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Panel Votes to Subpoena Bondi in Epstein Probe

Nancy Mace, who introduced the measure, disputes attorney general's claim on files

(Newser) - House Oversight Committee members from both parties voted Wednesday to compel testimony from Attorney General Pam Bondi over the handling of federal files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The panel approved the subpoena on a 24-19 vote after Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced the measure, Axios reports. Every Democrat...

DOJ Explains Why 47K Epstein Files Are 'Offline'

They include reports related to woman who accused Epstein, Trump of '80s misconduct

(Newser) - Nearly 50,000 files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, including some mentioning President Trump, are missing from public view—because the Justice Department says it's still reviewing them. The Wall Street Journal reports that the withheld material includes FBI interview notes from 2019 in which a woman, whose name is...

Andrew's Real Estate Portfolio Shrinks Again

Mountbatten-Windsor ends tenancy on another Crown Estate home after scrutiny of royal leases

(Newser) - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is set to relinquish yet another Crown Estate property, as he moves to end his lease on a Grade II-listed cottage near Windsor. The BBC reports he has asked to terminate his tenancy of East Lodge, a thatched 19th-century property close to his former Sunninghill Park home that...

Commerce Secretary Lutnick to Testify on Past Ties to Epstein

Cabinet member to face closed-door House Oversight Committee interview

(Newser) - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he's ready to talk about Jeffrey Epstein—behind closed doors. Axios reports Lutnick has voluntarily agreed to sit for a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee about his past interactions with the convicted sex offender, after his name surfaced in Justice Department files....

Panel Releases Videos of Clintons' Epstein Testimony

Depositions before House committee total 9 hours

(Newser) - House Republicans just put four-plus hours of Clinton testimony on the internet—twice. The House Oversight Committee on Monday released video of closed-door depositions with Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, conducted last week as part of its inquiry into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and convicted...

Boebert Defends Leaking Photo of Hillary Clinton

Democrats are critical while GOP lawmaker jokes about infraction that paused deposition

(Newser) - Rep. Lauren Boebert isn't backing away from the Hillary Clinton photo leak that briefly froze a closed-door House deposition in New York on Jeffrey Epstein. The Colorado Republican was named by commentator Benny Johnson as the source of a grainy image of Clinton testifying under oath on Thursday; committee...

Bill Clinton: 'I Did Nothing Wrong'
Bill Clinton: 'I Did
Nothing Wrong'
Feb 27, 2026 11:37 AM CST

Bill Clinton: 'I Did Nothing Wrong'

Former president is testifying before a House panel about Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - On Thursday, Hillary Clinton testified about Jeffrey Epstein . Now it's her husband's turn before the House Oversight Committee. In an opening statement released before the closed-door session on Friday, Bill Clinton reiterated what he has stated previously, reports the BBC :
  • "First, I had no idea of the
...

Ask Trump, Hillary Clinton Tells Panel Investigating Epstein

Former secretary of state testifies she doesn't know anything that would help the committee

(Newser) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a closed-door appearance on Capitol Hill on Thursday to say, in effect, that lawmakers are asking the wrong person about Jeffrey Epstein. Testifying before the House Oversight Committee in Chappaqua, New York, the former first lady told lawmakers she has "no knowledge"...

Hillary Clinton Sits for House Grilling on Epstein

Closed-door interview will be followed by another with Bill Clinton on Friday

(Newser) - The moment Bill and Hillary Clinton unsuccessfully fought to avoid has arrived: their depositions in a House investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Coverage:
  • Closed doors: Members of the House Oversight Committee will question the former secretary of state first on Thursday in a closed-door session, followed by the former president on
...

World Economic Forum Chief Resigns Amid Epstein Scrutiny

Borge Brende was in contact with Epstein until a week before he was arrested

(Newser) - Another prominent figure has been brought down by his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Borge Brende, the World Economic Forum's president and CEO and a former Norwegian foreign minister, said Thursday he will step down following an independent review of his contacts with the sex offender, the New York Times...

Epstein Files Omit Records From Trump Accuser

Justice Department says it is investigating

(Newser) - The Justice Department says it is reviewing why some notable Jeffrey Epstein files were not released: most of the FBI records tied to a woman who accuses President Trump of assaulting her as a minor. An index released by the department shows the FBI conducted four interviews in 2019 related...

Larry Summers Resigns From Harvard
Larry Summers
Resigns From Harvard
Feb 25, 2026 11:40 AM CST

Larry Summers Resigns From Harvard

Former university president steps down from teaching amid review of Epstein files

(Newser) - Larry Summers' long Harvard run is ending under a Jeffrey Epstein-shaped cloud. The university says the former Harvard president and prominent economist will formally step down from teaching at the close of the academic year. Summers has been on leave since November and will not return to the classroom before...

Epstein Ties Befoul a Nobel Laureate
Epstein Ties Befoul
a Nobel Laureate
Feb 25, 2026 10:06 AM CST

Epstein Ties Befoul a Nobel Laureate

Richard Axel leaves Columbia leadership amid DOJ file fallout

(Newser) - A Nobel-winning scientist is stepping away from a top post at Columbia University—and cited Jeffrey Epstein in connection with his exit. Richard Axel, who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for landmark work on how humans perceive odors, said in a statement Tuesday he will resign...

Bill Gates Offers Apology Over Epstein, Details Affairs

Comments came in a Gates Foundation town hall on Tuesday

(Newser) - Bill Gates holds twice-a-year closed-door town halls for his Gates Foundation staff, and he was quite candid in his answers to their questions on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal , which obtained a recording of the town hall, reports the Microsoft co-founder apologized for meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, calling it "...

Democrats Bringing Epstein Survivors to SOTU

Several will have them as their invited guests to the State of the Union

(Newser) - Democrats will be making a point about the Jeffrey Epstein files Tuesday night during President Trump's State of the Union address via their invited guests. NBC News reports that more than a dozen House Democrats are bringing survivors or their relatives. Reps. Ro Khanna, Hakeem Jeffries, Jamie Raskin, and...

Celeb Doc Quits CBS After Epstein Links Revealed

Longevity expert's time at network was short-lived

(Newser) - Peter Attia's brief stint as a CBS News contributor is over before it really began, thanks to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein surfacing in newly released documents. The longevity-focused physician and author told CBS he was resigning "effective immediately," and the network's booking team relayed the...

Former UK Ambassador Arrested Over Epstein Files

Peter Mandelson is taken into custody

(Newser) - It's another major arrest in Britain over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Peter Mandelson, former UK ambassador to the US, has been arrested in a related misconduct investigation, reports the Guardian . London's Metropolitan Police announced that a 72-year-old man was detained at a Camden address on suspicion of misconduct...

Deepak Chopra to Epstein: 'Bring Your Girls'

Messages dispute wellness guru's claims of only 'limited' contact with the disgraced financier

(Newser) - Deepak Chopra's public effort to play down his ties to Jeffrey Epstein is running up against a thick electronic trail. Newly reviewed Justice Department files show the celebrity wellness author and doctor exchanged hundreds of messages with Epstein between 2016 and 2019, including weeks before Epstein's final arrest;...

Looks Like Andrew's Chances of Being King Will Drop to Zero

UK government is mulling whether to tweak law so former prince is no longer in line of succession

(Newser) - Amid what the AP calls the British royal family's "worst crisis in generations," the UK government is weighing whether to change the law so Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor can no longer inherit the throne. Officials are understood to be exploring legislation that would remove King Charles III's brother...

Epstein Emails Suggest American Express Booked Women's Flights

Company says it eventually dropped sex offender

(Newser) - American Express is expressing regret over one of its most infamous former cardholders. Newly released Justice Department documents reviewed by CBS News suggest Jeffrey Epstein used the company's in-house travel service for years to arrange international flights for multiple women and girls, largely from Eastern Europe, whose names and...

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