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The Independent
11 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims the paedophile financier ‘had dirt on people'
's brother has claimed that the disgraced financier told him that the 2016 US election would have been cancelled had he revealed the 'dirt' he had on 'powerful people'. Appearing on BBC 's Newsnight on Monday (28 July), Mark Epstein said he believes his older sibling had information on influential individuals that 'could put them in prison'. He told presenter Matt Chorley that 'Jeffrey told me he had dirt on people'. Asked if he knew who his brother was referring to, Mark said: 'In the 2016 election... Jeffrey told me that if he said what he knew about the candidates they'd have to cancel the election.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rep. Robert Garcia said lawmakers planned to subpoena people who had relationships with the disgraced financier.
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee said he and his fellow lawmakers are 'absolutely' going to subpoena people with connections to Jeffrey Epstein, potentially including Steve Bannon. The former Trump White House strategist has about 15 hours of unreleased video footage of Epstein that was shot in 2019, before the disgraced financier was arrested on sex-trafficking charges, according to Epstein's brother Mark. The two were working together on a documentary to rehabilitate Jeffrey Epstein's reputation, his brother said. Bannon has since released a two-minute trailer for The Monsters: Epstein's Life Among the Global Elite, which he now says will be released as a five-part series early next year. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Trump Hit by Devastating Proof Epstein Birthday Book Is Real
Donald Trump's efforts to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein are crumbling, as new reporting offers compelling evidence of a birthday book containing messages to the sex offender. The president maintains that a letter he was reported to have written to Epstein for his 50th birthday is 'fake,' but new photos and descriptions in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on Thursday suggest the birthday book exists. Adding to evidence that he wrote a note, Trump was on a contributor list for the 2003 book that included the names of dozens of Epstein acquaintances, according to reports in the two newspapers on Thursday. According to sources who spoke to the Journal, Epstein's accomplice and former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, sought help from a number of people, including assistants, to put together the album. A handwritten letter from Maxwell that introduced the book was highlighted in the Times piece. The letter says, 'The idea behind this book was simply to gather stories and old photographs to jog your memory about places, people and different events.' 'Some of the letters will definitely achieve their intended goal—some well… you will have to read them to see for yourself,' it said. 'I know you will enjoy looking through the book, and I hope you will derive as much pleasure looking through it as I did putting it together for you.' In addition, Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, told the Journal that he recalls Maxwell putting together the book for his brother's birthday. Mark also contributed to the book, the newspaper noted. The Times also published what it said was a previously undisclosed photo of Trump with Epstein and singer James Brown. Trump blasted out a Truth Social rant mentioning Epstein shortly after the reports published on Thursday night, writing that 'Radical Left Democrats are doing everything in their power to distract and obfuscate from our GREAT six months of service to America.' 'They have gone absolutely CRAZY, and are playing another Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax but, this time, under the guise of what we will call the Jeffrey Epstein SCAM,' he wrote. Last week, the Journal published bombshell reporting that Trump contributed a racy letter to the 50th birthday album, written in the drawn outline of a naked woman. Trump said the report was 'fake,' and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the newspaper and its owner Rupert Murdoch. 'I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women,' he said, even though there's evidence he's drawn plenty of sketches. 'It's not my language. It's not my words.' In its Thursday report, the Journal wrote that Trump was listed under the 'Friends' category in the leather-bound book, along with former President Bill Clinton. A handwritten message from Clinton in the book, according to the Journal, read: 'It's reassuring isn't it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends.' Reached for comment, Clinton's deputy chief of staff, Angel Ureña, referred the Daily Beast to a July 2019 statement stating that the former president 'knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York.' The statement said Clinton took four trips on Epstein's plane in 2002 and 2003, accompanied by staff and a Secret Service detail, and that he had not spoken to the disgraced financier in 'well over a decade.' According to The Journal, other contributors to the book included Wall Street billionaire Leon Black, fashion designer Vera Wang, media mogul Mort Zuckerman, former Epstein and Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz, and ex-Victoria's Secret CEO Leslie Wexner. A lawyer who has represented over 200 victims of Epstein, Brad Edwards, told MSNBC on Wednesday that 'multiple' victims had spoken of the book's existence, and some even helped to compile it. He said Epstein's estate possesses the book. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said afterwards he planned to subpoena the estate for the book. An attorney for the estate said it would 'comply with all lawful process.' The White House did not immediately return the Daily Beast's request for comment on the new reporting. In a statement to the Times, White House communications director Steven Cheung repeated his previous claims that Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago for 'being a creep' and that 'this is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media.' Cheung issued the same message on Tuesday after CNN published images of Epstein at Trump's 1993 wedding to Marla Maples, adding further strain to Trump's efforts to downplay their ties. Trump's White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, texted the Journal that it was 'writing yet another defamatory story about the President of the United States about an alleged letter they don't even have because the President never wrote it.' Epstein turned 50 in 2003, three years before his first arrest. He pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges, including soliciting prostitution from a minor, and served a lenient 13-month stint in a Palm Beach County jail. In 2019, he was arrested again and charged with federal sex trafficking crimes. He died in jail while awaiting trial. It was ruled a suicide but led to substantial speculation and conspiracy theories that were stoked by Trump himself. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse and traffic underage girls. The president reposted a tweet in 2019 that suggested Bill and Hillary Clinton were involved in Epstein's death. Trump has for years suggested that shadowy Democratic elites are part of a 'deep state' working to undermine him, which has proven to be red meat for his base. That rhetoric has come back to bite him recently, after he declined to release the so-called 'Epstein files' his supporters have been demanding. Trump and Epstein's friendship in the '80s and '90s was already well reported, but the renewed media scrutiny and furore from his supporters over the files has shone new light on their relationship. 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Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Epstein's brother hints at Ghislaine Maxwell's knowledge
Jeffrey Epstein's brother has accused the White House of a 'cover up' after Donald Trump's Justice Department said it would speak to Ghislaine Maxwell in jail. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed on Tuesday he expects to meet with Maxwell in the coming days to see if she has 'information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims.' Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted of trafficking of minors on behalf of Epstein. The move to speak to her is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent in the Epstein case, which has been shrouded in conspiracy theories. It follows a fierce backlash from parts of Trump's base over an earlier refusal by the administration to release additional records in the investigation. Attorney General Pam Bondi has faced mounting pressure from Trump's supporters to release all materials related to Epstein, who killed himself in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. A lawyer for Maxwell said she would cooperate with the Justice Department. 'I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully,' her lawyer David Oscar Markus said. 'We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.' But Mark Epstein (pictured right), brother of the disgraced late financier, claimed it was the latest effort to distract attention from unpublished evidence and the circumstances surrounding the death of his brother. Two weeks ago, a months-long review conducted by the Justice Department and FBI concluded that Epstein died by suicide. Mark Epstein maintains his brother was killed. He said: 'They'll talk to her (Maxwell) and ask her what her favorite color is. So they can say they talked to her. It depends what the conversation is about. Maybe she'll be afraid to speak, afraid they'll hold it against her and turn down her appeal.' Mark Epstein said he knew Maxwell in the 1990s but had not spoken to her for several decades. But he believed she would have information about interactions between Epstein and Trump. 'She could certainly verify that Trump was in Jeffrey's office many times,' he said. He claimed a White House statement on Monday that Trump had 'never been' to his brother's office was 'the biggest crap I've ever heard. I would speak to Jeffrey and he'd say he was with Trump. I know people in his office saw him there,' he said. The White House referred a request for comment to the Justice Department. The Justice Department did not comment beyond Blanche's earlier statement. Blanche said: 'This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead.' He said in the recent Justice Department and FBI review 'no evidence was uncovered that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.' Blanche added: 'President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence. If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say. I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days. Until now, no administration on behalf of the Department had inquired about her willingness to meet with the government. That changes now.' Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump addressed the DOJ plan to speak to Maxwell, saying he was not aware of it but it seemed 'appropriate to do.' He said: 'I don't know anything about it. I don't really follow that too much. It's sort of a witch hunt.' Trump has long said he was 'not a fan' of Jeffrey Epstein, that he had a 'falling out' with him around 20 years ago and never spoke to him again. Last week, the president sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about Trump's alleged friendship with Epstein. Meanwhile, some of the president's supporters have continued to pursue conspiracy theories that Epstein had a list of high-profile clients. The Justice Department and FBI review concluded there was no such 'client list.' Trump has urged his supporters not to be taken in by what he called a Democrat 'scam' and 'hoax' which was actually 'pretty boring stuff.' Some of Trump's most staunch supporters in recent weeks have called on Bondi to resign, after she backtracked on a promise she made earlier this year. She had said her department would release additional materials including 'a lot of names' and 'a lot of flight logs' in connection with Epstein's clients. Since then, at Trump's direction, Bondi and Blanche have asked a federal court for permission to unseal grand jury transcripts in the cases of both Epstein and Maxwell. However, legal experts have said that those transcripts will not likely contain the types of materials being sought by Trump's supporters. A source who spoke with the Daily Mail said that Maxwell would be 'more than happy' to testify before Congress. 'No-one from the government has ever asked her to share what she knows,' the source said. 'She remains the only person to be jailed in connection to Epstein and she would welcome the chance to tell the American public the truth.'
Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims the true motive behind Trump's DOJ meeting Ghislaine Maxwell is nothing to do with 'what she knows'
Jeffrey Epstein 's brother has accused the White House of a 'cover up' after Donald Trump 's Justice Department said it would speak to Ghislaine Maxwell in jail. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed on Tuesday he expects to meet with Maxwell in the coming days to see if she has 'information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims.' Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted of sex trafficking of minors on behalf of Epstein. The move to speak to her is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent in the Epstein case, which has been shrouded in conspiracy theories. It follows a fierce backlash from parts of Trump's base over an earlier refusal by the administration to release additional records in the investigation. Attorney General Pam Bondi has faced mounting pressure from Trump's supporters to release all materials related to Epstein, who killed himself in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. A lawyer for Maxwell said she would cooperate with the Justice Department. 'I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully,' her lawyer David Oscar Markus said. 'We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.' But Mark Epstein, brother of the disgraced late financier, claimed it was the latest effort to distract attention from unpublished evidence and the circumstances surrounding the death of his brother. Two weeks ago, a months-long review conducted by the Justice Department and FBI concluded that Epstein died by suicide. Mark Epstein maintains his brother was killed. He said: 'They'll talk to her (Maxwell) and ask her what her favorite color is. So they can say they talked to her. It depends what the conversation is about. 'Maybe she'll be afraid to speak, afraid they'll hold it against her and turn down her appeal.' Mark Epstein said he knew Maxwell in the 1990s but had not spoken to her for several decades. But he believed she would have information about interactions between Epstein and Trump. 'She could certainly verify that Trump was in Jeffrey's office many times,' he said. He claimed a White House statement on Monday that Trump had 'never been' to his brother's office was 'the biggest crap I've ever heard.' 'I would speak to Jeffrey and he'd say he was with Trump. I know people in his office saw him there,' he said. The White House referred a request for comment to the Justice Department. The Justice Department did not comment beyond Blanche's earlier statement. Blanche said: 'This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead.' He said in the recent Justice Department and FBI review 'no evidence was uncovered that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.' Blanche added: 'President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence. If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say. 'I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days. Until now, no administration on behalf of the Department had inquired about her willingness to meet with the government. That changes now.' Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump addressed the DOJ plan to speak to Maxwell, saying he was not aware of it but it seemed 'appropriate to do.' He said: 'I don't know anything about it. I don't really follow that too much. It's sort of a witch hunt.' Trump has long said he was 'not a fan' of Jeffrey Epstein, that he had a 'falling out' with him around 20 years ago and never spoke to him again. Last week, the president sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about Trump's alleged friendship with Epstein. Meanwhile, some of the president's supporters have continued to pursue conspiracy theories that Epstein had a list of high-profile clients. The Justice Department and FBI review concluded there was no such 'client list.' Trump has urged his supporters not to be taken in by what he called a Democrat 'scam' and 'hoax' which was actually 'pretty boring stuff.' Some of Trump's most staunch supporters in recent weeks have called on Bondi to resign, after she backtracked on a promise she made earlier this year. She had said her department would release additional materials including 'a lot of names' and 'a lot of flight logs' in connection with Epstein's clients. Since then, at Trump's direction, Bondi and Blanche have asked a federal court for permission to unseal grand jury transcripts in the cases of both Epstein and Maxwell. However, legal experts have said that those transcripts will not likely contain the types of materials being sought by Trump's supporters. A source who spoke with the Daily Mail said that Maxwell would be 'more than happy' to testify before Congress. 'No-one from the government has ever asked her to share what she knows,' the source said. 'She remains the only person to be jailed in connection to Epstein and she would welcome the chance to tell the American public the truth.'
