Thursday, June 18

Tag: crime

Trump’s former attorney-general won’t answer questions on Epstein

Donald Trump’s former attorney general has refused to answer questions about the president’s connections with Jeffrey Epstein. The full transcript of an interview Pam Bondi had with members of Congress was released today. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has said Todd Blanche was responsible for handling the Epstein files. AP Photo/Manuel Ceneta “Did President Trump ever tell you that he had friends who could be exposed as abusers by the Epstein files release?” Bondi was asked. “I’m not going to discuss any conversations that I’ve had with the President on any matter,” she replied. Bondi was cagey when asked about Trump’s name in the Epstein files. “There’s rumours of an effort potentially to look through the files for  President Trump’s name in particular,” Democrat...

UK police investigate child sexual abuse allegations linked to Epstein files

British police are investigating two allegations ​of decades-old child sex abuse over information ‌that appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files. One of the ​alleged incidents related to locations in Surrey ⁠and Berkshire in southern England in ​the mid-1990s to 2000, while the other related ​to alleged incidents in the mid-to late 1980s in west Surrey. No arrests have been made. Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious child sex trafficker and financier. (Rick Friedman/Corbis News/Getty Images) (Getty images) In a statement, Surrey Police said it took "all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of enquiry to verify information or establish corroborating evidence". The force said in February it was seeking information over an allegat...

Melania Trump denies ties to Epstein and knowledge of his crimes

US First Lady Melania Trump has slammed what she described as false claims about her and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, denying she had any knowledge of his crimes. "I am not Epstein's victim," she said in a rare public statement read to media at the White House. "Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump." US First Lady Melania Trump has made a rare public statement denying any links to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP) "I have never had any knowledge of Epstein's abuse of his victims. "I was never involved in any capacity - I was not a participant, was never on Epstein's plane, and never visited his private island." The first lady also described an email she sent to Epstein's accomplice and former girlfriend Ghislaine ...

Trump’s attorney-general refuses to face Epstein victims, apologise

Donald Trump's attorney-general, Pam Bondi, has refused to apologise to victims over her department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Bondi was testifying before a House Judiciary Committee when Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal asked any Epstein survivors in the room to stand. "Please raise your hands if you have still not been able to meet with this Department of Justice," Jayapal said. Pam Bondi refused to turn around to face victims of Jeffrey Epstein. (AP) All of the survivors raised their hands. "Will you turn to them now and apologise for what your Department of Justice has put them through with the absolutely unacceptable release of the Epstein files and their information?" Jayapal asked Bondi. Bondi did not turn around to face the v...

Trump in the unredacted Epstein files ‘a million times’

Two members of Congress have named six men whose names were redacted by the Department of Justice from the Epstein files. Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie used their parliamentary privilege to name the men on the floor of the House of Representatives. "Seventy to eighty per cent of the files are still redacted," Khanna said. Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious sex trafficker and financier. (Christopher Anderson/Instagram) "There were six wealthy powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason." The list includes two billionaires. Nobody on the list is accused of taking part in any specific criminal wrongdoing or implicated in any crimes. And none of them have been charged in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. The legislation passed late ...

UK police open investigation into former ambassador Peter Mandelson over Jeffrey Epstein links

British police have opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct 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 Party – may have shared market-sensitive information with the convicted sex offender a decade and a half ago. London's Metropolitan Police force said detectives had reviewed reports of misconduct and decided they met the threshold for a full investigation. Former UK ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson. (AP) Commander Ella Marriott said the force "has now launched an investigation into a 72-year-old man, a former government minister, fo...
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