Sexual harassment/assault

Trump administration denies cover-up over redacted Epstein files

US JUSTICE Department officials on Sunday denied redacting the Epstein files to protect President Donald Trump as criticism mounted over the partial and heavily-censored release of documents.

The US Justice Department began releasing the long-awaited records from the investigation into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump administration begins release of Epstein files

Treasure trove includes celebrity photos, redacted files

Larry Summers (above) and Jeffrey Epstein corresponded for years, more than a decade after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
THINKING ALOUD

Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein’s deeply troubling ties

New documents demonstrate catastrophic lapses in judgment and raise questions about the impunity of elite networks

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference outside the Senate Chamber of the Capitol Building in Washington, Washington, D.C., Nov 19, 2025.

Trump faces moment of truth on explosive Epstein files

A BILL requiring the release of government records on Jeffrey Epstein headed Wednesday to Donald Trump for his signature, spurring a showdown over whether the US president will allow full disclosure -...

US President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of pushing an “Epstein hoax” after emails emerged in which the disgraced financier suggested Trump “knew about the girls”.

In reversal, Trump supports House vote to release Epstein files

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Sunday he backed lawmakers’ efforts to release more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite his previous opposition to the measure.

Sean "P Diddy" Combs was acquitted by a jury in July of the most serious charges against him - sex trafficking and racketeering - but convicted of two counts of transporting people across state lines for prostitution.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison

SEAN “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday for prostitution-related crimes, at the end of a dramatic court hearing during which the music mogul apologized and begged ...

The whistleblowers allege that Meta deleted or manipulated internal research showing children as young as 10 were exposed to sexual harassment, grooming and violence on its platforms in disclosures to Congress and federal regulators.

Former Meta researchers testify company buried child safety studies

META systematically suppressed internal research highlighting serious child safety risks on its virtual reality platforms, according to allegations from current and former employees who testified to C...

Trump has continued to be pressed about his previous relationship with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 as he faced sex-trafficking charges.

Epstein files expected to start reaching lawmakers this week

The saga has abated somewhat but will likely will flare up again when lawmakers return to Washington from their summer recess next month

Before taking office in January, US President Donald Trump promised to release more information about Epstein, who right-wing conspiracy theorists allege trafficked young girls for VIPs.

Trump says fell out with Epstein because he was taking Mar-a-Lago spa staff

[ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE] US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he fell out with Jeffrey Epstein because the convicted sex offender had poached staff from his club’s spa, including the woman at ...

US President Donald Trump’s attempts to stop Epstein speculation clash with the fact that his own supporters are the ones who have most pushed conspiracy theories - and believed that Trump would resolve the mysteries.

Trump claims Obama ‘coup’ as Epstein questions mount

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump sought on Tuesday to distract from the growing furor over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal by pushing extraordinary claims that B...