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Epstein fallout

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Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), Melania Knauss, with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in 2000.

Trump told police ‘everybody’ knew of Epstein, Lutnick visited island

The president allegedly told a police chief Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of girls was widely known as the commerce secretary hit back over his ties to the financier.

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Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna speak with media outside a Justice Department office.

US Congressmen demand six mysterious men be named in Epstein files

After viewing unredacted files, US legislators are demanding to know why the men’s names were publicly concealed in the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking probe.

Epstein’s long ties extended to Mongolia, and its Rio Tinto stoush

The disgraced financier was on an advisory committee with former Australian PM Kevin Rudd, who warned of mining’s “ruthless approach”, emails show.

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ASX nears 3-month high; Abbott praises police; Four-time Olympian CEO’s tips

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort leave following a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the life of Queen Elizabeth II, at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, Friday Sept. 16, 2022. King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, have arrived in Wales for an official visit. The royal couple previously visited to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the other nations making up the United Kingdom, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at age 96 on Thursday, Sept. 8. (Jaco

Brotherly shove: King backs police probe into Andrew over Epstein

Charles says he has “profound concerns” about his younger brother’s conduct after claims Mountbatten-Windsor leaked trade documents to the sex offender.

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (left) has publicly called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.

‘Like a slow-motion car crash’: Starmer vows to fight Epstein crisis

The leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has called on him to resign, but the prime minister says he is determined to fight on.

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Jeffrey Epstein.

AI makes it (even) easier for the rich and powerful to hide online

Reputation fixers are capitalising on the Epstein files as it becomes harder to discern between credible information sources and those doctored by dodgy operators.

Keir Starmer has lost his chief of staff as the Epstein files continues to rock UK politics.

Starmer loses top aide over Epstein scandal. Will the PM be next?

Keir Starmer has sacrificed his chief of staff over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK envoy to the US. But it won’t stop questions over his leadership.

Morgan McSweeney was Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.

Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigns over Mandelson-Epstein scandal

The UK prime minister’s right-hand man has quit over his insistence on the appointment of the US ambassador.

Howard Lunick

Trump’s commerce chief Lutnick ensnared in Epstein files

Howard Lutnick had claimed to have distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein even before the disgraced financier was convicted of a sex crime in Florida.

Ariane de Rothschild

How a top Swiss bank became indebted to Epstein

Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild was in trouble. Ariane de Rothschild turned to the late financier and convicted sex offender.

Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathy Ruemmler.

Unease inside Goldman Sachs over top lawyer’s Epstein ties

Bank boss David Solomon has stood by his general counsel Kathy Ruemmler, who liked to refer to the convicted sex offender as “Uncle Jeffrey”.

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer issues an emotional apology.

Embattled UK prime minister tells Epstein victims ‘I’m sorry’

Keir Starmer issued an apology to victims as pressure mounts over his knowledge of former envoy Peter Mandelson’s relationship with the late sex offender.

Brad Karp

Paul Weiss law firm chief quits over Epstein files

Files released by US Department of Justice detail powerful Wall Street law firm chief Brad Karp’s relationship with the child sex offender.

Peter Attia: “If we don’t have joy in our lives then the concept of living longer seems irrelevant, even grotesque.”

Longevity guru Peter Attia ‘ashamed’ after Epstein emails go public

Peter Attia’s name appears in some 1700 documents on Jeffrey Epstein, but the influencer says he “never witnessed illegal behaviour” by the sex offender.

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Melinda French Gates speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Bill Gates must answer to Epstein allegations, says ex-wife

The latest releases from the Epstein files include a slew of sexual allegations against the billionaire founder of Microsoft.

Keir Starmer says he regrets appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US.

Starmer says Mandelson betrayed UK, vows to release files

The British prime minister says disgraced former US envoy Peter Mandelson lied repeatedly about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Britain’s now former ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, left, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

‘Biggest scandal this century’: Epstein’s pal set to destroy UK PM

Labour MPs have revolted against their own government over its handling of Peter Mandelson, who is accused of leaking secret information to Jeffrey Epstein.

The Chicago-founded firm has set out to reset relations with fund investors.

Private helicopter and bar mitzvah: Epstein’s link to Kirkland lawyer

The sex offender’s relationship with a senior litigator at the world’s highest-grossing law firm is shown in the Department of Justice’s hefty file dump.