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William, Kate 'Deeply Concerned' Over Epstein Revelations

Royals express sympathy for Epstein victims amid scrutiny of the former Prince Andrew

(Newser) - Prince William and Princess Catherine have broken their silence on the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosures. A Kensington Palace spokesperson said Monday the couple are "deeply concerned by the continuing revelations" from recently released US Justice Department files tied to Epstein, and that "their thoughts remain focused on the...

Norway Ambassador Steps Down Over Epstein Links

Foreign ministry investigates whether Epstein ties affected Mona Juul's work

(Newser) - Norway has lost a senior diplomat to the Jeffrey Epstein fallout. Mona Juul, Oslo's ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, stepped down Sunday after her government said newly released documents showed troubling contacts with the disgraced financier. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide called it "a serious lapse in judgment"...

Maxwell Had Behind-the-Scenes Role in Clinton World

Newly released emails detail funding, planning work for Clinton Global Initiative

(Newser) - Freshly unsealed Justice Department documents reveal how deeply Ghislaine Maxwell embedded herself in Bill Clinton's post-White House world—and how that differed from Jeffrey Epstein's role. Emails in the Epstein case files show Maxwell was heavily involved in getting the first Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference off the...

Epstein Fallout Costs Starmer His Chief of Staff

Morgan McSweeney had recommended ally with ties to sex offender for US ambassador

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's top aide resigned Sunday over the appointment of an ambassador to the US with ties to American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney had recommended Peter Mandelson, a longtime associate, for the position to the prime minister, a decision he said in a statement...

Epstein Files Clash With Lutnick's Account

Documents show investments, island visits, and emails years after claimed split

(Newser) - There's reason to think Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's contact with Jeffrey Epstein was more extensive than he has publicly suggested. Newly released files show the two men were co-investors in a company as late as 2014—years after Epstein's 2008 sex-crimes conviction, CBS News reports. Contract documents...

Epstein Scandal Could Bring Down UK Prime Minister

Starmer 'is now essentially a boxer on the ropes' after Mandelson revelations

(Newser) - Unlike many powerful people on both sides of the Atlantic, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein, but an Epstein scandal could still be his undoing. In what Henry Zeffman at the BBC says could be "the beginning of the end" for Starmer, even lawmakers from his...

Epstein Revelations Take Down Huge Law Firm Honcho

Emails show Paul, Weiss head Brad Karp visited Epstein's mansion, remained in touch until 2019

(Newser) - One of the country's most powerful corporate lawyers just stepped aside over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Brad Karp abruptly resigned Wednesday as chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison after newly released emails showed he remained in contact with Epstein up to 2019, the year the convicted...

Kimbal Musk Shows Up 140 Times in Epstein Files

Emails show frequent contact, island invitation sent to younger brother of Elon, who's also in the files

(Newser) - Kimbal Musk's name pops up quite a lot in the newest Jeffrey Epstein document dump —about 140 times, per the latest release from the Justice Department. The newly public emails, spanning 2012 to 2015, show Elon Musk's younger brother exchanging messages with Epstein and associates about parties,...

Email Flies in Face of Andrew's Denials of Meeting Giuffre

Giuffre family says newly released email vindicates her allegations

(Newser) - An email newly released by US authorities disputes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's claim that he never met Virginia Giuffre, the woman who said he had sex with her three times when she was a minor. The 2015 "draft statement," sent by "G Maxwell" to Jeffrey Epstein, describes being...

Bill Gates Rejects New Epstein Email Claims

'I don't know what his thinking was there,' he says of draft email written by Epstein

(Newser) - Bill Gates says a new batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents may mention him—but not accurately. In an interview with Australia's 9News , the Microsoft co-founder rejected draft emails Epstein apparently wrote to himself that suggest Gates used Epstein to arrange encounters with women and later contracted an STI that...

British Lord Resigns as Cops Probe Epstein Emails

Peter Mandelson, former ambassador to the US, may have shared insider information

(Newser) - British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The UK government says newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson—a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour...

Details of Epstein's Secret Trust Revealed

Girlfriend, brother, lawyer, and accountant, as well as Ghislaine Maxwell, are all listed as beneficiaries

(Newser) - Two days before his death in a Manhattan jail, Jeffrey Epstein quietly signed paperwork for a trust that set aside the bulk of his remaining fortune for his then-girlfriend and two longtime insiders, newly released federal records show. The 32-page document , called the 1953 Trust after Epstein's birth year,...

Ex-Prince Andrew Is Out of His Royal Digs Amid Epstein Fallout

Disgraced royal relocates to Charles' Sandringham estate, where he'll receive income from king

(Newser) - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has quietly traded his grand Windsor address for a spot in rural Norfolk. CNN reports that the king's younger brother, formerly Prince Andrew, has moved out of the 30-room Royal Lodge on the Windsor Estate and is now living on King Charles III's Sandringham estate. The...

Clintons Finalize Deal, Will Testify This Month

Bill and Hillary to appear separately before House panel investigating Epstein

(Newser) - The Clintons have finalized their deal to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein: Hillary Clinton will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 26, and Bill Clinton the following day. It will be the first time that lawmakers have compelled a former president to testify, per the...

Melinda French Gates Calls Out Bill Over Epstein Ties

Philanthropist says ex-husband is accountable after his name pops up in latest files

(Newser) - Melinda French Gates says any remaining questions about Bill Gates' connection to Jeffrey Epstein are her ex's problem, not hers. In an interview on NPR's Wild Card podcast , French Gates was asked about newly released Justice Department documents that contain draft emails Epstein wrote to himself, per People...

Giants Owner to Epstein: Is She 'Pro or Civilian?'

Emails appear to show Epstein connecting Steve Tisch with women, described in crude terms

(Newser) - The NFL is now scrutinizing one of its own owners over ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday the league will review New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch's communications with Epstein after Tisch's name surfaced "at least 440 times" in a new batch of Justice...

Sarah Ferguson Charity Shuts Amid Epstein Revelations

Closure follows months of discussion amid scrutiny over Epstein-linked emails

(Newser) - Sarah Ferguson's charity is shutting down just as newly released Jeffrey Epstein records draw fresh attention to her past ties with the disgraced financier. Sarah's Trust, founded in 2020 to back grassroots humanitarian and environmental projects, will close "for the foreseeable future," a spokesman confirmed Monday,...

Longevity Expert Faces Backlash Over Epstein Emails

Peter Attia's emails with convicted financier spark scrutiny

(Newser) - Longevity guru Peter Attia is under fire after newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein files revealed a cozy email relationship that the physician and influencer now calls "embarrassing" and "shameful," the New York Times reports. Attia, who has built a lucrative brand on health, lifespan, and high-end medical...

Norway's Crown Princess Is Sorry About Epstein Links

It's the 2nd-biggest scandal the country's royal family is facing this week

(Newser) - Norway's prime minister isn't letting Crown Princess Mette-Marit off the hook, agreeing with her own admission that she showed "poor judgment" in maintaining ties with Jeffrey Epstein. The move adds rare political pressure to an already embattled royal household, the BBC reports. Newly released US Justice Department...

Epstein Files Reveal an Online Gaming Ban

Emails show he was permanently banned from Xbox Live during sex offender purge

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein may have been an online gamer—until his abuse got him banned. Among the latest batch of Epstein-related documents unsealed Friday is a 2013 email from Microsoft informing him that an Xbox Live account tied to his personal email address had been permanently shut down. The initial notice,...

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