Epstein Secrets

HE NEWS • Justice Department Tells Texas That Floating Barrier On Rio Grande Raises Humanitarian Concerns • Judge Sets A Trial Date For Next May In Trump's Classified Documents Case In Florida • Director Wray Defends FISA, Says Law Used to 'Detect and Thwart' Chinese Hacking COUNTERTERRORISM • Man Who

Artifacts Meant for a White House Party Ended Up at Mar-A-Lago. Awkwardness Ensued. CAPITOL VIOLENCE NEWS • Before Jan. 6, Mark Meadows Joked About Trump's Election Claims • Georgia Governor Contacted By Trump Special Counsel In 2020 Probe • Judge Rejects Jail For Oath Keepers' Jan. 6 'Operations Coo

imes (07/23, Thrush, Protess, Feuer, Goldman) reported that Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing criminal investigations into former President Donald J. Trump, employs 40 to 60 career prosecutors, paralegals, and support staff, augmented by a rotating cast of FBI agents and technical specialists, according

d a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retai

ate "a major setback to the DOJ's crusade to deny President Trump a fair legal process" and said the "extensive sc

l these efforts and their concurrent expenses is Mr. Trump's own behavior — his unwillingness to accept the

ing criminal investigations into former President Donald J. Trump, employs 40 to 60 career prosecutors, para

r filed a separate lawsuit against Abbott this month over the floating barriers, which Texas officials say they want to expand. CNN (07/21, Alvarez, Prokupecz) reported that the Justice Department has sued on border-related matters before. Last year, the article elaborated, the Justice Department sued Ariz

out Joe and Hunter Biden's Ties to Ukrainian Energy Company • White House Confirms Russia Is Developing Antisatellite Weapon • District Attorney in Trump's Georgia Case Pushes Back: 'I'm Not on Trial' COUNTERTERRORISM • Man Charged With Beheading Father Carried Photos of Federal Buildings, Bomb Plans

Fentanyl Crimes CAPITOL VIOLENCE NEWS • Trump Makes Final Pitch to Supreme Court as It Prepares to Rule on Presidential Immunity • Jack Smith Used Donald Trump's Own Arguments Against Him: Legal Analyst • Illinois Judge to Hear Arguments on Trump Illinois Ballot Challenge • More Than 200 Jan. 6 Defendants Sa

Rule on Presidential Immunity • Jack Smith Used Donald Trump's Own Arguments Against Him: Legal Analyst

ping Antisatellite Weapon • District Attorney in Trump's Georgia Case Pushes Back: 'I'm Not on Trial' COU

e, the Washington Post (02/15, Masih, Somasundaram, Ziff), New York Times (02/15, Burroughs, Fortin, Draper, Edmonds), CNN (02/15, Salahieh, Andone, Prokupecz, Campbell), USA TODAY (02/15, Cann, Osterman, Arshad, Nurse), Fox News (02/15, Nerozzi, Price), CBS News (02/15, Staff Writer), NBC EFTA01655778

AG Pam Bondi Says FBI Delivered 'Truckload' of Epstein Files • Director Patel Disputes Whistleblower Revelation About FBI 'Honeypot' Agent Spying on Trump Campaign • Continued Reporting: Dan Bongino Named Deputy Director of the FBI COUNTERTERRORISM • Who Are Rafael Caro Quintero and the 28 Other All

VID Lab Leak Investigation Speaks Out • Opinion: President Trump Should Not Be Afraid to Fire People at the FBI I

bels Abduct at Least 130 Hospital Patients • How Trump's History With Russia and Ukraine Set the Stage for

the New York field office in 2002. Additional reporting on the story was provided by CBS News (03/03, Milton, Triay, et al.), CNN (03/03, Campbell, Prokupecz), Daily Mail (03/03, Chain), Fox News (03/03, Wehner, Deppisch), Hindustan Times (03/04, Vaidyanathan), NBC News (03/03, Dilanian, Dienst, et al.),

lighted the plea deal "arraigned by Epstein's legal team and...Acosta" in its report on Epstein's arrest. The Miami Herald (717, Brown, 1.09M) says Trump, "who lived less than a mile from Epstein's waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, had also been friends with Epstein. Records show that he flew on Epste

linked to Mr. Epstein — including, most notably, President Trump and his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta — knew

ed by email if Epstein planned to plead not guilty to any charges, a lawyer for Epstein, Jack Goldberger, replied, 'Yes."' CNN International (7/6, Prokupecz, Moghe) reports, "A team of federal prosecutors from the Southern District of ublic corruption unit, have been assigned to the case," and 1 the da