Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

Casey Wasserman Selling His Talent Agency After Epstein Debacle: ‘I Have Become a Distraction’​

Following an exodus of talent who have left the Wasserman Group talent agency after emails between founder Casey Wasserman and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed in the Justice Department’s latest tranche of documents, pressure for the founder to step down came to a boiling point in recent days. On Friday, Wasserman announced that he was selling the company as he had become a “distraction” to the business he founded 24 years ago.

In a memo sent to Wasserman agency employees and obtained by Rolling Stone, the founder apologized for his “past personal mistakes” that have caused “so much discomfort.” “It’s not fair to you, and it’s not fair to the clients and partners we represent so vigorously and care so deeply about,” he added.

But will he remains as head of LA28?

The LA28 executive committee said on Wednesday that Wasserman will continue leading preparations for the Summer Games despite calls for him to step down.

At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files​

The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications. President Donald Trump, who had a lengthy relationship with Epstein, is mentioned thousands of times in the files. Trump has never been accused by authorities of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein, and has said he parted ways with him in the mid-2000s because he was a “creep.” He has also denied any wrongdoing.

During a testy oversight hearing on Wednesday. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi on whether any current administration officials have been questioned by the Justice Department about their ties to Epstein.

"I'm stunned that you want to continue talking about Epstein," Bondi replied while sidestepping the question. [That's what the hearing was about. Maybe Bondi could have offered answers.]

Some officials from previous Democratic administrations have appeared in the files — including former President Bill Clinton [who cut ties with Epstein before his first convictions], his former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers [taking a leave of absence from Harvard], and former Obama White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler [resigning her position at Goldman Sachs].

[Ex-Trump officials include Alex Acosta], former DOGE chief Elon Musk and former chief strategist Steve Bannon

[Current Trump officials, besides Trump himself]
Commerce Sec Howard Lutnick
Medicare Administrator Mehmet Oz
Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg
HHS Sec RFK Jr.
Navy Sec John Phelan
Fed nominee Kevin warsh

MAGA's Lauren Boebert the latest to break from Trump administration after seeing unredacted Epstein files​

"I saw some of them, not all of them obviously. I'll be going back tomorrow to see more," Boebert, who rose to fame as one of the key figures in the MAGA branch of the GOP, told reporter Pablo Manríquez. "I think that there are folks who are definitely implicated and co-conspirators," she added.​

Boebert has been a longtime vocal Trump ally. However, she was among four House Republicans, alongside Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who joined with Democrats to force the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the floor for a vote, despite resistance from the White House.

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MAGA's Lauren Boebert the latest to break from Trump administration after seeing unredacted Epstein files​

"I saw some of them, not all of them obviously. I'll be going back tomorrow to see more," Boebert, who rose to fame as one of the key figures in the MAGA branch of the GOP, told reporter Pablo Manríquez. "I think that there are folks who are definitely implicated and co-conspirators," she added.​

Boebert has been a longtime vocal Trump ally. However, she was among four House Republicans, alongside Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who joined with Democrats to force the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the floor for a vote, despite resistance from the White House.

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At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files​

The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications. President Donald Trump, who had a lengthy relationship with Epstein, is mentioned thousands of times in the files. Trump has never been accused by authorities of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein, and has said he parted ways with him in the mid-2000s because he was a “creep.” He has also denied any wrongdoing.

During a testy oversight hearing on Wednesday. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi on whether any current administration officials have been questioned by the Justice Department about their ties to Epstein.

"I'm stunned that you want to continue talking about Epstein," Bondi replied while sidestepping the question. [That's what the hearing was about. Maybe Bondi could have offered answers.]

Some officials from previous Democratic administrations have appeared in the files — including former President Bill Clinton [who cut ties with Epstein before his first convictions], his former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers [taking a leave of absence from Harvard], and former Obama White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler [resigning her position at Goldman Sachs].

[Ex-Trump officials include Alex Acosta], former DOGE chief Elon Musk and former chief strategist Steve Bannon

[Current Trump officials, besides Trump himself]
Commerce Sec Howard Lutnick
Medicare Administrator Mehmet Oz
Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg
HHS Sec RFK Jr.
Navy Sec John Phelan
Fed nominee Kevin warsh

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The best people.

Lutnick is just a regular guy like us.

Lutnick’s Epstein ties raise concerns on Wall Street — but not in the White House​

Lutnick emailed Epstein’s assistant in May 2018 about a proposed expansion to the Frick Collection, a museum one block south of Lutnick’s and Epstein’s adjacent townhouses on East 71st Street in Manhattan.

“Are you aware as to them building to block our park views. What should we do about it? Time is of the essence,” wrote Lutnick, who was then the CEO of Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

“No i was not,” Epstein responded after his assistant forwarded Lutnick’s email.

What's more natural than writing your neighbor when the art museum's expansion threatens your view? Happens all the time to me.

The email exchange shows that Lutnick, now President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, communicated with Epstein more than a decade after he claimed he cut off all contact with the convicted sex offender who died in 2019.

“Lutnick was grossly deceptive. And it’s not an ambiguous call,” Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, founder of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, said of Lutnick’s claims he ended all contact with Epstein in 2005. “Every CEO who shakes hands with Howard Lutnick will want to wash them afterwards.”

Trump insider (and ambassador to Turkey) Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show​

President Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges from the newly released Justice Department documents shows.

The correspondence places Barrack, a globe-trotting billionaire, among a circle of wealthy and influential figures who maintained social contact with Epstein even as his criminal history became widely known. Their relationship continued even after Barrack became a prolific fundraiser for Mr. Trump's 2016 campaign, and later, led his inaugural committee and became a frequent presence in the White House.

There's also no evidence to suggest Barrack participated in or had knowledge of any ongoing criminal conduct by Epstein. Instead, the messages document continuing personal and professional contact during a period when Epstein was attempting to reestablish himself within elite social and financial circles.

The exchanges include invitations to private residences, introductions to diplomats and investors, and discussions of business opportunities. They also show Epstein repeatedly encouraged Barrack to move communications to encrypted messaging apps, records of which are not part of the government release.

Over the following years Epstein encouraged meetings and facilitated introductions between Barrack and individuals including Palantir CEO Peter Thiel, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.

Billionaire Thomas Pritzker steps down as Hyatt executive chairman over Epstein ties​

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced Pritzker’s retirement from his prominent role on the Board of Directors on Monday. Pritzker had served as executive chairman since 2004.

Pritzker, who is married to Margot Pritzker, said in a statement, “My job and responsibility is to provide good stewardship,” which he said means “protecting Hyatt, particularly in the context of my association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell which I deeply regret.

In an email exchange from 2018, reported by several outlets, Epstein asked Pritzker to help arrange a trip to Asia for Karyna Shuliak, who was reportedly his girlfriend.

When Pritzker asked what she was going to do there, Shuliak responded, “Going to try to find a new girlfriend for Jeffrey.”

In 2003, Pritzker had messaged Maxwell, who is currently serving 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting and abusing girls with Epstein, about a dinner party.

Maxwell mentioned that there would be five models serving at the party, and Pritzker suggested having the guests be servers and the models be guests.

New Mexico House unanimously enacts Epstein ‘truth commission’​

The New Mexico House on Monday voted unanimously to establish an investigatory subcommittee to examine the activities of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his former Zorro ranch in Santa Fe County.

Bill sponsor state Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) said the subcommittee will use subpoena powers, public records and testimony to “put the whole story together.”

The legislation requires four representatives from both major parties sit on the subcommittee. House Speaker Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) appointed the resolution’s four House sponsors: Romero, Marianna Anaya (D-Albuquerque), Andrea Reeb (R-Clovis) and William “Bill” Hall (R-Aztec).

The subcommittee, which runs through the end of the year but can be extended if needed, will have a budget of $2 million, all funded by a 2023 settlement between Attorney General Raúl Torrez and several financial services companiesfor failing to identify the abuses at the ranch.

According to court documents, the ranch, which has its own airstrip and helipad, was the site of sex trafficking, including by Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 as Epstein’s co-conspirator.

The New Mexico Department of Justice sent a Feb. 13 letter to federal officials seeking unredacted copies of the anonymous 2019 email to a local radio host saying that “foreign girls” died of strangulation at Zorro Ranch.

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Casey Wasserman Selling His Talent Agency After Epstein Debacle: ‘I Have Become a Distraction’​

But will he remains as head of LA28?

The LA28 executive committee said on Wednesday that Wasserman will continue leading preparations for the Summer Games despite calls for him to step down.

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Mayor Bass has called for him to step down, but she has no official influence over LA28.

Now that Bongino's back to podcasting, it's no surprise that he and Trump are heroes and the release of Epstein Files has answered all the questions.

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Mayor Bass has called for him to step down, but she has no official influence over LA28.

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Wow, top talent looking for “work”!
Is the Government hiring “freeze” over?

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Now that Bongino's back to podcasting, it's no surprise that he and Trump are heroes and the release of Epstein Files has answered all the questions.

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Has has to be a hero. He cannot cease being a hero.
Or admit that he’s got no integrity, (but that can’t be right, right)?

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Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis​

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Steve Bannon Says He Courted Jeffrey Epstein With Chummy Texts For a Documentary​

Donald Trump’s former strategist, caught up in the latest Epstein files fallout, says his film to expose the late pedophile will be released later this year.

The rumpled former Trump advisor in the latest text revelations has been seen once again to have advised Epstein and apparently staged a behind-the-scenes media makeover during a series of videotaped sessions at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in which Bannon served as his interviewer.

His statement [that he was only talking to Epstein to get material for the docu] ... will add to a long-running debate about whether Bannon really had a documentary in the works or was looking to help rehabilitate Epstein’s reputation with media training.