From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee walked out of a closed-door briefing on the Epstein files with Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, less than an hour after it began Wednesday, after Bondi repeatedly declined to say whether she would comply with a subpoena requiring her to appear for a sworn deposition on April 14. Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna, who attended the briefing, said Bondi will have to answer “why there are still 3 million documents being hidden” and “why there was a cover-up of those files that implicated Donald Trump.” Khanna also comments on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, noting that Trump’s military actions are “a total betrayal of his promise that he was going to focus on American needs.”

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The ‘Crazy’ Plot to Release the Epstein Files

How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable

The Atlantic

The 7 most shocking Victoria’s Secret revelations from Hulu’s “Angels and Demons” docuseries

The three-part series explores the dark story of sexual #exploitation behind America's largest lingerie brand

By Joy Saha, July 22, 2022

"Underneath such profound messages, however, was a darker tale of exploitation, abuse and powerful #predators. At the forefront of it all was the company’s CEO Leslie “Les” Wexner and its CMO #EdRazek. In the background were their closest acquaintances, which included now-convicted sex offenders #GhislaineMaxwell and #JeffreyEpstein."

https://www.salon.com/2022/07/22/victorias-secret-angels-and-demons-hulu-wexner-epstein/

#Sexploitation #Pedophiles #EpstainFiles #EpsteinFiles #USPol #WorldPol #LesWexner

The 7 most shocking Victoria's Secret revelations from Hulu's "Angels and Demons" docuseries

The three-part series explores the dark story of sexual exploitation behind America's largest lingerie brand

Salon.com
Americans Want Accountability With the Epstein Files. Elites Couldn’t Care Less.

Each new document drop makes clear that elites operate with impunity. It's high time to banish Epstein associates from public life.

The Intercept
British Politicians Still Have Shame

The Epstein case keeps threatening politicians—just not in the United States.

The Atlantic
Elon Musk Under Fire for Epstein Links, Grok’s Sexualized AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger

French prosecutors have asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning following a police raid on the offices of the social media network X in Paris. The French probe comes on the heels of a U.K. investigation into Musk’s AI tool Grok over its “potential to produce harmful sexualized image and video content.” Last month, the European Union also launched an investigation into sexual deepfakes created by Grok. “It’s a part of a kind of a pushback that we’re seeing now against Musk that’s probably more forceful than anything we’ve seen to date,” says Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University and author of the upcoming book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

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The Longevity Influencer Who Went Into ‘Withdrawal’ Without Jeffrey Epstein

Peter Attia is all over the Epstein files.

The Atlantic
“Billionaire Boys Club”: What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity

The Justice Department on Friday released an additional 3 million pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration says it was the final release of Epstein files, even though some 2 million more documents remain unreleased. The latest batch reveals new details about Epstein’s connections to the rich and powerful, including Hollywood figures, tech billionaires, public officials and more. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said it is unlikely anyone else would be prosecuted. Attorney Arick Fudali, who represents 11 Epstein survivors, says the release of the files has been a “perfect storm” of “incompetency and an active cover-up” by the Trump administration. “It’s so mind-boggling, because they’re withholding documents that they shouldn’t be withholding … but, on the other hand, they’re showing documents that they shouldn’t be showing because they contain unredacted names of survivors,” says Fudali. Investigative journalist Vicky Ward, who has covered the Epstein case for many years, says despite the flawed release of the files, they continue to shine light on a world of elite impunity and excess. “We just see over and over again in these documents, this was just one big billionaires boys club that treated women like objects,” says Ward.

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Winnipeg teen arrested in sextortion case involving girl from Belgium
A 15-year-old boy is facing several charges related to extortion and posting child sexual abuse imagery in a sexploitation case involving a teenage girl in Belgium, Winnipeg police say.
#crime #sexploitation #extortion #Winnipeg #Belgium
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-sextortion-teen-arrested-9.7042684?cmp=rss
"Who Are They Protecting?": Rep. Ro Khanna Urges Contempt Charges over AG Bondi's Epstein Redactions https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/22/epstein_files #uspoli #trump #SexPredator #ReleaseTheFullEpsteinFiles #Sexploitation #CoverUp #PamBondiResign
“Who Are They Protecting?”: Rep. Ro Khanna Urges Contempt Charges over AG Bondi’s Epstein Redactions

The Justice Department failed to publish thousands of documents by last Friday’s congressionally imposed deadline to release all of its files related to the serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The delay drew criticism from Epstein’s survivors and members of Congress. Democracy Now! speaks with Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna, who is leading an effort to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt for failing to release the files. “What are they hiding, and who are they protecting?” asks Khanna.

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