarily in Moscow - are closed due to a cyberattack The Kremlin insisted it remains 'committed' to peace in Ukraine hours after it killed dozens of people in overnight strikes We'll be back soon with more updates and analysis. 01:52 PM BST Pictured: Injured prisoner after Russian drone strike 01:35 PM BST US 'likely moved nuclear weapons to UK' amid Russian threats The US likely stationed some of its nuclear weapons arsenal in the UK for the first time since 2008 amid Russian threats, according to reports. On July 16, a US military aircraft flew from a US nuclear weapons depot at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico to an airbase in in Lakenheath, England, according to open-source data. The C-17 transport aircraft flew with its transponder on -- making its location publicly visible - and involved the US Air Force's Prime Nuclear Airlift Force, Bloomberg reported. The weapons deliveries likely comprise of the B61-12 thermonuclear bombs, a newer tactical nuclear weapon first developed during the Cold War, the outlet reported, citing defence analysts. 01:02 PM BST Unidentified drone crashes in Minsk An unidentified drone flying over the Belarusian capital of Minsk was downed by the military overnight, its defence ministry said. The drone crashed into an apartment building and hit a parked car, according to local media. No injuries were reported. The defence ministry said air defence forces detected the unmanned aerial vehicle around 2am local time and intercepted it using electronic warfare systems. Investigators claim it was carrying a warhead filled with explosive material. 12:18 PM BST UK condemns Russia's overnight attacks The UK has condemned Russia's overnight attacks, claiming it is 'not serious' about peace. 'Russia is terrorising Ukrainian civilians,' the UK embassy in Kyiv said in a post on X. 'Last night glide bombs hit a detention facility, killing at least 16 and injuring 35. 'A maternity hospital was damaged, and 2 people died. 'The Kremlin is not serious about peace. The UK will continue to ramp up the pressure on Russia.' 11:54 AM BST Hundreds of Russian pharmacies hit by cyberattack Hundreds of pharmacies across Russia - primarily in Moscow - are closed due to a cyberattack, according to reports. The Stolichki pharmacy chain, which has around 900 stores across the Moscow region, has been forced to close. Accounting systems are not working, with employees sent home as a result. It comes a day after Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot was rocked by a major attack, leading to dozens of flight cancellations and delays. 11:17 AM BST Strip young Ukrainian men of benefits, says German politician Ukrainian men of fighting age should be stripped of social benefits in Germany, the right-wing CSU party - the sister party of Merz's CDU - has said. Stephan Mayer, the CSU's foreign policy spokesman, said it did not make sense that Ukrainian who should be serving in their army were on benefits in Germany. 'The citizen's allowance for male Ukrainians of military age must finally be ended . If almost 151,000 Ukrainians between the ages of 18 and 63 are receiving social benefits from us, then something is wrong,' he said. 'This group of people is not entitled to this social benefit and must either work here in Germany or perform military service in Ukraine.' 10:53 AM BST Kremlin insists it remains 'committed' to peace The Kremlin has insisted it remains 'committed' to peace in Ukraine hours after it killed 22 people in overnight strikes. A spokesperson for Vladimir Putin also said it had 'taken note' of Donald Trump's threat to impose heavy sanctions on Russia in '10 or 12 days' if he does agree to peace. Moscow added that there had been a 'slowdown' in an attempt to restore relations the US against the backdrop of Mr Trump's repeated threats. 'There is indeed a slowdown,' Dmitry Peskov told reporters answering a question about Moscow's ties with Washington, adding: 'We would like to see more dynamics. We are interested in this. In order to move forward, we need impulses from both sides'. 10:48 AM BST Trump opens golf course in Scotland Donald Trump is speaking at the opening of a new golf course in Scotland. Yesterday he revealed at Trump Turnberry that he was reducing his deadline for Vladimir Putin to agree to peace in Ukraine. We're not sure if he's going to address the war in Ukraine this morning but you can follow live coverage here. 10:46 AM BST Russian shelling kills five in Kharkiv Russian shelling of Ukraine's north-east Kharkiv region killed five people and wounded three, local police said this morning. 'According to preliminary data, five civilians were killed and three more were wounded to varying degrees as a result of the shelling,' the police said on Telegram, adding that Russia struck the area 'presumably with a multiple launch rocket system'. 10:39 AM BST Russia's Aeroflot cancels more flights after cyberattack Russian airline Aeroflot cancelled dozens more flights today after it was rocked by a major cyberattack. Two pro-Ukraine hacking groups claimed on Monday to have carried out a year-long operation to penetrate Aeroflot's network. They said they had crippled 7,000 servers, extracted data on passengers and employees and gained control over the personal computers of staff, including senior managers. The Interfax news agency said Aeroflot had cancelled 59 round-trip flights from Moscow on Monday out of a planned 260. It said that a further 22 flights out of Moscow and 31 into the capital were cancelled today so far. 10:09 AM BST German politician secretly fights for Ukraine A 22-year-old member of Germany's hard-right AfD revealed he has been secretly fighting for Ukraine, meaning he could be expelled from the party. Tim Schramm, deputy chairman of the AfD (Alternative for Germany) district association in Wuppertal, first arrived in Ukraine in 2022, delivering aid, Die Welt reported. By 2024, he had joined the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces (TDF) and served on the eastern front, taking part in combat operations against Russian troops. Speaking to he described Russia as an 'authoritarian country permeated with propaganda'. 'The Ukrainian fight is also a German one,' he said. 09:47 AM BST Pictured: Aftermath of overnight attacks 09:18 AM BST Russian strike on Ukraine prison was 'deliberate', says Zelensky Volodymyr Zelensky has said that a Russian airstrike on a prison in Ukraine was 'not accidental' and that Russia 'must be compelled to stop the killing and make peace.' 'It was a deliberate strike, intentional, not accidental. The Russians could not have been unaware that they were targeting civilians in that facility,' the Ukrainian president said in a statement on social media. 09:04 AM BST Zelensky: Russia deserves 'very harsh' sanctions after attacks Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia deserves 'very harsh, painful' sanctions after overnight attacks killed at least 22 people, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman. 'Every killing of our people by the Russians, every Russian strike – at a time when a ceasefire could have long been in place, if not for Russia's refusal – all of this shows that Moscow deserves very harsh, truly painful, and therefore just and effective sanctions pressure,' the Ukrainian president said. 'They must be compelled to stop the killing and make peace.' 08:32 AM BST Opinion: Vladimir Putin has finally run out of time President Donald Trump has issued a new ultimatum to Russia. A bold move, but is Putin likely to accede to Trump's demands? Russia's most recent conduct suggests no. Hours before Trump's statement, Russia launched a drone and missile barrage against Ukraine that forced Poland to scramble fighter jets over its airspace. Russian official rhetoric has been equally bellicose. In response to Trump's statement, former president Dmitry Medvedev warned that the US was taking a step towards war with Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has declared that 'Russia is fighting alone against the entire West'. But Putin's determination to call Trump's bluff is a dangerous miscalculation. He appears to have predicted that Trump would withdraw military support for Ukraine upon taking office and hand Russia a blank cheque for further aggression, but these assumptions were mistaken. Trump has now earmarked Russia as the sole obstruction to peace in Ukraine and is devising a robust deterrence policy. 08:07 AM BST Pictured: Ukrainian troops defend Dnipropetrovsk Ukrainian troops have been defending Dnipropetrovsk, which has come under an increasing number of attacks by Russian forces. Over the weekend, the Russian army said its forces had 'liberated' the village of Maliyevka, weeks after it seized the first settlement in the region. The region was not one of the five illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin in 2022 but the Russian president has threatened to take further territory from Ukraine if it does not agree to give up territory. 07:46 AM BST Ukrainian drones strike Russian train station Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on a train station in Russia's Rostov overnight, local officials have said. Videos shared online show a large blaze burning at a railway station, sparking travel chaos in the region. Located near the Azov Sea and bordering Ukraine, Rostov plays a key logistical role in Russia's war effort due to its proximity to the front line. Credit: @JayinKyiv / X 07:32 AM BST Kyiv accuses Russia of war crimes in overnight strikes A senior Ukrainian official has accused Russia of committing a war crime by striking a prison in Zaporizhzhia. Andriy Yermak, a senior adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky, said: 'Russia has struck a correctional facility in the Zaporizhzhia region. Sixteen people are confirmed dead, and 35 injured. Nearby residential buildings have been destroyed. 'This is yet another war crime committed by the Russians — and they won't stop unless they are stopped.' 07:20 AM BST Ukraine reacts to Trump deadline Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, hailed Mr Trump's 'clear stance' towards Putin that came 'right on time, when a lot can change through strength for real peace'. 'Today, there was an extremely significant statement by President Trump. And it is true: it is Russia who is doing everything to undermine peace efforts and drag out the war,' the Ukrainian president said in his evening address. 'Every night there are strikes, constant Russian attempts to hurt Ukraine. Indeed, peace is possible if we act strongly and decisively, and we have repeatedly said—and all partners know this—that sanctions are a key element.' 07:06 AM BST As it happened: Trump shortens Putin deadline for ceasefire Donald Trump gave Vladimir Putin less than two weeks to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine or face heavy sanctions. Speaking to reporters yesterday alongside Sir Keir Starmer at his Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland, the US president said he was 'very disappointed' with Putin over continued strikes against Ukrainian civilian targets. He announced he would be reducing an earlier 50-day deadline to end the war in 'about 10 or 12 days', starting immediately, because did not see 'any progress' being made towards a ceasefire. Mr Trump had threatened earlier this month to impose 'very severe' tariffs on countries that trade with Russia if it did not agree to a ceasefire by Sept 5. 'We thought we had that [ceasefire] settled numerous times, and then president Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever,' he said. 'You have bodies lying all over the street, and I say that's not the way to do it. So we'll see what happens with that.' 07:01 AM BST 20 killed across Ukraine At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, regional officials said this morning. Russia carried out eight strikes on the Zaporizhzhia region, hitting a prison, according to Ivan Fedorov, the head of the military administration. '16 people were killed, 35 were wounded,' he said on Telegram, adding that the premises were destroyed and that nearby houses were damaged. People were also killed and more wounded in attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to regional government officials. A missile strike on the city of Kamyanske killed two people, wounded five and damaged a hospital, Sergiy Lysak, head of the regional military administration said on Telegram. Another person was killed and several wounded in an attack on the region's Synelnykivsky district, he said. In a separate attack on Velykomykhaylivska, Monday night, a '75-year-old woman was killed. A 68-year-old man was wounded. A private house was damaged,' he posted on Telegram. 07:00 AM BST Welcome to our live coverage Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. We'll bring you the latest news and analysis throughout the day. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Newsweek
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Jeffrey Epstein Had 'Dirt' on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Brother Says
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Jeffrey Epstein said he had "dirt" on President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton serious enough that it could have canceled the 2016 presidential election if revealed publicly, according to his brother. Mark Epstein said he was never told what the "dirt" was and does not have any evidence linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein's criminal sexual abuse and trafficking of young girls. Newsweek contacted the White House and Hillary Clinton's office out of office hours for comment. Why It Matters Trump has experienced a widespread backlash, including from parts of his MAGA base, since a memo by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI in July stated there was no evidence of a blackmail plot by Jeffrey Epstein and there would be no new charges against the financier's associates. Some commentators have suggested they were led to believe there would be major new revelations following public statements from Trump administration officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi. U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media at Trump Turnberry golf club in Scotland on July 28, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media at Trump Turnberry golf club in Scotland on July 28, to Know Mark Epstein told BBC Newsnight: "In the 2016 election, we were talking about the election and Jeffrey told me that if he said what he knew about the candidates, they would have to cancel the election." Trump and Hillary Clinton were the candidates for the Republicans and the Democrats, respectively, in 2016. Trump and Hillary Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, have always denied knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal sexual abuse of minors. Newsweek is unable to verify Mark Epstein's claims. Mark Epstein gave an interview to the BBC's Newsnight in the U.K. on Friday, July 25, in which he argued the New York financier did not commit suicide in his jail cell in 2019, contrary to the official decision by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson. He was then asked whether he thought Jeffrey Epstein "knew things about powerful people," by interviewer Matt Chorley. "Absolutely," he replied, "I believe so, yes. Jeffrey mentioned he had dirt on people. He didn't tell me what he knew. But he led me to believe that he had dirt on people. "In the 2016 election, we were talking about the election and Jeffrey told me that if he said what he knew about the candidates, they would have to cancel the election. "That's a quote, that's exactly what he told me. He said, 'If I said what I knew about the candidates, they'd have to cancel the election.' He didn't tell me what he knew. But that's what he said." Chorley suggested he did not have "any evidence to place Donald Trump in the category of offense that your brother was accused of." "I have no evidence of that, no," Mark Epstein replied. "I can neither confirm nor deny that. I wasn't there, I didn't hang out with them in those days." However, he said Trump and Jeffrey Epstein "were very close, they used to fly in each other's planes. "Donald Trump was in Jeffrey's office many times and there's witnesses that could point that, could testify that they saw Trump in Jeffrey's office. So, I don't know why he said he never was in Jeffrey's office. That was a just blatant lie. I couldn't believe he actually said that because it's so provable that he was there." The White House has denied that Trump visited Jeffrey Epstein in his office, CNN reported. Donald Trump's Jeffrey Epstein Denials Quoted by PBS, White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement last week: "The fact is that the president kicked him [Jeffrey Epstein] out of his club for being a creep." And in Scotland on Monday, Trump told journalists he did not visit Epstein's private island, Little St. James: "I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down, but a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. "In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn't want to go to his island." In 2019, after Jeffrey Epstein was arrested by the FBI, Trump said he "knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him." Quoted by Sky News, he added: "I had a falling out with him. I haven't spoken to him in 15 years. I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you." "The reason doesn't make any difference, frankly," he said. In a 2002 interview with New York magazine, Trump said: "I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it—Jeffrey enjoys his social life." The DOJ and FBI Memo The DOJ and FBI memo released in July referenced "300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence" gathered during the Trump administration's review of the Epstein case. "Only a fraction of this material would have been aired publicly had Epstein gone to trial," the memo read, "as the seal served only to protect victims and did not expose any additional third-parties to allegations of illegal wrongdoing. "Through this review, we found no basis to revisit the disclosure of those materials and will not permit the release of child pornography. This systematic review revealed no incriminating 'client list.' "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. "We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties." Jeffrey Epstein's Death in Jail Jeffrey Epstein's death was officially ruled a suicide, but there have long been questions over whether there could have been foul play. In July, the DOJ released a tape recording of the camera in his prison cell leading to allegations there were some missing minutes, three according to an examination of the metadata by Wired. Mark Epstein said that on first learning his brother was dead, he assumed it was a suicide, but began to have doubts after two pathologists told him it could have been murder. "The thing I don't want to see," he told Newsnight, "I don't want to see people just writing this off as a suicide, which it wasn't." He said the pathologists "both came out of the autopsy saying they couldn't call it a suicide because it looked too much like a homicide. And that doesn't appear in any of the records or nobody talks about that—that the two pathologists, two highly qualified pathologists, say this looks more like a murder." "It was never investigated as a potential homicide because if it was there was a lot of things they should have done that were not done," he added.
