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Clintons to face contempt proceedings after refusing Epstein investigation subpoenas

A senior congressman will begin contempt proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton after the couple refused to comply with a subpoena for an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer threatened the contempt proceedings after the pair did not show up for a scheduled deposition. "Epstein's survivors deserve justice and answers," Comer wrote on X. Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to testify in the Epstein probe. (Bruce Glikas/Getty Images) "Refusing to comply with a bipartisan, duly authorised congressional subpoena in our Epstein investigation is unacceptable. "No one is above the law." Comer's post on X included several photos of Mr Clinton which were released in the first batch of the Epstein files in December....

Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence

Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind bars. The disclosure of the transcripts as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing release of its investigative files on Maxwell and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed how an FBI agent told grand jurors about Maxwell's critical role in Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse of girls and young women. Maxwell, a British socialite and publishing heir, was convicted of sex trafficking in December 2021 after four women told a federal jury in New York City about how she and Epstein abused them in the 1990s and early 2000s. ...

US Justice Department can unseal records from Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case, judge says

Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a US judge has ruled, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department's requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier's sexual abuse. US District Judge Richard M Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Epstein and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell. The judge previously cautioned that the 70 or so pages of grand jury materials slated for release are hardly revelatory and "merely a hearsay snippet" of Epstein's conduct. Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious child sex trafficker and friend to many powerful people. (US Attorney of the Southern D...

Donald Trump says he would consider a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

US President Donald Trump said he would "take a look" at a pardon for convicted sex trafficker and his long-time friend Ghislaine Maxwell. The president was asked today whether he would consider a pardon after Maxwell's appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected today. The rejection means Maxwell's only hope for freedom would be a pardon from the president. Donald Trump said he would consider a pardon for friend Ghislaine Maxwell. (AP) Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump at a party in 1997. (Getty) Trump appeared to be unaware that Maxwell's appeal bid was knocked back when in the Oval Office. "You know, I haven't heard the name in so long. I can say this, that I'd have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look," he said. "I'll take a look at it. I w...

US Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein. On Monday (early Tuesday AEDT), the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed attention to the sordid sexual-abuse saga after President Donald Trump's administration sought to tamp down criticism over its refusal to publicly release more investigative files from Epstein's case. Lawyers for Maxwell, a British socialite, argued that she never should have been tried or convicted for her role in luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein, a New York financier. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. (Nine) She is serving a 20-year prison term, though she was moved from ...

US Justice Department to reach out to Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell

The US Department of Justice said it has reached out to Jeffrey Epstein's former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid backlash over the administration's handling of files related to Epstein. "Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi's direction, I've contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law – and no lead is off-limits," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in an X post. Blanche added in a statement posted by Attorney General Pam Bondi on social media that 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." Blanche said ...
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