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Trump Turns Congress' Housing Boom Bill Into a Bust
The president can't fathom the point of Congress passing a law that doesn't provide instant results and gratification.
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House committee subpoenas Leon Black midway through Jeffrey Epstein testimony
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The 74-year-old, worth an estimated $13.5 billion according to Forbes, paid Epstein $158 million over five years for estate and tax-planning.
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Judge: Acting Trump A.G. “Conceded” Violating Law on Epstein Files
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Department of Justice admitted to breaking the law by failing to release the majority of its files on Jeffrey Epstein to the public, giving acting Attorney General Todd Blanche a week to release more information.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan wrote in his opinion that Blanche failed to address allegations from journalist Katie Phang that the Trump administration failed to release the files in full. Phang sued the DOJ in April over a “brazen, shocking, and ongoing violation” of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed last year.“The Attorney General does not respond substantively to any of these arguments,” Sullivan said in his ruling. “The Attorney General has conceded that he is in violation of the Act.”Sullivan issued a preliminary injunction giving Blanche one week to release information redacted from the files, including names, or provide detailed reasons for the redactions. Some of the files in question include the FBI’s notes from interviews with a woman who accused President Trump of assaulting her in the 1980s as a 13-year-old.The files covered by the injunction also include email exchanges with Epstein concerning an alleged “torture video” and sex acts with minors; the names of co-defendants from a draft indictment; the identities of Epstein’s potential co-conspirators and DOJ employees who sent messages about them; and information in “foreign languages” that the DOJ said it couldn’t translate and redact.The DOJ has said in the past that its unreleased Epstein files were not verified, and contained “unfounded and false” claims about Trump. But the law passed by Congress leaves few exceptions, and now Blanche, Trump’s former personal attorney, will have to answer for why some of the files remain hidden.“The government ignored its own law and blew off a judge’s order, all for the sake of protecting the very powerful and the very rich,” said Brendan Ballou, Katie Phang’s attorney, to Politico. “Doing so had consequences, and now the public will finally get transparency around Jeffrey Epstein and his network.”
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Leon Black Subpoenaed by House Panel Over Epstein Ties
James Comer, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said he issued two subpoenas to billionaire investor Leon Black during his appearance Friday before the panel for a transcribed interview.
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Comer issues 2 subpoenas to billionaire Leon Black
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) issued two subpoenas to billionaire investor Leon Black during Black’s voluntary transcribed interview before the panel Friday. In a statement, Comer said Black refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) with women as part of the panel’s investigation into late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Answers about…
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Leon Black to be subpoenaed over Epstein NDAs
Leon Black reportedly refused to answer questions about the agreements in Friday's interview
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Billionaire Leon Black testifying before House Epstein panel
An investor who employed and was close to Jeffrey Epstein is appearing before members of Congress investigating the deceased sexual abuser.
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Leon Black Tells Congress He Didn’t Pay Epstein for Women
The co-founder of Apollo said he was duped by the man he hired as a financial adviser, according to remarks prepared for Congress.
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Billionaire Leon Black to appear before House panel over ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Scrutiny of Black’s association with Epstein has intensified after DoJ released millions of files last year and this yearThe billionaire financier Leon Black is scheduled to appear before the House committee on oversight and reform on Friday morning as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.The interview will be conducted behind closed doors, though the committee is expected to release a transcript at a later date, as it has done with previous interviews. Continue reading...
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